The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-30

our citizens Tho punishment of crimc
will likewise pn'Vcnt crime, and snve men
and women, toO-frum criminal carccrs
There Is not a vital interest of the ontlN
city that will not 10 hclpcd 10y its work.
Business viii hc strengthened, society Will
be guarded. hcuVYolcnt societies Viii have
less 20 do and morn money % do be with,
and religious work viii find a radior ro-
sponso tn their appeals Men viii learn
anew the old lesson that the way OF pros
pcrity and happiness is the way OF obedi-
cncc 10 law.
Rev Frank C. 1yrrcn pastor Of tho
Central Christian church, Is president OK
the lcaguc. lie is IS years old, Is native
OF California and has been preaching for
four years. Ills present ministrations are
very successful. and De prcachcs every
SUNDAY 10 the largest congregations his
chunh viii hold. Tho following quotation
from recent sermon will show the man
ncr Of man the disoudcrly elements of 81.
Louis will have TO contend against in the
Rev. Frank q Tyrrcll
.'Thcrc arc =. 900 licensed saloons in tho
city, up one for every 300 of the population.
Estimating ihoir average annual expenses
at SO. 600, We have a total of $4,000, 600
necessary for Us e. contribute into their
tills What DOVE get in Uturn2 hepriv-
ilegc of contributing ns much moro for the
profits of these concerns. And then what
do We get? go 20 the worlhousc, tho hos
pital and the pcnitcntiary and sec the fin
ishcd product. -Four blocks north, cast and
west from this church l ann informed there
urc 40 saloons and one brewery. The saloon
docs not respect the restraints of our IL
cense laws. Ii seems 20 live and move and
have its being In au atmosphere OF anarchy.
And then There Is another vice and
crime against which the Bible flames with
smoking and wpathing warnings from
cover % cover. and vet we must speak of
it with batcd breath and in rhetorical
terms one Magdalene of tine streets toev-
cry 20 of the city. over 900, 900 in the en-
tire country, dying out entirely every five
years. recruited from the ranks Of limo
cencc at the rate of 100. 600 annually Well
has some one said. Mars has slain his
thousands. Bacchus his ten thousands, but
Venus may count her victims by the mil
lion
The cure whom it comes must be radi-
cal Put conscience ia the bosom Of ev-
cry man. Do you make false invoicosi Do
you creep ont Of paying taxcsg DO you
wink at croOkcdnoss in trade. Wherever
"a dishonesty is perpcTatcd, wherever even
"a pulpit is cowardly on these subjects, there
$50 sec the same black virus flowing that
has brought about these awful criminal
sizes. Lift up "a truer standard Of manhood.
What is hc worth' means simply, How
much money cen he command It ought
80 moan, what is his character? In the
home circle, what is hc WORTH I'm places
.hcrc men are dying. what Is hc worthy
A. the ballot box what is hc WORTH And
whom death has stripped him OF on these
extcruals and he stands naked before the
Judgment Dur. then what i, hc WORTH
For every act will be- judged there.
"A Gircct. practical agency is demanded
through which public sentiment can speak.
am organization that shall protect the body
polite from fmtrlcidal focs. VIII you give
mo your name, your influence 20 the for
nation OF such "a society The city is not
"a little state. IT isa big corporation. Fail
uro 90 note this has made the municipality
q prcy 20 partisan politics when it should
hc as flr from ID as the management OF a
bank OF "a factory.
FL have high and cxultant hopes for the
future. With the patriot Louis Kossuth,
4 DO not believe I'm the stability of Success
fL crime. The war against municipal di-