The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-07-17

HhVIHlHB desire 10 be very COnSldcrate
and TO speak with caution, for in deal
ing with subjects such as have
chosen for this occasion. one Is very
liable to be either misunderstood or
misquoted This morning | desire to
avoid both.
The tendency of wickedness is 10
grow worse and worse and wicked
ness left unpunished is an encourage
mont to cvildocrs. For many years
there has been a tendency to com
| promise with evils Of almost every
type. Many of these evils have now
taken such root that many religious
people are beginning to look upon
| tnem as a necessary evil. and have
/ concluded that it is improper to speak
For exert any influence against them
Ihis is becoming true in marked de
gree as regards Sabbath dcsecration
Sunday Ball.
some forms of desecration of the
3 sabbath in our immediate community
has been tolerated for some years pact .
until they have grown to enormous
proportions. one of these evils f.
sunday baseball / have no fight
with the man who chooses the attn
doubt whether God over intended
that any man should have no higher
ambition i'm life than To- make a pub.
Tic display of his physical strength ana
9kill. But when persons Of this class
disregard the laws of both God and
man, and engage in that which r.-
comes menace to the peace and
quictudc of the entire community I
have right to speak out against such
a crime
The man who plays and the man
who encourages by lending his sun
port. whether moral or financial. bo-
comes party to the crime. ana both
alike arc guilty before the law. We are
often told that there is no harm I'M
attending the sunday ball game. and
some protested Christians pprsis, I'm
going tO such places. Christianity and
attending the Sunday ball games do
not go together. / am safe in as
scrting that the person who goes to
the sunday ball game is not found in
the prayer meeting, and those who
having once been active in religious
work, if thcy begin to frequent such
places, soon lose whatever spiritual
tendencies they may have had.
"Ouc evil say leads 10 another
The ball team gets in financial straits
An agent of carnival proposes to
join hands with them and help them
out ul their embarrassment \ few
so-callcd business men get behind the
proposition ana the city of Marion
fair and beautiful .is disc4accd with
a show of very low character. with
people ON our streets ANA I'm cu;' city
who should be classcd with thieves and
robbers.
Who Responsible?
Who are responsible? First the
base ball team, Second the so-callod
business men. Who are these busi-
ness men? Not such as ! might name
for Marion has some business mcn
who stand above such things ana who
do not lend support To such disgrala-
ful enterprises bur such husncyg men
as even advocate of the prostitution Of
our sons and our daughters. There are
so-called prominent business FIRMS
that ] would not allow nay wifi or
daughters to enter their stores neither
would enter myself For the place
that is not TT for the Wirc or daughter
Is not III for the husband or father.
Some people are very seriously cone
demning the Mayor of our city. !
rather pity him, for ! do know some
OF the problems which he has to face.
The Mayor has not done every thing
that | think ! should have done, for I
think IL / had been ignored ass he
says that hc WAS, IN regard to the !
privilege Of using the streets for the |
disgracciul shows, which we have cu |
durcd for the past week / think I |
would have ordered the police Il |
have cleared the streets, and would |
have seen to it that they were not long |
about It,"
But the mayor has done some |
splendid things. and stands right upon |
many things. Certain evil docrs are |
sitting up ANA taking notice. I think |
we ought to appreciate, ana commend
him for at least 50 much.
The Remedy.
"What rs the remedy? AgitatC. Ev- |
cry grca. reform movement has he
gun by agitation. get the people to
thinking ana talking about the wrongs
which nave bcon pcrpctratcd mold |
public sentiment; stir up, the people;
make n warm time for cvildocrs; hit
the target. \ phcphcsy: I am no
prophet but I predict that there will
be "a cleaning up of some of our evils,
which are menace 10 our cOmmun-
lty. within the next six months.
"Iricnds, get into the fight and help
To- make our city, which Is beautiful of
location and fair 10 behold. the queen
of the old state. Help to make her a
city such as will attract the people of