Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-08-30
DrTALMAGE SERMON
THE GREAT DIvikE's ELOQUENT
MESSAGE:
eobjees,: The Mission of Citie.-Noraily
They Are No Worse Than the Country
VICE 10 More Apparent. Hat 40. More
Prevaient-A Plea For Honest Living.
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Prevaient-A Plea For Han.., Living.
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NAsHrNGTos. d C.-From It. Peters.
burg, the Russian cantsl. here he Mas
Cordially received hs the i,.rsror aud
Empress and The Empress nouaver. ID
laiFnace sends this discourse IN which he
shows the mighty good thai NAV t,a ,.eue
by the cities and also the Vast evil the,
may do BY their alluremerit> 10 the un>a--
Eetine and the unguar,:ej The tex i,
| Zcchariah /. l.. NJ cities through mos
| perlit shall Vet he spread abroad
he city u no worse thau the country
/ ihe wees ~ the metropolis are more eNi-
dent than the wees al the rural d&strtct<
/ because there arr more people :, he bad
! II they wish to be Tie merchant : p.
| good As the farmer There i, no more
| Cheating in town than out ot town no
! worse Cheating. II = only on larger
scale The conntrvmdn .ottlt times pre,a-
F! rcates about tile age ot the horse thai lie
| sells. about the Sue ~ the bu~hci wfth
| winch he measures the grain. about the
| peaches at the bottom oi t@e basket a,
beine as large a. those II the top about
the quarter Of beef a. being tender when,
1t Is tough. and 10 as bad an extent a the
cttizen, the merchant, rrevarlcate- about
| calcoes or silks og hardware
And a t, village | think that III some
respects they are worse than the citle-
because they copy the wees ol the citics
! IN the meane.t shape and a. to goS-tr its
heaven Is country village. Everybody
| knows every body business better than
| he knows IT himself. he grocery store
or the blacksmith shop ~ day and night
Is the grand depot ior masculine tlttlc tat
tie. and there are always IN the village 4
! halt dozen women who have their san.
bonnets hanging near, that n the first
item OF derogatory news they can tiy ont
and cackle 1t all over the town. Country
men must not be too hard III their .rlti-
cisin OF the citizen, nor must the plow run
too sharply against the yardstlck,
Cam was the founder OF the first city
and | suppose it took after hlm IN morals.
1t takes a city long while to escape from
the character OF the founder. Y here the
! founders al a clty are crlunai eNIleS. the
NTH. the VICE. the prisons. are the shadow
of those founders. It viii take centuries
Tor New ork u get over the COOL lnu-
ence OF the piou- founders OF that city
the founders whose prayers went up in
the streets where now hanks discount,
and brokers bargain. and companies de
clare dividends, and smuggcrs swear Gus
tom house hes. and above the roar II the
wheels and the crack OF the auctionecr 8,
mallet asccnds the a>cription, We won.
ship thee. thou almighty dollar,
Cities are not evil necessarily. as some
have argued They have been the birth
place of civilization. In them popular lib-
erty has lifted lis voice Witness Genoa
and Pisa and Venice. After the death oi
Alexander the Great among his papers
| were found extensive plans ot cities, some
to be built in Europe, some to be built IN
Asia The cities IN Europe were 10 be
occupied bv AslatIcs: the cities IN ASIA
were to be occupied, according 10 hI~
plans. hv Europeans. and there should
be a commlngIng and fraternity and a
kindness and a good viii between the con.
| amt, fp{,,- I ha 4.t
always ought to be The strongest thing
in my comprehension Is that there should
be chickering's and rvalrcS amons out
American cities New York must stpr
caricatHrng Philadelphia and PhiaIel
!. pima must stop picking at New York and
certainly the continent i. large enough
for st Paul and Minneapolis " hat j.
good ior one city * good Tor All the ettIc-
| Here Is the great highway ri our nltlena
prosperity On that highway pi nationa
prosperity walk the citie-.
\ city with large forehead and crca'
brain-that i Boston; 4 city ~ilh de}b
crate step and calm manner that j. Phil
adelphia. a city with - pocket full o
change j. New York two Gtlc,
gong with rush that astounds tho CON
tlnent they are 81. l.ons and Chicago. /
city that takes It's wIie and children dioDl
with It that ~ Broollyu Cincnuati
Louisville. Pitt ~burg.' al the cities of th'
north and all the cite. al the south
some distinguished .or enc thing som,
for another. one for professional abllItY
another Tor affuence. another ioI fashion
} hut not one 10 hc spared " hat adean
tages one advantages all What dama9o'
Boston Common damages Nashlnsf"f
square Laurel Iiiil. Mount Auburn
Greenwood. weep over the -amc eriet
The statue % Benjamin Franklin ~ New
York greeting tic bronze sfatu" u RI
ward Everett m Boston All the citie~