Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-02
PLAIN WORDS.
Rev. w. o. Carriers Sunday Morning
Sermon.

Last Sunday. morning, Rev. w. 0.
Carrier preached very forceful SER
mon on the theme of Slippery Places
or Firm Foundation, Which?' He
took for his text the 18th verse of the
end Chapter of Corinthians. The first
part of his sermon was along the lines
of religious thought outlining the
duties of a christian /; calling attention
to the past year. having been a pros
porous one and he hoped that it had
also been one of spiritual gain to his
listeners He also called attention to
the approaching New Year and hoped
that it would be started and continued
right.
The latter part ofahis discourse was
devoted to the evils which, in his
opinion, afflict our city and we doubt if
ever palmer words were spoken from a
pulpit in Wausau, and whether all who
composed the reverend gentleman's
congregation could agree with him or
not, they could not help but admire a
man who had the courage of his con-
victions and who dared to give them
utterance from the pulpit.
Rev. Carrier spoke of the saloons,
Sunday opening, etc, and warned his
hearers that those places which had the
finest exteriors and were the most
guadily furnished were the most danger
Gus, as they attracted the better classes
and gave the traffic tone of respecta-
bility, which extended down the scale
to the lowest of the low.
The Sunday theatre came in for
dressing down, and he deplor9d that
plays were allowed to be given in our
city on Sunday evenings contrary to
law. He cited such plays as Gay Par
isl and the "Black Heifer'' as being dis
graceful exhibitions and tending to very
greatly lower the morals of our city and
the paper hung up on the bill boards,
heralding these combinations was unfit
for public gaze. Our new opera house
he thought was a public necessity for
lectures, concerts, etc., but for our citi-
zens to extravagantly support the
drama was all wrong, and had bad
effect upon the community.
Rev. Carrier made a statement which,
if true, should call forth very harsh
measures on the part of every good cit
izen of our city, He said that there
was a social order in our city, into the
rooms of which, it was reported, girls
had goue with the members and be-
came intoxicated. He believed it to be
true, because the report had been al
lowed to 20 uncentradicted. To which
social order was referred we do not
know, but if such a thing ever hap
pened it should be known, and the
society allowing such proceedings most
roundly condemned If it did not, then
the society should clear its skirts OF
such scandalous story.
Rev. Carrier spoke with much feeling
and his words of warning came from
depths..of heatr, which he averred,
was filled with love for humanity, and
none doubted his sincerity. He
preached that which he thought was
right, and he did it without fear or
favor, While we cannot agree with all
that Rev. Carrier said tnor did he ask
his listeners to do sol in the main it
was timely sermon which should
prove very effective. in stirring up s.
sentiment in favor of working neces-
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We understand that in the NJ. +.
and Baptist churches similar sermons
were also preached at the morning
| services.