The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-15
WAGING WAR ON McDow
The Charleston Pulpit Opens It's
Batteries.


CHARLESTON, S. c., July 14-At re-
cent meeting of the Charleston Ministerial
Union, composed of most of the Protestant
pastors Of this city, a resolution was
adopted invoking the aid of the pulpit
throughout the city and state in putting
down deeds of violence, which have so often
disgraced our land. The occasion of the
Protestant resolution was the failure of the
jury to convict DR.. Mellow of the murder
of Capt Dawson. The pulpit began work
to-day.
DR.. w. T. Thompson preached on the
resolutions at the Scotch Presbyterian
church, Rev. H. NJ. Grant preached at the
Circular Congregational church and DR..
Wells preached at Trinity Methodist
church. DR.. Pinckney will preach at Grace
Episcopal church next Sunday, and other
ministers will follow from time to time,
FOOLS MAKE MOCK OF SIN.
DR.. Thompson's text to-day was ''Fools
Make Mock of Sin." In illustrating how
men mock at sin he said: "When they
refer to their darkest deeds, their fragrant
profana ion of marriage vows, their utter
disregard for TRUTH their devilishly devised
and obstinately prosecuted schemes for the
cretions, men make mock of sin when
their silence seems TO give it sanction. But
1t may be asked,n said DIR. Thomp-
son, "Why press this matter now?
Why not now, | answer, rather than at
any other time, when the indications are
that the catalogue of those dreadful deeds
may be lengthened at moment In heav-
ems name have we not bad enough of them?
Shall we voicelessly wait until some other
citizen with gaping wounds lies cold
and dead, perhaps yourself, your husband
or your brother. ''If we may not speak
now, at what number of Gods victims will
you assign a limit to patience and fOrbear-
anceW
COvET NOT THE MAID SERVANT.
Mr. Grant said: "What just moral con-
demnatiou in the abstract should be swiftly
visited upon him who from the baneful i'm
pulses of unrestricting sensual lust, first
breaking the sacred VOWS of us own family
home, polluting its purity and peace and
preaching its defense, next violates the
spirit of good neighborhood by in
vading with like evil intent
the home and household adjoin-
ing him. Should such spirit and
such action go morally unrebuked9 The
spoiler of his own home invading for sinful
purposes the home of another, his innocent
neighbJr, which we fail to emphasize as we
SilOulA- 1uOu SuHib AOO CON5I LuN nolSu-
boris maidservant'
"a mans house, you say, is his castle
His maidservant by the law of the tenth
commandment, is, for all the obligations of
defense, his. Now, who, self-confessedly,
was the first invader Of the house, castle,
home, and such an invasion for a purpose
so base. What are the moral and what
should be the legal deserts of such an in
vaderi If the well-being of society Is ever
to be well established and Wind Gated, with
what holy anger and what burning moral
indignation should such a spirit and con-
duct be clearly and sharply defined and
strongly reprobated9 Within ones own
bosom, one may learn there, as everywhere
to condemn as God does, and as all men
should, sensuous lust, with its sinful
progeny, and condemning them, seek to ex-
tirpate them from the heart, from society
and from the earth.
"'Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's
maid servant
Thou shalt not commit adultery.'n
In concludi & his sermon at Trinity DR..
Wells said: Let the pulpit speak-let the
press of the country speak-let good men
everywhere speak-let South Carolina and
the ent re country speak out in reference to
this matter, and demand that the law be
executed, regardless of wealth, honor or
social position"