The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-26
VIGOROUS DENUNCIATION OF SUCH
PLACES. IN MINNEAPOLIS BY
REV. M0UNTGCMERY
WOULD STAND BY MAYOR
All the Conservative Power of This
Country Lies in the Moral
Sentiment OF the
People.
NL0EE'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE.
- 20 WASHINGTON Az. SOUT.A.

The sanctities of all life are sisterhood,
wifehood and motherhood. When these
citadels are approached by the blackness
of these dens of infamy, I say let the
wine room be caught, chained, throttled
and damned"
As Rev. DR.. Montgomery thus ex-
pressed himself in his sermon on the
"Wine Room" last night at Wesley M
Z. church, the great audience, which
completely filled the building, applauded
with approving vigor and enthusiasm.
Continuing, Mr.. Montgomery said:
In all ages the seer has looked for
ward 10 that era in the worlds journey
when righteousness and contentment be
co-eXtenSVe with the race of man. Ev-
cry rise in the worlds progress has been
associated with some city. Here is to be
reached the climax of civilization. Here
IS to be fought the worlds great battle
for God and man. AS go the cities, so go
the nations, and the nations make up
the character of the world.
Unto the cities God committed the des-
tinies of nations. The city of Minneapolis,
world famed for its churches, schools and
picturesque surroundings, has spot upon
Its fair name. l do not propose to tell
how Jesus would run city Deliver me
from such blasphemous presumption.
Also, l am not here TO dictate how this
fair city should be legislated. Mayor
Gray, my personal friend, is more capable
of that than l am. l commit the duties
of this municipality to those men who
are the chosen legislators of its laws"
Sad, sad, the fact that the wine room
and the brothel have joined hands. Upon
hn Of he ola Io,r h<,
cards TO the unsOphisticated girls from
the rural districts. On those cards have
been written the word millinery, and an
address indicating the location of some
f1ourishing establishment. The girl, in her
innocence, has gone to these, only to be
entrapped and led to ruin; and has drunk
OF that poison which is charged with
crime and ruin.
wherein is the conservative power
of the country? 1t is not in law, not in
reformatories, but in the moral sentiment
of the people. Let a crowd on the street
corner, with t1fe and drum, start up
Marching Through Georgia, and every
bystander and passing beggar becomes a
soldier in disguise, as the hot blood Of
patriotism courses through his swollen
veins Magistrates and executive officers
give the people Just what they want. We
elect men to office and expect them to do
the disaGreeable work of securing and
washing a municipality, and the self-con-
tented citizen stands by, gloating on the
sweet spicOries Of his ease.
THE business man holds up his hands
and cries: oh, my business; and the pro-
iessional man mOurns: Oh, my practice,
while the band goes playing oil. III clos
tnG, want 20 say, stand by the honored
mayor of this municipality, James Gray.
Help him in the regulation and restriction
of all lawlessness. Stand by the alder
men. If you have labored in the cause
and are not able, as yet, to see the re-
suits, don't lose heart. Wait until the
apple ripens when God in his wisdom
Will pour out his might in its aid"