Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-07-12
BRUTALITY OF MODERN SPORTS
Sermon Of Rev. Loais Albert Banks. az
st. lehR's N. Z. Church.

At 81. Johns NJ. E. Church
Broadway. South Boston, last even
, ing, the pastor, Rev. Louis Alber
Banks, delivered the sixth in hi.
series Of dlScouIses on social topics
his theme being The Extravaganc, c,
and Brutality Of Modern Sports. p
Nj. Banks chose for his tex; Prov
xvi, -: "A merry heart doeih
Eooi like medicine" and Acts
xvi. y: DO thyse,f no harm"
paul, who WAS the Suthor Of the
. second scripture" said the speaker.
''waS, 81 the time OF its utrersnce, s
very happy illustration O: the frs:
provero, showing the value Of i
. cheerful heart in the most trying ex-
pSrie1CSS. The man who coUld have
\ good time in spite q the midnight
dungeon and binding te..erS carried
. something so9u; with hiu th4; wS>
worth having. The bible does no:
y, Itself aEaius: amusement o. in
UocsC, helpful sport. Men and
. women need aui mus bzve some
kind o. recreation. We GARY in
ourselves, ty the ve-v charter Of cur
creation. the righ; 70 Pleasure from
many Sc--cs. We are : Certainly
equipped ia. enjoyment = tc- labor.
The human toiy : constructed ike
some delicate musical instrument
which nAy ID pitched 10 thousand
ioyc-s tunes. Tes eye, Tie ss-. the
mouth. indeed even organ s-i
Seuse S-e - many windows through
which We may enjoy the tssuti7S q
the wv.li- Christianity does rot
undertake - gusrch This tss;rs tor
recreation. III. % co-rrci and direc.
il into sStr s-i healthful channels.
Blu; trom the Puri,Su extreme.
which would suppress Su sEu>e
men,s, ve are thea,egci with
ArArchy In the world a. recreation.
which, instead q rscrsa.iuS. would
destroy bo:h body ard soul. The
tendency 10 brutality in tbs public
popular sports q the lzSt few Years
cannot be but serious reflection 70
any thoughtful mind. The decline
Of Roman greatness, the precursor
Of her disintegrs,ion aud ruin was
sigua,iEei by bloody Snd cruel
games. Reverence for lite Is one ot
the suueSt indications o. civilization.
SeUSiljyeDess 70 the feelings Q.
.utferiuEs Of another ! the highest
type Of human life. But We have
whole cjrc.es of society 70 whom the
prize ring represents the higneS,
ideal q humsa enjoyment. The
have columns every dSy
served up for their de.ecJa,iou. I
hold in my hand clippings Of the
PSS; week or - in different parts Of
the counlry giving accounts Of men
who te@y each other into painful
wounds, in some csSss INTO iusen>.-
tilty, for the spCu-ths so-caI.ei
recrsatioG-Cf other men. One o.
the saddeS, Of facts ! that the en-
jcymeu, o. this brutal amusement
: no; cruEDe5 10 the ignorant and
vicious e,aS>s> only, on, these
brutal humSn mills are ATTENDED
ty many uvu who aue sup
PosSd 70 ue crei.;at.e members o.
Sociegy, When yle big brute Sul-
livan went over % England the
PUucs o. WA.es dii him the honor
% cal. upon him and pay him the
courtesy 81 a private audience. The
nlCs, hozorei educator iu An,e-ica
would uDt have -evl ~ fSvc-t-f tv
the heir Il England : thro-e. Wba,
4 window th.s = iDto the heart q
soS.s,y, showing hOs much os truI.
S,iyy, fvuce and Vo,6sh, = ,,il shu-
under ,ts hA,chss % moral and ls-sl
nsyriu,. tbs Pal NalI Gz1e.-e, ,.vs
the pcliyy osn ry. down pr, s-ht-
ing. t-t The pgiEe fyhuug cC,t. Tie
worship 1tJae uAn with al-iueh
oicep, SS ths .'esl mau. reulzius -
sirou- ~ eyer. It 8, S-lus- r1a.
sPiriI IS. brutality tia, a,I souG uca
aud Voure1 mus - themselves.
one ~ tie ulJst 50 .iEcAnt ulustra-
lions ~ this brutal tendency may be
se~n IN the coliose and poPa,ar
games of the time. I hold ia nv
hands The clipPings q two weeks
that show, in the reoord q bau
games alone, one ooy fatally shot.
one yoUth Whose neck wSs broken
ooe nose bosSen, aud saores a.
angcrs, saalp vO0n3s and blaekenea
eyes
Tbs reent oUtrsge oomuaitts,i
~ SINE of the stu3ents q Harvard