The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-06
F" RESPECTABLE SALOONS"
OPINIONS OF OTHER PREA CHERs ON
DIR. RAINSFoRD's SCHEME.

Iudes to DIR. Rnin-rord ns n Rev. Judas
His Bibie to tho wtnds-The Only Minis
terinl Voice that In Twenty Years Has
Becn Raised In Hehair OF the Saloons.
The Rev. DR.. Rnlnstords respectable
saloon" occupied the attention of many of his
brother clergymen yesterday. The terms OF
their dlsapprobation varied from mild rcbuke
to vehement donuncation. All Of tho preach
ers chose tho same text. Hnbakkuk. III. 10:
Woe unto him that giveth his ncighbor
drink" Some OF the things said were as
follows:
The Rev. DIR. David James Burrcil. at the
Marble Collegiate Church. Twcnty-nnth street
and Fifth avenue. said: Il have heard OF but
ono man in ministry OF twenty years who
raised his ministerial voice in behalf Of tho
saloon and l thank God that there has not
been one responsive echo to that voice from
tho ministry. Tho saloon Is an institution so
far toward hell that there Is no uso Of trying
to whitowash it.
Tho American worklngman is the best artl-
san on earth. There is no such thing rs find
ing his peer in any other nation. | am speak
Ing Of the worlingman who does not frequent
saloons. Tho workingman who does frequent
saloons. II is estimated. spends Sl2O n year for
his drink. 1t is from this class that you hear
the cry that tho rich are growing richer and
tho nooi1 poorer It i tbs eass Which is
labor troubles. which puts dynamite on the
doorstep OF the man who presumes to keep
soberand save his money.
wines and beer In the name Of Of Lore Lord COD God.
Il am told that not 900 miles from here Ia
church which once leased its basement for n
asa psrG to t " tho
goddess individual disabused them of this idea
by chalking on the church steps this verse:
" 's a"i sr sPiiI' st aSSy'
And spirit Of woe,
The spirit above
rh Iss spPif Ss DIVINE;
Is the spirit OF vino.
1--WE nre told that the saloon has como to
lishcd institution. Never will the Church
rscoGniZo the saloon for good until Jesus
The Rev. DR.. G. $. narrower OF the Central
Methodist Church said TINT the {, CHRISTIAN
ford for calling attention to the social needs Of
THE saloons bank on this eregarious ten;
dency in man.. They know that food and
drink and occasion for familiar intercourse is
what man wants and they supply it. The
at its picnics and festivals. DIR. Rainsford has
done we'll to call our attention to the ecessity
men. but he, is unfair in critcising our oppo-
Hsf o taas he R Mhss not f hin spa
DR.. Narrower said that the only remedy he
saw lies in local option. which should be given
The Prohibitionists. he snid are too radical.
and insult the American sentiment " freedom
by attempting to secure preventive legsla-
THE Rev. DR.. W. r. ,Harshaw Of the First
Union Presbyterian Church. at Eighty-sixth
street and Lexington avenue. after abiding to
DR.: Ransford's plan. said:
Tho proposal comes from man who has
hnn hn Af 1nr
amount Of common sense. Tho enrnestness
Of the prcposer Or the proposal cannot be cues
to be among the first to ind It out and adopt it.
DR.. Rainsford proposes to cnanEe the saloon
EeHat snl the Try
devil! You might take tho saloon at the COR
ner Of Eighty sixth street and Third avenue.
Bibles on every counter. put Scripture notices
on the walls. and fiji the back room, with splen;
old elder behind the bar to give a tract with
glass t d d atsr ffay s Tor Svs FRY
make the devil saint, you can change the sa-
loon from q curse to a blessing.
Tho method by which the, drink habi, Is formed
full haartess cruelty. it is but little short Of
criminal for any ny, minister Of the Gospel. who
stand in his pulpit and plead for the continue
This now prophet ana defender OF the ga
loon proposes to say to the Church and its
members. It's all right for you to drink wines
and beers and ales. You can do your duty to
God and yet indulge
II do not know howIto characterize that
have admired the man and MS works: but |
lips is dumnable. This new apoloGist for the
saloon seems to have thrown his Bible to tho
winds"
The Rev DR.: Wilson OF the Eighteenth Street
Methodist Episcopal Church. paid his respects
to the Rev. DR.. Rainsford as follows:
There are 1904 licensed saloons In this
city. with fully 5000 more unlicensed drink
ing places. Add to these 1000 Rev l!alnsford
Snnctihed saloons to prepare material for the
lower groggores. and we will have u state of
things not surpassed by Sodom in its worst
days. But whore the wicked do spring as the
grass and all the workers OF iniIuity do -four
ish. it Is that they may be DESTROYED forever
God Almighty lives and the conscience OF his
Church is not yet dead. in spite Of saloons and
reverend Judas lscariots. who are ready to
betray the cause for profitable silver: in spite
of dill letanteism in dealing with this question:
in spite of COMPROMISING, temporizing. and
priviliging. The handwriting il on the wall
against this cursed traffic that supplies nine-
tcnths OF tho crmiIality, siX-tenths Of the
pauperism and 10000 victims Of death every
year"
The Rev. George I. Strobridge pastor Of St
Andrews Church in Seventy sixth street. said:
The saloon church Is a corrupt church. and
the Methodist Church cannot enter into an al
lance with it.. Tho church saloon scheme is
dead and DR.. Rainsford had better put on his
canonicals and perform the funeral rites"