The Washington times., 1894-11-05
CRIME IN MODERN CITIES.
Interesting Address bv Rev. Adolos Allen
At the First Presbyterian Church.

Interesting Address bv Rev. Adolos Allen
at the First Presbyterian Church.
A goo6ly congregation attended the even
tide services at DR.. Sunderand's First Pres
byteriun Church last evening and enjoyed
service Of song by the male quartet choir. as
well as a short sermon by Rev. Adolos Allen
on "Ihe modern city" Mr. Aliens text was
from Genesis xi.5: "And the Lord came
down 20 see the city and the tower which the
children of men buiIded. The speaker said
the center Of the worlds life and of the na-
ti0ns lie is the city Il is the mIghliest force
az work in our day in human society. II IS
the hear. OF the body polite ami ont Of It
most emphatcalIy are the issues Of life. The
salvation OF the city, therefore, is first in or
Ger if the towns. villages, and hamiets are
ever 20 be redeemed.
The first city on earth was built by Cain,
the murderer. He called it after his first
born son. Enoch. which means initiating
and from that time we date the beginning Of
the Capitalization of human vice, misery and
all wretchecness which has characterized
every city since the DAYS of Cain. and which
at This hour challenges the church OF Jesus
Christ. and stirs the soul OF every thinking
man TO its depths.
III the Lord came down to see the city
built ia the plain OF Shinar, with its tower, I
am quite sure ne is not Indifferent 10 the
modern city and the lofty towers OF iuiquity
built 10y men here in America. chiefly the one
called New York. the metropolis of the great
est nation on the globe but a dark blot upon
Our fair name and upon nineteenth century
civilization. The ewes of the world are on
that city. and men Of pure thoughts and high
Ideals. everywhere. are standing on tiptoe Of
expectation waiting TO know the issue Of next
Tuesdays election.
'u hope forthe redemption or that city by
the ballot from the control OF thieves and
moral lepers. II it is. the effect will be felt
throughout the length ala breadth Of the
land, 50 important Is the city in our national
life.
AN American city to- day is a collection of
indIgested. unassimilated humanity. 1t is
too much the refuse which Europe has
thrown out of her kitchen and dumped at the
front door OF America. where it is piled up iu
Polish quarter. an Irish quarter, an Italian
quarter. 10 Its work Of destruction. and 10
produce all the ills that arise from bad case
Of social Indigestion.
In New York, according to ex-Mayor
Hewitt, so per cent. are foreigners, represent
ing thIrtv-seven natiOualities and speaking
eighty different dialects. Tie recent dis
closures in New York tell US how that city
has been and is in the clutches OF those who
ought 10 De behind prison bars instead Of in
official positions and wearing the uniform of
the sworn guardians of the people.
''Philadelphla, in some respects a model
American city. Is so in the hands of the
machine that only within the past few months.
after one OF the hercest conflicts ever waged
by pulpit people. and the newspapers. were
thousands Of dollars saved from going into a
political job
THE crowded tenement Of the modern city
is the hothouse Of physical aad moral dis
ease, and yet II per cent. OF all the dwellings
in New York in 1890 We're tenements. Chill
dren have no place 10 play but in the streets,
privacy Is unknown. ana the absence of light
and fresh air adds 20 tle horror
The reverend gentleman closed his interest
ing discourse with the hope that righteous
ness shall yet rule in al our cities"