The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-09-14
NEM0's COMPLIMENTS 10 JMEa.

EDITOR BULLETIN -
Omen says an New York City
from 1889 to 80 there were 333, 02G
arrests. OF these over 250, 900 were
for drunkenness and crime growing
directly out of liquor" Omen for
got TO say from what source he re-
ceived his information from, perhaps,
some little bird from dream land,
that whispered it into his ear while
sleeping. Still there may have been
that amount of drunkenness and
crime there in the last two years, for
we all know that New York City is
the tavorite stamping grounds of
prohihitionsts when on their little
periodicals, which no doubt has
largely helped to swell the tide. But,
who is responsible for the drink and
crime of New York City, Grid up
thy loins, Omen, and read the follow
ing sermon, then HE myself to thy
closet, and pray for courage to lay
the responsibility where it belongs,
at the door of false religion. The
N. Y. Sun publishes sermon de-
livered by Rev. De Costa, of West
Eleventh ST. Evangelical Church of
that city. We regret our inability,
for lack Of space, to reprint the SER
mon entire, as the reverend gentle
man takes the same stand as the
South West in denouncing Church
ianity in strong terms rs the foe of
Christianity. These brief extracts
indicate the tenor of the sermon:
THE Christian religion" he said.
sis now on trial 10 this city as it is
in no other city of the world. Vice
is all about us, and it rankles with
every description of fostering greed.
Our population cares little for the
city or for religion. The Lords
house has changed character to an
alarming extent, threatening the des'
tiny of religion. The lower part of
the city is full of wrecked churches
and institutions, and the tide is
sweeping up town. IL is suggested
that this is the survival of the tiltest.
II is rother the saroical Of the rich-
est, a survival of the most favored
class of people.
"The tenurncy of the rich to seq
rcgate he considered the great cause
of this trouble. The actions of the
millionaire members of down town
parishes in going uptown and estab-
fishing aristocratic temples had led
to the destruction or consolidation of
the downtown churches.
1.-The rich must stop herding to-
gether in single points," he contin-
ued. They must ask not where
they can find the most elaborate rit-
ual, the most superb music or the
finest society, but where they can do
the most work Let the millionaire,
if his heart belongs to God, sit down
in the poorest parish in New York,
and the man who refuses to do so |
do not hesitate to say is an enemy
instead of friend of God. / make
no compromise on that point.
wonder what sort Of stuff some men $
cOnsciences are made of when they
90 deliberately away, leaving weak
struggling parishes to die! 1t is
unjust ard unchristian, and we can
all see the results. In New York
the best of everything is almost ex-
clusiveIy for the rich. | say this de-
liberately. | have studied these
words and know what they mean,
Our mcalthy ch"rchcS are no better
Man mealthy club houses. They
conStiute q standing menace dgai 81
the Christi''n reiigion. These vain,
proud, puffed-up institutions are not
the ones to be strengthened. If
theirs is the religion of Christ, we
don't want it. "-South- West, Gin
cinnati, Ohio. MEMO.