The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-19
PULPIT QUARANTINE.
Mr.. Wicks Joyful Because
All Foreigners Are
Kept Out.
IS THE RACE DEGENERATE?
Pastor Grant Talks In the Same
Vein-The Sabbath and the
Chicago Show.

The Rev. Mr.. R. K. Wick, Pastor of the
Wayne Street Reformed Church preached
last night upon the subject of "Pesti-
lences." While deploring The misery that
would follow a cholera outbreak in this
country, be took comfort in the belief
that all thugs work together for good to
them that love God. The proximity of
the plugue had already brought one
blessing. Providence had shown it's hand
so far as this county was concerned by u
measure closing down for the present the
gates OF immigration. Could this, taken
as a precedent lead Congress to keep them
closed at least uutil 1900, il would be a
blessing indeed.
AIR. Wick reviewed the early history of
cholera outbreaks, showing that it was a
disease that originated among those who
live in uuelean environments. He cited
the facts contained in a lie ter fIom the
Secretary OF the Church's Foreign Mis-
sion Board concerning missionary WORK
among communities of people who hadn't
washed themselves in ten years Epidem-
les among them Were c.iused by the
trapsgresslon of natural laws. The idea
that prevailed in olden tin IS Ih;t plagues
We're visited upon the people as punish
ment for their sins had sufficient founda-
tlon from the Scriptures. "But," said
the III. n!ster, I'VE often hear of ships go
ing down with all on board, of railroad
trains pluugiDg into deep aDysees, maug
Ing and crushing out the lives of the
good as we'll as the bad, aud We are some
1nies Inclined TO question Gods mercy.
Ii YOU Will explain 10 me the mystery OF
Il siugle tear, P1l explain all the agony in
the world. | would not own a God that
cOuld understand
GOOD FROM EVIL.
but it's an i'll WIND that blows no one
good. Providence has taken hold of this
thing and Tor the present put a stop TO
Immigration to this country. | am not
ungrateful to friends who have come
from the other side and assisted; nor am
/ unmindful of the fearful responsibility
resting upon us to hold this country for a
tine to work out its own mission. Our
blood is not SO good as 1t used to be.
Floods of unwholesomeness have poured
In upon US. We might as well expect a
weak fool to produce strong limbs aud Il
robust, healthy body. Our constitution
has become impaired"
MIR. Wick then cited some statistics,
purporting to show that rs per ceut. of
The discharged convicts of Ireland had
reached ihls country. In 1880 rs per cent.
OF The masters were foreign born, and
63 per cent. of the liquor wholesalers
Were foreign horn. At the present time
about SO per cent. of the ~salooukeepers
were born Ia foreign parts, aud the other
forty per cent were of foreign extraction.
FOREIGN IDEAS.
From many countries" said the
speaker, "the tide of immigration brought
many to our shores whose ideas are de-
t%rirnental to the Americal people. 1t
showed itself in the depreciation of the
American Sabbath. A celebrated French
Commissioner sent out 10 investigate the
cause of our prosperity reported to the
French Senate that it was due to our
respect for the Sabbath. Seven million
foreigners have come to this country since
the gates of the Centennial exhibition
were closed on Sunday, aud two million
children were born aud are being reared
under the prevailing influences. Now
We see what am agitation there is for the
opening Of the Columbian exhibition
gates on Sunday.
1T is hurting our politics. The ques-
ton is, how long can we stand it? Ii the
gates of immigration could only De kept
closed until 1900, the pre-, ent danger of q
cholera epidemic would be u most well
come ~interposition of Providence. We
want a united people. aud time TO meet
this devil anarchy which is coming over
from the other side of the Sean