The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-16

happily. that ability Of depravity to stimu-
late depravity with money needed no such
demonstration. Dr. PARKHURsT knew 1t
before he went into that house. He had
only to read his Bible to find 1t out.
II desire to stand up in the presence OF
this community" no declares. land say
that 1t was the only method by which
could have cut to the quick OF this whole cor
rupt business" The quick is the tendency
| to evil which is In the heart OF man; ana
how could he cut to 1t In that way Z III
| he shut up that particular haunt OF
| vice and a hundred more besides, he would
| not thereby diminish vice to the slightest
| extent. The number OF the vicious would
| remain the same. Fallen women are not
uplifted and cured OF their sin by dragging
them to the station house. and sending them
to the Island They are rather plunged
deeper in their depravity. and made more
hopeless and desperate In their abandon
ment. They lose the last vestige OF shame.
and are worse than before when they re-
turn from their captivity. In any event.
they suffer bitter social punishment. for
they are made despised outcasts. though
the men who are partners in their guilt are
put under no ban. and may sit in high
places in DR.. PARKHURsT's own church.
To "cut to the quick OF this whole corrupt
business" therefore. DR.. PARKHURsT must
elevate men: and in the Gospel OF JESUS
CHRIST he will find the only method by
which to do 1t. He can accomplish nothing
for purity by Disgusting himself as de-
tective in order to enforce the penalties OF
the human law. Human law Is powerless
against the evil, rs the whole history OF
mankind has shown. 1t can only regulate
It.. Even the terrible punishment. which
society inflicts on the SHINING women by
ostracizing them. has proved OF no avail.
Unpublished depravity in men keeps their
number proportionately fixed. though the
average duration OF their lives Is short.
Masculine depravity furnishes both the
supply and tho demand; and they both will
exist undiminished by DR.. PARKHURsT's in
famous method OF cutting Ito the quick OF
the whole business" He has not attacked
the hosts OF vice ut their outposts. to say
nothing OF the centre. Even II he had sue
ceeded in proving corruption in the police.
he would have done nothing toward subdu-
ing the evil. The cure must como from
heaven; the formula Is not in any OF the
statute books of men.
He would do much. however. II he should
obey In his own life the teachings OF CHRIST.
beginning by an effort to purge himself OF
his sin against COP and man by his proceed
ings in that vicious resort. If man looketh
on woman to lust after her. he hath already
committed adultery in his heart. says the
Master The sin against GOD is not in the
act: it is In the feeling. 1t is spiritual and
not carnal merely. To even look on such
things as this professed Christian minister
saw with prolonged gaze. and which he
provoked and paid for that he might SEQ
them. is sin and a degradation. He has
made himself unfit for the society Of decent
men and women. He Is unclean and de-
files whatever he touches. The wretched
women whom he tempted and decoyed
deserve pity. He deserves only condemna-
ton and loathing.
The story of this mans dishonor will be
told anew. and probably in fuller detail.
when the criminal trial OF the keeper Of the
house visited by him takes place next week.
After it has been rehearsed may the Chris
tian pulpit be spared from the further pol
luton Of his presence!