Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-15

10 see Fort Worth thoroughly cicansed
of moril and social disease. But Il
takes strong medicine aud heroic treat
ment. The Christian aud moral people
have been asleep long enough and IL
ti,koS 20 powerful agitation TO alOuse
them To action. In she culture of this
latter day society Ia too sensitive 20 hear
the truth told about wicRedncss IN high
places. THIS Is all wrong. We should
never fail TO deal with real issues. Some
of you think | am too severe, but de-
clare TO you | am following the example
OF Christ aud the apostles and prophets
They We're not mcaly -month,-i when u
cnme 10 dealing with An-especlally by
pocrcy. Isaiah told the princes Of
Israel that they were takers Of brihes
and COMPANIONS of thieves. Jeremiah
accused them of murder. lie said that
blood Of souls was In their skirts Tie
even charged the kings uf Judah with
numbering their own sons Va the valley
of Hinnon. elijah denounced King Ahab
to his face AMI told him that both he
and his queen should be eaten by dogs
for their meanness. This was strouf
language, wasn't III Wondnt IL he
awful for prenchCy to talk 80 nowY
Ezekiel told the people Of Jerusalem
that their wickelness was 20 great that
God would visit them with destructive
famine and that, whom the famine came.
would eat their children and children
would eat their parents, So Daniel and
Amos and Hosea and the otter prophets
told the people IN the most emphatic lnn-
guage that they were liars, thieves,
blasphrmcrs. whorc mongers, brihe takers
aud ,mnrderTs Malachi denounced the
people rs robbers, John the Baptist and
Christ called the rulers Snakes" and
children of the devil" Almost every
one that spoke for God IN oltlen times
hcwed to the very heart Of popular mean
ness. They tore OF the mask Of hypO-
cracy and exposed it, ugly hide0ns in-
sides to the world. Every reform mOye-
mont has been marked by the same kind
OF preaching, Now and thea the religious
world grows lukewarm, Religion be-
comes In many places a thug Of show,
wealth, fashion aud policy SIN puts ON
the garments Of chrlstiauits aud reclnes
on cushioned pcws, or stands In the pull
pit aud mechanically goes through the
service In the most fashionable way-iho
way best calculated to tickle the fancy
of pleasure loving world When this
state of things Il reached, God puts Into
the hearts OF his servants to tl,uudrr
the denunciations of heaven against
those who thus insult his holiness Such
was the preaching Of Jonathan Edwards,
john Wesley, Whitfield aud Bunyan.
but bold preaching il needed now Ak
never before. There l. no question that
now Is fine when the christian world
nteds to be called buck 10 trst principles
Inc municipalities rule the world. The
municipalities are corrupt Us the ps-
senre Of corruption Unless the munlri.
pnlities can be cleansed the human race
ruin.
Brethren. three giant evils IKE the
heads OF the tripplchoaded dog Of hades
nave long yawned with open. bloody juws
~ the face " society, These heads are
the liquor traffic, gambling ard the social
eNll', Ihey are bound together rs with
bands of steel The fiercc.t. most in
sidious and most deadly Of these IS the
last named. II strikes st everything
sacred to humanity. Befnre my mind
two scenes arise aud stand out ia hold
relief. They stand over against each
other In nniipodal cOntrast. tine scene
y nome Home. Swrcf Home Home
Is The fertile soil In which the seeds of
PATRIOTISM Periniiihte, grow and fructify
into golden harvest Home Is the arse
MAJ whence youth supplies itself with
arms and nmmunitlous TO fight the great
battles Of life The mothers of Sparta
used TO furnish each Of their sous with
= shield; When son was old enough
Tor war his mother presented him shield
with these words: My son. take this
shield 70 battle and return with h or on
u Even so IN every Christian home
mnicrnal love FORCES shields for The pro.
lection of loved offspring Home IA
the place whore golden harp strings are
tuned TO ribrate IN unison with The
Nuinlonlous tongues Of angels that
sing around the great white throne az
God Home Is the one place ON enrtb
where manhood finds announcement
Wlrre ,womnnhood enjoys prntecilon
where childhood basks in shelterlng arms
NM where TIE entire family nestes In
me bosom Of rciprornte1 love Home
Is the place TO which God comes jn,yn
and plants, In the soil Of connubIni nrd
parental love. the seeds VI virtue which
lprh aud are gnrnered In heaven.
IL soma happiness we prize,
Within our breast this jewel lies;
And they are fools who ronin:
Ilhe world has nothing TO bestow.
From our own selves our Joys must gow
And that dear hut, our home"
by the Preside still the light is shin.
ing.
The ehiIdren's arms round the parents
tWinng-
From love so sweet, o who would roniu
be 1t every so homcly, home Is home"
A happy home is earh's hest symbol
OF heaven. Mother. home aud heaven
y holy trinity. But as hell yuwns IN
the face of heaven, ~ an earthly hell
shoots Us glarng, poisonous gaze into
Tie bosom of the happy home This
earthly he'll = the second Of the two
scenes TO which | referred few mo-
ments ago Its name II the social evil %
II bears the same relationships 10 home
thai hell bears 10 heaven. The social
evil Is black caricslture Of the home.
IL laughs nc yirtn0us fatherioOd, IL
blhsphcms sacred wiehOod. II stabs the
quivering bleeding heart Of motherhood.
il crutiiies innocent childhood and rots
ont tue yitals Of statehood. lie the dead
body OF Hector was chained 10 che chnr-
lot wheels Of Achilles sud mercilessly
dragged for twelve successive days around
the grave of Patroclus and thrice round
the crumbllng walls ~ Troy, SO this 10
Cial EVIL chains woman 10 It's bloody
chariot wheels and rolls In stencil. con
iagipn, pestilence and death around mnny
9 ruined honel In the depths Of despair
many a poor girl has cried and many
sill cry;
Mother o mother my heart calls for
you
Many a summer the grass has grown
green,
Blossomed aud faded our faces between.
Yet with strong yeirnihs and passionate
Long 1 tonight for your presence again. :"
And yet some men grayely talk about
licensing and leisalizing the social cyili
Can theft. arson. murder and outrage
be lrralizcdf Can laws be passed 10