New-York tribune., 1894-01-01
DIR. PARKHURST UNDAUNTED
VICTORY. HE SAYS. IS BOUND TO COME.

Auea with roon,o Yesterday morning when the
Rev DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst preached his New
Year sermon Never. perhaps. since the lealtSS
pastor began his crusade against lnunicipal wee
has .bere bocn q more strained intensity OF aten-
ton 70 his words the part Of his coASi'S"''o''
and that IS saying great deal There was zone
almost OF triumph IN his voice that htuSed MS
listeners and made them say amen to the eN-
pressed belief that the movement based on fa''h
in God and the conscience Of the city was bound
TO win.
Dr. Parkhurst's text was the words from isaiah'
rWatch,nan what Of the night" ard the Wa'ci-
mays response THE morning coNie'"' 4' 80
mon was part follows:
remember that number OF years afo 'nerc
preached from this pu!pt sermon an} i'g a
that time i" prevail member Of the conercga-
tion aferward took the preacher To- taSN taSN M .ii ;. ~
''Why YOU might as well attempt to whistle down own
the wind "a to think OF trynE 70 vNs S some
evil 10y making head against IT, fs, , D" ,}oarI
centuries aso there was singular eirs r who
did whistle down the wind. and every ma man on on
board came Safc to Iana Tine nd n2r} 'H Tether
1t be the stormy Sea q Galiioe or The ia2re 'r @
ana IDEAS That is the second re1son Why w. daTc
face boldly and can face smiinEN INK ormarG r os u.s.
The very fact that there Is coz ne@n5 H 5e J, be-
gnnings proiestined to sD!endid issues.
4 ROCK TO STAND upon.
Put besides this meter OF faith in Goi ana be..ei
in His guidance and strength. there * thru
ground of confidence that asserts Itself this morn
Ing as our minds and hearts turn eastward IL Is
this: God exists only idea. bat lie exists -
tha: is literally making itself felt cnergizng mems
experience. and though He may not alwaES, De
construed personally. yet He IS suflcenNH' slim-
merlncly resent in them to be known as con
science And that Is Of the most solid facts |
that you strike against as soon as you peslm [ 70 70
build on 1t is like bodily nerve-t gets instantly
Science mas got to be addressed distinctly. and with
intermixure of temporizng poicy & h%%pe ~ "aS aS
edge fine enough pierce them onlJ at the pont |
have conscjencas Consciences are not back mum
her. There is gredt deal OF conscience to-uny' t
And am going TO trespass upon Your forbearanSce |
enough to sayfor 1t Is this city that am an thhk ni1
of men ana tell them the truth. without qgaiiica-
ssi 9n or Ton y4Grn o Sy ba h ma chances as
that Z they hate YOU it VIII not b. ,hsp Dec@If Is that IN
them that is not depraved. q solid spot tHat takSs
pactDa Conscience that cannot forget the import
that lodges in the things that are nonSt t"g W ,fr %
mixed With divine threads People sometimes time OBJ OBJ
Witt With moral ' noyss such motives aRle e to be be
stisnatized by them as impracilcane: i,i tne ,
tves that there asoins Thee are no MOTIVES nnS
like them for entTTns N'o rhv make the only
appeal that man or woman can re5po,'u ~ ~ In
sonsi1gcTE ;S as hat IS the hope o hnmany
is the hope Of our country II is the nole o, our our
a,on Sf Of Was las. %o3ember on the oher de q the
East River and the S'sr b e arnf %, r that IS 6ene
played in this CITY today. There is no none IN II,
with tainteh 3D. %uX,s bib syerv man am every woman
appsa to hst s own wn'G bosomEthat is conscience
And it is going to win and 1t is the only 'nng
an ,na1 Tf,1 NAT "ii Won cannot down 1t may 60 TO
sleep but ii never forgets how to wake up; I, Is
in n0' mans soul in fas, colors As the laundry
woman would say. III wasne~.
TIE VULNERABLE POINT.
Il Is impossible in dwelling upon this no; 10
feel a little bit Of triumph We have so keen an
appreciation Of the soiity of the ground We are
building on The polite the feasible the eXpedeni
that we have nothing 10 do with What Is right
that Is our only business; and the clearer 'ha'
issue the quicker It's consummat ton 1nesr chnteeS
end these pulpits need to appreciate the spiendor
~ their opportunity in this particular. Conscences
are not dead, and Gods prophets OF ,o1ay All up
and down this city are ia an2ln.ei me fgb ayXa
kenng And there arr eooi I'' iGer Wcre ten en-
times as many-who are aiming at tha' insrK & "',o y,
hitting it. AS consequence OF that.I van am ~
What " are caliei the reputable classes; but among
the criminal classes there are o,s 6i pl%|e % ,br tn,Ir
Is better to be decent than it is to be- repr9bate
When that sori of thing is gons on i M, makr5 ,,,s
man feel thai hfe IS Worin i, nV,rI b ect thai The
Bitterness which hy may feel 'G%arG M yG% Ir "'aH a
ieas, buf in part: it Is ather Ike the pain which
he frost-bitten limb experiences when once more
ss yne aro woman stained and battered sat glar
ing at her would-be benefactor WIN an eye ] tn4t
Hendishness. it was the pain inciden, to The, re-,
ErnnS yn mn, e she & wss bbbng with an
remorse 1t is great thing to have % 'cg, rn
hayng GqhscenGe ps n, 70 ah be ,6mche
Thcrc is TO work that will go IKE ms ior IL is
the only work that VII go 10 h! we en1s man a.
situation he snn in him nv wRs?s he yields his and
profoundest assent Now there are greai i,b man n
hat arc
Iyonted devotion ana determination on that Inc; ana
il is ellng There Is I'm no madn n N a Gn sFand the
strain just much interior au. @ wmTn a
The only pon; l want 70 enphasize tneTc & S wheH h
the vent comes II VIII be ethical ierme!'a"o" 'n@
Will DO II.
IIx>L OVERTHROW CERTAIN.
In y secret arranged Interview which had
with policeman Yesterday b" tod ne, VIVA,
had very good reason FOR s'isr"cinS reIofe' ''"'
on no- cent Of the 800 pa,romcn Of III" city ere
anxious 10 DO their Au'y hardly daring yet - speak
thu, fac. above q whisper. hut waii!n5 Tor ne
time when they shall have the courage of 'h'ir
CONVICTIONS and when their loyalty % duty shall
oecomc .sr.mMy thai ernds 'hea down Whom ,he time
comes that those Sjc1 men D2H'l { oscs'e, or b Il
haIi of them dare - 10 rga' ~ mncH rs M 'hTy n
want TO do right municipal c'Iyuision ] Is an "c g..
compsnea feet N.Y. only ge's, sd, n On n cnS IS
minds the moral agitation that Is ripe thcre. , and
to produce music mat hs he tine aeGs rGquTe M Tho ,e
.ursnce With which we 70 alone together into the
Unknown year What becomes Of ycu ana me Is oi
snail account, but the times Will b" mere human
wi viii bc rere and the current of events VIII
he setting with some little Increment oi iuneSs
.ovrsr1 the trumphant coMsummation 10 Whcn u
is appointed. Instinct leans thet way; conhlrnce
IN Cod means that. and the conscience oi the race
~ s,ul true 10 the tone with which II was MAD" nd-
,;yn,, 10 ring makes out the paved highway over
which Gods purposes or holiness AZ" ""'" ui""
toward their goal. . - ~ ,,r ,,,s, |
,i,d ne mo the scheme whercwith n" is realizing
Us intentions for the future and hasten the ine
when sin shall be a thing forgotten. giscord ani |
~ariance a memory only. and the caTtt be iii or
tbe knowlelee Of the Lord as the water" cover
the sea
BUSINESS or THE ryIOT STOCK YARDS.
Chicago. Dec 3l.-secretary George T Williams