The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-22
Prize Fighting and the Church.

Prize fighting and the evil influence
it excrts was the subject of sermon by
Rev. NJ X Fallon ut the Farnhurst
asylum yesterday. His text was from
Genesis g. . "Who so sheddeth mans
blood, BY man shall his blood be she'd; for
in the image of god made he man."
Opening his subject the priest said: The
gospel Of physical strength and brute
force has more believers than all the
crceds Of the children Of men. 1t was SO
in tho refined republics OF ancient Greece
and Rome, and 1t is 30 today in socalled
Christian commemorative, with very
gnlyy limitation The old Greek educa.
tionnl adage is still tho language of the
Christian.
The Protestant revival and the Catholic
mission or retreat cannot attract as many
as can and does the prize ring.
May Catholic be Il boxer or prize
fighter? No Catholic power on earth
Pope or Councillor all combined could
permit Catholic to enter tho prize ring.
The sixth commandment (lfth among
Catholics) is one of tho laws of nature,
which no one can break without sin.
This sin is committed, according to
Catholic theologlans, in four ways: by
scandal, by word, by desire and lastly by
inGicting or trying to lntlict physical in
Jury or Disagreement on another's body.
Why have all our fighters, past and
present, distintively and accentuatedly
Catholic names! This question brings us
back to the imigrations into the Green
Isle during the fall of the Roman empire
The problem before the Christian
Church IS to make the very name of the
prize rim 4 stencil in the nostrils OF all
those protesting belief in the teachings of
Christianity,
It delracts from the sacred dignity with
which the Savior has surrounded the hui
man ego, and is Il dtsgracetul example OF
the anti Christian Doctrine which at pres
cnt obtains in the realms OF trade and
politics-the doctrine of The survival Of
| the flttCst."
Rev. p b. Cabell's morning subject in
| the new Jerusalem Church yesterday was
| IF the Son shall make you free, you shall
! be free indeed ST. John s, So.
At Calvary Church Rev A. r. Walker
preached from the text, He left them
! and went out OF tho city into Bethany, and
he lodged there"
The Fenst of the Ascension of the
Blessed Virgin Mary will be observed IN
| Trinity Church next, when Rev ii. Ash
ton Henry will have completed ten years
as rector of Trinity parish.
! Bishop Coleman conducted services at
| Trinity Church last night, and before the
| conclusion of the services he alluded to
| the fact of Mr.. Henry's completion OF ten
years Of work there, and expressed his IN
| qualified appreciation Of the many fnyora
God had shown the rector and his people
during the decade. He also congratulated
beth the rector and the congregation upon
the happy relations maintained during
that time. MIR. Henry had been loyh
stoadfnst and the bishop hoped he would
havo many more years Of work here.
The HilJrs W. G. r. U. last evening
celebrated Neal BOWS 95d birthday in the
North Baptist church. Roy. +. G. Merrill
Robert MatloCk and Ryy. N. MucGeorge OF
| New York spoke.
Mcdford II. CIhoon preached yesterday
morning in Asbury Church.
The Roy, Warren Burr preached al
hingswook NJ L Church yesterday.
Evangelist ID. NJ. Collins preached at
| Goodman NJ. h. Church yesterday morn
| ing.
4 memorial service for the late Eli Men
dinhalI will be held in Grace NJ. f. Churcl
| on Friday evening
Rev, A. p. Mihm will read paper to
day before the meeting of the Ministerial
Union, ut the Y. NJ c. a.
The Rev. Thomas A. McCurdy ut Cen
trial Presbyterian Church last evening be
gan series of sermons for young men