The morning call., 1893-10-30
MUCH GOOD LOST.
Destructive Sinners Are
Responsible.
The Assassination of Mayor Harri-
son of Chicago Gives Trinity's
Rector Text.

At Golden Gate Asylum, on Sutter
street near Taylor. the temporary meeting
place Of Trinity's congregation. the Fec
tor. Rev. George Edward Walk, yesterday
morning began his discourse by alluding
to the thrill of horror which every good
man must feel over the news of the assas-
sination OF Carter Harrison, the Mayor OF
Chicago, and illustrated in many ways the
truth of his text, "One Sinner DestrOyeth
Much Good"
He began by saying that the question is
not, SIS the devil stronger than God or
vice mghtier thar virtue2" Christianity
is producer; sin is a consumer. Christ
is builder; the devil is destroyer. 1t Is
tina work of Christ to build, to produce, to
save. and the work is necessarily slow,
while that of destruction is instantaneous,
or, at the best, is not long delayed when
once begun. An idiot wi III burning
brand may lay in ashes city which re-
quired century to build. but this does
not prove that he is stronger than all the
men Of that city, but that the elements
which he invokes IS.
A little child may ruin in one minute
picture which it required half a lifetime to
child up against the artist and say that 1t
was more potent and greater than the
artist. 1t is potent, it is true, but only sU
because it has welded the elements OF de-
struction.
..It follows" said the speaker. ..'without
pursuing this line of illustration further,
that Que sinner destroys much good. 1t is
a melancholy reflection that it is so; but
we are compelled 10 accept the unwelcome
fact.
II have known the happiness of a whole
family 10 be utterly destroyed through the
f,l fnrr f1g.dt inv liz nfan
single member. You go into this home,
and you observe all the evidences of taste.
| luxury aud refinement. Surely,
you say 10 yourself. this is the chosen
abode of peace and happiness And yet,
could you know the whole truth. you
would know that there could not be found
a more thoroughly wretched family In
| days ride. There abides in this home an
evil genius; it may be the father, it may
| be the mother, 1t may be the son or daugh-
| ter but still an evil genius that blghts
| and mildews the whole family life.
The infdel Voltaire was the author OF
| not only books, but also of the French
| Revolution. But for him that horror had
not blacKened the page of history. With
the genius of an angel AMI with the elo-
| ouence of seraph, he lab0red for the
demolition of the spiritual temple Of God.
and he succeeded only too well.
He sowed infidelity. and France reaped
QeSlTuCtiOu, huu III bnc lCSQlbo Va tHio
mans life is most powerfully illustrated
the truth Of my text that one sinner de-
stroyeth much good"
The speaker said that there were many
sincere men in religion, and that the irou-
Bile with the masses was that they bestow
upon the many the obloauy which rightly
belongs to the few; in TACT, that 100 good
and true men are overlooked on account of
one bad man. Let the same rule be ap-
Piled in all other departments of life that
is so rigidly applied TO the church and then
see what will become f society. Com
merce would be paralyzed, confidence be-
tween man and man would be destroyed
and universal ruin would follow. There
are fifty good men in The church for every
bad man, but the misfortune is that the
one bad man will attract and receive more
attention than the fifty good men,"