The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-19
NOT A RELIGIOUS SHOW.
The Fair is Moral. Says
Pastor Scudder. Who Fa-
vors Sunday Opening.

Rev. John L. Scudder, Pastor of the
Tabernacle, told his congregation last
night what he thought OF the Chicago
Fair, aud in that connection drew some
religious lessons. He divided his sermon
into four parts. the first beiug:-
"Greatness or Man; Certainty That He
Was Created in the Image of God"
This the preacher said could not be
doubted when the vastnes of the Expo
sition was considered. The Fair is csn-
trally located. and SO is Chicago. MI.
Scudder thought that its present loca-
ton was the best that could have been
selected, because Of the central location
of Chicago aud it's size. The city con-
taius 1872 square miles aud is tweuty-four
miles long and ten miles WIDE
and fronts on the lake twenty-five
miles. The Fair is In me
the City Hall. 1t is situated In a PARK or
rather two parks which jointly contain
613 acres. II space four times as great as
the Paris EXPOSITION did. The Fair itself
is twice as large as the Paris Exposition
was, and is u city Of gigantic palaces.
there being more than 100 Of them.
MANUFACTURERS BUILDING.
The Clergyman after referring to the
different buildings said, concerning the
Manufacturers Building, that ft is one OF
the largest in the world. 1t covers forty
four acres OH the ground and 1T required
five car loads of nails to fasten the floor.
Forty-one car loads of plate glass, cover
give light to the building which is one
third Of a mile long. Fifty tons OF paint
were used in decorating this enormous
structure and 8 walk of five miles In the
building is necessary to see It's contents.
The second division of the sermon was:-
1.-THE goodness Ut God In providing Tor
the needs of the people,"
Mr.. Sludder said that was the impress
sion the Fair made on him when he
saw it.
81 could not help thinking so.n he said.
when / saw such things as a board "a
feet wide cut from a California tree"
In referring to Machinery Hall, Mr..
Scudder said the exhibits were marvel
Gus and that one engine there had a 4,0O0
horse power. If that number OF horses
were arranged tandem style they would
make a continuous line Of twenty-seven
miles. The third lesson from the sermon
was:-
.The educational effect of this EXPOSE
zion IDOL the people cannot be over
estimated"
The preacher said the Fair was a great
national university aud an education, to
many. He believed that a trip 10 the Fair
was equivalent to q tour abroad. Tor
every nation aud its customs could be
seen there, and also that the Fair afforded
every oportunity for the study OIL art.
Mr.. Scudder complained that the re-
ligious exhibit at the Fair was very
meagre.
..Tbe only exhibit of this character that
saw he said, twas a fac smile of the
little convent of La Ral ida, wbere q
monk gave Columbus announcement
when the great explorer was seeking aid
to enable him to make his voyage"
In regard to Sunday closing of the
Fair. Mr.. Scudder said he was at the Fair
the first Sunday it opened. He said tnat
he was astonished at the class OF people
who visited the buildings. The people
we're all sober and orderly. and seemed TO
desire nothing but to gazs upon the
wonders OF the Exposition. There was
not a saloon on the premises and not Il
drunken man.
ON SUNDAY CLOSING.
HSince the Fair is 10 be kept open on
Sunday" said the preacher, Il woul adj
| yocste that on each Sunday N by
| The aplest men in the country should be
| preached there. The Fair on Sunday hat
| nothing religious about it, but at the
| same lime there was nothing immoral.
| I make a great distinction between the
| two"
The fourth division made by Mr.. Scud.
| der was that. "the Exposition marks =
new era in the civilized world i'll unit
| ing the nations of the Globe aud advanc :
lug the idea of human brotherhood"
Tins was brought about By people from
all over the world mingiing with eacn
other at the Fair. Mr.. Scudner believed
that greater than the EXPOSITION Is the
| theory of The worlds congresses III which
| the greatest thinkers discuss all Of the
| important questions of the age. Tine
secret of the progress of the world In Ihe
| last fifty years was duo to the facility for
| the inter-comuIunication of nations"a nd
| said the preacher. "as we know each
| other better we love each other more.
Arbitration and fellow feeling will elm
mate war. We have now great battle
| ships and enormous guns. but we have no
use for them"