St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-30
CHICAGO NEWSPAPERS
Condemned by a Preacher From
the Lake City

OoEueinneu Dy Preacher from
the Lake City.
DIR. P. S. Henson, of Chicago, occu-
pied the pulpit yesterday evening at
the First Baptist church. He is
forcible preacher, keen and cutting in
his satire upon the lukewarmness dis
played by many Christians. His SER
mons are eXtemporaneous, full of beau
tiful thoughts and rich in language.
Sentences roll smoothly off the rever-
end gentleman's lips, apt illustrations
follow in quick succession, inter-
esting his hearers and sending
home the truths he is desirous
of inculcating in their minds.
Medium in stature, with slight ten
dency to obesity, he possesses pleas
ing, spiritual cOuntenance and high
forehead, indicative of his intellectual
powers.
Till come give attendance to read
ing" st. Paul's First Epistle to Timo-
thy, iy., Is, was the text taken. He first
urged upon all the duty of reading
books to replenish the mind, as we'll as
for the instruction gained. Il am
afraid we are not as thankful as we
ought to be-" said the doctor,
''for this great luxury that
comes unto us, into our lives.
hearts and minds, by reading lot of
books to which we can
HAVE EASY ACCESS.
IF there is anything for which thank
God, next to my religiOn,it is for books"
Proceeding, he gave the following racy
illustrations: There are people
who question whether we min
listers don't steal our sermons,
get too much out of books. / had an
old college mate that took up the opin-
ion when he began to preach that the
age mans originality, and the thing to
do was to let books severely alone And
so he began to leave Off, until at last
there was not much left to his sermons
nor of his congregation"
DR.. Henson. having pointed out that
the greatest producers were the great
est consumers, as rule, next referred
to the danger that come to us from
books. He numerically condemned
impure literature, both in books and
newspapers.
''rhere is great DEAL" he said, ''of
villainous matter, in spite of the soci-
ETY. for the suppression of vice, being
circulated, yet by law it is interdicted
But there is great deal that is not in
terdicted ny law that ought to be-a
great deal that is tainted. that exhales
sewer gas and comes quite under the
ban of the law" "a while ago beauti-
full girl awoke in the morning with
stinging sensation on her lip, and hastily
looking in the mirror she found a
speck of blood. In less than
half an hour her face was swollen
black, i'll few hours her body was
blackened, and presently she was a
corpse. They found underneath her
pillow spider that had stung her.
Her white soul went to heaven, but
that other spider-that book of infamous
SuggestionS-is all the more danger
Gus because it not only poisons the lives
of our young girls, but possibly leads
them into
THE PIT OF DESPAIR.
Who is looking after these traps "to
keep out the sewer gasp"
Dr.. Henson proceeded to address HIM
self to the newspapers, saying: "Many
of our newSpaperS-of course do not
speak of the newspapers of st. Paul,
take it for granted that they are clean
and pure, l speak of Chicago-a very
large number of newspapers are pub
lished that are not fit to come into de-
cent house. Dana says that is the buSi-
ness of newspaper to publish news.
l deny it. There is great deal ''that
happens" that has no business in print
anywhere. 1t is not decent. 1t may be
news, but it is news that ought never to
see the light of day. There have
to be police courts, and so there have to
be sewers; but in Gods name let the
sewers run underground! 1t is the
business of a newspaper to publish
such news as the public ought to know;
that is fit
FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
at is customary for everybody to
charge the saloon with being the abom-
ination of desolation. The saloon is
responsible for great deal-there is no
question about that-murders, thefts,
burglarieS. and innumerable crimes of
the deepest dye; but it is not RESPONSE
BILE for everything. l tell you de-
bauched literature is responsible. per-
haps, more vitality, deeply and directly
than the saloon. The saloon simply de-
bauches the boys and the men, as a
| rule; but here is subtle, insidious,
| pernicious, Infamous influence that de-
bauches the whole of society. including
| the young members"