New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-16
MINISTER'S BOUND TO SPEAK
WHO ELSE WILL RAISE THEIR VOICES
FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT?
ND p,pEur.Esr's ADDRESS TO THE UNION
rt,ro, oc1cAr, SEMINARY ALUMNI-LITTLE
sTATEsMANsHIP IN THE PULPIT AND
NONE OUT OF IT-cONGREss AND
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MUCH ALIKE IN ONE



49,. o,o,,o, meeting Of the Alumni Assoca-
ton of the Union Theological seminary "ii'c"
r,os hold Yesterday in the Adams Chapel at No
700 Park-ave the Rev. Dr. Charles H. PARK
hurst had 4 hearty welcome. lie was intro
drced nv the Rev. J. H. Eastman. the presiding
oeicer at the meeting and he made an address
-, tho subiect The Minister and Good Gov
or,ran," II called out a number of speeches
fran, the ministers present all of whom spoke IN
terms Of praise Of Dr. Parkhursts work ana
there was unanimous rising vote OF thanks ior
the address. Dr. Parkhurst said In part:
What God thinks most OF is not man IN his IN
dividual character. but men IN their mutual anu
organized relations. Wherever men ruo against
one another. therefore, the pulpit has something
n saw or ought TO have something to say. There
* not live question In society or Sta'e to-udy
that is not nlne-tenths Of 1t question OF morals
1-ndoubte,llv the handling Of these matters In the
pulpit means friction. bat there VIII always DE
friction when there IS power on its way to ehects'
Hist,rv is going up hill. not down. and that means
heated bearings and squeak In the wheels
THE PULPIT MUST PROTEST.
There are certain moral ideas to be pushed Who
e. going TO push them II the pulpit does not
,rbere are certain breaches OF moral proprety and
decency on the part of the National or the munci-
nal government Who Is going 20 protest II the
nulplt doesn't? The old prophets OF the Hebrews
were statesmen. There IS not great dea' Oh
statesmanshp in the pulpit to-day. ana OUTSIDE Oh
ia there isn't any-that know OF. Ihere - pom
tics INT there is not statesmanship. Ponies -
s,,tesmanship with the moral Eristle left out
Politics IN certain respects Is great deal worse
than depravity pure and simple. ThoroughDred u'-
nravity has the courage OF its vciousness. About
politics there just that tincture OF decehcy '"'
makes II unreliable.
The politician Is Ike one OF those agile and
whore ne isn't he's there; and II you put your
band where he is he isn't there. How long mas IL
been since anybody at Washington has stooi III
the strength OF n Sumner or n Webster ana spoke"
/ the word that has drawn TO snusger tension '"o
moral sense OF this great people? We never feel
quite SO confident OF the porpeiui;y OF American
institutions as We do just after Congress has al
iourned We feel about Congress In our civic re-
lations very much as most Of us here to-day 40
/ about General Assembly In our ecciesiastic rea-
tons. We wish II were at least four years between
sessions IN TACT. the longer the better.
/ am afraid We shall not be much better REWARDED
for our quest II We search for siatesmanship III
/ the files OF the newspaper press The dairy press
ls with hardly an exception. run by iiS business
end 40 man can DO a thoroughly gooa ihlhs VIE"
he * motlved thereto by the dollar. me NOR, q
paper puts into the pocket u is stocknont'S VT
less II puts n:o the hearts and lives Of IT, rcaders
/ II YOU going to have Statesmen yo" VIII nave
What reason Is there why pulpit prophets S''",l
not marshal tine army OF events lnfy us''ii ~
do So why shouldnt they now; am not ,hlhliS
about holding the offices To thg evii one Win YOUR
offices | am taking about hO,dng the ScrptIe
/ oVcr the consci,nccs 81 the people and swinging
them into beat with the pulse % the hcart ~ ',l
There is power enough u the pulpit VIII rise ~ u,
stature of rs prophetic dignity ana assert i'sei anu
/ exercise Us power
rowER or TIE PULPIT TO-DAY.
10 not believe that the pulpit was ever so power
/ ful a. IL IS to-day. There f. not a corporation "i
/ KNIVES IN the city that would not rather have rs
/ character portrayed by the most influential Journal
| than by a Christian minister. When You kno" you
arc right and can feel all through you Just as us
,inclv as Elijah fclt the three years drouth com,
| ING there IL A dash Of omnlpoience IN the word
Won speak | uttered thirty minutes or indictment
against the booIsucking scounlres thht ar "l'll-
Ing the veins % our body municipal, ana th'y "'te
! ali set wrlggllng Ike a lot OF muck worms on a
/ hot shovel - -. .
| am not such a fool as 10 suppose that " was tne
| man that said 10 that dii the Work u was we
! nupi, that aga the work Journalistic r0asilng'
these vagahonds WIFI enjoy ana grow cool over hu'
/ when II IL clear that the who speaks ~" Nuil
! f. spcaklug az one commissioned 81 God 90 speak
n there is suggestion % the judgment Jay hb'Hi
! n I know We are told that We ought not w IRAN
our clerical robes through tho dust - THIS secular
! M. Tho ilea 81 rabile Of cutthroatf. thieves.
Thugs and lihcrilnes prcsumng to stand up ana fr
/ COTS prophets keep their hands ~ % IN" Afk
~ IN. Covenant Don't let these dirty hypocTli'i
| fool van Men don't for men. but words that
upon the soul with a grip that cannot Dee dislolg'l
The hope u the American civilization. Ike thai
Of the ancient Hebrew. IL sim vested IN those Whon
God has chosen 10 b" his prophets.