The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-26
THE NEW IoRK HElTHEH.
The Life . Clergyman Found in
Ulster County.
A Wieksd - African ssvsges-The
Moral SENSE Utterly
EIunxed.


gav- Z Rzinxfori IN fae caureEmsn-
In the deep recesses OF the Tnoun-
tain ranges or Iaboring IN the cement
rock quarries, their lives in daily dam
ger from the premature blast or the
treacherous czve-in. toiIing and mol
ing in the cement mills. .axlly hanging
around the docks Or IeisGrely travelling
ia bsrges on the Ulster and Delaware
canal, viii be found hundreds and
thousands Of heather. AZ crassly
ignorant, as wicked. ~ british, as in
the farthest depths OF the dark cont
nenE. Thousands OF these people
know not the name OF God save II
s,aths. the Holy Name Is fapiliar 70
theus only in blaspheny. OF the
marriage tie they are utterly regard
less. CsSr.subinage and worse are
no crimes In their eyes. Beer and
whisky rule In their shanties. in the
boats. even IN the quarries. On their
ears the sound OF the church going
he'll falls dead-some Of the children
have prubably never heard il. To the
church and her services. 10 any fern
Of devotion or worship, they are utter
strangers. Their offspring are brought
up in ignorance and vice. The very
women and girls lind employment on
the canals, some accompanying their
husbands and fathers arisi helping TO
man the boats: others, alas as the
pararnorrs of the crew 50 fearful.
Indeed. Is the condition of things IN
this respect that Il il not uncommon
for men and women 70 exchange part
ners, even during the same trip, and
a, take il AZ matter Of course that A
and y should have separated at Ellen
vile or at Honesdale, and made the
return journey with G and ID, respect
lively.
TO enter into details would be to
shock public deceacy and morality.
One salient instance from she upper
eommonalty will be sufficient. The
keeper of so-ezlied hotei-not first
class but still much above the rank OF
all ordinary saloon, man weil-to-0o,
and q farmer likewise, is married 10 Q
wife from the neighborhood. She en-
gagged as help 3 e5lored woman who
speedily attracted the notice of the
husband. He began TO live in sin with
the negress, the wife,,knowing ali about
j., and offering nc objection, all the
three being under the same roof At
the present time the man eohablts
with his wife the colored woman and
mulatto girl, said on authority IN be
his own daughter. the whole for4ting
one common family. Yet, so low Is
the tone OF public opinion that he is
not boycotted by his neighbors, nor Is
his house avoided by his friends.
In other sections of this same town
white women, wives and mothers OF
families, with their children, have been
traded OF sometimes IN exchange for
other women by their husbands. the
consideration being often a keg OF
beer or whisky and few dollars.
1t will I've asked, Who Is responsible
for all this? The reply Is easy. The
responsibility lies with those who have
professed 70 supply the religious wants
OF the community, and have failed to
act up 90 their professions. The
whole OF the county, except in the
city OF Kingston. the towns Of SAUCER
ties, Eilenville and the villages OF
Stone Ridge and Esopus, has been es-
sentially o close preserve OF the Dutch
Reform body.
The Dutch Reform denomination
has never been missionary body
/ il has apparently been conten,
to try 10 assert its some
what despotic sway over its
members. and TO hold last to what il
has. This il has hardly succeeded in
doing. Hence we find vast heather
population ia this important and pop
ulous cea.er Of the most Influential
diocese in the American church.
The Methodist communion, with its
wonted push and foresight, recognize.
ing its opportunities for aggressive
work, has endeavored, with more OF
less success, 70 gather in the deserters
from the Dutch Reform body, and 70
administer To the spiritual wants of
those who hahitually neglect their
God. It's success has been less rather
than more. In rot few cases the last
state of the revived converts espe.
cially the girls, Is now worse than the
first. During the last year women oil
VIGOROUSLY bad lives have gone for.
ward TO the anxious bench" have
..professed conversion, have been re.
ceived into membership, are still mem
bers, and are again leading il, indeed
they evea desisted from leading--mosi
immoral lives, 70 the great hurt OF
religion and society