New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-19
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AFTER THE GODS OF GOTHAM
sELF1sHNEss AND THE AMERICAN DOLLAR
sAM SMALL LIFTS TILE VEIL AND TELLS OF THE
CITY's IDoLATRY


CITY's IDoLATRY
When Paul reached Athens on his second mis-
sonary journey. he the city wholly given to
idolatry, and his spirit stirred in him. sam
Small his second missionary visit to New
York, finds himself affected in tho same way. he
thinks that the dolatiy Paul not circum-
stance TO the dolatry to which this town is given.
Mr.. Small is aware that NEWCOMERS do nothing
by halves When they good they are very, very
good; when they are bad they are horr1d vi
course, then, If NcwYork is given TO idolatry, u
must have and better gods than any othef
town OF its size. Now. there may be a greater
variety Of gods here than sat in the inches of the
Pantheon. Mr. Small Is Of that opinion, but does
not agree that the average New-Nork god IS an
improvement on the Roman god On the contrary,
he contends that the Roman god Is more eniiuei
TO worship. He is not going 10 light all the gous
at once as Paul did in Athens. The objects oil
his rresent attack are selfshness and the American
Dollar two highly important and much-worshpped
gods which have gained a strong footing on the
island Mr.. small opened his batteries In Trinity
Bap.isu Church yesterday, and poured broadside
after broadside into highly pleased congregation
He was big sinner himself three years ago, Worship
ming several wicked gods. but Sam Jones brought
him face to face with Almighty God, and since then
Mr. Small has converted thousands. IL he succeeds In
taxing any OF the enemy's forts about here ne VIII
stay IN town four weeks, preaching daily he 10
free and easy In the pulpit talks straight from uie
shoulder and makes gestures like farmer so"ln-
wheat He Is never more interesting thah "hoh IL
bures both hands his trousers pockets drops into
,he bomelv vernacuIar OF the plantation and takes
the audience into his confidence. Having scored
good point from the left side of the pulpit he stalks
slowly 10 the right and fires In another direction
He emphasizes his remarks by hammering the bible
with his list
His discourse yesterday was disconnected ana pre-
~ no rQpl
Metropolitan wickcdness that he intends 10 pa'nt
before he GOES back to Georgia. These are some OF
his sayings:
This is the ace Of idolatry. At other time in the
history OF the world has doatry come so near being
religion. Diderot the great French philosopher nsh
not have been model Of morality but ne was ndn Vi
fine perceptions and his observations were generaly
correct He tells us thst the beginning God created
man in his Gods image, but OF late years man
creates God in tman's image That Is Diaero'
way OF saying makes himself God IN oiuef ha'
he may worship himself
You laugh at the dolatry OF the ancient Egyptians
,ato INN ~ the Greeks and pity the Romans Look at
Yourselves What do you worship Some Of the Romans
used 10 worship eagle. real i've eagle wen INA"
wasn't so bad live eagle Is beautiful brd ana mas
ahou. {. suggestion OF strength power that hhgh'
very well appeal 10 a man. You don't see any
sense in such idoatry yet you bow down ana "orshP
with all your soul that abominable carlcatute OF p
yard eagle that stamped the face Of your American
graded as the worship Of this same dollar loS.,o
and despise tho man who makes the American donar ms
cod Even II I didn't believe in the existence Of the
Almighty God ia too much respect ior hSs'i d.
| a gentleman to worship the American dollar
Tho -oion o this city Is apotheosis OF senshness
r, o,,t a ballroom in New-York that IS not cornered
- ar-ogant selashnoss There amt theatre In the
city that Is not facaded with mean sorda selhShess
rte-e mint gaming house house OF ncehuouSH09' %
,,nn.ss that j. not plllared worthless desf~ei
d,uif
,oors Don't want TO- We don't propose 10 Close Up
tp ,neatres Don't want We don't propose to close
nm the gaming houses and houses Of Righteousness anu
drunkenness. We want to. but we can't
You ought to live in Of these big hotels a"n' anu
o how tbev do out o. bed in the middle o the DAY
-, ,,,,, thev wants somethin' brace 'em up In
tho afternoon pad all town. tryin TO XII! tihS ~
the eyenin' got find some amusement 10 hoep
No use 10 themselves. use 10 the word lam oou
poh rngersou being an inhdel Why he DON'T Ano"
10, in9dclitv is-unIess he with that gang SOD
Ipcer.olps inhdelity is all in his mouth Hs hou'"s
but wind and fury
IA 49, s,oo breach 70 a herd Of Texas cattle on the
minis as 20 gang ike that Make Just ABOUT a nut"
IMPRESSION They haven't got sense enough 70 DC co
verted And when you do convert en- they re 10 COUNT
Tn oil nv exerience-and I'VE had good deal OF II
~, found that YOU can convert ten men ana women u
tddie ape or over where you can convert ono oi
tbose cav and goddess dudes and dudlneS between BIN
teen and twenty-five. When boy turns SA''en ne
r1rfts
-. ,oAes the rens in her hands aad drives wherc
she rleases A good old mother comes to me ana asNs
- - may FOR her SON He's stayn' out Int o
,iohts She thinks detected the fumes Of liquor
oo his breath lie keeps bad company, and altogether
has begun to dssipate. 1 pity the good SOUL Dut
can't svmpathize with her What does she think prayer
viii 40 for that fellow To reform him you've got TO
90, his attention Prayer amt Roin' TO do that The
whole church might 60 down its knees and pray out
81 long as he's down the Bowey drnhn beer you re
,ras,i, vour breath No that poor mother wants
70 do with that fellow tie him to a post and give
him about thirtynlne trunkstrap Thatn secure
his attention good thick trunk-strap, well applied
in the right spot will put religion into chap Ike
that than all the Scripture ever preached As
FOR the dudlnes who run their mammes something
ought 10 be with them but l haven't got any
recommendation make, not having hat any experience
In that line I something about boys, though
The trouble with these gay and goddess youngsters
Is that OF selhshness and the asphalt OF the
sin OF hell Itself have formed concrete around their
little hearts that even dynamite Of God scarcely
rend asunder
Let M tell you something about prayer. You pray
for too much. II you got half you prayed for you
wouldn't know what do with it. Ask for what you
want but don't 90 prayin' all over creation
want you TO understand the outset that Sam Small
amt golI to anybody. That's the Lords work
sam Small is here simply instrumentality. Gods
man-made meeting worth little man made convert Is
| wof u nothing at all
NJ. ]. Maxwell the song writer, is here with Mr.
| Small to help on the good work by singing
A WOMANS CRUSADE AGAINST GIkAkD CoLLA'A'
PHILADELPHIA Nov Is (speciall-There has