The sun., 1892-03-18
The Place for DR.. Parkhurst.

DR.. PARKHURsT has gone about to see fol
himself some OF the wickedness Of the town
We advise him to continue his investiga
tions. and for this purpose he cannot dc
better than join the Salvation Army.
He has lived in very small and narrow
world. His associations have all been with
people who are representative OF q few
| thousands out OF the millions in this metro.
| politan district, and them he has seen for
the most part only superllcialiy. Probably
most OF the men at the Madison Square
Presbyterian Church were not so much as
tonished and Mortified by his last Sundays
revelations OF the wickedness Of the town
as he was himself. They knew of its exist
ence in the forms he described, and they
had taken it for granted. Their memory
does pot run back to tho time when it was
not here. however old they may be.
DR.. PARKHuRsT talked like child to
whom the world had been u world OF imag-
ination and not OF reality. who had just
had his eyes opened suddenly to the truth
as it is. Having made the discovery for tho
first time. he imagined that what he saw
was peculiar to New York and to New York
under Democratic rule. II such wickedncss
can exist in this community. cried out the
preacher. it can exist only by the toleration
and connivancc OF the authorities. and con-
sequently their own depravity is complete
and hopeless.
That Is the first effect upon him Of his ex-
periences as a detective. II he continues at
the business. however. his conclusion must
be different il he is really an honest minis
ter OF CHRIST. He will be forced to ask
himself how far he himself is responsible
for the moral obliquity no finds.
Has he performed his duty in ac-
cordnnce with his vows as q minister OF
the CHRIST? JESUS went about among the
wicked. not as detective. but as friend
and helper. Publicans and sinners were
His companions md fallen women His as
sociates. The forms OF evil which tho
Founder OF Christianity witnessed were the
same as those whose existence in New
York horrilled DIR. PARKHURsT and pro-
voked his assault on the towns Govern
mcnt. Yet the Master inveighed more
against the spiritual sins Of hypocrisy and
Phariseeism than against those feshly
lusts as destructive OF the soul.
Come down from your assumption OF su-
pcrior virtue. He said to such as DR.. PARK
HURST. and follow Me among these poor
and lowly. sinful and hard pressed. and see
whether. after all. they are not as deserving
in the sight OF heaven as you are yourself.
II you are so much better. why are you con-
tent 10 nurse your SNUG respectability.
fattening on the gifts of the rich. instead OF
going abroad TO follow in the footsteps of
the Master You profess to obey?
Hence we say TO DR.. PARKHuRsT that no
should cease to play the part OF detective
and go to Gen. BOOTH for commission in
the Salvation Army. in whose ranks he
would not only find out tho wickedncss of
the town. but also have an opportunity to
conquer 1t after the Gospel method
Did CHRIST look to the rulers OF cities
and States to regenerate the world He
taught rather that evil must be overcome
by spiritual agencies only. and He tested
the sincerity of His followers by requiring
that they should give up all in His service.
The evil is here. DR.. PARIHURsT. and it is
gigantic. In your detective excursions you
saw only an infnitesimal part OF 1t. How.
then. u you are as horriaed by 1t 40 you