The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-04


in his Sunday morning sermo
ways must keep pace with !
wise confidence is broken al
grows bold"
Rev. Soltman took as his text
Genesis 1914: The Lord will de-
stroy the city"
The pastors address follows:
Tt seems TO be traditional TO
link the city with iniquity. Some
have said. God made the country.
man made the small town, and the
devil made the city.
Tt is true that every big city
has within IL the questionable
qualities of Sodom. Sodom vas
noted for vice. The sins commit
ted there were uncomfortable.
They have made the name of
sodom legal term for the worst
kind Of deparvity and low life.
Points To Tacoma
"Sodom's sin stank to high
heaven. Vice had become so wide
spread that there were not enough
decent people in the place TO pre-
vent its destruction by fire and
birthstone. Everyone was bad.
Abraham tried vainly to save II
through intercession. but without
success.
Tacoma h no exception.
Virtue and vice are strangely
mixed. Marble statues face
across beautiful parks and
gaze nj shameful lust and
degradation. From the aes-
thetic standpoint. we are shut
tied between the glorious
beauty of our mountain on the
one side and the awful stencil
from our tideflats on the
other.
Our moral extremes take us
from a devout. Christlike citizenry
on the one hand to goddess, vi
cious element on the other hand.
Integrity In Public Office
"A city is only as strong as Is
its leadership. when backed by q
righteous public sentiment. In the
matter of leadership, performance
In office must always keep pace
with promise: otherwise confidence
is broken and the evil element In
a city grows bold.
Happy indeed is the city with
civic leaders of integrity and up
rightness. For the men of this
type who are In office we give
thanks, and for the future we
pray, God give US men TO match
our mountain
Sore Spots In Tacoma
There are some elements OF
Sodom in Our fine city. Our
church here on the Corner of So.
X and 18th bears the brunt Of one
of the strongest attacks OF the
enemy on the souls of men. God
has placed us In q strategic and
needy location.
-Four saloons surround our
church. Your pastor prepares
his sermons to the tune Of
rolling beer barrels. within
two blocks Of our church are
five more saloons. The liquor
commission did Its worst for
X street.
The results are inevitable. Five
drunken men passed my home,
next TO the church, within a short
time last Saturday. One evening
recently two Of them rolled on my
front sidewalk and pummeled one
another to the tune OF cursing.
Late one night girl screamed
and sprang from a car. q man
followed her. knocked her out with
a blow on the jaw, dragged her
into the car and drove away.
Saloons Next TO Church
Saloons on X street are blight
ing life. Sales in some cases are
made to minors. Some are selling
to intoxicated persons, contrary to
law.
The total result Is filth. prop
srty destruction. csrousal. broken
bottles on sidewalks and street
and lawn, rs well as sadness. tears,
blown, drunken parents, and chill
dren running the streets neglected.
And this condition IL all
too general. America sold out
very cheaply to her most dan
gerous fifth column. the liquor
bualness. We voted the gov
ernment into the drink busi-
meas. and we now encourage
the sale Of liquor for profit.
Then, having thereby sncour-
aged drunkenness. we work our
selves into a righteous lather be-
cause drunken motorists kill in
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