National Republican., 1886-10-04
Woodward & Lothrop,
1913 F st.

q treat as he leaves town. Others, to drown
their troubles, ,submerge themselves with this
worse trouble. Oh, the world Is battered
and bruised and blasted with this growing
evil 1t Is more and more entranced and
fortified. They have millions OF dollars
subscribed to marshal and advance the
alcoholic forces. They nominate aud elect
and govern the vast majority OF the Office
holders Of this country. On their side they
have enlisted the mightiest political power
Of the centuries. And behind them stand
all the myrmidons of the neither world, Sa-
tanic and ApOllyonic and diabolic. 1t Is
beyond all human effort to throw this bas-
tile of decanters or capture this Gibraltar
Of rum jugs. Aud while approve OF all
human agencies Of reform, would utterly
despair II we had nothing else. But what
cheers me is that our best troops are yet to
come. Our chief artillery is In reserve.
Our greatest commander has not yet fully
taken the field. II all hell is on their side,
all Heaven is on our side. Now, "Let God
arise, and let His enemies be scattered"
Then look at the impurities OF these great
cities. Ever and anon there are in the
newspapers explosions OF social life that
make the story OF Sodom quite respectable;
for such things, Christ says, were more toll
cradle for Seldom and Gomorrah than for
the Choranzins and Bethsaidas OF greater
light. IL Is no unusual thing In our cities
TO see men In high position with two or
three families, or refined ladies willing
solemnly TO marry the very swine OF society
II they be wealthy. Brooklyn, whose
streets fifteen years ago were almost free
from all sign Of the social evil. now night
by night rivaling upper upper Broadway
In Its ilamboyant wickedness. The Bible
all afiame with denunciatlon against an i'm.
pure life, but many Of the American min
istry uttering not one point-blank word
against this iniquity lest some old libertine
throw up his church pew. Machinery or
ganized in all the cities of the United States
and Canada by which to put yearly in the
grinding mill OF this iniquity thousands OF
the unsuspectlnglof the country farmhouses,
one procuTess confessing last week in the
courts that she had supplied the Internal
market with $50 souls In six months. Oh,
for 500 Pal Mall Gdzettcs In America to
swing open the door Of this lazar-house OF
social corruption Exposure must come
before extirpation.
While the city van carries the scum OF this
sin from the prison TO the police court
morning by morning, 1t Is full time, II we
do not want high American life to become
like that of the court of Louis XIV, to put
millionaire lotharios ana Pompadours OF
your brown-stone palaces into van OF
popular Indignation, and drive them out OF
respectable associations. What prospect OF
social publication can there be as long as
at summer watering places II is usual TO see
young woman Of excellent rearing stand
and simper, and giggle, and roll up her
eyes sideways before one Of those flrst.class
satyrs of fashionable life, aud on the ball.
room floor Join him In the square dance,
the maternal ehaper0n meanwhile beaming
from the wall on the scene Matches are
made In heaven, they say. Not such
matches, for the birthstone indicates the
opposite region.
The evil is overshadowing all our cities.
BY some the immoralities are called pee
cadilloes, gallantries, eccentricitles, and
relegated to the realms of jocu.
lariiy, and few efforts are being
Cross" movement, as 1t ia called, the eX-
eellent and talented Miss Frances Willard,
its ablest 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 great 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 allY Then II ia only ques.
tion of time when the last vestige Of purity
and home will vanish out OF sight. Human
arms, human pens, human voices, human
talents are not sufficient. begin to look
up, listen for artillery Tumbling down
the sapphire boulevards Of heaven. |
watch to see II In the morning light there
be not the ashdescending sclmeters. oh,
for God. Does IL not seem time for His APP
pearancep Is II not time for all lands TO
cry out, "Let God arise, and let His enemies
be scattered.n
got letter few days agoSasking me II
did not think that the earthquake In
(. Charleston was the divine chastlsement on
that city for its sins. That letter answer