The Irish standard., 1912-09-14
DR.. Graham Taylor, a Chautauqua
Lecturer, on Question of
Large Families.
His Expressions Are Severely De-
nounced by Rev. Geo. Mahony
of Seattle.
LOGICAL Conclusions Drawn From
the Scandalous Doctrine Thus
Set Forth.

Oct EOTtQ.
Rev. Geo. Mahony. G. S. S. R.,
Pastor of Sacred Heart Church in
Seattle has addressed an open lettev
to the Seattle Post-Inselligencer Sc
verely denouncing the expressions Of
DR.. Graham Taylor, a Chautauqua
lecturer on the question Of large FAM
lilies, and setting forth the attitude of
the Church on Race-Suicide.
The letter states:
To the Editor: Under the startling
title, "sociologist Calls Big Family
aea, Immoral" the Post-1ntelligencer
of August /, in its report Of the Balm
bridge Island Chautauqua meeting Of
the day previously, Informed its
readers that "Dr. Graham Taylor.
founder Of the famous Chicago Com
mons Social Settlement" in his dis
course on Marriage, Modesty and the
Home" had relieved himself Of this
amazing statement: This idea
about the indiscriminate size Of fam
lilies is positively immoral" From
this we learn that DR.. Taylor clearly
does not like large families. and his
antipathy to them is SO pronounced
that he does not hesitate to- stigma
tize them as positively immoral.
In the same article in the Post-In-
telligencer we are Informed that
among those present at DR.. Taylor's
edifying, elevating and enlightening
discourse were the following reverend
1ninisters:. Alexander. McEwan, H.
Mason, F. Taylor, Ralph Atkinson, A
p. Chadwick and E. A. King.
Several days have now elapsed, md
we have yet to learn that DR.. Taylor
has repudiated the published report
Of his address, or that the ministers
who were among his audience have
voiced one word Of condemnation, or
even gentlest protest, against his hor-
rible doctrine. There seems, then, to
be no reason to doubt that DR.. Tay-
lor has been correctly quoted, and
that the clergymen who were present
at that session fully indorse his state
ments.
O tempora! o mores! Has it come
to this lamentable pass in our en-
lightened so-called Christian age and
country that a minister OF a Christian
church will make bold to stand be-
fore q Christian audience in a Chris
tian summer school. with a circle OF
Christian ministers in good standing
surrounding him on the platform, and
PROFOUND such diabolical, pagan doc
trine unchallenged and unrebuked
Was there not one among his audi
tors, at least among the ministers
with courage enough in his heart and
q sense of true Christian morality in
his soul, to stand up boldly as the
champion of Christian truth and vir-
tue and give the lie to DR.. Taylor's
loathsome travesty on Christian NOR.
ality?
Did DR.. Taylor realize when he
spoke those words that he was 9
Christian minister addressing Chris
tian audience, or did he perhaps
imagine himself a pagan priest OF
ancient Rome addressing the licenti-
GUS votaries of apotheosized lust?
Shame on you, DR.. Taylor, for pros
tituting your ministerial vocation to
the advocacy Of such false, hellist
doctrine! And shame on you, min
lister of Christian churches among his
audience, who lacked the courage OF
the understanding of Christian NOR
atty to rebuke him to his face!
Let us for a moment consider DIR
Taylor's scandalous doctrine and draw
It out to some Of its logical conclu-
sions. Big families, he says, are i'm.
moral. If SO. then all parents who
are responsible for large families are
licentious criminals. a menace and
scandal to society, and deserve to be
Jailed. But will DR.. Taylor kindly tel
us when a family becomes too large
according to his standard of moral
ity? Is it after the birth of the tenth
child. or the fifth, or the second? o.
does one child. perhaps. in his esti.
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