Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1890 — Museum and Church. [ARTICLE]

Museum and Church.

Before a dime museum on Washington street, Boston, the other Sunday evening was a sign announcing: “Scientific Church. Grand Concert and Lecture on Old Maids and Prize Fighters. Collection 10 Cents.” A steady stream of men was passing the ticket office, each depositing his “collection” and receiving a ticket in return. Not far away was a church in which was a service advertised with an equally striking titie. There was good Binging, too, and free admission. But the audience was a slim one. The contrast suggested that the devil can beat the church as a drawing power in concerts and entertainments —in fact, in everything except pure religion. As a steady going pastor once said: “In the long run there is nothing that keeps up a church like piety.”