Evening journal., 1889-06-10
CONEMAuGhiS WOE
What some Of the Baltimore Preachers
- Said Yesterday.

oAiu yesterday.
The Rev. NJ. L. Firor, pastor of st.
Pauls Reformed Church Of Baltimore
said; One of the great lessons we can
learn from the flood is the mercilessness
OF nature. There are those who worship
nature, but IL nature be our god 1t is a
god without pity, without remorse. What
did the raging billows care for the sacred
ties of blood or friendship They
seemed to be glad to pluck the child from
the mother, the mother from the father.
We need something better than this ever
lasting boasting about the laws of nature.
We can likewise learn Of the amazing
sel6shness Of man. God was not respon.
sible for the destruction of those lives.
say that God did not fill that stream
with the Stag from those furnaces, nor
did he build that dam. That disaster is
due, in the main, TO the fact that men
refused to build the dam so as TO stand
against the unexpected.
The Hand of God.
Rev. d. T. Phillips, pastor of the Sec
ond Baptist Church of Baltimore said 1:
What untold disasters lie latent In be-
nignant Naturel Another lesson is the
criminal oversight on the part Of human
authorities, and II cannot be excused.
We recognize the hand Of God in this
terrible dispensation, yet we protest
against the authorities who are directly
responsible for this sad calamity. 1t has
been repeatedly stated that this huge
reservoir was originally intended for the
amusement and sport OF rich worldlings.
habitual Sabbath breakers and gay and
giddy pleasure seekers
The World Not Worse.
Rev. Royal H. Pullman pastor of the
Universalist Church OF Baltimore said .
This magnificent response of the people
TO the cry of suffering shows that Chris
tianity is greater than any church /,
greater than all the churches, however
divine they are. Who shall say now the
world is growing worse2"
Trusts and syndicates.
Rev. E. o. Eldrldge, pastor Of Exeter
Street Methodist Episcopal Church OF
Baltimore, said: ut is fair sample of
the selfish pleasure seeking spirit that
is abroad to day. Numerous trusts and
syndicates, like huge dams, are concen-
trating millions Of money for the enrich
ment and pleasure of the few at the
expense Of the many. 1t lays its covet-
GUS hand upon all the smaller firms, com
o.
and when it has the commodity under its
control lnfiets upon helpless commun-
ity the anomaly of want and often star
yation in the midst of plenty"
The Fault OF Man.
Rev B. Heber Newton Of All Souls
Episcopal Church Of New York said
The horrible catastrophe with which
our ears have been ringing during the
past week is plainly the fault of man,
not Of God. Providence never built that
dam across the head Of Conemaugh Val
ley nor located those towns in the very
bed of the valley, below such an impend-
ing doom. When Providence builds
such dams and locates such settlements
IL will be time enough to lose faith in
Providence. Let us clear our minds of
cant in this matter
Not Quiet Voyage.
Rev. j. G. Davidson, pastor of Grace
Baptist Church of Baltimore said
"Storms and floods are remarkably i'm
partial. Water will drown the mission.
airy as well as the thief The Christians
life is not quiet voyage. Often II is
fierce struggle with storm, and we con
lecture as to why this is So The best
we can say is that, since sorrows enter
all lives, some good must come out of
them. They keep our hearts tender
and sympathetic. Storms and trials
prove us.
Sabbath Breakers.
Rev. d. T. Greenfield, pastor OF the
Lafayette Avenue Methodist Protestant
church, Of Baltimore said: Johns.
town was conspicuously guilty of
great national tTansgresslon.
The steel mills were constantly
in blast, even on the Sabbath day and the
thousand operatives were doing what is
directly against the divine command
ment