The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-30
RAINSFORD ON PARKHURST.
A MIXTURE OF ADMIRATION, cRITI.
CISN, AND DISAPPROVAL.
Enads Won't Cure the Social Evi, or STOP
Liquor Selling on sundny-The Wild
Hull Method OF Municipal Reform by
Charging with Lowered rIead. Eyes
Shut, and n Theological snort.

Charging with Lowered Head. Eyes
Shut. and n Theological snort.
The congregation which filed st. Georges
| Episcopal Church yesterday morning heard
remarkable sermon without text from tho
| rector. tho Kew. DR.. Eansford. on the methods
OF moral warfare OF which DR.. Parkhurst Is the
exponent and leader in New York city. After
| expressing his personal admiration for DR..
| Parkhurst. the Episcopal Clergyman attacked
the methods OF tho Presbyterian minister and
tore them to pieces. Hc denounced system
which tended to scatter tho social evil
throughout tho entire city instead Of contn-
ing 1t to particular districts. and pointedly re-
marked that mere theological below awaited
nothing in stamping out an evil. DR.. Rainsford
also enlarged on his views in regard to remedy
ing the evils In the saloons. He said frankly that
no would have the saloons open on Sunday for
a few hours. and that tho present Excise law
was not fitted to cosmopolitan New York. His
| sermon which was moro OF n weekday talk.
caused q mild sensation among his hearers.
and 1t was discussed freely as tho congrega-
ton dispersed. d.. Ransford said that he
knew it would brin. down denuncation on his
head from certain quarters. but that he had
spent the past week preparing for tho sermon.
and that he would stand by what he had said.
These are some Of the things he said:
There is one man who has been prominently
before us in the last few months as leader
aud captain in a most necessary crusade
against evil His course has not surprised
those Of us who know and trust him. have
the honor of DR.. Parkhursts friendship and I
consider him second to none in tho sturdy
Christian piety which comes from a strong
Christian view of the situation. Every pious
minister ought and every Christian man must
honor him for what he has done. His conduct
fore DR.. Tarkhurst had any support rs soonas
the first Grand Jury had made its abominable
and absurd prcsentmcnt. saying that Dr. Park
hurst had done the city wrong in tryin. to
shake our faith in our municipal administra-
GG po n If 5 nn ely S nd one
the best letter ! could to THE SUM- had to do
1t. OF course THE Sun did not publish it. So
Now for tho future. believe this is an inn
Portant movement; i; In what have got to say
believe have tho RICH to do So because love
and respect. rs weaker man may. Il great
There are ono or two things which ali Of US
must consider carefully who want to do our
First. whatever movement ofgood and clean
Illness is developed and passes, on to its fruit
nEee, in this city must have its sourre as was
churches. Now want to be very careful ul
this point. and no e, one spoke with greater pre-
make it clear that there should be no move
ment in the Church against /. political body.
IN the chursh Il is ae h"t Sf m snlHn
Tammany arc included among our church
members. and we have no right to do anything
iievo that the. present party governing oar city
is CAPABLE Of radical reform. hut If our Young
movement against Tammuny. they are doing
wrong; ;r ,,,,.,+ +,o sur,.os. ,o,,+ ,,+
will set into ats for What am auS gons to
say. put can help saying it We have got to
h be-
yss nsns6 Can wnA not rs not
come to deal With an evil that did not f Spring ne
up Yesterday. MT exists in all cities that lay"
yidunl GMt tho mul altitude We do not have to 10
blind. We do not have TO put down our heads.
they only hreak their horns. When we SC como ono
snn Ms 81 Ys% foi ha t. wac
ii the s aSy d tSSt S4Hstsn and wss
easy TO shout out 'Vox, ropuli. vox Del" or
But we must recognize tina: a shout and hur-
rim VII MT n%rmanenty cleanse and lift
ment in it. i do not scrurie to say that Wa We
have have g bend 1Tr earnest effort no. in
Whe Rd D be- r aEa WM evils
would sacrifice our blood and money to re-. |
move.
be confined to DISTRICTS. There are two horns
force the present law regardless Of con s;'
quercss;s. That is one horn, You cannot license
eS Yhs to 5As Sffs 9 is or the Is ft
sion Of vice. You will never get the churches. |
please GOD. to hcens9it Onihe os'or hani /
time rutheesly to enforce tho prcseI.t law il |
simply to make that owl, stronger. You might |
when the typhus fever patients were there |
nnd thought you were Improving tho health
wrctchos to lido themselves from tie Henth |
Hoard in the dense places Of the city as to teko
Ionses %' or @n 10 n fhs
houses. md pursue it until it hides its head in
Abram! j. Hewitt. whose words are truth it.
not be dispnted. but il tho law oifrn.ls iie
sense OF night. it cannot he successfully and
W n@f SPEsS 9 SEa
fnil into III" waS Of sho. ting oui"aives ioarse
Gyer ,h iT THIS i whsTo We mike tho mis-
healthy srntlment which asserts that tho
m "a! element In the city must be G+pccte,l.
foot Of those who grow wealthy through vice.
deaf vi fnfw Thors wee d aad Is ser
AVOID its s si US Know s w s?rr%" Scs
IS and we can control It. Lot us Know wher
wee - ana we may be sure that tho police viii
not hiackMail IL. 1t is moi an easy subject to
speak q: nIt we must not simnly enforce .he
people 80 that they may know what to 10 and
how to lH,-iSlatc. At Cooper Union | was
struck with tho carnestness OF one woman
when tho resolutions were read to which wo
We're TO shout our amen. Her voice uttered a
protest against til. inadvquncy Of tho resou-
lions: AFRO you going tn lcnv. tho law as it Is
now. when 1t only pcrsacutcs and rrosecutes
tho women and docs not touch tho mem, A
more Internally unln1t and pnr!ghtnous law
olionds public sentiment 1t cannot DO pormu-
nenty ana successfully enforced.
Let Us see to 1t that law is not only en-
forced put that 1t is worthy nj being enforced.
II mis- l. not renomb ered it is not bard to say
what viii happen. Even such strong healthy
public opinion as flows in the city will be d.
tEcrtei from It's tru2 purpose inst al Of turning
me IniiiS Q! our social order ana srindin. tho
Erist y! h"althtul reform, and Will ronr and
foam before our eyes for bricf hour. throw
W. much miro and Dirt and rad in marsh
would express the greatest possible sym
patty Tor the earnest, aud cody people who
believe that for tho Christian man, and cspe- |
eialy for The priest in his pulpit. e touch evil
Is sin well nigh objectionable. That this is
The view %! many good mon You would nuf |