| Show HITS SALT PALACE AND SUNDAY SHAY BAH IIA BA Minister Minister Exposes Vice-Ridden Vice I Resorts After Personal Inspection CHURCH REBUKES POLICE i Unanimous Vote Vole of First t Congregation ol to Abate Abuse bitso 3 f Enforce Law Iw Arraigning tho the evils of the Sunday resort Rev Rc D. D A. A Brown Drown pa pastor no tor tOI of oC the thu Frt First Baptist church yesterday preached a n sermon which later brought out a unanimous vote voto of oC his congregation to request tho the police police-ami 4 city authorities to close coso the Sunday s saloon oon and stem the tide of oC vice that has hns set In through the lack Jack of oC en enforcement en en- of oC tho the law Salt Palace t which which w was s visited Isled by Rev Rov Mr I Brown Drown BrownI I and other ministers on the night of or July S. S Is declared b by him to be a adan dan dangerous erous vice ridden rc resort ort on account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of oC the open saloon which lures the Ike crowd and opens to the tlc young p paths that lend lead to deeper degradation The subject of or the sermon was wa The weak weal flesh the ruling crowd and the deserting disciples or sum cuni- summer um- um mer mel season ea on Christianity Rev He l Mr r Brown said In part There is 15 a n philosophy for the re reI rea religious re- re I a lilous depression prevalent In fn the I summer season I am giving this this sermon sermon ser ser- elmon el mon that we we may get at this phil phil- The expounder of or this philosophy phil phil- Is 15 Jesus Christ Christ The Thc first reason rea rca son on for fOl religious depression and decline de de- de- de dine cline Is the weak cak fesh Slosh flesh The Tue time when the flesh fesh feels feds Its Is weakness the most is the summer season It I Is then that the physical system feels sluggish drowsy inactive depressive and dependent It I Js In the summer 8 season ason that we se feel Ceel more heavily the labor Jabor of or our callings and arni duties of or r flit lii 11 I fa until in ill tn hI i released from r t these l' l we e I have n gi given ri rise c ea to to to- the vacation IH period in the summer s season on L gr- gr f Reason tl n for Religious Decline m t- t c The second rea reason on for religious lous Cf decline and depression is the ruling crowd There Thoro are three things that 4 crowd does ducs for Cor ever every i V j. j i J. J ual that makes Up that thal crowd First First It I conquers ever every Individual with wih its is spirit Second The Individual must harmonize his moral sensibilities feelings with those of or the crowd Third Every Individual must harmonize harmon harmon- i. i i ize his mor moral mor 1 responsibilities with tho those e of the crowd At the summer summet resort it Is the business of or the place pla-c to make spirit f for r the occa occasion lon It I makes no difference difference direr direr- differ differ- ence what the tho occasion be it a Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day school convention or a convention of men and gamblers the spirit j Of or a resort a-resort is s largely largel the same with wih 1 t the same came me attractions and the same W 7 enticements for Cor people and for purse Music Is one of the first factors actors in making spirit for a summer resort resort It I Is one of or the chief drawing cards i It I conquers the heart It I captures the thoughts it enslaves the tho body The Tho most of or the music that Is dispensed dispensed dispensed dis dis- at nt these summer resorts has In if It the motive to drag an angel down Of OC I except such mu music le as we weh h have c enjoyed at one of or out our resorts r recently cent But lut music that centers center only a around a n dance hall hail hal for fO dancing purposes pur- pur 0 v poses pose has no high mission to my mind especially when the J 3 t tei r Is striking for the boiling boing point an and the people supposedly have Oed lied their vocations for Cor and rest from rei re re- i creation Signs Sighs placed about or over overall all l kinds of concessions with some I sort SOt of musical Instrument grinding J music of or a n more or less certain quality and barkers to call oft off the thc cal ol wonders Just ready to take place on ont I. I th the Inside the or of the t I complete spirit I average crowd at a summer resort 1 And we all al like IL It It The philosophy of or t 1 r It Is hard lard I ar t to explain unless s se We e take t the thi a explanation of Christ the ther weak nc h L r 1 r I Cant Can't nl Resist bt Croud d. Cro There here is a swing and enthusiasm about I H 1 all I that captures and conquers con con- l' l Qu quers r rs especially the young people There Is no need In trying to resist the tho crowd Son Some time a ago I l saw la Sw a n member of this church Oin flying around on the on-the the It I was a member mem mem- h her ber I of or this church and f t am not Soing going going go go- So- So ing to tell you whether it Wax Was la a man roan manor I or 01 01 a u woman This member had been I caught h by the spirit J o of the crowd and L I this member was captured too CorI for Cor if I ever evel a member was enjoying himself him him- self seU this thia member was The crowd duls dulls the moral morl sensibilities of the thc individual Captured by Its ts spirit the individual Is led leil where tho ho crowd goes IF I there are old uld people fainting under the weight of yea years the opinion of or the crowd is that the they ought to stay at home If I there Is a tired tred mother holding a achild achild child li I In her arms arias sh she may stand and hold the little one for fOI the moral sensibility sensibility sen Ben of oC courtesy which would re respond respond respond re- re spond so readily Jn In n the home Is dulled dull dull- e Cu ed and b boys boyi YI ard and men 1 ride Il on Jn the spirit of or forgetfulness If I trains are areto areto to b be made gates to be he pa passed d through h by In the crowd your sensibility of oC Is thrown to the winds and everybody s 1 is li mastered by th the spirit of get ct there first There will wl ho bo profanity and maybe may may- IH be enl and lewdness enacted be before he be- fore ore your our eyes ces and the eyes of your our children They turn to you for some me response or expression of or disgust but ou the crowd and mouth you are ore In IT your Is pealed aled And nd both their and your yum 5 sensibility Is d dulled led thereby k Worst or t People There The Thc people who aro tro ro of tho the worst vorst repute throng public places that they me p ply y th their lr business the they are arc in inthe i the he crowd crowdS You would not think of I letting your you I son Bon or your daughter either cither sit on the same sent with a aI I libertine rt ne in your our home They arct are arc t taught to shun shulL thun puch uch tach people as at the tho thoI I emissaries of hell but tho the public gathering gath gath- ering made up Ull of those thos who are arc weak in flesh fesh ish gathers them all ni up Uti and they gu go along with wih our oU families and we gu become accustomed to vico in giving it one one place at least leas The spirit of low pleasure the spirit of commercialism and the open h bar r arc aro all al product o of deadened moral s. s The dance the questionable question question- able costumes and th the questionable performances enter tho the life and before w we ar are aware aUle the they have smothered sonie sone of our higher impulses The business asp aspect ct and the open bar ire rc surely not conducive to a very true m moral sensibility in the tho life of our o young ra ng people popl ESI Especially is this true dr on n the Sabbath day I T do not wonder thit that W we have no interest in the church of at t Jesus Christ and the things that make for the salvation shaton of souls I want to say MY that my preaching would be flavored with these things If It I gave my Sabbaths wih to these thee resorts The broken beer leer bottles lolles the spirit p of pC graft at i and greed greel and th the spirit of or lo low pleasure pleas pleas- ure nrc would soon be he noticeable in the thc teaching from this pulpit Makes lkc On One Exception I There TherO is one exception that I tal al alWays always al- al I ways mako make the man who tho labors from L early morning until late at night to support with wih b bread and amI butter buter the tho wife antI and little ones to whom ho I Is Oath nth This man and his hiR family ramly do not nor an any other time lime for Cor tho the di diversions dl dl- versions except on the Sabbath And he is the creature of oC a n false social tem tern I t do not say that ho he Is not re responsible re ie for Cor his own life and that of his family Ho lie le is rf responsible And I sometimes rear for Cor the life of or his hI Chil Children hIl dren who are arc not permitted to escape from Crom thc these o awful Influences such as the they must encounter on the Sabbath day at some of or our resorts resorts They are areto areto to be pitied the they ought to be helped Our Sunday school picnics ought to In Include Include In- In clude dude the these c and n not l selfishly exclude them How long Jong would some ome of or these places keep keei open If Ir we took up our responsibility In the these e matters maters But I Ido Ilo tb lo do not flot look for us to take up our re re- re We e arc are In the spirit of or the tho crowd and these evils ha have robbed us UI o of our 01 ability to copt cope with itIl wih m. m Once their performances shocked us us once vc we would not think of or entering Into their heir life but hut It Is not so now We e have hae procrastinated so lon long that hat our evils nils ls e do not nol stir str us to acton action Scenes S nt at it Salt Sni Pal nee Of or the condition at al the Salt Sal Palace which I Isled visited la last t Sunday I Ivill will vill wf say y that evils evis which would break the he heart of or the average e man create not a ripple down thel there I saw sav all al the tle performances of or commercialism going on n the scenic railroad the shooting gallery the ln ho howling bowling aie alley tho he little tite railway the pond fish and other like contrivances that are e the first steps In InI Into Into In In- to I gambling th the loop the and the tl saloons and atUl beer garden in full rul tilt tt Barkers making such a noise that you could not hear heal yourself think the band hand giving a n called so-called so-caled so sacred concert to catch the unwary and antI the re resort orl all al brilliantly and lighted up to tomake tomake make male the place attractive I I saw sav sw boys who ho said raid the they were pi eighteen years old coming coming out of or the bar bal The place was as crowded with wih men and the beet beer garden opposite had hadIn hadin hadin in it I about oo 00 persons three fourths of whom iere young younS men and young oung women romeo Many Ian of ur them were in a n state of semi Intoxication semi and were throwIng throwing throw throw- In Ing Ing- leer beer at one another nother swearing and using Indecent lan language tid ld in lii Il some som instances young oun men were taking undue undue un un- un due tue liberties with wih he the young women some of or whom were beastly beasty drunk drunk |
