Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-04


cities. Ever aud anon there are In the
newspapers explosions of social life that
make the story of Sodom quite repecta-
bic; tor such things, Christ says, were
more tolerable for Sod0m and Gomorrah
than for the ChOrazins and Bethsaidas of
greater light. 1t is no unusual thing in
our cities to see men in high position
with two or three families, or refined
ladies willing solemuly to marry
the very swine of society IL they be
wealthy. Brooklyn, whose streets fifteen
years ago were almost free from all sign
OF the social evil now night by night RI
valling upper Broadway in Its flamboyant
wickedness. The Bible all afiame with
denunclati0n against an impure lie, but
many of the American ministry uttering
not one pont-blank word against this
iniquity lest some old libertiue throw up
his church pew. Machinery organized 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 unsuspecting OF the country farm
houses. one procuress contessing last
week in the courts that she had supplied
the Internal market with ore hundred and
fifty souls IN six months On for 1--we hun
dred Pail Mall Gazettes in America to
swing open the door OF this lazar house of
social corruptlonl 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, it is full time,
II we do not want high American lite to
become like that OF the court of Louis
XIV, 10 put Millionaire Lotharios and the
POmpadours OF your brown stone palaces
into u van of popul ar Indignation, and
drive them out OF respectable associa-
tl0ns. What prospect of social puri6ca-
tion can there be as long as at summer
watering 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 lite, and on the ball
room floor join him in the square dance,
the maternal chaperon meanwhile beam
ing 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 Cit
les. By some these ImmoralItles are
called peccadilloes, gallautrIes, eceen-
tricities, and are relegated to the realms
of jocularlty, and few efforts are being
made against 1t. God bless the "White
Cross" movement, as IL is called; the ex-
cellent and talented MISS Frances Will
lard, its ablest advocate on this side the
sea-aa organization making a mighty
assault on this evil! God forward the
tracts on this subject. distributed by the
religious tract societies Of the landl God
help parents in the great work they are
doing in trying to start their children
with pure principlesi God help all leg
islatOrs In their attempt to inhibit this
crmei
But, Is this anS Then It is only a
question OF time when the last Yestige 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
rumbllng down the sapphire boulevards
Of heaven. | watch to see IL In the morn
ing light there be not the flash OF descend
ing scimeters. Oh, for Godl Does it not
seem time for His appearance? IL IL not
time for all lands to cry out: "Let God
arise and let His enemies be scatteredi"
| got letter few days ago asking me
il did not think that the earthquake in
Charleston was the Divine chastisement
on that city for its sins. That letter
answer now by saying that If all our
American cities got all the punishment
they deserve for their horrible i'm purties,
the earth would long ago have cracked
open into crevices transc0ntinental and
taken down all our cities; aud Brooklyn
and New York would have gone so far
under hat the tip of our church spires
would be five hundred feet below the sur
face. 1t ls OF the Lords mercies that we
have not been consumed.
Not only are che affairs of this world
so a-twist, a-jangle and racked, that there
seems q need OF the Divine appearance,
but there is another reason. Have you
not noticed that In the history of this
planet God turns leaf about every 1000
years. God turned a leaf aud this w0rld
was fitted for human residence. About
1000 more years passed along and
God turned another leaf, and it
was the deluge. About 1000 more
years passed on, and it was the
appearance OF Christ. Almost 1000 more
years have passed by. and he Will prob
ably soon turn another leaf. What 1t
shall be cannot say. IL may be the de-
moliti0n Of all these monstr0slties of tur-
pitude and the establishment of righteous
ness In all the earth. He can do 1t, and
be will do 1t. / am as confident as il it
we're already accomplished. How easily
He can do it my text suggests. IL does
not ask God 10 strike with his right hand,
or stamp with his foot, or hurl n thunder
bolt OF His power, but just TO get mp from
the throne on which he sits. Only that
will be necessary: Let God arise!'
1t will be no exertion or Omnipotence.
1t will be no bending or bracing for
mighty lift. 1t will be no sending down
the SKY of the white horse cavalry Of
heaven or rumbling 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, aud drunk
enness, and impurity, and fraud, and
Saba tn breaking, and when they have
done their worst, and are most securely
organized, He will bestir Himself and
say: MY enemies have defied me long
enough. aud their cup OF iniquity IL full.
| have given them all opportunity for re-
pentance. This dlspensation 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 und0r 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
now His enemies are scattered Bias
phemers, white and dumb, reel down TO
their doom; and those VINO have trafIicked
in that which destroys the bodies and
souls Of men and families will fly with
cut foot on the down grade OF broken de-
canters; aud the poluteTa OF society, that
did their bad work with large fortunes
and high social sphere, will overtake
in their descent the degraded rabDle OF
underground city life as they tumble
over the eternal preclpices; and the world
shall be left clear aud clean for the friends
OF humanity and the worshpers OF Al
mighty God. The last thorn plucked off,
the world will be left "A blooming rose on
the bosom OF that Christ who came to gar