Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-10-13

quietest Sabbaths on the continent and the
best order and the highest tone OF morals OF
any city that | know Of. j. now having
brought into as near neighbOrhoOl as Conry
! Island carniyals Of puglism rs dehasiuc as
any OF the gladiatorial interests Of Pomp-ii.
what precious crew that Coney Island Ath-
| letic Club Is, under whose auspices tlr-.
orgies are enacted! What "A degradation 10
the adjective athletic" which ordinarily
/ suggests health and muscle Developed Tor
l useful purpose2 Instead OF calling IL an
athletic club they might better style It The
hufiian Club For Smashing the Human
/ Nisage."
Vile men are turning that Coney island,
/ which Is one OF the finest watering places ON
All the Atlantic coast, into place for the
onscouring Of the earth To congregato. m,
low horse jockeys and gamblers and the
puHllistS ana the pickpockets. and the blunts
reRurgitated from the depths OF the wur.t
wards OF these cities They invite delegates
from universal loaterlOm To como 10 their
carnival OF knuckles. But do not believe
that the pugilism contracted for and adyrr-
ttsed Tor next December will take place in
our neighbOrhood
Evil sometimes defeats itself 10y going one
step too FAR You may drive the hoop OF "A
barrel down : hard that 1t breaks / will
not believe that the international prize fight
VIII take place on Long Island or ia the 1t Itr
OF New YORK until | SEES the rOwiy rahhl"
rolling drunk or the cars nj Flatluah nyrulI,
and with faces banged and cut md bleeding
from the lmbruting scene. Against this in
fraction Of the laws of the State OF New York
| hit solemn protest. Ihcrur7c OF Almighty
Hod VIII rest upon any community that con
sents to such an outrage. Does any one.
thir It cannot bc stopped, ana tnat the con
stahulhry would be 0ycrhurue. Then let
Governor Flower -eut down there a regiment
Df state miliftu md 81.
nuisance in one hour
Warned 10y the doom o! other cities that
have persisted Tor their rum 4ni4u, pr their
cruelty, or their idolatry, or their di.-ulutc-
ness let all our American cities head the right
way. our only dependence l. on God ana
Chrlstran Influences Politics Will do moth
ing hut make things wors, Send politics to
moralize and save u city, ana Won send
smallpox to heal I"prosy Or carcass To- re-
llove the air Of malodor For what politics
VIII do refer YOU To the eight weeks Of
qualification enacted at Washington hy our
American senate
American politics will become r"forma-
tory power on tho same day that pandemoni-
um becomes u church. But there are. am
Hlad TO say, benign and sanitary dui grt-
ciuus Influences organized In all our cities
which Will Yet take them for God and right.
euusnts-. Lot us ply the gospel machinery |
to iis utmost speed and power. City evan /
HellZation Is tn" thought Accustomed a, I
are religious pessimists to dwell upon stats .
ties OF evil amt dolOrOus facts, we want some .
one with sanctihed heart and good digestion /
TO put in long line the statistic Of natures ,
transformed. and prohigarIrs talked. and .
souls rauSOmCd and cities redeemed
Give IA pictures Of Churches Of schools
or reiormatory associations. OF asyium- oi F.
mercy. Break in upon the "NIlerrrrr-" ut
complaint and dependency with 'rc .
Deums Hui "Juhllat"S OF moral aui r..
lglous victory Show that the day l. com
ing when great II TAI wave Of salvation VIII
roll over all our cities Show how Pump,ni
buried Will become Pompcii ItaurrrrtrI
Demonstrate the Tact that there ar, inllliou4
OF good men AMI women who vii! give
themselves no rest dhy nor night until cities
That are now Of the type Of th" uIr,ri ,itlr-
OF Italy shall tax" type from the New
Jerusalem coming iowa from God out ol .
heaven. hal the advancing morn
| max" the same proclamation to-day that
Gideon made to the shivcrny towards Of hl-
army. "WhOspeyer Is fearful and afraid let
MIN return AMI depart early from Mount
dilead. clos" up the ranks Lit the Kos
pei standard. Forward INTO this Arranged
don that IL now opening and let the word
run ali along the line BroOklyn for God
l he worm for God The most OF Us here
gathered though born III tho country, viii
lie in town.
Shall our last walk be through streets
where soprI"tY and good order dominate. or
Srogshops stencil the air. Snail our last
ook be upon city halls where justice rclrn~
Jr demacogues plot for the stuiiing Of ballot
JoNesi Shall We ait for the last time IN some
'hurch where God is worshlpei with the
'Ontrito heart, or where coli Journalism. goes
through unmraniug geuutlcxtous, Gll save
he cities Righteousness i HE luquitv Is
ieath. Remember picturesque. terra acct,
empled sculptured, hoastlui COD IryIns
and entombed Pompei