The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-17
NAN WHO FIGHTS VICE
ruoSy coMsToC< MAKES AD-
DRESSES IN BALTIMORE.
:. . mig Nervous MaE and Talks
,.,n Great Rnpidity-Twcnty-
r,,o years OF warfare Against
Impure Literature.

!, tie Hotel hcnnelI
constock is Interested especially Il
n. society for the Suppression OF Nie'
W Nsw york, to which he gives nearly
IN Of bis time
,.scd upon the ground that II you de
s.eh the boys and girls OF today YOU
KIN ND men and women OF tomorrow
n w,,or asked n he had examined the
.skings OF similar societies in baltimore
VA Ind any suggestions Of improvements
= make, Mr.. Ccmstock said;
Traded in the formation OF the Society
a, me suppression Of Vice in Baltimore
"a helped to get It on its feet. l have
ss,bng 10 suggest in the way OF lmprov-
~ management. II Is IN good hands.
Ihavs been in communication with the
,,esldent Charles j. Bnhanarte, and tho
ranrsel John c. Rose, ana am satisfied
,bsi the organization is doing good work.
n "Nr Comstock Is a tall. well built man,
IA one who would attract attention in
m audience He delivered an address
.sIs morning at the Maryland Christian
ii tndeayor Union convention, now IN ses-
.ien al the Brantly Baptist church. He
sss n massive head that rests squareiy
man broad shoulders. 1t IS minus Of hair
siye little fringe that skirts the lower
Il ssss part Sandy mutton-chup whiskers
n IA strength to the face. When speaking
b asers muscle OF Mr.. Comstocks body IS
~ IN mn
b asnfiy clenching both fists. When excited
z y hrings his right foot down on the plat.
+ iorm With vengeance. At times he talks
II :, rapldly that the words tumble over each
4 sg.pr n getting out of his mouth Some
II Dimes they do not get out at all, and the
y SPEAKER has to pause.
"a NOW CHILDREN ARE THREATENED.
a This morning Mr., Gomstocl spoke forty
e Eve minutes. In the course Of his re-
marks he said: 'rhe nineteenth and TWEEN
tieth centuries are about to meet, kiss and
separate. The nineteenth viii go away
4 ito the past but the twentieth will be the
\ lyirs active present There are q 100000
a remains for the Christian Endeavor and
1 kindred societies to say what they shall be
N the new century.
\ men and women of tomorrow There are
four great agencies for evil at work 60
ent-e this great army of children. They
a tre lhtempeIance, gambling, evil reading
and nfdelity. The saloon, the gambling
isll evil books indecent publications in
Il ihe press and ribald inndel lecturers are
srugglng TO ruin the boyhood and girl
hood Of this Nation. The wine cup is
paced before them in all the ailuriug
Il manners that can be devised. The ruined
home, the wrecked motherhood the beg
garry clothes that follow, are hidden from
hThen for 30 cents a head lnhdel lectur-
4 trs viii defy God and to iii their poclSets
iii attenpt 10 allure the Young from
God and right by mgeniously continuing
fabricatous that there is no such thing as
faith in God. In a great many instances
Il Christian men and women help support
4 these infidel lecturers. Let us withdraw
our patronage from this brokerage shop of
hell (Applause)
ton with the society have the honor 10
represent / have with my own hands de-
sroyed 227 plates of indecent books. Gap
panse.) Recently an attempt was made on
The part of foreign dealers to duplicate
these books, and they have been reported
@ the state department and the American
minister's in those countries have been In
Srleted to defeat this attack upon the
morals OF American boyhood and girlhood;
What a grand army is this childhood
amy OF the United States-22, 4OOO0Dl Look
Il them. Their faces are toward eternity.
The hope and flower OF the Nadon is cen+
ssred In that vast gathering. Shall they be
polluted? Shall they be dragged down by
evil books, strong drink or gambling hells? !
thousand times mol Let every Christian
Lhdeavorer always have an outstretched
band and an open heart for the young. Let
Us all stand shoulder to shoulder heart
% heart and purpose to purpose in throw
hg around the children Of this grand Re
public the Influences Of Christianity, so
mat the homes Of our country may be7
cone brighter and happier
NOON ADDRESS TO MEN.
Air. Comstoc5 delivered an address to
nel at ST. Johns Independent Methodist
church at noon today. He sat on the plat
form while Robert II. Smith presided and
conducted the introductory services of
tQng and prayers There were several |
Prayers During one OF them Mr.. COm-
stock bowed his bald head and played the
lewis tattoo ON his knee with his fingers.
During another he lifted the toes of his
shoes alternately from the floor
ne Is portly TO an extreme degree. lie
says no has been fighting vice as agent |
y ME New York society for twenty-five |
sas4fs, and II appears to agree with hiia.
WOULD be an easy manner If II were not |
~ his proportions make speaking an
Effort to him.
While a hymn was being sung he hunted |
te1t IN the Bible. When he was intro |
pleed he stood behind the pulpit and read |
verse from Jeremiah's lamentations over |
.he sins OF the Children of Israel He |
aaae no statement previous to the reading, |
wy Immediately began to comment on IL |
a. applied TO the present day
De'fth has entered In our windows; IL |
n e COME up into our palaces 70 cut the |
saidten of from without and the young |
slsn n the Streets" was the way the re-
ipFlnes read II Then the man who divides /
i0npfs in New York with DIR, Parkhurst |
ny makes up a trlumyirate of modern |
Macu ,ai reiormers with DIT, ParKnurst |
~ Nilber II. Crafts on the sunday ques-
non vice In cities and impure literature, !
lfsah his address on enemies of society, /
T9fch and State.
ne talked OF impure pictures and books |
IN SAID they were the things entering the |
slAaQw5 and coming up into the palaces
10 cut on the children from without ana /
us young men IN the streets.
.4ne tod some interesting experiences !
fat9vut terreting out the sources OF impure |
sa4atAfe. He saw several boys have some /
ranlPAlets on their way to school. He de- /
handed them. They were impure. lie /
IN 70 the school and had the principal /
~ III each boy in the school before him. 1
~ got some of the literature from each |
gat; lie found they got IL from some GIN /
ft-,leAts lie got literature from three |
suls lie found they got IL from a young |
fgaFpentei, lie called the carpenter down |
iis inv ~, nus Work and got some of the hte9a-
a,r comstoclt ased him where he got It, |
M, cont remember" the carpenter re- !
=, Dung man, I've been IA this business |
~, ~ long. Young men don't forget where |
Sessyt get such things You'll tell me or
- 30 % the station"
-ae carpenter got II from an arsto- |
tut young woman He went TO large |
80 49, story mansion and called for the |
s'sns woman. She got the papers from
fss,esnnB man connected with celuloii
tss'9ly, Mr., Comstock found nearly all
~ nanas IN the factory had been polluted
VAT me same source. He says the New
imsn society collected siXty-seVen tons or
Npnre literature.
"a another case was that Of n ministers
h W New York who had supplied boy7
we s5h0ol with pictures ana pamphlets
breTFn MI Comstock called him out OF q