Warned by the -loom of other cities that
havi' perished for lhe rutlianism, or their
cruelty, or their idolatry, or their disso
luteness. let all our American cities lead
the right way. Our only dependence in on
God and Christian influences. Politics will
do nothing but make things worse. Semi
politics to moralize am! sav-' a city and you
semi smallpox to heal leprosy, or a 'preass
to relieve the air of malodor. I'or wh.ii
politics will Jo I refer you to the eight
weeks of stultification enacted at Washing
ton by our American senate. American pol
ities will become a reformatory power on
th-' same day that pandemonium becomes
a church. But there ar-'. lam glad
to say, b-'iiign ami salutary and
gracious influences organized in all
onr cities which will yet take them for
God and righteousness. Let us ply the
gospel machinery to its utmost speed
ami power. City evangelization is th-'
thought. Accustomed as are religious
pessimists to dwell upon statistics of evil
and dolorous facts we want some one with
sanctified heart and good digestion to put
hi line the statistics of nntnres tr:in<s
formed, ami profligacies balked, and souls
ransomed, and cities redeemed. Give us
pictures of churches, of schools, of to
formitory associations, of asylums -if mercy.
Break in upon the Misereres of complaint
and despondency with To Denins, ami
Jubilates of moral and religious victory.
