St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-08
THE ROAD TO HE'LL.
A Startling Sermon by Rev. G. Il
Morrill,.

A Startling Sermon by Rev. G. l.
Morrill,.
Last evening at Calvary Baptist
church &. l.. Morrill, discussed the
Broad Way" pointing out three roads
OF trunk lines from Minneapolis to hell.
The following is an outline of his dis
course.
The city is not only the cradle of
science but is the cesSpool of sim Life
in metropolis is oftener tragedy than
comedy, and the struggle between in
clination and inspiration is intense.
Minneapolis is neither better nor worse
than other cities of her population.
That she should be better than she is. no
one denies, except the TOO pious
priest and lascivious Leyite who
passes by on the other side of the
unfortunate Oh life'S Jericho road
The saloon is heli's highway. Its mot
10 is mo Sabbath, no Christi" its aim
is gold, its graduates are drunkards,
lunaticS, gamblers, thieves and murder
ers. If one saloon is more damned in
evil than the dIngy. Sanded-fOor one, it
is the saloon or hotel bar with velvet
carpet, plate glass, electric light, marble
furnishings and prostituted art The
life, property, peace and safety of our
CITY nave UScil anu are hourly JeODar-
died by the brewers interest, which
insutingly protfered a paltry $500 for
the relief of an impoverished condition
which 1t had made possible. L lie saloon
depends for its very existence upon
laws restrictions; yet, instead of en-
forcing that law until a more stringent
one can be passed, Sunday violation has
been winked at or eulogiZed in saloon
journals as respectable" and, as a
matter of policy" for political, social
or other reasons.
The brothel is hell's reception room.
In it are young and old of all grades OF
mental and moneyed means, lost 10
shame, honor and purity. The "un-
speakable Turk" is outdone by the
municipal code, which for a nominal
fine permits these crater mouths of
passionate hellS to pour out their brazen,
biighting, blistering, bacchanalian bias
Dhemy. Ii he'll be a fire and there is
one corner i'll it hotter than another IL
will be reserved for the glorious philan-
thropiSt or church member who rents
his property for immoral use. The con-
cert dive combination of saloon and
brothel has been allowed TO lure its
victims III our city in style worthy of
beastly Butte and calloused Chicago. .
Gambling is contrary to good law, to
derlie legitimate business transactions,
and is destructive Of morality because
it enforces an idleness which breeds
vice and takes away the taste for sim
pier pleasures. 1t has corrupted JUS
tice, disgraced merchants and diverted
money from channels of legitimate IN
dustry. Race track gambling, with its
city pool room, is one of the most dan
gerous and demoralizing kinds of gam
bling. Under the lying preteXt of i'm
proving the breed of horses gamblers
deteri0rate human nature. "Bookmak-
erS" and telegraph companies pay
hundreds of dollars for their privI7
leges. The pool room is the breeder
of crime. We have tolerated shaking
of dice for cigars and drinks and the
game from early morn to late at night,
in the "hallowed" precincts of the
Eighth ward, until. in spite of mothers
protests and tears some of our young
men have been so inoculated with the
gambling vices that more excitement is
demanded and you may find them in
down town resorts. | visited leading
pool room last week. | learned it was
''all Stralght'-but L know the whole
cursed thing is crooked. The vile place
was filed with smoke, oaths and an
intatuation which made destruction
plain. Here were young working men
and poor laboring men, who had begged,
borrowed or stolen money with which
to gamble. A man who will gamble
will steal-gambling is stealing. This
is the devils school on a leading
thOroughfare which graduates fast
young men into the penitentiary. 1t
has been asserted that some recent bus
mess failures, as we'll as 90 per cent of
theftS and ruin OF youths employed in