The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-06-06
SNOBBERY AND ITS EFFECTS.
Rev. Crockett OF the Christian Church Applied
His Sermon Locally.

His Sermon Locally
At the Christian church last Sunday
night Rev. w. S. Crockett preached an
interesting and timely sermon on SUBJ
ject that applies locally and is appro-
pirate to the time and conditions exist
ing in society. His subject was
"Snobbery; One of the Curses of North
Yakima" The text was taken from
II Samuel 1879: "And the mule that
under him went away" The most
interesting part of the discourse is as
follows:
1.-THE Poor Snob.-One of the pathetic
observations of minister who has the
welfare of community at heart is that
unfortunate class of people who have
joined in the fraternal race of the snobs.
He sees them living in hired houses, he
sees them making no provision for the
education of their children, he sees the
care-worn expression upon their faces,
he hears merchants whisper of their
debts unpaid because of their artificial,
theatrical, false conception of life. For
them life is not to be, but to appear to
be.
"The Wealthy Snob.-We have all
around and about us those who have
come to wealth suddenly. Some of these
are dazzled by their new possessions. A
Seattle-Klondiker recently boosted OF
the weight of his piano. His music was
by the pound. Doubtless he measured
his pictures by the yard, and scattered
barrels of dry goods in the race course Of
the snobs.
"The Snobs With Infuence-A few
weeks ago the American people Kissed
out their ridicule at one conceited naval
officer, Sampson, son of farmer and
ditcher, who objected to the meritorious
promotion Of American sailors who had
not his ideal of social qualification. How
many town has its Simpsons who have
learned to despise the honest industry of
their fathers.
"Snobbery in Culture.-Christian cul-
ture is happy way of doing things from
worthy motives. Abraham Lincoln was
a cultured man, not of the greenhouse
sort, to be sure. 1t is true he would
have been more cultured had he been
less crude. That man has no culture,
however polished his bow; that man
lacks the first principles of culture, who
has dishonest and impure heart
"snobbery Without Moral Ideals.-A
writer in recent issue of the New York
Tribune expressed this criticism of the
attendants at certain theatre: These
lacked the moral independence to say for
themselves whether the play was decent
or vulgar They looked not upon the
play to pass judgement, but here and
there around about them upon the faces
of those whose doings they aped. 1t was
the sad reflection Of the critic as he went
away, his good taste forbidding him to
see the play out, that drink and lust
undermining the characters of men, are
not greater menace to the welfare of
this nation than are the false unreal
Sttidi vi Jul WoIuCil. yea Vi
our mothers, guardians of our homes,
honored in America as no other country
honors womanhood. But it is the
observation of the minister that snob-
berry is not feminine, however effem-
mate. They are everywhere unfortunate
who have joined the race of snobs. Ever
anxious to gain and maintain the object
Of their social aspirations they live upon
borrowed moral and intellectual ideals.
lis is a senseess race, but alas how
are in its course.
ARemorse OF Snobbery-Sometime
I'd of a student whose ambition
study lead to such mental
Dr. Hosbsk reason gave way. Some
pe'fee Aod good way and Gods good
of that mind shall be
horses n it'll reason restored the !