The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-08
A Lay Sermon by = Distinguished Woman.

"A Lay sermon by . OiSting u1ahea Woman.
To rnE EDITOR The sUx--sir. II my name IL known
TO It viii become the guarantee Of the honesty of
convictions In this sad Of DR.. Parkhurrt TEE
Sen does not need tho support Of any when It
enuncates its conclusions and yet venture to thank
you for your championship OF the downtrodden among
sister women. Such action Dr. PArkhurst 10 now
taking only drags them deeper in the ire IL 1. Just
to them that he should seek to place them before
the world with its stain upon them Were they never
pure women o. innocent chiidrenf Must they remain
forever sunk in such degradation that he proved
possible for them!
When one has seen women under the pressure of 10
many diverse conditions. SO many distracting motivsS
As you know must have them subject to In the
lifetime given up to their service begins 10 COM
prehend somewhat the strange accountings somo Of
them give Of tho talents entrusted to their custody
Truly the mantle OF charity must be free
and fully flowing unless poor humanity Is
TO be utterly blo,ted out OF the scheme Of
spiritual survival for its seeming sins many and
too aeepy ingrsned for any small cloak to But
Just there the dividing line between sinner and saint
Ia drawn. as finely atenuated as that between insau
ity and genus Never was the moral keenly
pointed than that set by Dr. ParEhurst between him.
self and Hattie Adams. No such lesson the one no
teaches could ever have been made possible by the
action OF his blameloss predecessor wise In his Of
hcal and ministerial dealing with the SOCIAL conditions
he so equally comprehended and rcprobated. Poorly
indeed did that gaded Dung read me
of Dr. Crosby dead face lit babe him entce fa young
women to posture before him unclad and to indulge
with him and his companions. In orgies which must
have contentei the most orthodox Of all the devils in
his category. While he thus engaged in tho
latest orthodox version Of ON with tho dance urysd
that nothing should b. omitted from "ihe circus had
he no thought that these women were made In tho
image of the mother that bore him oh. shame upon
him Shame and Disgrace to manhood Ii he Ia
type OF the CHRISTIAN gentleman where shall women
turn protection In these days, when tho world Ia
sinking beneath load of luxurious dsprsvity As heavy
IS weighed down old Rome and the classic earthi
And this proud Pharisee who consorts not with pub
licans and sinners save In the way Of laying pltfal,
for their unwary feet he breaches not the GOSPEL Of
Christ Christ gave Himself to his brother en- ana
sister The doctrine OF Parkhurst is that against
which he himself would launch every tbunderbolt in
his theological quiver called Loys,as doctrine
OF e1pediency. lie will Justify himself in dong evil
that good may follow!
OChrist of mothers teaching sep need hast rhou
that Thy judgment voice shall sound sd
the four quarters OF heaven and all the spaces OF thu
earth Need hast Thou that the children of Thy faith
shs be gathered together so that Thy Teaching lay b.
their works and they DO set apart from the
wolves in shspherds' garb whs now dsvour Thy nock
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