New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-04
FOR A STRICT SUNDAY.

DR. DUFFIELD's REMARKS AT THE 'OLD FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
At the "Old First" Presbyterian Church, Fifth
ave and Twelfth-st the following prelude upon 'ne
crisis in the city was delivered BY the pastor the
Rev. Dr. Howard Duffield:
At the last election the good citizenship OF New new,
York struck a telling blow in the behalf OF civic
righteousness The battle is again put IN array
along the same lines Tuesdays ballotng Is not d
Island Personality OF candidates counts for moth
ing. Policies Of parties have PASSED our o sron
this struggle The srappe Is not md eter
nal CLASH between right and wrong Inc impeho aI
issue has been narrowed down to sharp ana SOIL
iary point Shall e b bef Elements the
or its evil clements dominate municipal ne 3.
I Fnr twevemonth the city has been wrestling
up out of the moral morass into which me raihPar.
nquity of many year had nmns her The Iax
ceased 10 be a machine for blackmail ana became
az aathe-e p1rer As the shutters went up on the
saloons the tides Of crim.nall'y aDatea III ene
straets AS the observance of the SaDDatn was en-
sorce1 the Monday crowdng Of the prison pens
ceased and the accident wards lost ther iat zen
s is 6 not shS SGters and the hospa BOOKS Of
try During July, August and Septeinoer o. iT nr
the same three months Of 1895 there were only ''oV'
/. or about fifty per cent less u ,,r mara
reports That owing to the Sunday closing Of saloons
moSe than during the past three nonteS s5 S
shall set amid the glores of guarantee that tails
nurifving of civic life shall move triumphanty on,
ward or 1t shall go down ecl;psed Dy sh2me.u
hermit TO the crme-producing ana cnaractei-
,vreckne Influences Of this municipality TO resume
their debaslng sway. When anarchy and annidnty
in lnholy alliance brazenly menace the Nel-pe-lis
Of a community II ought not to be dflcuIt mat
Ter for those who love law and honor Coo 10 deter
When the astounding assertion is Haunted in the
taco of the moral Of this community that law
ought not to be enforced; when the proposition IS
ohicialy uttered that the Decalogue shoulu De
amended in order to crafty an dppeute Nerl IL
might though the true course o. hVies a5,r r
manly citizenship not far to seek. SAD our
Master: THE Sabbath Is for man say certain
eiements in this community: "fhe sabbath is ior
money-making even though that money be nin,ed
dav' saws the Church The sabbath Is a WORK,
day. saw certain elements. "a day when spec,a
immunities Of trade should be conferred upon me
whlskey mill, the grist whereof IS men. An OUT
snoxen stand for the integrity of the rest-day IL
not the declaration Of a sentimental SUPERSTITION nor
the coroary OF dogmatic theology. but ne voice
OF wise statesmanshp Listen TO D OI,r nrty be
cause il is the bulwark of our morality IL is tne
moral conservator OF nations" Listen to Charles
Sumner: II we would perpet nda Vur iePu""0
Al such a crisis, standing on guard az such a
moral Thermopylae cast no blank DaAot. axe !ouI
politics as we'll your religion from Paul wac
said: 80 fight not as one who beateth tiie an,
He struck from the shoulder and he smote between
ne owes Cast a ballot that hits something ana
hurts some one Cast ballot that VIII AFFORD
solace to the corruptionlst Wno Wouiu
H. metropolis even TO the thing OF Its ihiqnile'
Cast no ballot that VII klndle the JOY OF ne
dram-seller and the Tum-biD5er. Cast no ballot
that will tonic the strength OF the SaO5at 1breake
lection OF womanhood. OF the CORONATION OF chliu--
hood and its preservation from the blood-,alht OF
drink and the bloodhame OF lust cdst ihesua! \,
vote as you utter your prayers, Tor christ sake