Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-24
PRETTY HOT TALK
A Boston Preacher Sails Into
American Methods.

The Rev w. H. Lannin of Boston
delivered lecture in the Advent
church on Cherry street in which he
pitched into the politicians and law
makers without gloves. He went back
to the beginning of the world and
noted things on the way from the row
at the building of the tower of Babel
and kept at 1t until one would think
he was limiting at the rumpus IN the
board of aldermen during the present
week.
1T is a sober truth" he said, that
wickedness in men deflles their Ian
guage as much as mind and heart. AS
to those God scattered Hamites, four
of earth's national branches sprung
from them, viz: the Ethiopans, the
Egyptians, the Nubans and the Ca
NANTES. All these nations were gross
idolators. From Chem, Noah's eldest
son, came the Hebrews and Arabic
peoples of earth. The Israelites were
commanded by Jehovah not to mix
with the Canaanites in any sense.
Gods command was 'Defile not your
selves in any of these things, for in
all these the nations are defiled that
| cast out before you, and the land
itself vomiteth out her inhabitants
An old adage says, Who lives with
blacksmith will at last go away
with burnt clothes.
America could have with wisdom
and responsibility more seriously con-
sidered this intermixing evil. 1t is
rather too late to plug up cracks and
rat holes when the house is overrun
with rats. But we defer touching this
thought at present. ...
"a confusion of tongues in a family
or community is a cause for disasso-
citation. AS citizen one can no more
appreciate the association of a people
whose language differs from his own,
than he could enjoy the association of
a herd of cattle or Il colony of beav-
ers. Your speaker knows this from
personal experience.
For a good many years iii our
American city building, we, too, have
been building babel. We, like the
slime for mortar. The clay pits of
earth's degenerate nations have freely
yielded America gross material. while
the degenerate slime from out the rot
ten cities of the world has clinked or
mortared up the structure.
city enmassed millions of foreign
tongued riff-raff is daily being dumped
IN tn nif nrfc Co -
sturdy back much longer carry the
load? Our cities. that is, our great
cities are to-day found to be dishonor-
able cancers on our American body.
Even New .England's Hub" city, for
years has been rotten to its very core.
"Healthful reformation very often
follows in the footsteps of terrible
judgments inflicted. Our nation has
been tutored already in this painful
philosophy. Before this nation ex-
ponds extra hundreds of millions of
dollars to build gigantic battlcships,
let 1t learn to equitably and efficiently
minister its wealth so that unneces-
sary poverty shall become unknown in
its borders and our cities redeemed.
oui DiS are
ly robbed by expert gangs of city
plunderers who have made city poll
tics their thlevish profession. They are
professionals in graft grabbing Mt the
expense of the taxpayers. 49,.
"0ur cities are too easy with their
thieves and real williams. We pay mil
lions to support armies of uniformed
fellows to protect our city citizens.
and they. generally, are quick TO arrest
hungry fellow who fingers homeless
on the streets. hut how seldom do they
atmept to bag the big scoundrels that
brazenly ply their trade of plumber.
at is cheering TO know that every
up built babel against heavens law of
right must come to confusion and an
end. We to-day are beginning to be-
hold the last day of Judgment upon I'M
Righteousness in our American Babels.
The scorpion lash Of publicity Is now
being sternly applied to all God ignor-
ing and man injurlng Williams"
The Rev Mr. Lannin will speak at
the church again next Sunday.