The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-11
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MORALSGO MANNERS
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British have outrun the swift Yankees for
ence. They have carried the name
municipal church" meaning by this all
the churches within the limits OF any
given municipality. These churches are
regarded as the custodians OF the morals
and n anners of the towns responsible
for the whole situation. Hence, though
they may differ in their faith and prac-
tice, and though there is no'efiort made
20 interfere with denOminational distinc-
tions, yet for the purposes of a moral
policy, they are treated as a unit. They
think. speak, act together in municipal
affairs. The various churches as against
vice, crimes and misruie are a municipal
church
II strikes US that there is at once the
most feasible and the most vital kind of
church union. II the Christians OF al
most any town would unite in conserving
common interests and in downing" COM
ZION foes they could dominate the situa-
ton. Even though IN minority they
would prevail Moral power throbs with
omnipotence. One. with God, is ma
jority
Why not. then, organize our churches
into a municipal church, This town Of
fers good field and g ready one. The
heather here are more healhenish than
the heather abroad. Our PhIlIstines are
worse than Goliath of Gath. Wickedness
IN every form va ks the street with brazen
cheek and unblushing brow Morals and
manners are alike imDeriled. There is a
vast and portentious coalition of vice and
crime against Law and order. when bad
Il IA
good men must organize" Let u.s. there
fore, by ali means have a municipal
church, whose watchWords shall be love
and decency.
IT'S en- act OF wisdom to look hopefully
upon nature and human nature. Men
and women. as e rule do about as well as
obey can. all things considered. Leave
sneering then to the cynics Appla ud as
often as possible. and when that is i'm
possible keep silent. Applause is both
whip and spur At "a fire the other day a
fireman started to climb up to the fourth
story Of a burning building to rescue
child. He got half way up the perilous
ascent and then faltered. "Cheer him
bows, cheer him" shouted some wise
head in the crowd. 4 mighty shout went
up. Instantly the brave climber caught
cheer by completing the ascent and saving
the child.
a sled and top, dog and horse,
boat and tennis sui: will be the making
of the sort of girl we want for 1900, says
Miss Frances L Willard.
Man and woman should be king and
queen in the realm OF society-ought to
reign conformity. But in fact they are
king and courtier IL plays lion and she
plays fox This is wrong both In morals
and manners.
A prominent moral teacher OF our day
insists upen the close relation of dress to
vice, and holds that women will never bs
what they were made to be until they
adopt a different costume:
IF young women knew what young
men think and saw of them when thew
pass along the street in pyrsmidal hats
which are but cages Of dead birdie dresses
displaying the bandsged. hOur-giass waist,
and hopping skirt, with arms aklmbo.
and so pinched that a sausage is their
only parallel; and this fashionable etfigv
upborne upon the same hideOus slant
heeied p=destals that the demi- monde of
Paris wear; IL ever these Young women
could hear the remarks of the young men
as they pass by, they would never again
appear in such a guise. Contrast with this
q young lady quietly dressed in plated
waist, plain skirt OF some soft goods "a /
ing to the ankle. low-heeled walking shoes.
pretty collar with bit of ribbon. and neat
cuffs SO the wrists. hair in single knot.
clear skin and cheek touched with the
bloom of youth and Durity"
Already, continues the authority above
referred to, women are awakening to the
fact Of their physical welfare. In q club
IN Chicago led bv ''ladies OF society"
having in mind the suits they walked and
climbed In last summer BY the seaside or
among the mountains, a rising vote was
lately taken, and it was resolved unani-
mously that the danes and damsels
would not wear trailing skirts, no
matter what the dressmaker might
say. The invisible garments
OF women have, within ten years, made
marked progress towards compliance with
natures laws Combination suits OF
flannel and cotton. long hose fastened
from the waist with leggins and arc;ics for
cold weather. are an invaluable emeliora-
lion of the female lot Comfortable cloaks
have become "fashionable." But the
most precious part of the system is stilI
the most unprotected, and foolish bonnets
put premium upon the American
woman's pet disease-neuragia.
Self-sacrifee is the exalted outcome OF
pure love; self sbssement is the ignoble
product Of selfish and sensual passion.
There was n time remarka on aafaar,ad
contemporary, when the Rev. Praise God
Barebones cou offer to the edifcation of
his puritan hearers brief prayer of forty
five minutes and deliver short exhorta-
ton of two hours, besides commenting an
hour or so on the scripture lesson for the
day. But as the minstrel sings:
Old times are changed. old manners
zone and therefore it would be hard
advisable for our modern churches to ex-
tend their religious services much, il any.
beyond an hour and a half; not as a rule.
does our modern preacher act discreetIy
who continues his remarks beyond thirty
minutes-even with this rule. there
should be a leaning toward mercy.
We are pleased to observe that promi-
nent protestant meekly pays q well-de-
served tribute to the late catholic cardi-
nal, Lavigerie. He was primste Of Afri-
ca, archbishop of Carthage. and an anti
slavery crusader. Passing by his noble
record in Africa during tho massacre OF
the Christians in IS5g60, 1t remains TO
note the fact that he devoted himself in