The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-30
PREVALENCE OF CRIME
Rev, DR.. LowFie Doesn't Believe
in the Income Tax for
Several Reasons.

An interesting sermon was preached az
the Emory Nj. E. Church last night by DR..
Lowrie, who took for his text, whatsoever
a man soeth, that shall be reap" DIR. Low
RE said.-''There is no time in our life when
we need this precept more than today. fear
that as a man OF God / have not touched
enough ON the prevalent sins Of the day.
Sometimes the leading men Of the churches
say, DO not mix religion with politics or
everyday iife.' The politicians soy, You at
tend to your church, we'll attend to our side
of life
"What is p~olIticsf The Throwing of mud
on the candidates of the opposite sidef l
have come to believe that u~ine-tenths OF the
leeches of oil parties are for revenue only.
I believe that politics in its highest, truest,
broadcast sense, is the protection of the ma
tional and personal rights OF the people,
Have / no right to protest against measures
that touch national rights3 We are all inter
esting ourselves in the Wilson bill and its
atrocious daughter, the income tax, and
most of us nave come to the conclusion that
the sooner they shut up shop in Washing
ton the better for the United States. The
action of Congress in Washington begets a
great looseness in the public morals"
WALL STREET NOT RESPONSIBLE.
DIR. Lowrie then made reference to some OF
the most famous ~defaulters, and went on to
say.
State and National corruption. Disgrace
follows disgrace. What's the matter3 Is
there a decay in the American peopiei Some
members Of the churches, / am glad to say,
not our churches, do wrong. They are not
responsible to the church, but to themselves
for their acts. How do we account
for crimef 1t is charged that Wall street
speculation is responsible for a great part OF
it. know that t~hree~quarters OF the deal
ings in Wall street are upright and honor
abe. Why charge the brokers' with the
crime that rests on the nation and ourselvesf
Why charge Wall street with lowering
moralsa There is undoubtedly crime there.
Is it mental alterations No! Forgery and
like crimes, require careful dellberatlon.
Iniquity shows arrangement, not of the head,
but of the heart, and it is the bad heart that
causes crime. The sin at the heart is
the foundation of all crime. Civil war
among other things, always causes a lower
ing Of morals. The mad desire for gold
causes more. People were not In such a
hurry to get rich, seyenty-6ve or one hun
perdition unless we cali a halt. Many Of us
are on the verge, either Of crime or specula-
ton. Few people will steal, but many bor-
row. And this they do to keep up appear
ances.
WEARS A T~HIRTY-FIvE DoLLAR COAT.
"Two-thirds OF society todaW IS trying TO
keep up a false position. Why waste money
on clothes and earthly fineries. A person
may dress poorly, but "a mans a man for a
that Let charity be developed. Til coat
| wear is not a seventy-five dollar coat, but a
thirty five dollar one, and if | could not af-
ford to a t~hirty-tive dollars for ones l
would pay fifteen. Ministers and the press
should do all they can to stop this condition
of things. The press does. Let everybody
by maintaining a high standard of morals
for themselves, set a good example for
Others