The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-10-07

G6atine throw up his church pew. Nacsd1-
cry organized in all the cities Of the United
States and Canada BY which = put yearly IN
the grinding mill Of this inlquisy thousands of
the snsaspsctang Of the country fa<n he~sss,
ono procuress eonfessing Last week in the
courts that she had supplied tho Internal mar
kss WITH ise ss1S n ax AeathA Oh, fer
I've hundred Pail Nall Gazsttas In America
to swing open the door Of this lazar-house Of
social corruption, Exposure must eo1ne be-
fsrs sxtrpa6en
Whle tho city van carries the scum Of this
sin from the prison to the police court morn
ing by morning, 1t Is full time, II we do not
want high American life to become ike that
OF the court Of Louis XIV, to put Millionaire
Lotharios and the Pompadours of your brown
stone palaces into a van Of popular indfgna-
ton, and drive them out Of respectable asso-
ciations- What prospect Of social purifica-
ton can there be as long at summer water
ing places 1t is usual to see a young woman Of
excellent rearing stand, and simper, and
giggle, and roll up her eyes sideways before
one OF those first class satyrs OF fashionable
life, and on the ball room floor join him in
the square dance, the maternal chaperone
meanwhile beaIning from tho wall ON the
scesaes Matches arc made in heaven, they
say. Not such matches, for the birthstone
indicates the opposite region
The evil Is overshadowing all our cities. By
some these innloralitiss are called peccadil-
loes, gallantries eccentricities, and are rele-
gated to the realms Of POPULARITY, and few
efforts are being made against it God bless
the Nv hite Gross" movement, as it Is called,
the excellent and talented Miss Frances viii
Lard, lbs ableet advocate On this side the sea,
an organization making mighty assault on
this evil! God forward the tracts on this
subject distributed by the religious tract
societies OF the land! God help parents In the
greet work they are doing in trying to start
their children with pure principles! God
help all legislators in their attempt to inhibit
this crime!
But is this alls Then it is only question
Of time when the last veshge Of purity and
home will vanish out Of sight. Human arms,
human pens human voices, human talents
arc not sufficient begin to look up. lis
ten for artillery rumbling down the sapphire
boulevnrds Of heaven I watch to see II in
the morning light there be not the flash Of de-
scending scimeterx Oh, for Godl Does it
not seem time for his appearance. Is it not
time for all lands to cry out: "Let God arise,
let His enemies be scattered7
got q letter q few days ago asking me if
l did not think that the earthquake in
Charleston was the divine chastisenent on
that city for its SIM. That letter l answer
now by saying that il all our American cities
got all the punishment they deserve for their
horrible impurities the earth would
long ago have cracked open into
crevfces transcontinental and taken down
all our cities; and Brooklyn and
Now York would have gone so far
under that the tip Of our church spires would
be 500 feet below the surface. 1t Is Of the
Lords mercies that we have not been con
sumed.
Not only are the affairs of this world
so a-twist, a-jangle and racked that
there seems a need of the divine appear
ance, but there is another reason. Have
you not noticed that in the history of
this planet God turns a leaf about every two
thousand years. God turned leaf and this
world was fitted for human residence. About
two thousand more years passed along and
God turned another leaf, and it was the del
uge. About two thousand more years passed
on and it was the appearance of Christ. Al
most two thousand moro years have passed
by, and He will probably soon turn
another leaf. What 1t shall be l cannot
say. It may be the demolition Of
all these monstrosities of turpitude
and the establishment of Righteousness in all
tho earth He can do it, and He will do it.
am as confident as If it We're already &C
complished How easily He can do it my
text suggests 1t does not ask God to strike
with His right hand, or stamp with His foot,
or hurl a thunderbold of His power, but just
to get up from the throne on which He sits.
Only that will be necessary: "Let God arisen'
1t will be no exertion Of omnipotence. 1t
win be no bending or bracing for mighty
lift. It will be no sending down the sky of
the white horse cavalry of heaven or rum
bling war chariots. He will only rise. Now
He Is sitting in the majesty and patience Of
His reign. He is from His throne watching
the mastering of all the forces of blasphemy,
| and drunkenness, and impurity, and fraud,
| and Sabbath breaking, and when they have
| done their worst and are most securely Or
| ganized He will bestir Himself and say: IN
enemies have defed me long enough, and
their cup of iniquity is full. l have given
them all opportunity for repentance This
dispensation Of patience Is ended, and the
| faith of the good shall be tried no longer
| And now God begins to rise, and what
mountains give way under His right foot
| and what continents sink under His left foot
l know not; but, standing in the full height
| and radiance and grandeur Of His nature, He
looks this way and that, and how His enemies
are scattered! Blasphemers, white and dumb
reel down to their DOOM and those who have
| trafficed in that which destroys the bodies and
souls of men and families, will fly with cut
foot on the down grade Of broken decanters
and the poluters Of society, that did theil
bad work with large fortunes and high socia
| sphere will overtake in their descent the de
graded rabble of underground city life as the5
tumble over the eternal precipices; and the
world shall be left clear and clean for thu
friends of humanity and the vorshipers o.
Almighty God The last thorn plucked off
the world will DO left blooming rose on tn
bosom of that Christ who came to gardeniz
it. This earth that stood snarling with it
tigerish passion, thrusting out its raging
/ claws, shall lie down lamb at the feet of tn
Lamb Of God, who took away the sins Of th
world.
And now the best thing l can wish for you
and tho best thing can wish for myself, i
that We may be found His warm and undis
glised and enthusiastic friends in that hou
when God shall rise and His enemies shall b
scattered.
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Lady Churchill In the Gallery.
Lady Randolph Churchill goes to the lie
dies gallery of the house of commons almOe