The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-30
DR.. MDANlEL SAYS
RICHMOND IS VERY BAD
describes immortality Prevailing There
and Says That Conditions
Are DepOrabIe.
RICHMOND. vA-snacta,

x Z II NJ o n ID, Vas ecfal.-
lovers Of God"
This was the text Of a striking ser
mon preached last night by the Rev.
DR.. George ". Mcdaniel Dastor Of
First Baptist Church. who dwell IN
Iorceful terms on the Generalization
now prevailing in Richmond.
me church members of our civ
IN their attitude toward moral con-
oitlons' may be grouped in four
classes said DR.. Mcdaniel First
those who do not know. They are
good people, who attend church. bust
ness and are vdoeted to their homes
Ihey know nothing Of the sin and
shame OF the city streets. Where ig-
norance is bliss it is folly to be wise.
second, those who know, but do not
care. They have no sense of personal
responsibility, since they are not par
ucipants in the wrong. Their chief
concern is in taking care of self.
1hlru' those who know, but say they
Ian change conditions. Sin has al
ieSS 70 attempt to purify city life and
improve social conditions Whoever
makes the effort is striking his head
against stone wall. Fourth, those
VINO know conditions, feel their re-
sponsibility as citizens and Christians
ana enoeaVor to remedy the existing
COhullonS. They may not like the
crack OF my rife, but nevertheless. I
am determined TO take the shot.
What He Saw on Broad Street.
The preacher told of the sights he
had recently seen on two occasions
Nneh ne walked down Broad Street
win an officer in plain clothes.
me hrst was on Thursday night.
the hrst clear night after about ten
days of rain" explained DIR. NC
DANIEL. They had come out like the
insects from under bark and sod with
the hrst return Of the sprinp SIM
lhey swarmed the street until il was
ulIllcuit and in some respects dan
Serous to walk. Girls resorted TO the
back parlors of Italian confectioneries
"here they sat in suggestive positions
10 welcome and tempt whoever might
enter therein. An older girl on evil
oeht lea her little sister on her peril
GUS mission. Others whose lives dis
gr&ced the name Of woman stood on
corners or marched brazenlv down
the street. Boys in knee trousers and
slrls IN snort dresses were out in the
darkness of the night when tbe,-
should have been at home. Young
mn congregated on the sidewalks and
looked with suspicious eve and evil
minds and spoke enticinglv to nassersI
oN' Washers followed girls from block
10 dock and around corner after cor
nSI ana lea them down dark alleys
All OF this and more 1 saw. Twas
enough TO make the head heavy and
the heart sick. All races were ran-
resented, and Jewish men and v,orot,,
Struggled with Gentiles as they stoop-
eu 10 drink, OF the pool of impurity.
At Moving Picture Shows.
On the second night we visited
the moving pictures" DR.. McDanieI
con lhueu. L saw nothing objection
HoIe per Sc in the pictures. A min
Sit, was present. and they would be
guilty. OF no improperly. All classes
ana conditions were in attendance
dude. dressed in Prince Albert -
oIoated faced sport and weasleN-
haII-fed man were there who bought
ICkelS IN rotation and entered one
after the other. Little children under
ten and haggled old women with bent
Iorihs were there. What have Won
10 say about these shows? Two things.
FIRST. they prove the text and demon
Strate that the American people are
10 Oh pleasure more than lovers
OF COO. On two blocks on Broad
street last Friday night more peopIe
saw the moving pictures than assem-
bic in seventy OF the eighty white
churches of this city tonight. They
l LiIe the block and backed up on the
size street waiting for admission. aud
yet We say this a Christian CITY.
Inc moving pictures demonstrate q
second fact, that the American people
are eXtraNagant. Most OF the people
present were poor or in very moderate
circumstances. They cannot give to
religious objects. They fish for thejT
smallest coin. If they fish at all when
the collection Is being passed. But they
frequent cheap shows. where they pa y
not less than 10 cents for admission
and visit q number in one evening The
also attend with degree OF regularity
l saw women who forced young chill
uren 10 work to help support the fam
lily, and men who do not pay their gro
Gerry billS and fail TO meet their Other
obIlgatons. but they had the time and
the money TO spend an evening of
pleasure. Who can measure the de-
and upon the young?'
Dr. Mcdaniel also had something TO
say OF the automobiles.
one or the most demoralizing agen-
cies in Richmond is the automobile of
the son of the rich" added he III
YOU want to ruin your son. get him an
automobile. Not more than one Out
his business or injuring his
morals. If the numbers of the machine
that ride slowly along Broad Street to
entice young girls coming from the
plays. or stand on Mayo and East
Franklin Streets after the midnight
hours were published in tho daily pa
perS- they would strike many hearts
with CONSERVATION, and arouse the rich
10 the danger of their sons II our
pa pers want something sensa tional call
their attention to this field of inVes-
1T is not plea SAINT for one to speak
so plainly about the deplorab BILE con-
dltions in the city that we love. but TO
Keep silent is a sin. To submit with
out protest is to stihe conscience and
betray a trust"