The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19
SIN IN THE GRAB BAG.
What Shall 1t Profit n Man If He
Draweth Penwiper and Loseth
His Own SOu1

What Shall 1t Profit n Man If Fl.
Draweth a Penyviper and LosetI
His Own Soul. -
The Rev. w. H. Hunton, pastor Of
Grace Lutheran Church, at Bay anG
Alexander streets, took strong opposi
ton to many of the entertainments
and schemes gotten up by churches t.
raise money. These entertainments
Mr.. IIunton says, are unscrptural, anC
cannot but be offensive to God.
The sermon was based upon st
Johns testimony that when Chris
found buying and selling for gain 80
ing on in the temple He made a scourge
and whipped the buyers and seller:
and money lenders into the street. Mr.
Hunton also found scripture for hi
position in the First Book of Samuel
where it is recorded that the Lord in
Gel sed at the worli!iness of Ella prizes
Of the Tabernacle at Shiloh, sent hin
word by a prophet that he and his SOD:
would die on the same day for thei
sins, in speculating in the things whicl
the people brought to offer as a sacri
flee to God.
Mr.. Hunton said that what the LORD
would not tolerate in Ellis time, what
Jesus would not tolerate in His time
could not be acceptable to God in these
times. Were Christ to come to earth
now and enter church where a mod
ern church fair or festival or enter
tainment was in progress, Mr.. Huntou
thought He would make another
scourge and ply it upon the backs OF
the manipulators of the grab bag and
drive these entertaining sisters into
the street.
Mr.. Hunton said that the Christian
church now represented the temple and
the tabernacles of the olden times
Christ taught that the temples were
holy places, set apart for the worship
of God and not for the pursuit of
worldly schemes and pleasures. 1T is
terrible" said Mr.. Hunton, ito hear of
cantatas and pantomimes and military
drills and kirmess dances and Santa
Claus entertainments being given in
the churches. They are not acts of
worship. The church is not place OF
mockery or Of entertainment; it is a
holy place" Mr. Hunton said that the
church festival. where articles were
given to the person receiving the high.
est number of votes, where a grab bag
was operated, and where pretty girls
sold ordinary articles at extraordinary
prices to old men and young men. is
about the lowest kind of scheme that
could be devised for enriching the ex
chcquer of the church. All these things
are unscriptural, he said, and bring dis
grace upon the church.
Mr.. HuntOn said he preached this
sermon not because his congregation
was given to unscriptural methods for
raising money, but so that they might
be fortified with arguments against
these things when they came in contact
with people who believed in them.-Ro-
chester Democrat and Chronicle.
Tobacco and Physical Development
The perennial table of statistics on
the subject of the physiological effects
of tobacco smoke has again made its
appearance. This time DR.. Jay Seavc1
has based a series of observations on q
class of 1S7 college men Turing their
first and final year, enumerating the
growth in weight, heighth, chest girth
and lung capacity Of "non-users,'' "ir
regular users,'' and habitual users" OF
tobacco. Expressed in the form Of per
centages, in weight the non-users ir
creased 1O.4 per cent more than the
regular user, and sc per cent more
than the occasional user. In the grow Il
Of heighth the non-user increased q
per cent more than the user, and ID
per cent more than the occasional user
In. the growth Of the chest girth tho
noh-user has an advantage over the
regular user of 26.7 per cent, and Over
the occasional user Of % per cent bu
in lung capacity the growth is in favor
of the non-user by 77.5 per cent wher
compared with the regular user, anl
49.5 per cent when compared with the
irregular user.