The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-28

consider the most hellish work legitimate.
He said that it is expected that the
Christian people of San Francisco would
soon unite under the. direction of the
noted evangelist b. Fay Mills, on a great
revival of religious work. IL this is TO be
accomplished there must be preparation
of the way. The masses were asleep and
well nigh dead in trespasses OF the Lord
and must be awakened.
THE CALLS CRUSADE.
81 welcome" he added, ''as suspicious
omens the crusadeS began. inaugurated and
| carried forward against the sins OF the city.
| and VIII first mention the anti cigarette
crusade SO successfully waged by The
DAILY MORNING CALL The press as a
| moral power is far more potent in mOlding
| public sentiment than the pulpit Suppos-
| ing newspaper has Il circulation IF 600
copies. Here Is an audience Of 10000 per-
| sons every day. Who can estimate the in
| tiuence, eternal in its duration, exercised by
those who set the types, or sit In the editorial
| chairs. or who manage the business of a
| great newspaper? Let me select the read
ing for a people aud 1 will control their
character. The enefcial effects of this
| crusade begun by The CALL Will continue
for years, and If that eternal vigilance
which Is the price of liberty, be exercised
| the succeeding generation of men in San
Francisco Will be vastly superior 10 that
which is just now entering into manhood
"Ali honor to THE CALL for the noble
tHott AZ has put lOltl III DeilalI OF our BOYS.
Is II not strange That the iniqutous pusi-
ness OF supplying this poison Is tolerated?
That not only do men sell cigarettes 10 boys
but are also permitted to put forth strong
efforts TO induce them TO buy. Last year
one firm put pretty cards in each package
OF cigarettes and said when boy gets 100
of these cards we will give him q handsome
book. Foolish boys thereupon walked into
the net and began 10 smoke as many pack
ages as they could.
strange that our police force should per-
nit the law 10 be so openly violated, and
that fathers and mothers should permit
their boys by wholesale TO be poisoned In
both body and soul, and allow the criminals
who sell the poison to e. unhampered.'
THE CRUSADE AGAINT OPIUM.
Rev. Mr.. Buck next referred to the cru
SADIE begun against the opium and morphine
traffic ia this city by the Women's Christian
Temperance Union. He quoted from Sir
John Smale's book where he referred to
the opium habit IN China. Sir John Smale
was for twenty years Chief Justice at
Hong-kong. Mr.: Buck also quoted from
The Middle Kingdom, a book writ
ten by Sir Wells Williams. in which
he demonstrated that tie evils. suffering
and CRIMES committed arising from the use
OF opium are dreadful and multiplied
Theft, arson, murder and suicide are multi
piled 10 obtain OF escape its effects. The
United States Government Inscribed on its
coins the legend in God We Trust" This
ylrtuous Government we find is petitioned
by Chinese merchants 10 abolish the In
famous traffic, and no note Is taken of the
petition. 1t will, however, seize packages
struggled in. but instead of destroying them
1t viii put them on the market and sell them
to merchants, 10 be by the merchants sold
to smokers. All upright citizens should
arise and demand that righteousness shall
prevail. The women alone will never be
able to bring victory TO this last undertak-
ing.
CAUSES OF CRIME.
Mr.. Buck next quoted from the testimony
OF the prison chaplain al San Quentin in re-
gard TO the causes of crime. which showed
that restitution was responsible for ninety
SIX criminals, liquor for 295 and opium for
$50. with the evil still increasing.
In 1889 there were 100000 pounds Of pre-
pared opium smuCged into the United
States. Add the amount that is regularly
imported and consider that very small
amount OF this is sufficient to reduce ali the
powers of manhood and destroy the intelli-
eence as well as the physical organization.
One OF The largest shipments of opium ever
made into ths United States, valued at
nearly 100000. was regularly entered
within the last three weeks, and il is be-
lieved that several thousand cases were
Smuggled In during the last month.
Let us be ready" said Mr.. Buck Ito
join those women heart and hand in this
crusade" Too many people, he said, stood
Dy anu uudTItleu ABOUT tile means through
which these terrible evils might be abated
One proposed hammer, another Ratchet
and another an ak, and while The controversy
was going on the devil laughs. Let the
women decide, he said, If they will, as to
tue BEST tools and then let us all 60 TO work.
THE DIVES NEED ATTENTION.
The reverend gentleman suggested as OBJ
jects for a third crusade the low variety
theateTs Of this city. They were doing
more to ruin the young men of
this State than any other form Of
sin, for they are the very hotbeds Of
united wires. 1t Is shame" he
said, ito every citizen of this city that these
places are allowed 10 exist and be as shame
less and as bold as they are. Why do they
exist? An answer might be found in one
instance that l can relate There Is one
place so vile that the public authorities re-
fused 10 grant the proprietor license to sell
liquors. he then secured the signatures of
II property-owners on the block and they
were obliged under the law to grant q
license good for 90 DAYS. At tho end Of each
90 days this-man applied for q new license.
Then the police raided his den, but what
use was that except to advertise his place?
Then the juries can be fixed
HE HAS THE RECORDS.
II have the names of the IL citizens that
signed this mans application and the rec
ord OF the testimony which show that
wealthy man rents this place for the yilest
Oh purposes, Anu tElS place Is only one oil
many that abound on our main thorough
fares.
Until these vicious places that blind
mems eyes till they cannot see the glories
of salvation, and din their ears till they
cannot hear the gospel proclamation, and
chain their feet until they would not run to
the waters Of life If they even should hear
the invitation, and bind their hands that
they shall not he raised in prayer, and
drown the voice Of conscience till its re-
monstrances are unheard, and deaden their
sensbilities till they have no apprehension
Of sin, and weaken their moral forces until
they have no power to will a righteous
life, and fill their mind with polluting
thoughts until there is no room for virtuous
ones-I say until these places shall be
broken up, the way of the Lord In this city
will not be prepared"
At this point Rev. Mr.. Buck remarked
that he proposed that his pulpit should not
be open to the censure Of one OF the city
newspapers that the ministers of San Fran
cisco were to blame for the bad condition Of
affairs in this city.
1.-THE world is waiting" he concluded,
"for aggressive action. There are some
duties We can perform better on our feet
than on our knees. There is need of zeal,
enthusiasm and fearlessness. There is q
mighty work to be DONE"