St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10

agency could do more to corrupt than
the Impressions formed by reading evil
literature? 1t left picture that could
not be turned to the wall; picture that
haunted the Imagination forever after
ward, try ever so hard to blot it out. 1t
was no small thing to stand between
these chambers and the "beasts of prey
and worse than beasts of prey"
This matter would leave stain on the
purest mind that only the grace of God
would remove. This matter was being
disseminated through the mails into
canada and all parts of the United
States. Some matters he had to deal
with In his position of postoffice in
Spector were so horrible in their nature
that he had to ask the grace of God to
keep him from defilement in waging
the war against them. Mr.. Comstock
spoke Interestingly of intemperance and
gambling, and of his work in trying to
stamp out the three evils. He was so
much III earnest over his subject that
the chairman
''1eung Him Down'' Twice
before he subsidized.
Miss Belle Kearney, of Florida Miss,
Followed, and at times it was hard for
the audience to follow her owing to the
yells of the crowd of Frenchmen out
side, who Joined in after the applause to
COmstock with howl that might have
expressed defiance, derision or anything
else but friendly feeling. The part of
the canvas that had been lowered was
raised up and shut out from the sight
of the audience dirty-faced French
man who was initiating the gestures of
the lady speaker inside with the clever
ness of monkey. "Senior Chris
tan EndeavOr," an address by Rev.
Charles Perry Mills, OF Newburyport,
Mass, brought the last meeting in the
big tent to close. Before the adjourn
msnt Treasurer Shaw made the officia
announcement that the number of
delegates attending the convention was
5000. tie also assured the timid dele
gates that no violence need be feared
at the evening session OF the Grill hall
meeting, for ample police protection
had been asked for and promised.
However, it was not deemed advisable
to hold an evening service in the tent.
This announcement was
Received in Silence
As usual the drill hail was crowded
this afternoon. The meeting was more
than usually enthusiastic, probably be-
cause the convention was nearing its
close. Rev. Bishop Samuel Fallows, of
Chicago. was the presiding officer, while
the ordinary routine of the proceedings
was enlivened by cornet duets. An ad-
dress on gospel temperance was given
by Thomas Z. Murphy, the temperance
evangelist. His speech was of the ordi-
nary prohibition character. A native
Canadian, a. w. Milbury, now of New
York, then told the convention Just
'How to Reach the Masses" His advice
to his hearers was simple, "get out after
them" An address on "The Religious
Press, Its Part in Our Work." was next
delivered by Rev. y. E. Dunning, of
Boston. social Purity" by Rev. DIR.
Douglass, Oh Montreal, the most prom
Inent Methodist divine in Canada, was
expected to be of rather sensational
nature. The venerable preacher is
such a determined opponent of the
Roman Catholic church that something
OF startling nature was looked for.
Douglass had, therefore, to submit his
manuscript to the convention censors.
TIE. result was mighty cutting down
OF the address, and the official copy con-
tanned nothing to hurt the feelings of
the Roman Catholic citizens. Some of
DR.. Douglass descriptions of the effects
of social impurity were rather graphic,
especially the relation of some death
bed scenes in Blackwell Island retorma-
tory. The speaker noticed that the sin
of England as well as America was not
SO much intemperauce as impurity;
that nemesis OF vengeance stood by
the gate of life to guard it, He dwelt
OH faint in the Imagination. solitary
vice, associate vice and the effects of
national immortality,