The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-31

! ne H.. ~, lANiNSf''Nb Va ". N'F''it ~ :
Church l. II man who is rather more likely
+" get hold OF a subject by TIE blade than
by the handle He is an lrishmnn. and
when lie swings his shilclah there is no
telling what head he will hit. When he
talked las, Sunday about the PAEKHrRsr
business. therefore. he said some truo and
shrcwl things and some not true aud not
shr"wd
II is not true that THE Sun has poured
out fifth on PARkIIrRs1S head We
have simply expressed our disgust at the
filth already thcrc. We said and now
repeat that his conduct WIS unspcak-
ably vile, shameful, and utterly unmanly:
and that II man who behaves SO baScly
cannot be excused ON his plea that
his motives in thus dC!iling manhood wcrc
good and holy. Least of all should the
world accept such an excuse for vlcncss.
dcbauchery. and trcarhcry from II pro-
Tossed minister Of the religion whose ear
dinal and highest and nobl"st and most cs-
scntial principle is that evil is evil always.
and is meyer iuetiiablr, whatever may be
the end for which ii is done.
! That is the great spiritual law of the
universe. \ Church therefore departs from
the law of Cop and di-ohcys it whenever
and So far as il sanctions proceedings like
| PARKntESTs. 1t puts on the livery of the
devil instead Of wearing the epotlcss gar
| mcnt of truth and righteousness. The
! preservation of respect for that law in the
| world is the highest duty of every Chris
| tian Church. For that purpose it exists.
| For that purpose the religious instinct is
| implanted in the breasts of men. That law
| is the spiritual basis of religion. COP is
| perfect truth. absolute and Interchangeable
righteousness. He is spiritual order. The
| devil is disorder. variation from the i'm
mutablc spiritual law and disobcticnce to
it. All earthly and human laws are Of no
consequence to the world a. compared with
that Divine law, and they are of no pcrma-
| ncnt value except 50 far as they are in ac-
| cordancc with it. Vice is vice. sin is sin.
| only because they violate this law Of the
| spiritual world.
| DR.. RAINSFoRD'S perception Of this truth
| is bluntcd. So far as he wandered from
| sound principles last Sunday he was led
| astray because of his spiritual blindness.
| When he got on the right track. as he did
! often, he was always and necessarily
| ohcdicnt TO this heavenly law as his
guide and pilot. Moreover. he showed
some practical understanding of the
terrible and infinitely complicated qucs-
tons with which PARKHURsT sought to deal
| in II stupid, vicious. and unchrstian way.
| He also gave indications of n laudablc and
genuine Christian spirit. whereas the lam
Guagc, the tone. and the methods Of the
other are tngrnntly opposed to the
| spirit and purpose Of Christianity. So
ccty ruled by Palkhurstian principles
w,IllI l,a q neutrality-suspicious. ~, mt
RAvAcHoL. the bloody Partisan Anar-
cilist. are of the same satanic school.
brethren and conicdcratcs working together
| for the destruction of til" law upon which
the salvation OF the individual and of So
coty depends Each calls himself n social
r"formcr, and the on" is as much entitled to
the distinction us the other. The spirit of
anarchy is in them both. and both arc try
| in;, with their puny hands to destroy the
iEmutabe and absolute and bcnccent
! law Of the Ruler of the Universe.
| Yet DR.. RAISsFoED. SO inconsistent and
SO merrurial is he. blasphcmcd the holy and
awful Cop of heaven and earth by thanking
| Hin for what that viontor Of law did in
his revolving dances Of naked har!otS. We
thank COP" said Or. RAISsroRp Of PARK
HURST, every pious minister should, every
lllIlSlii1N I!I'iH must, lbT WIFI ne mas uBNt''
II WAS not toGoD that these hanks went up
from II Christian pulpit. They descended
into hell The Father Of Lies and not
the Con of Truth rcioiccn when the law Of
truth Is violated
DIR. RAINSroED 5 remarks as to the meth
DDS of dealing by legislation with what IS
called the social evil had much good sense
in them. PAKKHuRSr set out to treat a
chronic social disease whose causes lie deep
in human nature and the organization of
society, and the only means he adopted
were those Of foul sensational uuackery.
You might as well have called in a black
smith to diagnose and treat an obscure
bodily malady which has ball!cd the skill of |
all the physicians Of all time ITO continue
ruthlcssly to enforce the present law |
against this obstinate and deep-seated evil" |
as DR.. RAINSFoRD said wisely, lis to make |
that evil stronger" You drive out one devil. |
and ten worse devils cntcrin. He used good |
illustration when he said that ll-considcred |
and unnhllOSophlcal methods Of disturbing |
the course of vice in New York by Simply |
attacking Its haunts were like driving
typhus patients from North Brother Island
and distributing them through the crowded
tcnements of the towl. Though you break
up disordcrly houses. the disease remains,
and it becomes more vrulent and conta-
gious. You scatter the vicious with their
infection, This is folly" says DR.. RAINS
FORD. 1t is worse. 1t is crime against
society committed in defiance Of experience
and civilization
Dr. RAIHsFoRD deserves commcndation
also for saying something in behalf Of JUS
ticc for these pitiab.c creatures A, the J