Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-15
PLAIN WORDS.
The Crusade of Or. Baten Is
Resumed.
BOLD PREACHING is NEEDED,
Says the Reverend Genileman-He Receives
Letters Of a threatening Character.
The Doctor Deals With What He Says Are Real
Issues Without Apology Hot Shot Poured
Into The Ears Of Evil Doors How the
Prophets Of Old TaIk-The
Sermon in Full.


Meanness, at the Broadway Baptist
church. The attendance was large. Az
u.s. inakihg lew preliminary remarks.
I,tR6 bounced his text aud spoke as fol.
'o,y arose and aed in the twilight"
ii 2 vii. 1 This text describes the
conduct of many evil-d0ers since the
beginning Of the fight Carried On from
this pulpit, against municipal meanness
l'his should be time of rejoicing
among all good people IN the city Of Fort
Worth better day has dawned upon
us The saloon keepers of our city have
AZ last concluded to close their liquor
shops on Sunday. They have been forced
TO this point by the fidelity Of our court
officials backed up by a strong and whole
some public sentiment making conyic-
tons possible aud exceedingly probable
wherever the evidence is sufficient Any
stranger coming into Fort Worth Oh
Sunday would be impressed. as DE Oh.
served the calm and quiet that rsgncd
on the streets, that he had entered the Gty
ON the Lords day He would instructive
ly feel that he had entered Christian
| city.
There wis time when the first breeze
that struck the Travellers nose on alight-
ing from the cars IN Fort Worth was
surohnrsed with the fumes Of alcohol
This state Of things existed seven days
uut seven nights every week. Hut, tnuuk
God, we now have a much better state
of things six days in the week, aud
one day in the week We have respite
| from this noxious nuisance. The enforce
mcnt of the Sunday law Il not, of course
! carried to an absolute degree. ] have
no doubt that men do buy and drink
liquor ON Sunday. But II Is my dclibeie
ate opinion that. just now. this law is
being more rigidly enforced here than In
any other city In the state. We see no
no drunken men on the streets on Sun.
day. We hear no swearing Oh the streets
on Sunday. We have no beer gardens
open on Sunday. We have no SUNDAY
nicuics. We have no Sunday balls. We
have no Sunday theaters. shows, nor
brass band concerts Again, the good
people of Fort Worth are to be congrut-
ulated by reason of the fact that the
gamblers have closed MP shop and some
OF them have ''exo,iHstrd," they arose aud
| fled In the twilight. Some of them are
under bond Some OF them are ~ jan
or on the county roads. and all of them
are decidedly In the soup Gambling
houses have never suffered 50 severely
rs within the last three months. The
| fines and costs assessed againt one gam
hler in single term OF ono district
| court aggregated over $500; against an
other they footed up SSOO; ana against
Il one Oh lliAfNt wv AlNf NAAH wv aN+sA'
! by the grand jury of the other district
court which openrd just as the former
court closed, As the matter now stands,
| a criminal court with its grand Jury y
| IN session nearly all the time. And each
grand jury tries IN excel IT. predecessor
| In getting out large list OF INDUCEMENTS,
| They are getting 81 they ihdlcl ule
owners of gambling houses, the tenants
| of gambling houses, the men that run
| the deals. the men that win and the men
| that lose
Another thing of which we should feel
prond is. that uisorderly houses are trt-
| ling IL g0odly share of attention from me
| grand jurits and courts The DINERS
| Errpsrs and tenants of these houses linNe
! i,.i,,,n the nhierts of frequent indici-
m.uts and convictions. Several such
| houses have been closed. 50 understands
mi many others are expected To close
out uretty soon. Why, that certain
| alderman. who ran n grocery store on
| tie lower floor OF his building ana let
the second story Tor Immoral pufpostt1
| has a,fii1lly turned the inmates OF sald
| nnnrtnpnts ont into the world To hunt
more rougenal quarters, aud u Is under,
| stood TINT they have also "eNodusteu
Rut In this departmcm the good WORK
ms scarcely more dian begun. There ~
much 10 be- done yet anu lnnch that Sc
| riously needs to be done II we Wonll
Mr. an this point after awhile. But let
M Thank God that the public mind Is
being agitaied on this question as never
before. The pulpit OF our country Is
numbering denunciation against me
social evil Alany OF our secular papers
| and the religious press of the whole
country are stirring the matter up from
M mnd.sills. fight against tins ana
other evils lms been made in Fort Worm
froni tiis pulpit, seconded by a part OF
sn ~ i,ias az MI good people. Some Of
dc vood results from this fight have
already been noticed. For these gooI
rssnlt, we deyoutly thank God and
Earnestly pray for greater victory. II
No n,inii and press of the whole
on,, ~ wonid unite IN one grand effort
a ron,nlefe victory would he gained IN
TwenIy.four hours. While the preachers
az he evangelical denominations are.
almost 90 n lnaii.-on the right side OF tins
and hanN