Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-11-18
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Citizens Of Muscatine, the Chiniquy funds
will SOC be closed up. Arouse TO the sense
of your dignity-remembe you are the gen
erous children of o city $50 noted for lei
benevolence" Shall it be said, all over the
world, that after SO much exertion, aftel
an eloquent lecture gotten up for the pur.
pose of enligbtenng the public on the out.
pouring Of the spirit Of the Lord, after SC
many newspaper correspondence which
made the press and the readers groan sfor
two weeks, shall it be said that all We could
make up for this laudable object was $55 10
all told! Oh, shame! how dare we 60
abroad and eall ourselves citizen Of Mus
catine, after this, aniggardlv donation p
Methinks that Father Chiniquy, in an out
burst of severe but just indignation, will ad-
dress us the following episte a'e9 '''''' -
'Ungratefnl sisters in Jesus !! How long
will you deceive my poor, halt. .iamished
and raked copyerts2 How. long will you
abuse my patience aud send me stones for
bread and scorpions for fishes Have not
cherished you in the deepest recesses of my
converted heart? Have not made of you
chosen people, by writing to you o letter
worth more than thousand dollars, a letter
which filed your hearts with unalloycd joys,
letter which you would not publish entire,
thinking you had right to keep for your
selves, alone the choices morsels And do
you thus repay the affection of tender
father :? Do you value at $50 10 the out
pourings of the spirit speaking by my bles-
sed mouth ? We have received, it is true,
5000 bibles, four for each man woman
and child-and will receive some more
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season. Do you want us to make gar
ments OF the good book, like that hero sung
by our poet, who had a pair ofinexpressibles
made out of the big singing book used by
the cAoir ? Do you want US to warm our
freezing limbs at the fire of the word of
God sad and sacriligious necessity, the
guilt whereof may rest on you! migrate
rul sisters, do not excuse yourselves on the
hard times. Are there not among you those
who are blessed with two coats, Il shawl and
Il pair of shoes, whilst we walk barefooted
aud are clad in our bed-ticlls let those
spoiled children Of Muscatine divide with
their less favored brethren of St Anne the
blessings with which they abound and send
to our interesting converts one OF those tw o |
coats with the overshoes By doubling ~
the shawl and walking on the dry pavement.
it shall be unto them like IN overcoat and
a pair OF overshaes, without mentioning the
Of duty fulfilled. Had you
aGy genius, you would have caused pho
tograpn OF my agreeable portrait to be
made and sold at small advance on cost
price, thus tAvoriDg home industry, doing
charity and spreading Gods glory in one OF
his most admirable men.
'Dear sisters, will call you dear once
more, exert yourselves again; plead in our
behalf before your two coats and one shawl
brethren. The expectation OF our admira
BILE converts has been wrought up to the
highest pitc l BY the wondrou5 report which
reached them from Muscatine Should YOU
stop your so-called lberalities at 500. |,
you the vengeance of an insulted heaven :
md brand YOU with the name of the .titiy
fue dollars aud len cent sisters. Your
lesolate brother in Christ. G. C.' z
Fe!lo w-citizen5 of Muscatine such will
De the sentiments Of the good man OF ST
Anne, when he receives our S5510.-E
Should he not address us Thanksgiving let
er similar TO the one which | fancy here,
De sure it will be owing to the French po-
iteness which make OF him such u winning
nan and which forblds expressing ones teel,
ngs in So abrupt manner. Whatever be his
answer, we are ruin, in his esteem our
'eputation is done forever. However, we
ian save our honor yet. Ii not out of inte
est for the converts, at least for the good
lame of MuScatinc, let the county take Chin
guy bonds, let the city take Chinquy
ponds, let everybody take Chniqny bonds
ND then We may proudly excain
MusCATINE FOREVER