The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-08-03
A SCORER Rebuked.

A few winters ago. while travelling South,
/ halted late one evening st village lnn, 10
1,ortnern -AlatRnIa, " spent de night
luIse company OF tIassatrs and Flilage-
EOssipS were ssa.el aTCgni trle slGTing E!e
IN the baruom W5ea-i s,ais no eut.y. y !
wIs soon seated 10 he I-.S;L OF me motley
asSenl IS, and uurlG. Ii. in.e. sai employed
by1lAliIe hOSt IN making coz :; ~ demands oh
llls lesisr Ton ny espsssai S1a 4i..,-. lIssenv0
II tnaIr chit-ckli..e Il yaunsiI.g sali iuiPui
tlnG diSelr,c OF B.l4lstone -: hOldil,,;
forth la an eioqHSns u ~ -s,.s AGAINST rvh-
lon and Christianity IN general. Ih@ encu -
stance vas somewhat sla,I.a. 70 one which
happened 70 Judge hI.sh2b o: Virginia,
while tI-ye.ing tAtUpsn .hl western 10. :::Un
OF the Odd Dominion. had beeh seat
ed hut few moments, when the attorney
wound up with The following: ~
Yes, geDtlslnen, the who's system Of re-
hgion Is one gfalld hunlbug anu rs yOtares
are either monomaDlaes, or poor, llhterase,
deluded beings. 1t is the poor and Inlearn-
ed alone who are the most numerous OF its
disciples. Why is it, ask that the poor
man is more susceptible than the rich man
10 religious inAuences2 One hundred poor
men become converts to the theory TO ten
wealthy Why isit, l askl What say you
stanger, in answer TO this 'interrogato!yr"
said the attorney, turning abruptly TO an el-
derly, rather distinguished locking gentle
man,who sat quietly smoking ilIs pipe IN Z
Tar corner OF the room, and VINO had arrived
at the inn bat an hour or two before Inc.
"What Is the Tea son, You askY Why it
is simply because the wealthy. are too much
occupied with the business, the cares, and
pleasures Of life to give Il thought to reii-
gion. They wont take time TO give the
subject serious thought, One SAID: He
had yoke OF oxen, and that he wished to
prove them, therefore he peyed to be excus-
ed; another q piece of land, etc. The
minds Of the poor are not thus absorbed
with the trash Of the earth, to the exeus-
ion of that which is priceless, True, God
has chosen the weak and foolish to eontound
the strong and wise, in many instances; yet,
believe me, it is not the illterate alone who
are so blessed of God as to be the recipients
of his grace and mercies The wisest men
the world has ever seen have acknowledged
his supremacy and power with wiling
knee Where is an unheliever now in this
enlightened country, where the majesty, and
goodness, and glory Of God have been mani
tested 40 often, and 50 clearly demonstrate
ed, but that he is weak, vain upstart p
The world, from superstition, all from chaos,
has been changed by the religion which
you, anon, reviled, to DC almost paradise.
Thedark places of the earth have been light
cned up, the dominion Of the devil has been
eubyerted and civilization by its instrument
tality, now blooms where terocity once reign
ed, and the sound Of the Gospel is, now
heard among men where scenes were once
enacted too hard and revolving for gentle
cars; and nations which we're once mantled
with superstition, and whose streams were
ever tinged with human GORE and stained
even with the blood of martyrs and Of inno-
cenee, now wait inpeaee the glorious BAN
ner of the cross. Beware, young man, how
you sneer at that which, to secure for US a
Saviour offered up his life a willing sacrifice.
Did / not know, young man, that it was
through ignorance On your part that you
thus Fevile, Iwould exclailn to you, 10 the
language Of Paul, so, full of all subtlety
and all mischief, thou child Of the devil
thou enemy Of all righteousness, will thou
not cease to pervert the right ways OF the
Lord?" ~ .r..-. .ssrg s.-.s rE.s4 g..
''Ha, ha hal y interrupted the lawyer, ,
had known that, | had walked up an old
Methodist preacher, | would have taken
time BY. the toreioGk, and run ia time, -
Il am not Methodist preacher, sir;
haven't that honor; they are pious a use
ful, revered classof people, whom / love
and respect" ,.. ..,....
"Who are you, them insolently demand :
cd the attorney. 49,. .
''Sam Houston, sir, of Texas" g
Had a thunderbolt fallen in their midst
there would not have been more electric
motion in the crowd. Ina second the Old
hero was surrounded, and twenty welcome
hands We're extended, | mademy exit just
then to the dining and as | looked
back over my shoulder, saw the lit tie crest
fallen attorney sneaking out of the opposite
corner. -f.,.-.,., -,,. .. h. o.. sff.7... s