St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-11
The WORK OF The CLERGY
SOME or THE NOTABLE DfSc0URSES
DELIVERED YESTERDAY
REV. CROOKS INVESTIGATING

CluOeS f1iS SerieS-keV. u. W.
Davids on "rhe Sinner and tn
Law"
Resulting from a conference among
the ministers Of the Twin Cities, and i'm
accord with a concerted plan CT action
along the whole line, Rev. John w.
Crooks, of the Burr street Baptist
church. has spent much time OF late
gathering information in relation to the
saloon business. the Sun day violations.
and spoke last evening upon saloonisln
and municipal morals. He said the age
in which we live is the great ep0ca-
making age of the world. Forces are
reaching out for veal or woe in every
direction, whose Influences none eau
measure. Christianity is slowly bind
ing the race into a brotherhood, and
perneating it with the ethics of Jesus
Christ. The press is transforming the
whole world into an audience room.
Out of this great epoch believe That
the United States will come far, far in
the lead. Immense results are produced
in a few days, and sometimes i'll few
hours. We are living under tremendous
pressure. We are burning nerve en-
ergy. l expect to live longer than
| Methuselah-that is, in all that goes to
make up mans life; in events. Be
cause of this fearful pace at which We
live many are led to the use Of stimu-
| lantS, as they believe, to keep up their
strength and spirits. And the use of
| stimulants leads TO excuses in other di-
rections.
| There IS tabled python of ancient
Greece who is said to have devastated
| the country and drenched the land in
blood, but was destroyed by the polished
| shaft of Apollo. As civilization
have marched across the centuries, led
Oh by the torch of Christian truth. there
has followed in her wake two huge
pythons. one the brolhel and the other
the saloon. They have left their damn
ing tracks on the pages of history, curs-
! ing, blighting and blasting humanity,
and it is time for the Apollo of our law
with majesty to hurl the polished shaft
| Of his power at these monsters and lay
them low in death. Python No. is the
saloon. that abomination Of deSolation;
the seven plaques of Egypt in one; that
Let me linger to ask what the saloon
is doing? First-It is accomplishing a
wonderful mission as an educator in
teaching people to drink. The percent
aye Of liquor drunk pro rata has IN
creased 300 per cent in the last forty
years. 1t is the most successful re
cruting agency for the poor house, the
asylum and the Jail that has ever exist
ed. 1t is doing tremendous business
in these Western states. Minnesota has
one saloon to every one hundred people.
dred and thirty-three people. Oregon
one to every fifty eight people, and Ne
vada one to every thirty-two.
1t is almost past belief the amount of
bribery which the saloon is using every
year to perpetuate its existence. The
liquor dealers of Albany, n. Y, admit
ted some time ago that they had eX-
pended 100000 to influence legislation.
1 believe it is high time for the moral
element in this city to come together
and firmly bind their interests against
the saloon power. L can take any man
to scores, and almost hundreds, of Sa-
looms in the city of st. Paul who are
violating the city ordinance regarding
the keeping open of their places for
business on the Sabbath. | have myself
all the information~that is necessary to
convict any number of these saloon
keepers Let every church and every
minister stir up this question, and never
give up the fight until the municipal
authorities will be compelled to execute
the law they have sworn to obey.
PYTHON NO. 2, THE BRoTHEL.
This is the second abomination Of
deSoatiOn which is foStered within Oul
city. 1t is all outrage and a BURNING
; shame that there are eighteen brothek
> and TWO houses of designation runnin!
in full blast, and each one is. in Ger
D tain sense, under.the protection of thu
: law. This fearful vice of immortality il
simply hOneycombing our city. 1her,
4; are thousands of our young men win
. are trapped and delnded by these den
, of infamy. l have laying on IN,
&. study table the names and ad
! dresses of these twenty hell holes
t Every one of these places is vel
!. known to the police authorities
They are brought before the polio
authorities every two months and fine,
n 500. Thus the city makes revenue 0
$4,000 per annum out Of those deviliS
l. places of carousals. This is what
a called the orthodox prostitution; bu
s remember that there are hundreds Q
5. girls kept by private individuals TO
their own pleasure, and many of tn
men who keep such are said to
married men and away up in society.
This is an awful condition to be goin
=, On while many of us are totally uD
q aware of its existence. To this Ell
let every Christian citizen, irrespectlv
ii of his creed, rise to purge our city frOl
s. the curse, and let us put the 0ynamit
% of public opinion under the saloon an
~ under the brothel and roll them ik
. barrels into the pit of hell, or redeel
10 them like saints for the kingdom
IS righteousness.
a We may sit and fold our hands an
Ii | sing our hymns; but if we do nOthin
n. to stem their awful tide of lniquit,
20 God will not hold us guiltless; unle:
- we use every legitimate means to shl
- up and shut out of our city these tN
OF most accursed pythons. We little kno
the power exerted by and through the;
denS of infamy. l have reason to b
lieve that many of our public office
n are first named in these places. He
"a the states for conventions are not u
Ha frequently arranged. Conventions a
~ organized and candidates agreed upt
~ in the midst of scenes too revolving I
~ me- even to suggest [ do not here Col
" denim the poor creatures who are MAJ
Le the instruments. as they are the vi
tins, of mans luSt-of mans lnhuma
ity. If l were woman [ would ask
greater favor of heaven than that
-, might devote my life to uplifting the
Ill poor fallen women and creatures, lite
on ally plucking them as brands from {
NJ awful life of burning in which TIL
~. live. In preparing for my remarks
Sd night have devoted somewhat of |
he past week TO investigating in ord
zee that | might know whereof l spea
The scenes which L have witnessed a
the information have gained has he
rified me beyond power of words to {
press, and has made NE pray as ha
Die never prayed before for grace
Tor power to aid me in the battle to oy
come.
DIS, In closing, let me appeal to mothe
C., You have wonderful means within yo
rs, reach. That little hand that s0f
crept over your face tonight as you
by the fire may one day strike I
'dS bloody hloyy or fire. the mIIrderinp Sh