Telegram-herald., 1891-03-09
SEXUAL RELATIONS
DIR. Fair Tells How Very Dan
gerous They Are.
The SOCIAL WORLD IS II is TO-DAY
a seTmes OF Rare fr0faDStps sna
Power Preached 80 fsfsoEs N ns
Pronounced "a tbs Dsct0Fs
Most iaa pEssiise DissaaTss.

very marked eneCt on The st1e 81 the
congregation. The congregations al 81.
Marks are never so large as those ot
tue morning, but that OF last evening
was tAinaed by an uausasl process.
Daring tie service OF pgayer aud praise,
and before the time for the sermon, the
sexton was seen t.p-toeing through tie
pews and dropping woIds softly into
the ears OF one class OF persons only.
These were Young misses whose sk Tls
the dressmaker has not yet brought
away down 70 the sOles of their boots.
When the mysterious word o. the sex
ton was dropped, the young mss IA
yarisbly rose and departed from the
church with crimson glow upon her
cheeks. In some instances the thin-
ning process removed whole pewfuls,
and sometimes entire families; and by
the time the thinning process
Was reached, the congregation had
dwindled 10 what may be called small.
The preacher spoke as follows:
The subject OF this evenings sermon
is not OF my own selection; il
Has Been Selected for Ne.
take It that there has been reason
why have received the communica-
ton have, bat owing TO the congrega-
ton before me and the present subject,
cannot snake oil feeling of excite
ment that comes upon me. Yet there
IS providence, a experimenting proyi-
dencc, IN all our affairs. anu | am con-
strained to refer TO that providence the
attitude To which | find myself this
evening. There is a delicscy that must
be observed by the preacher, and yet
have been asked to speak on the sub
| ject of the social evil IN Grand Rapids.
| | have been overwhelmed with the sub
ject as have been considering II, and
| have asked God 10 calm my mind.
| But | became excited when ! thought
that the pure childhood OF
Girls Could Eail so Low,
| into such degradation, and that man,
made IN the image of God could be-
come devil, that the country is not
grappliug with the great evil, and that
! the church is so un-CnrIstllke III deal
ing with this wrong.
"Now what do we understand by the
| social evil First, it is the betrayal OF
womau's virtue by mans temptation.
Second, il Is woman making man her
partner in what is Intrinslcslly base.
! Third, It Is the agencies employed for
| making less difficult one particular
I h.
| life of lust that men and women pur-
sue to give unlawful response 10 a
passion that is solely physical and sen.
| Sual.
"If | were to cite a scripture TO en-
| force the words of tnls sermon,
! should ask you to turn 10 the seventh
chapter of the book OF Proverbs.
"Our first inquiry Is, what is the ex-
| tent of this sill? In the city of Paris,
| there are
I Fifty Thousand Deg gradcd Women Living
! in this sin. In the city of New York,
there are &c. 1000 such persons. In Lon
/ don the number canno. be safely estI-
mated, but the police of that city know
| 1000 different houses that exist for the
! purpose OF prostitution. In the city OF
! London, every fourth person arrested
| is an harlot, and every seventh woman
is prostitute. And what are the
statistics OF Grand Rapids? | could not
| get accurate statistics of the present
! time, but in 1850, when the population
was only 10000, and when the women
/ of this class were registered
there were eightv-eight registered
woman; but this did not include those
who we're not registered. In 1891, there
are certain streets that are known, and
IN certain other streets there are GER
tain houses that are well known. In
our blocks where business - transacted
there are rooms rented TO this degraded
class. In other parts OF the city, there
are women supported by
Not Men, But by Pieces of Men.
in human form only.
"Now these women come from al
classes. high I'D as well rs low down
| And what is the effect OF such condi.
| ton OF affair? First. the physical deg
! radiation and weakening of the race
| These figures point, az surely as figures
can point to anything. the physical deg
radiation of our people. Second, tht
decline Of morality; that is, the general
| morality of the people. The evil has
its effect upon persons who are not
| themselves actually touched by thf
| disease. Third, It becomes legalized
| sln. No one has more profound re
spect for Law than | have. but wheT
We have such a crying evil before oui
! eyes. and are told that law can not dea
! with il. il shows the weakness OF lav
Tn. Church Must Plead Guilty
OF apathy. snd confess that 4 isa failure
with respect OF tins one siR. Fourth
the ruin and perdlu0n OF many men
and II OF men, what Of the women. tn
/ unfortunate women Statistics tell ui
tuat large numbers of them are
murdereTs. Nc class OF per
sons furnish 50 many murderer
ss women. Others Of then
are suicides. The lsudsnum hottie teil'
tie story. The vaole lfe ge.s into tasi
/ POS ton that death is tfe last resort
and the potter's field II their doom
Murder, suicldel the potter's fed.
"EnQgire. nov, the causes ot To-
sn and is power. First, i q tbs wors
Of the devil. Some people do not 70
Iieve N dew. Do not know how 4
I explain tbs sn - them who do not -
Eeve N a devil. secondly. oar huTnsr
nature. Tie dsvll quickly sees the pre-
I d scauent men ard w0rneB are "a ytT
their feshlv lust saa he takes sTfu
+ sdvsnfsrr of - TIE f1irs cause - ou'
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/ not eudure toe ssnnpls Gafet q e0rse
Ard she love of a csrtSsr fa3se ezse. an
srlsowrn<rt q hr.rne cares makes TIE "a
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