St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-02
A FLOUR CITY SABBATH.
WHAT THE kIfiS TERS DID AND SAID
YESTERDAY
Preachers of All Denominations
Took WLirl at the "Saloon
Policy" = They Don't Take
Kindly to 1.-THE Clergy Of
Minneapolis and the Clergy of
Staid New England.

Staid New England.
The Flour City is famous for several
reasons. First. because of its MAN.
moth mills; second, because of its
churches. and again because of its min
listers. 10 be a member of the clergy Of
this city is felicity; 1t is a delightful
sensation thrice felt. In the staid,
proSaic towns of New England the gen.
tlemen OF the cloth are of necessity
obliged to be severely orthodox, and
stick close to the good old Biblical
stories and parallels. In the far West,
tie woOlly harum scarum Occident,
the preachers. fearing revOlvers and
bowie knives before God, dare not ex-
patiate on the RIGHTEOUSNESS and vice of
the times. But in Minneapolis! All,
In Minneapolis. the eXpOunders of the
gospel have things their own way.
They are cocks of the WALL, as it were
begging their pardon for so hOmely Il
simile-and there's not one Of them
but takes advantage of his opportunity.
In Minneapolis the preachers indulge
III ''preludeS" and ''interludeS," the
former predomnating. They have so
many things to talk about, and they
serve them up after the manner of
sauce oil cruel. The saloons. the gam
bling, the mayor, the pernielous habit of
splitting in street cars, the public
schools, the tariff question. all serve as
topics for this sauce de prelude" Yes
terday the orthodox clergy rose betimes.
they found the day was a delightful
one. and that the sun distributed
balminess over the whole earth. There
was that in the atmosphere which
makes men glad and women happy in
the opportunity Of wearing spring bon
nets and STYLISH wraps. In order, there
lore, 10 bring the members of their
hocks down from their joyous, earthly
earth pedestalS to a proper understand
Ing or the solemn duty of their lives and
the SomberneSS Of matters religious.
ihe ministers OF the city belabured
| them from the pulpit. They threw
themselves into the breach of vice and
hurled cannon balls of ienunciatlon at
the meu of municipal greatness. who
were elected by the people to otticiate
as guardians of the peace and morality
of The community.
A bakers half-dOZen of sturdy eX-
Founders OF creeds and doctrines prod
ded Mayor Eustis and his saloon
policy" with irons that We're heated TO
red and swords that were pointed with
wrath and righteous Indignation"
They lampooned him. fiayed him and
struck him with Biblical Delaying pins.
Rev. +. y. Holman, of the Hennepin
Methodist church, took for his topic
The Saloon, the City and the Citizen"
A synopsis of this delectabe literary
morsel Will be found below. Rev. L.
w. Stout. of the Park Avenue Methodist
church. spoke On "lt Christ Game to
Minneapolis" During his discourse he
maintained that if the Nazarene should
come here lie would find a condition of
affairs which would rival in its intensity
OF "Skuliduggerv" Uhls word has a
Greek root that which existed in Jeru-
salem at the time of the cruclixion.
at the Thirteenth Avenue Methodist
church the pastor, Rev. f. NJ. Rule, in
dulged in prelude. The title of 1t was
enhancement of the Law" Not only
the title but the prelude itself con-
famed more than an intimatiOn that his
h0nor the mayor was not enforcing the
the laws of the municipality. Rev.
Ndyiand Hoyt. of the First Baptist
church, also gave a prelude, and the
subject OF distress was The Present
Municipal Administrator" At the
Christian Adventist church, Rev. Grin
Ii. jerks dilated OH "The Leper of In
purity" and at the Wesley NJ. E.church
a large congregation was entertained
with dissertation Oh Swine, or Men
Which? A Glance at Municipal Re-
fornl." Rev. Ii. ii. French. the pastor
of the church, preached to this diverting
topic.
That Rev. French did not stand upOn
ceremony IN speaking of the city'5
functionaries goes without the saying.
He got excited during the delivery of
the roast" and denounced the mayor
and his system of handling the saloons
and saloonkeepers. He did not believe
In the plan of compromising" matters.
lie maintained that laws were meant to
be enforced, and no man had a right to
compromise with them.