Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 27, 1879, Page 2

- adsonCe, TilE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1879, fallen Into error in not belng present during the course of the examination. Mr. Butler—If you have had no better business than dealing with such rnbbish s that, ftia noerror. (To witness]—I want to know it you took any steos, knowing this man had been fhjured, to correct the Injury befors it reached the publict AF—-NIo. sir: 1d1d not publish anything untit after the aflidavit appearcd in the newspapers. Q.—Yon knew this afidavit had been handed to Gcn.y:!narlmml . A= alr. | l‘l.—fl:’v'e you over cslled on bim? A.—No, I never saw him. Mr. Potter—DId you go to Bhellabarger and ray, “Don't use that aMdavis. 1t is all wroog, allalie. It will hurt Mr. Stener "' A—No, sir. 1neverdid. Idon't say itisall alle. Mr. Batler—Is it not s Jie! Witnoss—Let me tell you this: I don't think you should STAND UP NIERE AXD INSULT ME. My, Butler—But we both agree that it is a lle, don’f wel Witaess—I say It {s A mlstake, Yon have the sdvantage of mo now, and you know it. You cannot tell me it {s o lio outslde this room, Mr. Butler—But this was a sworn untruth, and yvoa let it go out.without taking the means fo correct It; and you now say nobody could talk to yon liko that outside this room. Is that your answer? | A.~I thiok you ars tresting mo rather rough, and Tamnot fn tho habit of being treated in that way, let me tell you, Gen. Butler repeated the first part of his questlon. . ‘Witness sald he didn't believe he should an- swer again, and nobody should make — (mut- tering something about a damned fine thing). Deing pressed ho appealod to the Chairman agaio, saying ho had no intention of doing Btenger ao {njustice, and that it was o mistake, not a le. iy The Chalrman told him he must answer tho question, but Gen. Butler helped the witness out of his difficuity by putting the question in anuther form, and witness stated ho informad Gov. Cox the aflidavit was wroug beforo he saw 1t published, . Mr, Reed—Until this affidavit was published 1n the newspapers it was before the Committee, and It was your {ntention to corract it when you were called? A.—Yes; if Thad tried to correct ft 1 should have had to make the matter publle. Mr. Bprioger observed that Mr. Reed was giv- fog Ieading questions. Gen. Butler again took up the cross-examina- tion, and in reply to him witnees snid while at New Orleans ho gave Btenger tounderstand that ho (witness) bad to buy witnosses; that he bought Armstend and Btewart; ond that Swayso wartcd 81,000 for his testimony. He never told Stengor right out, cxcept about tho last- named witness. . Mr. Hiscock—Yon assumed, when talking with Btengor, bs know as much about what was belog done with these witnesses as Maddox didt ‘The Chalrman—That {8 not what ho eays, though, Hiscock—1I beliave it.1s what ho means. Dld you, Mr.—Mr.—Mr. 8t. Martin} Witness—Yes, sir. Mr. Hiscock—~When you mado that affidavit you_bad concluded from certaln facts that Btenger knew witnesses were belng corrupted? A—Yes, Mr, Bpringer—You say in your afdavit that duriog the entire scssion of tho Committec in New Orleans Maddox, Gibson, and Carter were busy Influencing witnesses by means of offcrs of money. llow did you know Mr. Gibson was dolng 1t? A~—Well, ho did it with me, and 1 could judge from that. : - . Q.—Did you seo him infiuescing others? A.—No, elr; but all there got their money from him to pay witnosscs. Mr. Hiscock—You wero & slons from these fattay-" '+~ A—Yes. R Mir. Bprioger—Then it 18 not trus? A= think it s true. Q~What 1 want witncss to swear to {s facts, not conclustons. 3 As-Well, I saw bim pay Bwayse. He didnot hand the money to him, It was handed to him by Gibson's orders, though. A TELEQRAM, ‘The Chairman—I have asked Acklen whather he sont the telegram which has been referred to, and now 1 beg to hand it over. ‘The telegram was as follows: New Oncxans, Oct. 31, 1878, ~A4, A, Gidion, Carcoran Huiidi ‘Wuat activo do you conlem~ plate In Wober's case? Couslder that §1,000 might settle it, Jo M. ACKLEN, ‘This was the answer; Wanmixarox, Nov. 1.—The Hon, J. M, Acklen, New Urleans: A dispstch Jnrfl)mnx 1o be signed 1y you was rocelved at my ofice Iaat night during my 1t relates to 8 subject with which 1 bave nothing to do, and contains & proposition which I could not entertaln nnder the circumstances. ‘Unlves some one Das uscd your name, you have been grossty inposed upon.’ « MU Chatrman—Did you tell Mr. Marks about the telegrami g S A,—Yes, ¢ir, but I do not remember telling bim tho answer, ng your conclu- ANDERSON, ' Mr, flscock then proposed the following res. olution? Wignxas, Thera has been published an affidavit by James E. Anderson, dated Uct. 40, 1878, with correspondence with E. L. Weber, both belng wit- nesacs and examined by thin Comimitteo, in offect that he (Anderdon) supp d certamn material testimuny onaccount o cunlary cannideration paid h’ l“x' Hyph;r. and that sald Weber bud tes- alacly: an ‘m\e";l(xnu 'The evidence of this wilness {s the anly evidence upon waich tho charges against Sece selary Sberwan can be predicated; it is Zteiolved, That said” Auderson bo recalled, and examiucd touching the allegations in such affidavit. Mr. Cox—One question 1 omitted. Mr. Bt, Martin, in rezerd to this conversation with Mr, ‘Weber, in refcrence to his testimony, did he make aoy writien statement, or put any writ- ten statcmenta fn your hands § A.—I had aletter that told mo everyvihing, Tt was slgned by him. A}l the arrangements and everything else. 1 had thut letter & good while until he askcd me to relum jt. Q.—Was that letter in substanco what you bave stated herel? The Chalrman objected to the question, Mr. Cox—1 think this ought to beallowed, Mr. Weber cut anch a figare in connection witn \hls testimony that 1 would 1like all the corre- spondence, and everything to do with it, to n, Bu'l‘u witness—Do you know what Weber did with that letterd A.~Yes, uir, 13 TORN 17 UP. Q.—How long did you have (¢t 1 A.~—1 bad it thiree or four weeks in my pocket, 1 wanted tosee the Bchool Hoard case settled for bin, snd I went to New Orleans and he &uve we this Jetter to show to Mr. Hearsy and snother gontlenan the promiscs made me. Mr, Hearsy is editor of the Democrat, and the other geutlenan was Civil Bheriff of New Urleans, Q.—Di you tell Weber you had shown it to these gentlement A.~No, uir, I did not tell . [bhad not showa (4 to anybody, Igave It back to him, and he tore it up. Mr. Heed—1 think the Cbalrman is sctiug ss 1f be thought this evidence ohjectionable. Mr, Cox (to witness)—Btate the substance of that letter. A.~—It stated how ho arrived in Washiogton, with whom bLe bad deallugs, what he got, und what promises were made to him. ‘Ihat was the substanco of the letter, ‘The Chairman remarked that be would llke to ask Cox about the subpa:nas served by Duncan, * Mr. Cox said o)l his requests to the Commit- tee for subpeuas were in the forw of written precipita. A sllp of paper was haunded Mr, Reed, wbo replied, 1 bave no doubt that §s my writing. I uo doubt handed that to Stenger as Lhe request that those persons - should be sum- ‘moned 83 witvesscs. That was befors Gov. Coxcame duwn, 1sawthe witncsses nawed, bue DID KOY BXAMINE THEW, The Chalrinan—1lcss three witoesscs that Reed says ha dld not examine were Banznan, H. C. Fi the stand. would testify, and lleft the information for Uov. Cox. admitted these were called at his mgmthnml both he and Cox stated there mizht but they did net recollect the names. bo in readivess for a wholesalo exit when the discovery was made. The parties eogsced in and John P'rice, counterfeiter, ceived warniog of the plot to escape three isher, and Smedley. g Mr. Reod—1 mean did not examine {hemon I hed peculiae points to which they Mr. Btenger—Some of the witnesses whichyou zcnu'ened be subpenaed wers cxamined by Uov. Cox A.—Yes. ‘Tho Chalrman .read geveral names, and Reed e others, Mr. Stenger—Do you recollect sending out- side of New Orleans for sny excepling Mrs, Weber and her brother-in-law | Mr. Cox~—Yed, we seat for one or two, I think. 19nu Chalrman—You didn't send for Valen. [l ne AMr. Cox—I (o not recollect the name. . Mr. Springer proposed that the Commities adjourn, After some littla discussion It was agreed that the resolution be lald on the table. “I'ie Committee then adjourned to Monday, when 8t. Martin will again be placed on the stand, und It 18 probable members of the Com- mittee will testily, The investigation into the cipher dlspatchies will bo begun Tuesday. NOTES AND NEWS. THE DERLIN MISSION. #pecint Dispateh to The Tridune, Wasmxaron, D. C., Jan, 20.~The friends of Prealdent Androw D, White, of Cornell Univer sity, feel confident that he has been offered the Berlin Mission, SUOAR. An effort will be made to-morrow to suspend ho rules and fix the time for the consideration of the Bugar bill lowever, whether the floor can be obtalned for the parpose. 1t is somewhat doubtful, PERAONAL. Wasnivaron, D. C.,Jan. 36,~—8eustorBhields, of Missour), and Gov. Bishop, of Ohlo, arrived to-dsy. CRIME. TOO MUCH PRIMING. Bnrrsy Cirr, Ky, Jan. 20.—At the Demo- cratic primary clection held hero yesterday to nominate a Representative and Jaller, bad whisky for a time got the best of reason, and as usual resulted in a strect Oght that for down- right pure cussedness beat soything ever wit- nessed in this locality, A whito man by the name of Georgo Phillips got into o difficulty with a negro named John Givens, and fired two shats at him, one taking cffect In Givens' groin, maklng an ugly but not dangerous wound, for the shooting, and this, with other real or imagined gricvances, caused the negroes to cry for blood. hia friends, forclng them to retreat to the Dodds Hoatel, ond then surrounded it. There Leing no officera in town, they hod things thelr own way until the 4 o’clock stage for Danville was ready to leave, It was thought best to send Thillivs to Danville for safe-keeping, nnd, ac- cordlngly, hotel offlcer. sfon that Pnillips was belng holped out of town by his fricnds, and no sooner heard that ho was on the stage than they made a rush for it. The driver, Lea Withrow, took in the situa- tion nt a glance, and put his horses downtoa dead run for safety und Danville, The stage belng heavily loadod with passengers and bag- gowe, it wos o tight race, and was kept up for half a mile, when tho negroes gave it up as a bad fob. back drunken whites from Knobs, made thingalively. They were finally dispersed, and st present overything is quiet. ‘There were enough imple- ments of war produced during the firat stage of the fight to have sufllefently stocked & young army. The jury can get in their work to good advantage, nud will undoubtedly do so. ‘There was litsle or no cause They chargea on Phillios and he was allppod out of the and put In tho atage with nn The negroes wers of the Impres- They then came to town, and, with a lot of MURDER. Bpecal Dispatch to Tha Tridune. TRockronp, 1L, Jan. 20.~This community was horrificd yesterday morning about 7 o’clock on hearing that an atroclons murder had been committed in the north part of the clty, well to- wards the West Bide Cemetery, The deed, na near ns can be learned, was committed between the hours of 11 and 13. A plstol shot was hieard in that vicinlty at that hour. No attention was pald to It, as no outery was made by the victim, who proved to be Marshall 8, Pritchard, Town Collector of Cherry Valley, It appears he had been drinking freely during the day, but left Mapes' saloon alono at 8 o’clock. From this hour as yet no dofinlte clew can be ascer taloed where he went. The murderor cvl- dently suspected he had considerabla moucy In liis possesaion, as one pocket showed evidenco of belug rifled, but n his hurry to cscape he misscd ono contalnlng 8100 and a watch. The ball entored the skull a litle shove the left car, passing right through the skull, shattering it in & horrible manoer. close to the Lody, evidently to convey the fdes of his having committed sulcide, be assigued for such a course, aa his domestic refations were of the pleasanteat. wife nud one child, anil niost diabolicall, doing thelr utinost E:lmrlclnn rests upon partiea here, but as yet no ¢ A large revolver lald No cause can Ile leaves s 1t wus o deeo-laid plan, executed. The polico ary o ferret out the murder, ence can be fustened upon them. ‘They are under cluse surveillance, aud it is hoped will soon be captured. NOLE IN TIE WALL. Gpecial Dirpated o The Tribuns. MiLwAukes, Jan. 20,—A bold attempt to es- cape from tho County Jall was discovered at § a'clock this afterncon by a lad, who saw a rops reaching nearly to the ground from a hole in the wall. 'The prisoners on the sccond floor had dexterously romoved s brick, flled off the grat- ing bars in the wall, and preparcd a rope by tearing up blankets. Evervihiog appearcd to the vlot were Willam Murg, Patrick Donchus, and Joseph Demar, 8 trio of burglars; Albert B8hade, sneak-thicl; The Bherift ro- weeks a0, but most careful scrutiny fulled 1o dlscern the work thut was belug carrled on at iutcrvals each day, Three of the parties had their trials put off until the next term, in antie- leun of thia upportunity 1o secure thelr free- ulit, MRS. conp, Norwicn, Conn., Jan. %8,—At the Buperfor Cuurt yesterdny couusel prescited to Chief- Justice Park 8 petition for a new tris! for Mrs, Cubb. ‘The chief grounds are alleged errors in the chargu to the jury, the rejection of Floyd 1L Craue's evldence for the defense, and the ad- missivo of Mre, Cobb's littls daugliter's tesyl- mony sgaloet the prisoper. The petition was taken under advisement. it TAND-SUARK, etpecial Dispatch fo Ths Triduns. Seamorizip, I, Jan. 25.—Sherift Hiten- cock, of Peorls, was bere to-day, und secured s requisition for ooe James W. Tlrnan, who was srrested Friday st Lima, O, Tirman is wanted at tcorla tor swindliug several persons by sell- fug rallroad lunds in Koosus to which he had o title, Ho fs wanted {1 several other plac and {s believed to be a daogurous and akillfu real-catate coutidence wap, TIUGS. &pacial Disnaich (o The Tritune, Proru, JIL, Jan, 26.—A bold robbery was perpetrated bero lust night. Mr. Perce, who s a retall grocer in this clty, put the procecds of his day's sales in his pocket, lnstesd of deposite {og them. In the evenlng, when he went home, ho was met at tho stable, while putting up his bLorse, by five ruftians, who kunocked him down und gsgeed him. llls pockets were rified of avout lg&ou in_ready cash. 'Ihe thioves made goud Lhcir escape. As yob thera s noglow to them. ———— CHURCIHES ENTERED. dpecial Dispuich ¢ Tha Tribuns. Vinceudns, Ind., Jun. 28.—8¢vera) churches of this uity were successfully burglarized lust night. ‘The thieves securcd plate o1 considera- ble value. Bt. Xuvier's Catbolic Cathedral lost 1ts valuabie clburiuw, espocially sacred 10 the congregation as belng a present to Bishon Saint check-book, The stubs show that &1 $35,000 were used for ' leglslative cxpenses® in influcucing the Connecticut Legislature of 1873 to prevent a repeal of the charter asked varying o amouots from colder northerly to w cloudy weatlier and areas of raln or anow, Palais while in Rome, A sliver vessel valued at 250, containing the consecrated host, was aleo taken. 8t. John's German Catholic Church was entered, but the locks proved burglar-proof. A communion sersice vaiued at $100 was stolen from the Evangelleal Lutheran Church. Several othier bulldings during the night were entered without reward, ‘Thcre 18 no clew to thie thieves. MORE CORRUPTION, Nrw Havex,Jan. 2. —Receiver Russel, of the Natfonal Capitol Life-lnsurauce Company, {n replevining the property of sald Company in Washington, came fnto possession of B. Noyes® ,000 to for by the Insurance Commissoner. The Re- celver refuscs to make the nanies publc, dbut it {s kuown several members of the Leglslature of that year recelved a portion of the money. e e———— " FIRES. AT S8T. JOSEPII, MO. 81, Louts, Jan, 26,—A dispatch from St. Joscph says at o meeting to-day of the Board of Mauagers of the Tosane Asylum, burned yester- day, a cominittes of architects and bullders, ap pointed to examina the condition of the rulns, repotted the walls Injured to not more than one-fourth thelr value, and that ft will not cost more than $75,000 to rebuild the structure, The original cost of the bullding was about $300,000, ‘The Board of Trade umd workingmen’s organi- zatlons liave proffered the Doard of Managers nsslstance fn providing for the inmales of the asylum, and all neccasary means in the way of beds, supplies, ete., have been furnished. The Board bavo fnstructed their President, Mr, Voor- hees, to report all the facts conuccted with the fire to the General Assembly, and ask for & Committes to thoroughly Investl- gate the matter. Dr. Catlet, Buperintendent of tho Asylum, lost nearly all his personal ef- Tects, butall th stitation were saved. ¢ records, hooks, cte., of the in- A}l the umpllo_m r!l«;n’t hel ivate property, and some thelr money, Varviog o amiaabts (fom. 8100 to $700. Noud of them deserted their posts as Jong as & patleut remained In te building, and this devotion to duty cost them all thelr valaables, AT DUBUQUE, IA. Bpecial Dispatch to The Trivuns, Dunuque, Ia., Jan. 20.—~This morning s fire broke out in the bullding occupted by Wagner, furniture dealer, and Herancoure & Beller, un- dertakers. Beforo the flames could be conquer- ed the ontire stock of hoth firma was destroyed. Tho flames nlso caught in the bullding of Greg- olrs Bros., plcture-frame manufacturers, totally destroying thelr stock. ‘T. W. Ruete, drugeist, also loses considerablo, as his stock was moved, The entiro loss 1s.$25,000, largely covared by in- surance, ‘The buildings were owned by Solon Langworthy, and wera situated on Maln street, botween Fifth and Sixth. Another fire broke out at 12 o'clock to-night, dostroying the house of Jumes Reynolds, on Mincral street. Loss, §1,200. AT BT, STEPHEN, N. B, Cavas, Mo, Jan, 20.—A destructive fir oc- curred at 8t. Stephen, N. B, this morotog. The following storcs burned: J. . McElroy, llquors; Alexander Johnson, liquors; G. F. Pinder, jeweler; Smith & Murray, dry goods; Andrew DoWolf, proceries; J. N Clarke & Co.y crockery; C. C. Burker & Co., boots and shoesi Miss Cavernor, millinery; C. II. Bmith, sta- tioners Ceorze W. Sloat, boots aud shocs 'n:lln. 50,0003 lnaurunnn,’w.ow.‘ A heavy gale presailed. AT MONTREAL. Bpeciat Disnatch to The Tridune. MoxtnEAL, Jun. 20.—Nordhelmer's Music lall, on Bt. James street, was partially burned last night. ‘The root fe!l in, aud the stago was badly injured. ‘The hall has been undergolng a com refitling, and was ncarly finished. The s about $10,000. Dezauche's music sloru aud Gould's plany waercruoms suflered by water; covered by insurance. . AT WILLIAMSTOWN, PA. Hanniswona, Pa., Jan, 20.—Firo broke out last night In the tunnel level of summit branch of the colllery of Williamatown, and ponetrated to the mine. 1t {astill burning. but it is sald to be under control, Between 500 aud 600 hands wercomployed. No lives wore lost. ————— THE WEATHER. Orreicn or Tu Cmizy Siavan Orricsn ‘Wasnixatox, D. C., Jan, 26—7 a. m.—~Vor Ten- nessceund the Ohlo Valley, falling barometer and southeast to southwest winds, with incrensing cloudtness and possibly light raius. For tha Lower Lake Region, partly cloudy, slizhtty warmer weatlier, with southerly to westerly winds, falling barometer, and light snow or rain. W For the Upper Lake Reglon, southerly winds, shiftiog to colder westerly and porthwestorly winds, falling, followed by rising, barometer, and Renerally cloudy Weather, with rain or snow ¥or the Upper Mississippl Valley, Missourl, Iows, and Minnesota, rising barometer and erly winds, with partly ‘The Lower Mlssissippl and Upper Ohfo will riso slowly, : Cautlonary siguals continue at Milwaukee, Grand Huven, und Ludington. L00AL ORaRRTATIONS, N —_— ot TGN, YA 2l Time, | dar. TAr Wls. Wind. | Wasther 0:53 &, in, 30330 20 11118 & m. 301 G 'lflllJ P InSBLVIG :(Il AL WD SRAYATIONS, Cutigawn, Jaa, 30-10:18 p.m. Hailnne. |MI‘.‘ 2hr. Wind. el jet 0.7 20 K, 8l uExs EERLELLE ba Lo L. tarry ., lnld!:ulnoilh Koukuk fre L kgal 8., tres! A, M'BRIARTY, Spectal Dispatch éo Ta¢ Tridune. Evax, {Il, Jaa, 26.—Early this woralog the dead body of anold man vamed Anthouy Me- Briarty, famlllarly called ** Touy," was found an the Jco near the bridge. Whetker bo 1ell from the bLridge or lay down on the fce while futoxi- cated W not knowp, The abscuce of brutses upon his body would indicate tbe laticr, A Corouer's Jury was called by *Squire Bocker, bus that body adfourued until to-morsrow without giving a verdlet, {u bopes of indlug furthier cvi- dm:w. McHriarty was poor, and over 60 ycars old. OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, Naw Youx, Jau. 2h—Arrived, the steamers Partbis, from Liverpool, and Nether, from Bremen, Quegnstown, Jan. W.—~Avrived, the Adr- atle, (rom New York. Pursours, Jsn, 20.—Arrived, the ¥risls, Lrom New Yurk. RELIGIOUS. . Abstract of Talmage’s Sermon on the Morals of Amer- ican Cities. Sensationalism in the Pulpite==A Timely Discourse by Prof. Swing. The Amusement Question, with Some Words For and To the Theatre, A Praotical Sermon by the Rev, Brooke Herford Well Worth Reading. Pentecost and Stebbins' Revival at the First Congrega- tional Church. ~ The Rev. J, W. Custls,. of t’ho Michigan Avenue Baptist Ohuroh, Asked to Btay, - TALMAGE, IS BRRMON YXSTERDAY. Bpecial Dispateh 10 The Trivune. Nezw Yong, Jan, 20.—Mr. Talmage resumed his scries of sermons on **The Moral Conditlon of the Country " to-dayto a crowded house. ki text was Zachariah i, 17— My citles, through prosperity, shall yet' be spread abroad.” He salds **Tho city ia no worse than the country. The vices of the metronolis aro more evident, because it contains mare people who can be bad it they wish, but, on the average, the merchant 18 08 good fs the farmer. Uhedting is no worso 1 town than out,—it isonly on a larger scale there, The countryman prevaricates about the horse he has to scll, about the sizo of bis measures, the quality of tho peaches o the bottom of the basket, and the tendor- ness of his sido of bect, to as great an extent as the shopkeeper dovs about his dry goods or hardware. Villages are in somo respects worse than cities, for they copy the vices of the latter in thelr meancst shape, nnd, as for * aossr, its heaven is the country village, [Laughter.] There everybody knowa a man's business bet- ter than ho does himsolf, The grocory store and blacksmith shop are tho headquarters of the worst kind of mals tittle-tattle, und there are always a balf<lozen women with sunbone nets hanglng up conveulont so that ‘at the first ftem they can fly out and cackle it around. [Leughtor] Caln was the founderof thefiest city. Clties nlways take after their founders in morals. It will roquire cen- turies for New York to get over the good influ- cnces of {ts plous founders. Formerly tho peo- ple zathered In citles for protection. Now they do 80 for rapld gain, Cities aro not necessarily cvil. 1t is stranga thers shouid bo bickerings between our great American citics, Bostonisa city of larzo forenead and great braln, Phila- @elphia faa city of calm and dellberate step, New York ia a city with {ts pocket full of change. Chicago and 8t. Louis are TNE CITIES OF ASTONISIING RUBIL Brooklyn, takes ita wifs and children along. All aro distingulshed for varlons peculinrities, but not one can bo spared. The speaker plead- cd for a higher stylo of brotherhood between cittes, and then proceeded to noto severnl of the {mportant features in which all sgrce. They show this s a world of toll and struggle; that lifo is fullof vrotension, and that they aroall magnificent flolds for the Christian, Commor- cisl life is strewn with temptations. Thero aro Bhylocks in business,—men who,1f aun honest principle should ereep’into thelr souls, 1t would ' DIf FIIOM SILEER LONXLINESS, And theso mako it impossible for thelr com- petitors to bo honest and prosper. The ancaker bad a friond onco who, when about becoming o dealer In books, announced that he lntended to be gulded by one rule~nut to scll any book over his own counter which he would not have read in his famlily, A few ycars afterward BMr, ‘Talmage visited the storo and found the sholves filled with the worst kind of literature. On re- monstrating, he was told, “I have got avar thoso Puritanieal notlons, T must do as others do.” Inalittle whilo that man fost all his property and intellect, and went into & mad- house. THA SPEAKER ENEW ANOTIER MAN— s young drug-clerk—who refused to self blacking on the Lord’s-Day, and was discharged for tt, A Christisu gontleman who heard of the fncldent got bim & much botter position, and ho amassed a fortune aud bevame a leading light In politics. "All this went to prove that wickedness never prospers, and yirtue is always rewarded, pecunlarily s well as otherwise, It Is o great mistuko to magino that charity can consecrate unlawlul galna, Ile told about bow he was puzzled ouce over a large donation made by s fmmoral mau to & missfonary soclety, Fioally it came out that the donor bad been dabbling in a swindle of the worst character, and thought all ho had to do was TO 01V PART OF 1IS BTRAL YO GOD, and be would belot off for the yomalnder. ITe was wrong. Chuyches and Missionary Socletics are not shops for the recelpt of atolen goods. Another zeneral fact nbout citiea consists in the temptations inthemof a political character,, Onco In a while n mau gets nnbued with the misslooary apirit, and gocs loto politics to re- form them. ‘That Is laudablo, sud such o man will come out ns good as ho went in, despite the unowspapers, which generally set to work at ouce to blacken an sspirant’s character so that he eoon becomen lost [n sumiration st the length of time bo bas maunged to keop out ot Jail. |Laugnter.] BAD LITERATURN is another tov common feature of citles, Malt the nools on the shop-suelves are of a most pernfeious character, ayd thers are men whoss solo buainess it is to distributa this kind of swufl. Mr. Talmage concluded, from bis ob- servations, thut no man cun be safs in a clty without the grace of. God, und that there are mautfold warnings hunie up before every temp- tation It tho passer-by will but regard thewm. Next Buuday boe will speak on the poluts of dit- fereucs oetweun the great American citles, PULPYIT SENSATIONALISM, BRUMON LY FROP. SWING. 'fo & crowded copgregation fn the Central Church (McVicker's Theatre) yesterday moro- {oe, Prof. 8wing delivered the followlng timely sermon on “Sensatlonalism fn the Pulpit. ‘The reverend speaker based his discourse on the followiny passage of Scripture; e stisred up the le, teacling thi t all owryrm Lutey el G CAeLTE thronghout all Let ue think to-day upon that phase of relig- fous work callcd sensatiosallsm fn the pulpit. Ot lato yofirs thero has como aloog perhaps noro than the usual pumber of new and amsz- {ug men and metbods to perform thelr part In the never-ending drama of rellgion, Our own sge has been callod upon to crowd the room where some ‘‘boy-preacher’ or “‘evangelist" wos 10 speak a8 from God to twen, It 1s possible that each sge bas had its equel pro- portion of these new men aud new measures, and that we seo only the novelties of our times from the common law ‘that we kuow best what 1s nearest to ourown faces. As men know thelr own villsge bettor than they know the world, so they percelve the ¥ boy-preachers and * widow- preschers™ of to-dsy bettcr than those of that fmincnss sud distunt land called yesterday, Wo need mot, however, pause over the Inguiry whether there hias slways been a group of these startliog hieralds for each generstion, bu’ rather Jot us look into the merits of what is called sen- sastioualisin in religlon, leaving usanswered the question what sge has beon blessed of injured with this virtue or vice in its largest quautity. Stoce this terpa was firat forwed aud Louored with a place (b oitr lexicons It has undergone 8 change of import. Bensat{onallsm was orig- fnally the namo of that philosophy which re- ferred all our kuowledge to the five scnses.. 1t was held Ly a certain school that our Idea of time and space and of good and evil hat an origin fn what the scnacs brought to the reflec- tion and jud@nent as distinguished from the apiritunlism which held that certain ideas were planted by tha Creator in the sonl. By dearees the debate over theso two philosophies died away “and the woras they used wero left” empty, to ho let out to new tenants. ‘e theatre camo along with certain plays which appealed to the cye only, or the lower senscs of the body, and moraliats soon began to enll that drama which pleased the senses and shut out the intelligent sensational. fsm. 8tep b(' step the word gathered additional tmport, unt{l it came to mean anything that would cause a sudden flutter of the “heart, or a sudden enlarmng of the eyes, or a sidden clatter of fect. This end tha musical men have often reached Uy firing a gun or a cannon at the summit of a musical climax, and the same ro- sult the deamatic men have reached n( the treo usa of colored lights and by transformation scenes 3 and this theilling of the audience some of the pulpit men havo.attemptel to resch b such szencles ascould be introduced into thelfr llu?)e af intellectual art. - Having thus séen the origin of the word and its subscquent use, 1t 18 yorfectly evident that this term should never be used in“describing the manner of thought which belongs to the pulpit. If dramatists or musiclans sco (it to make use of this scosstionallsm,—an abnormal appeal to the sennes,~Jjet them so doat thelr peril, but there s mo form. of eloguence, that of the preacher, or lawyor, or statesman, that can re- sort to such a clifidish or talse art without sut- fering fu the end o great injury. As o fact, the word sensatiouallsm, the art of making s scnsa- tlon, shoutd be virtually omitted from all esti- mates of the dutyor privilege of the clergyman, While, therefore, I speak of ‘discussing sensn- tlonalism in the pulpit, It 18 not my wish or in- tention to help retain any relizious urs of that form, but only to discuss questtons which the term sugzestato the publle, namely, whether the pulplt does suflicieutly or as mach as possl- bie interest its sudicoce, and whether it should make u apecial effors to arouse the thought and feellugs of its Learcrs, aud, if so, by what meuns? As to whether the pulpit docs sufficlently in- terest its audience, that witty and fnflammable clergyman of Brookiyn apcaks quite mxls when he intlinates that there Is more llcur(ng ouo In church than the beat {nteresta of relfulon ssk or require, Indelincating the dullness of much of this sacred oratory, cven the langinge of a Talmage 18 not in thie least too vigorous. In his drawing of the pfcture of this scene almost the whalo publie will {ustify the vencil of this Eastern ariist, for It knowa all about the sub- Ject that thua alts for its pleturo. But while it thanks the artlst for his skutch of the existing fact, 1t will generally differ with him about the cause of such a dulliess and about the mode of escaping ft. What haos causcd his heaviness of tho church alr witl bo so much fuvolved fn my remarks about how to awaken any new Jife in the modern Sunday aundicota that we may post- m“ for a few moments consideration of these ilngs. Assuming that those who 1lston regularly to oll these Sunday teachers have often an hour to endure rather than to enjoy, assuming that at the close of & scrmon we ‘all grasp the hymu- book with an exquisite delight, a delight that springs not so much {rom the musl¢ to come 3o much as from the sermon done snd gone, yot we must not blame sll this gladnces upon the pulpit alone. We must remember that no preacher enjoys the opportunity of eitlier.a law- yororof w siatesman in the power to arouse the people, The lawyer and the statesman hava o great case which 18 pressing in that verv {n- stant upon the public heart. When Webster, and Cnlhoun, and Clay, and afterwards Phillips and Parker, spoke oo natlonul affalrs, the pub- He heart was red-hot oven before the apeakers had uttered a wol When a clergy- man rises to address < an_ audience about thelr rclations to a whom they havs never seen, und about s future Itfe from which all bope at least that they arc very far away, ho rises to no such op- portunity as that which alds the cloquence over a coming war, cr acoming bondace, or lberty, ‘The Christian says that man ought to feel the actuallly nnd nearncas of eternity, justas the patrlots feel thu nearnces of great events In the State, but that which ought to e uover joflu~ ences men a8 deeply as that which 1s. Robert Emmet und Thomas Addls Emmet aroused mora souls in [rsland in the name of liberty than they could thamaclves have aroused in the namo of a future life; and fo the same islund Danlel 0'Coouell swept aloug, fifty years ago, with an cloquence which no priest of” the samo church hias equaled; and chiclly because while the priest speaks of a joy or a lllgfifllbl‘ beyond thls life, tho Einmots 'Connell spoke of an Irelund and certaln sor- rows rizht by the hearth-stones of all. In analyzing “the vital forcs of the pulpit, it must “he kng& {o memory that the human heart Jocs not botray much sensibility to those scenes which aro outhe other shle of death’s river, ‘T'he Irish disporsiog from a church where the priest had palnted awfully the lost judg- ment, chatted plessantly, and went home with each other to a Sunday dinner, but the samne men went -away from Hobert Emmnct's harangucs with comprossed s, nud with clenched flats, which bode no to England. in theory the n\ll{pll liolds in Its geasp the largest themesupon which the mnind can dwell,—doath, a resurrec- tion, o judgment for the docdasof this iife, perpetual second life of joy or rexret,—but this greatnees s In valn it there be unytfllnu In the soul which turns these subjects liito ideas that are uncertain as facts or_infioftely remote a8 to time of occurrence. Could thut somu- thing which we call ctarnity only llo beforo the public senses in all the reality of sn Atlantic ocean or of ourcontiuont, preaching would bo 80 casy work, for the gates of death would help the audlenco tosn awful fearor moat sweet hope, Palitics possess tho ndvantage of belng a reality. Having marked now s cardinal differenca be- tweon rolizious and political eloquence, let us pass _tothe second fuquiry whether the pulpit should not study to make ftsell Interosting us posaible to the ‘people! - Unquestionably this should be onc uf the greatest subjects of study and ll’lllcl{ with him who speaks gs In the name of God. It hea bron atsolutely malntafued by some clergymen that no effort should be muao by the servant of God to inake his dlacourse at- tractive to the public, for they say the * Cross Is a stumbling block to "the wicked; that all the sinmer erves 8 some plaln outtine of the Slm of salyation; that if ho can- not be charmed Ly such & presentation of the truth, thut only shaws that ho was preordained to stumble over the cross Into hopeless ruln, Aud uven whara this bold avowal of (fillucnh vot been mado there hos been und {e a morege ernl feeling thut what the preacher ts eatled up- onto do ls atmplyto place bufore men ¢ Christ,” or “lifc and doath," aud then leave the matter with o just God. Agaloss all such theory und ?rm:(h:n wa nust opuoss the more obvious doe- rino that God has madae uwo department ot buman labor where the toller must uot struzcle continually to bring to the utmost perfeciion uis own caliing or art, 1t )s & paturs law, and that menus a Juw o wod, thut each Jaborer, from the humblest tarmer up to the poet or the pamt. er,must attempt all the tima to perfect his small or ereat art. For a minister of retiion to attirm that msn ‘needs only the perllwmul reretivun of a fow texts is exavtly as though the painter should euy, **1 will foilow the druwings and colors of Egypt und, if you do not know whether my picture is A1) OF 4 Wonun, # king or a slave, that is your sin und your stupldity, and not niy concern, Palnting was designed to bea stumbling block for tho stupld just us the Gospel wus fur the wicked” For the cleray- man to neglect the truo progress of his calling ‘would be as though our Bhakspeares und Macau- 1ays bad dolermined to oxpreas the truth just as adictionary or au encyclupedia would state it, und set up the defeuso “tuat if a man really do- sires to know a fsct hecan fiud it, und, if he docs not find {¢, it is not our business to embel- 1ish, uud nrrange, sisi beautify things just tor his atufid soul." The truth, fs the Maker of this world has passcd a law that esch toller shail labor to mdvauce the method und detatls of hia toil, 1If be plowed with a crooked stick, or at- tempted ke Jong journeys on fuut, or to croas the in & littlo canoe, he must daily in- :“un whether ba has found the best nieans of silliug Wk soll or of crossing the ocean. ‘There is no bara 1a declaring that preaching s au art, 1t is, fndeed, not un art fu the scuse rick., Nor s fawsrt (o the senso of any deliberste study of the ways and means of ex- cling laughter uud drawiug tears, But it is an art fu the sense §n which the goldsmith, or the bullder, or the architect, or the b puescascs au art. . Even old Horuce taught us thut poctry tsanart, Itiss most careful cowbination of truth, and jmagination, aud sound. ‘The wmen Who butly Bt Peter's bad wade great progress over the wrt which built the st but or whicn built (he prramids, and yet thers was uo trick 1o esther of theso widely differcot styles. The preacher thus hes in bis care an art, snd, lkeall other toilers, he 1nust see 1o 1t that be gives bis calliug such a study and such s love that, as & wethod of placing sruth before msuklod, it sball becumu always - better aud better. Not only must he not €0 beckward but be wust not @vel siand still, He wust suffer himacl! a leass 10 e carried aloug by the changiog tiwes. He need put bu consclous of baviug un art, but be uiuat simply love bia pursult und elve his soul up to the passiog {uflueuces of his country. 8o mdll{ may such a romnsrk be disturted by Somo, Lt 1 wust lusert a detinite {llustration of wy memnug.e It will by sald “that the preacher wuast be 8 way who triws his salls Lo catch the popular breeze.”” To meet such de- feoders of staguation we must illustrate. Quee - 1ts delight and {ts rood, Robert the poets asng of war, heing modified by the world around them. After long time had passed we see Horace singing littlo Iyrical pleces and #ongs of literary criticiem ; and Lucreting songs of pnilosophy, showing us that a moro scholarly age had dawned. In far later times we beliold Danto sand Milton coming to the world with church eongs, and with marvel- ous Imaginations rearcd amid old miracles nnd leacnds. Then we ace Shakspears coming with the scenery of monarchy, because that was tho Targest spectacia in his lifetime; and after a few more transformations we sve Coleridge, and By- ron, and Tennyson anpear 1? the narae of the material world and social hfe, and Individual sorrow ot happiness. And yot no one will dare say that these mighty souls wers poor, wesk men, attemoting to Aind popular favar. On, nol they were larve souls thal spoke not in a dead lanzuage nor in a dead thought, but in living words for all who lived around them. Thus must the preacher's ars be carricd along by the morving world, and must be to-day and to-mor- row what it never yet hos beep. He need not say or feel that now [ must .uso my srtor play a character. Real art s not self-con- sclous, He must simply feel #0 kindly toward his vwn age, and so study it and work far it, that it wili seq toit that he'shall speak words to urns d!d not say * Now I must change my style from that of Virgil or Milton.” He simply permiited the new era to hand him _subjects and manner, and even poetle feot. nconsciously thie Iawyer has chenged his monner of speech toward Bench or jury, The literary men have all changod thetr atyle sinco the'daya of the Spec. fator, and 8o have all the army of thinkers und writers, and to. this human throng the clargy- men must join themselves that they too may nf»nk acceptable words for mankind. The ides, therefore, that the ministey are commanded by inspiration to make the ‘preaching of Christ foolishness and a stumbling block, or a deep sleep to the wicked world, Is an idea thatwounld be laughable had {t not brought to Christianity suchinjury, ¥ Wo have pow spoken upon two questions, Hns the pulplt sttempted to arouso the publict and Bhould it make this attemptl We coms now to the third fnquiry: How shall it awaken public atteation? Not by what Is called sensa- tionalfsm, but by all the lunF-:mlmlng virtues possible to any profession. ‘Ihere is ape of intcrest which not only scon passes away, but which lenves a disgust where thero was once some {ntereat and sympathy. The world {s full of novelists, and bookmukers, and musiclana, and showmen, and lesturers, and actors, an peoplo of fashion who so overdid thelr forms of display that uow, at last, they are lower than the most modest giel or boy tiint cyer lived, All these acted upon the assumption that -the more nofss ‘. the more fame, and the mora resulls, [listory gives many fnstances of tho falsencss of this position. 'The light sud amazing orators of the Parllament were wont to slip out of the Housc of Commons when Edmund Burke arose to moio a specch, Ite was even called the “qinner-boll” of the House, but thers were that learning, and logle, and adaptatlon in bis socechcs whith soon placed him in the van of his century, whilo those who loved mora display were belni pitilessly led back to the rear to move among the baggage and camp-followers. 1t will never be the duty of a public speaker to keep evorybody awake, “flo need keep awake only those whoso wakefulness will ever be of any valuo to themselves or mankind, While even 8t Paul was preaching a young tnan, Eutychus, feil asleep, fe was altting in an open window, and dropped dowo outside and was taken up dead. Paul, feeling that he had preachied very long, felt bound to bring tho youth to life, but we all know that thé scrmon ‘was ono of tremendous value, und that had It beun fllied with sonsatlons cnough tokeepawake that young man, then the elders present wduld have slept in his steadd, and the namo of Paul would have dicd away with the clatter be had created. This misfortune was not that the youth slept, but titat he slept in such a danger- ous place. A clergyman in this city naving been ealled upon by a good elder from the raral world, the city host planned n_great happiness for hin visiting guest, and took him foylully in the cvening to a pogulur concort by the opes great New York orchestra. When at the end of the overturo of William Tell, tho clerzyman Jooked tip into the face of hia friend to sca how such strains had touched that countenance all unused to such molodies, he found that'dcep sleep had already come to the guod soul to bear it away from violin und flute, Now, the Brook- lyn minister would say, "Awny' with such music from the ~ earth, und lot us have cannons and kettle-drums and fites for an orchestrs, that at) way bo kept aroused,” but tho teaching of history Is *Let the music follow its own high life, and let the poor man alcep on.” It fs important that the art be highs it Is not important that that oue wnan shiould be awake. Muslc has other errand thau to stuud as vigll over weary or dull brains, The power of the clereyman”must, 1’ would seem, bo elinply the lawful power of a strong mind dealing with the best things of his lpm- fession, 11o must in the best lanpuags of his times prescrit the best truths of his divine ro- liglon,~that s, its best trutbs for his era. It does not seem that ons will daro asplre after any mornof & scosation than theso forms of mPrit w.. produce, 1f such preaching scems hieayvy to soma bearts it wero better somo should dozo than that truth should bo 0 set forth that all should laugh to-day, and on the morrow bo more aud more unablé to follow & calm thought or themselves calm thinkers. There have beew men fn the recent past who waked up their nudiences (o o full reallzetion of the dutles of ile nnd o full senso of a life’ to come. Hossuet und Fenclon did this among Catholiea; Hobert Hall and Chalmere dld this among Prot- cstants. And if you will read thelr discourses you will find an oxplanation af thelr power in the wondortul adaptation of thelr sermons to thelr places and perfods, {n subject matter and fu literary manner, As poetry chanaed whon ft passed from Dryden to Cowpor, from Chaucer to Wordaworth, so the scrmon changed when it cama to Hall or Chinlmers, The themoschaoged, the argument changed, tho complex divisfons and subdlvisfons pule:l away; %nflonobhy, like that of the schoolman or of Edwarda, gave placo to the study of human life; reason dis- vlsced superstition; love dlsrlncud bigotry; el grow less lurid and Heaven sweoter and larger. From Chslmers' sermons you would not perbaps learn that he was o Preaby- terian, nor from Robert [lall’'s that ho wos a Daptist, because thoy both soloved the esscutiul truths of this world and of the next that they bad little heart for allnsion to the little tencts of & denomination, Look at the man Robert iall and look at bis subjects of discourse, and you wlill sce by what gate tho only valuable sen- satlonslism for which somo plead”can come juto the ministerlal ofice, He was born with an un- usual brain in bis head. This fact wust bo sct down ns an important part of an outfit, o powerful was hls memory aud so strong his reasoning [aculties that when ho wus 11 years of oge ha bad read with delight much of ‘modern philosophy. In all the schoals ho eotered and in the vull:‘i(t be stood always first 1o his class, e entered the minlstry carrylug with bim vower tnough to have made him grest fn sny pursult, Dr. Parr sald of him, “He n vlety of n at, 1bie eloguence of an orator, the scuteness of & schoolman,the fancy of a poet,the profoundness of & philosopher.” "Buch was the wers intellect of the man, Now mark hia subjects. e up- Leld all the charities of his age. e preachied on the #Value of Kuowledge for the Lower Classcs”; “ Reflection on War?; »The Vulue of » Free Press'’; on *The Ambitlon of Boua- parte s on “The Juldelity of Our Tinies*;on “Tue French Uhilosophy '3 by which argument Lo 1s satd?0 have mrémml Hurke and -fiy In burling back from English shores the luvading athelom of Franve, Thus theso schiomes show how that one clergyman aroused society by aimply discussing with broad reason and infinite labor"those questions which were flling the public beart with decp intercat, and oven pain- ful anxiety, ‘These fuw pames will tndicate from what fountains the vitallty of the pulpitisto flow. Out of natural power, out of learoiug, ouy of lisrd labor, out of adaptation to the times, sud oul of simple plety thu most and best awaken- fug forcs will coaie, 'Iheso alementa combin- tng will best break up the deaduess of all our bicarts. 1t auy other sound than & volce tull of judgment, and tojl, aud, piety wake ue, nothiug will rewals to fy the wakiog, und we shail soon slumber agi But this will always be true, that after the clerg) may, by all pruyer, and lllvor, and faithlul study ol human need, sball lave sttempted to kindle in the buman soul some flama of religlon, he will find atill many hearts thut will slecp on aid heed pot, bear uot hls message from the Etcrnal, But not vn sccount of these heavy eycs uiust e sufler oow paug of pain, for ths constderations of relirion i thelr best forin will pot seem to sll hearts ta be the awtul Tealitics of an otorual world. Mr., Gludstone ssys thut obe reasun why so many old wen fait tonaka 8 last will und testament comes from their lnnhlln'{ 10 belleva that thiy Iife can come to an end mud that they will ceasy to moye about the strects, This reasou sppears fo the sanctu- ary uud tnakes the best eloquence seem like the wost cmpty of ail langusge, There iy nced in the pulplt uot only of wental power, und learn- v, und labor, wnd sdaptation, bus also of & patlence which will uccept of sonie Lupassive boarers and of some discoursging duys. In our world, made as {t s, it wuat be enouizh if some eyes sball keep bright with waitiog. All pur- sults have thelr hours ol emptincss, und all toilers scem ag times:to spead labor for that wiich {s nsught. But to find a great profes- slom, and then faithfully to fullow 1t to tha end of Wfte, luvolves the whole duty of these years, Hoclety must gatber up results,” Mon slumbered uud slept under Hall, aud Burke, wud 8t. Paul, und evew arouud the divive Christ, und yet tiere rewsined a vast multitude wbo waked al the command of theac faithful lips, ang forward to becomo the heroes of |y religion. TIHE TIIEATRE, EERMON DY Tit# NEV. BROOKR 1 Yesterdar morning the lev. Drooke. i, preached to a fargo congregatlon in the gy, of the Messiah, corner of Michigan ay, Twenty-third atreet. He took for hiy theatre and its relations to modery lowing is the sermnon: Rrethren, yo havo been called nnto fibe; nne niot liberty for an occaslon to the fles: tians, ¢, 13, part. 1 want to look to-day Into that of liberty," that princiola of thoy patdance, to which.the Qospel calls application to the lghter, recreationat side 1ie, It scems to me that (he wh tween that recreational side of tianlty has come to Le curloualy uncertajy confused. The fact fa, wo are stiil hampersy the ethical lines ot an obsolete Puritauism, churches are growing more” and morg that that old Puritanisin—grand as ita day—was, in much, serious Btrain as they may, thescannot keep socl even thelrown socleties—uptolt. The themy conscly 1t way tmey, Yy mistae, who berty fa) tn €nNe a5 lite, g, Ty oo . Zo Petfect 1y whttul gy, men, fnfy hole Telation b, 1 1ife and Cyy, n oy ely—ny not stand its restrictions,—little by e they having been giving way for Good church-members now do without rep, things for which in days past they would by, been diaclplined with somethiug very g ifTer from **morcy and forgivencss.” W But the reley, goncration pyg in ad ation comes grudgingly. The old Puritan dn of the casential wrongfulness of such amue monta as dancing, card-playing, theatregy 1s atlll beld up, only not so ricidly enfonsy, And the cousequience Is that kind of moral ey, fusion which mere compromisc always. Produce, * Now, thfs wants altering, be clearly seen that mers application of was wrong In detall it was not ond It wanty Purltanism whyy an by py right by a little tinkering hero nnd there, Ty old Puritanfsm was serlously wrong ln somaf 1ts basal principles. It was bascd, for its bunyy promiss, upon fhe fdea. of the utter erilnesyo man’s naturs ond inclinations. Its notiog o the right way of treating the {nclinati delignts of ’lhe human heart \\'huuu"?:-'l?:l:l showed themselves was nimost as simploasthy old rule for a factlon-fleht,—*if you see abeay B hit {t1'? Whatover man llked, whatever world was fond of, that must be disallowed, my down, unleas It could show same very uong, takable Scripturs paseport! Bo the niiltuded Purltaplsm ~ to ~ smuscments had iy to do with the nsbstract erl o them. . There was {bo much truth 5 that eplgram of Macaulay’s that they objessg to bear-baiting. pain to the bear ns becsuse it eave pleaurs the apectators 8o their objectlo. to the thes. Not so much bevauiss it gare f3 tre was not that the drama was wroug, bat thyy such an apparatus for mere plensurs golng vy a light in u Christlan community, valn thing which ought to liave no plug Now that whole way of lookIng at the s Ject has becn practieally given up. Wo by come to sce not only that thero {s a great deal of human nature in man, not only that there much for Christianity to crish down, b 1 it it does nnt want crushing down; that . u w mon nature {8 by no means 8o utterly losand worthlesst thst the 0ld method of hitlog el every time it ralscs Wwrong; with human nature its head I3 radially ‘that what ought to be dony nat to frown at ft, contradict {t, and destroy {t, but watch It trfy it, and, while guarding,” devolop it. Tbustks wholo question of Christianity and aousemen: uceds readjusting, —readjusting on this basis; no longer ol |le-plamg mian's natural fiklogy but of respeeting them, and of sceingz not bow far they can be kept down without burating, bat how far they can be gratificd without evil, - Bo 1 think thut {n this matter of amusere the truo printiple {s Lo allow free and whole some play to natural taste, only watching for the clements of evil which ‘nre so apt todlip ioto eyerything, and to concentrato the streneta of relition on" combatting these, Let mi 12 wholesomely alone, and ho will find out for bin. self the ‘things that will really loten cst and recreate - himi and snthior which, ago after mge, the races of maukind liava thue dolighted In scemn to lnde cate, in dts maln direction at least, sometbinz of the meanfng and sanction of the world's wreat crestion, life. Aud it you look atit this way, it the avil comes in. The charm of - ‘measured 1hytl velous thin, ern world should have flxed on ‘*music rollgious foy, tho Prodigal’s return, - Indred, I 1t suggoested that . perhaps |t ther had lot his haye gone! ‘The evil of hours, and oxpense, amd other mischicls. yurd or two from the bottom of thelr dresses put at the top, and the danclog of youtls s maldens may Bc summer air, Or, aquin, take urd<plnfin|{. more innocont in ftsoll] ‘Ul What can 1l mingliog in different proportlvos whist _or cribbage s as checkers or ch ‘Ihe evil ling! Ve have all the young people havo cards with sults of towds, authors' namcs, or {exts, or o) little - dodges for keeplig the younz from ubregenerato kusves and accs, for wonoy whateverl money thut {a the inischlef] Bot Kuur faces steel against all gambliog; and t! the Board of Trade! to bliliards,—oue of the moat beal! neat skill, Is it impossible to ate it from the 1 don’t think it is, men who very freely'to their- youn, at u:aum’e tine dofug Ilke an old frisod mine, who would never allow uny betting laying for money, sud would turu off rll.'hu On uis oldest 1 that would do s great doal to rcscue the fur my part, 1 would put up Alhcnyamm and Youog Men's Cliristian As! low any playlng for money; 1hat youn, game for its exqulisite und delfcate s come to feol the same loathing of its beln® dinary billiard bLalls = thut a musiciad a chess player would -feel at specially to consider to-dsy—the tiicatre, 18, pertiaps, no form of smuscuent that b nona that has been s often und for more thau & woment; und pow, fu 143 when 80 Inuny toin) sharplng an I von which have glven |F o bad D fa oldom very ditiicult to see whery Tako dancing, for instace d thythmical more rent {s nearly as old and as widvspread asbo. manity. Inmapy aland It has been coonted oven & sacred thing, It is ong of tho most mi that the Furitanism of the molk ol dancing® for_outlawryin face of the wsyla which the old Hebrew Paalms nssoclate i wilk and Christ's nobleat parable wht hiave besrd that fe lad have a . liitlo mon of that music and dancing beforo he went svar, fnstend of on his return, perhaps he would neret f dencing is ot [n e, but inits baving got so much dissoclated froa the simple home-circle and mado & cause of Ins away with thesul Let it ba once mors » sued homo pleasure among known friends. Leth b ss impossibls for 8 profiigate mau to be r celved ab a docent dance-party as It {s for & prfe ligate womanj und let theling ladies taked 0] r 88 pure afid sweck as thow touzy figures that tho Jittle gnats weave lo &4 b o easence of it s ;‘:mu of numbers, with elements of chaoeand o 1f, o 1d associations, & gament itself, spart from old asa Atlons, 8 E tliat cards have boen so assoclated with gsab well,—thion strive agalost thateik Asdohn Wesley said e wouldu’t let the Der mood tuncs, so would I say abost ames, Strive agaiust the mischisyous elomest irectly, Do not gu roundabout, letting yost o other of i but tri2 them from chlldiova to uso these d‘,“'fi'. ’!l; sloiple, {0 vlay, and to avotd any i Fint oot Te T it piagi 16 at whotber b {8 I games of "mfifl-fi'fl:fi :.nlt‘rho.fifl game over {oyentod; ona of tho purest,od have lables i thelr houses would open tbes men -eqn-inuw; o riend If he broke the rult= And if you say: ilow about the poor lt{"‘,’." Who haven't aoy private tables to go tol Wah a table inevel? t to puy :l‘:‘:‘ aud make it 8 polut of llunv:usal o [ mon who had growo up ‘:hfh"mfl‘ clated with the cambling and dissipation of % the sl ar ration of their favortle mrullt*l"'; But it is another kind of amuscment thit TUoLs 80 decp In hutan valure, amd )u::' :Efi']‘l‘; ¢ tacked I the nama of religion, The -uAI:" however, have nev:r really weskened 4 7 ro belng looked ot £4 worth couslderlois whether Luta fuellug 9059 the theatro has veally soytbiug fo it. *And, 10 tho outser) 1o uny ote who febls B3 therw 18 sometuin, drumu 0 it 10 bo ls already nuswered. Fof dragiatic netiuct is ouc of the most UOITE altost sacred fn ""."3 facta of num,ml o queatiun of whethef by sual aturk ol buwan b and most pleasurable fustincts of potk s G ae of a unn{nlc‘ You can uever Bud hwit-a-dozea & dreu playing in the cortier, but probably ea bigve urpived at il y Lhelr very \'lr-flmwll: ary personating thelr cldcr,l_ and sctiug #B ek or keeping 8 wimic bouse. That was whiat nlstied Chirlst with ouv of Hia illustrativos. H you ever notlced that whon He sand (o ui; e Bagl plo, sbout thelr baving firat rejected the B3 S0l then el » Yo arg ke cildren R {u the market-place—wa have piped ub i and you would pot dap; we bave Wl unto” you and you would pot lswebt, stauply “sliudiog to tietr piuy g 3t B sud fuocrals! Aund so, though Bo form of amusement that bas becd 89 mently opposed {u the pume of relivio never been mord thau tempuraridy put "‘.‘l’| «I8 Nor is tbis all tuere fs Lo say fur it e the still wore striking fuct toat, at fi 8 drawa bas riseu to be oue of the ErL D) inguences of munkind. ‘The great rasle aucieat Ureece cutue, in theis solems Y65ES 5] i # b4 o ol