The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-06
A PAsToR's APPEAL.
Rev. D. D. Boyle Addresses the Chris
tian People of Topeka.


Rev. D. D. Boyle of the First Chris
tan church has written the following
communication, addressed to 1.-THE
Moral and Christian People of the City
of Topeka"
THE beautiful capital of one of the
best states in the great sisterhOod of the
union, you have come to the point when
you must decide which road you will
take Are you going to join the thrOng
of thugs, gamblers and anarchists OF
other states and cities, thus fixing
horrible precedent for smaller towns
wealth, and thereby aiding and ahet-
ting the cause of moral, financial and
physical and spiritual vandalism, that
is now, like a Shiny serpent, fresh
from the pool of corruption, lifting its
ugly head, and 1ashing out its two
pronged tongue of gOdlessness and law
lessness, right in your faces, on the
chief streets in your city? VINO are
your friends? Those who would lead
you into prostitution and municipal
disgrace and destroy your fair name,
or those who for years, have proved
their love and interest in your welfare?
You have read of the terrible flood in
the lower Mississippi, now who are the
most deeply interested parties IN that
section? Who feels the loss most sharp
" when they see the waters breaking
through the dykes and the farms and
villages being washed away by the
muddy waters? Is it not those who
So now who would be sure to feel
more keenly the effect of the breaking
away of the levees of law and moral
restraint than those who, both day and
night are working and praying for the
happiness and prosperity OF the lana.
Those upon whose hearts rest the
weight of souls; who read, think ana
act in this one direction. AS president
of the union 1 feel sure that voice
their feeling and sentiment, when L
say that we have no disposition what
ever to interfere with the business OF
the duly elected officers of our state
or city in the legislative or executive
departments. but at this crisis, we feel
that silence on our part would be Grim
inal Hence we would cry aloud, and
urge that every christian in the city.
would rise en- masse and let their faces
be seen at Hamilton hall on next Fri
day evening. If our officers need moral
backing come to their rescue, if they
need urging in the exercise of moral
and political backbone, come forward
and demand it.
will YOU sit by and hear the vulgar
epithets from the threats of thugs,
like the following, Let the preachers
attend their prayer meetings and fun
erals and keep hands off and out Of
DOliticS?' or, In the language of Mills
of Texas, Hell is 50 full of these long
haired men and short haired women
self constituted guardians of the rising
generation-that their arms and feet
hang out the window and refuse to
stand when your holy profession and
exalted position demands your presence
and voice? No we appeal to you in the
name of God, his church, your sons,
daughters and duty to come, not as a
mob threa tening doom to fellow citf-
zens. but as patriotic country loving
citizens, demand your dues. All honor
to our noble dailieS, whose thunder
tones are ringing out morning and even
ing like the cannonading of the strong
hold of a country's worst foe. To the
front now every lover of peace and good
order and stand by the blood bought
constitutional rights of our land. Let
the war cry be The Saloon in Topeka
is Doomed is the prayer of one of your
most unworthy servants,
D. D. BOYLE.
Pastor First Christian Church.