Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-16
THE GAZETTE.
DIR. Bullock on DR.. Parkhurst.

Inc most outSpoken minister OF IN
fuence who has taken part in the dis
cussion of Rev. DR.. Parkhurst's recent
visit disreputable places in New
York, is the Rev. J. J. Bullock, man
eminent as a theologian, with a wide
reputation in the South as q preacher
Of scholarship and force. He was for
many years the Chaplain of the United
States Senate.
DR.. Bullock says: "The announce
ment that the Rev. DR.. Parlhurst has
accepted an invitation extended him
by number of Washington citizens,
among them Postmaster-General Wan
amaker and ex-Justice Strong, to deliver
an Grafton on The Duty ofthe Christian
Church in Relation to the Civil Law
filled me with no little pain and aston
ishment. 1t was a sad day for the
cause of Christianity and for the Pres
byterian Church when DR.. Parkhurst,
forgetful alike of the plainest principles
Of Christian morality and of common
decency, according to his own testi-
mony in a court of justice, visited
houses of i'll fame in disguise, for the
purpose Of finding out for himself what
was going on in those vile places, in
ORDER that he might more vigorously
attack them. 1t was part of the pre-
arranged programme. I cannot go
moro fully into the details. 1t is too
disgusting and shocking to relate.
When | read the testimony my moral
sense was shocked. So also were the
great body of Christians and de-
cent people shocked who were
made acquainted with the disgust
ing details. / felt DR.. Parkhurst had
done more harm to the cause of religion
and sound morality than all the wild
rawlings Of atheists and agnostics. l
thought that in his fiery zeal for reform
he had gone mad. The adoption of the
diabolical principle that it is lawful to
do evil that good may come-of fighting
evil with cvil-would undermine the
very foundations of Christian morals,
and would make the Church of Christ
a byword and a Kissing to the true
friends Of sound Christian morality.
Dir. Parkhurst may call it dwelling
nonsense to refuse to approve his reck
less performances, but he will find be-
fore he is through with his wild crusade
that he has shocked the moral sense
and the sense of decency of multitudes
of the wisest and best people in the
land. | would have remained silent in
regard to Dr.. ParkhuIst and his per-
formanccs were he to come of his own
accord to address the people of Wash
ington in advocacy of his views, for
Washington is favorite place for all
sorts of people with all sorts of notions;
but when such men as Mr.. Wanamaker
and Justice Strong, elders of the Pres
byterian Church, invite DIR. Parkhurst
to come here to teach the people
sound morality, | feel constrained
to utter my solemn protest against
him as competent teacher OF
sound morals, | am not willing
for the people to believe that DIR. Park
hurst, though backed by these distin-
guished gentlemen, is safe teacher of
religion and morality. The cause of
sound morals needs no such aid as DR..
Parkhurst's unclean methods and de-
moralizing doctrines. IfDr. Parkhurst
has recklessly cut loose from the uni
versally received doctrine among all
sound-thinking men, that ii is wrong to
do evil that good may come. let him
have all the dishonor to himself. Let
the church and ali lovers ofthe truth re-
fuse TO countenance any such horrible
teaching. With what burning indigna-
ton did Paul denounce the horrible
dogma in the third chapter of Romans,
eighth verse: We be slanderously re-
ported and rs some affirm that we say.
Let us do evil that good may come,
whose dannation is just?' God forbid
that the church of Christ should ever
be so disloyal to her Divine head as to
make breach upon one of the cardi-
nal principles of Christian morality, or
that her ministers and elders should |
sanction measures that violate the we'll
accredited principles of dccency and
morality" ."-JYuSh. cor. n. Y. Sun. .