Newark star-eagle., 1916-01-31
SALOONS TARGET FOR
|Rv|NCTON CLERGYMAN
Thirty Liquor Places Called
HelI-HoIes by Rev. Paris
c. Greenly.

Booze was hit hard by Rev. Par
ris c. Green!y, speaking before an
audience of 450 last night in the Irv-
ington Methodist Episcopal Church.
He illustrated his sermon with young
boys and girls on the platform. One
of the girls was poorly dressed and
represented, he said, a drunkard' s
daughter. Two others in pretty
frocks and holding large dolls were
used 10 contrast the drunkard's child
and the children of the abstainer.
Declaring that booze gets one boy
in every five, he called five youths
to the rostrum and as he spoke n
man. gowned In black, wearing a
black mask with revolver and
knife in his belt and booze" spelled
IN big letters on his hatband, reached
out and dragged one of the boys
from the platform.
who Is ready" demanded the pas
tor. ito sacrifice his boy to booze
like that? Your boy may be the one
to go. Are you willing? DO you want
your daughter to be a drunkard S
wife? Somebody's daughter becomes
a drunkards wife every day. Your
turn may come next. How many are
ready to take a hand in the fight
against the saloon in Irvington?
snow your hand
Up shot several scores of hands.
A few were also raised in answer to
the pastors plea for converts and
two Of them went forward.
Lodge Members Present.
The services were attended by men,
bers of Irvington Council No. l67.
Jr. o. U. A. NJ. and Clinton Lodge
No. 1s. I. o. o. f. Mr. Greenly spoke
on the "Evangelistic Relation of Ed
ucation to Religion" He represented
man as surrounded by many foes, but
protected by an outer wall of educa-
ton, law patriotism, honesty and
business. He described religion as the
inner wall and said it is necessary
obstruction to the onslaughts of the
enemy. He declared that all of the
component parts Of the outer wall
are apt to crumble.
He pointed out that law and ed
ucation are impotent to protect So
ciety Law will not protect a man
from going wrong. In fact half the
lawyers in Chicago are so crooked
they can't hide behind a corkscrew.
If the man is wrong at heart twice
the Irvington police force couldn't
make him law-abiding citizen. 1rv-
ington is a law-abidlng town. We've
got the Oranges beat a mile. The lrv-
ington police force leads monot-
onous life.
You juniors are enthusiastic about
education but it never saved a mans
soul from going to the devil. You
want the Bible put IN the public
schools. 1t is right, but 1t would be
greater thing to put Christian
teachers in the public schools; then
you won't have to worry about the
morals of your boys and girls. Until
that time comes | am not at all
anxious to have the Bible read in the
schools. There are some school
teachers not fit to read the word of
God to their classes, but | know a
number of teachers here whose pres
ence I'm the schoolroom is worth more
than the Bible.
Calls saloons Hell Holes.
But the worst agencies you lodge
men ought to fight is not grating
officials, not Roman Catholicism, but
the damnable saloon. There are
thirty of these hell holes in Irving
ton. They are the things | want you
to fight. They are tearing down
what the church is trying to build up
and are the worst enemy of society
today. The saloon is the sum of all
crime and the source of all murders,
It is estimated that the saloon re-
ceives $40 for every cent of tax that
is paid. Irvington gets $4,000 in taxes
from them and they get $1S0,000 from
the town. How much of it are you
paying?"
Mr.. Greenly declared that he ex-
poets to continue the revival services
three weeks more. He said he had
the energy to keep up till April but
was afraid his supply OF gas might
give out before then. The pastor de-
clared that he intends to give the
town such a religious awakening that
the police force will have less to do.