Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-28
DIR. ~ROGERs-DR. WHEAT.
Answer TO Lady Member Of ST.
Lazarus.

Editors Memphis Appeal:
Please publish the following answer to
= Lady member Of ST.. LszgrUs."
Yo1r, J. ". r.
Dear Lady: I rather suspect you of
being an ugly old gentleman, and II l
knew Won TO be such, I'd whip you out
OF petticOats with this goose quill and
send you through the streets OF Mem
phis to be laughed OF but not knowing
Ibis, certainly / shall answer with the
respect and honor cue your noble SEE.
Your long letter hEs three propositions:
| First, that l attacked poor DIR. Wheat
| second, that st. Lazarus Church was q
mere speculation with me; third, that l
acted 6sdly during the q
AS regards the first, you did not know,
kind IsGy, that DR.. Wheat made the at
tack on me by sending & letter and sign
ing it for other clergy to sign and orCer
me not to preacB. Suppose, dear
lady, some poor old woman, whom you
mad assisted ia adversely, were to get up
| a petition for the ladies OF st. Lazarus te
sign to drive you out, and you 10 prevent
its successful circulation, should come
out in the APPEAL and say this old
woman Should have been the last to sign
it instead OF the first, because l helped
her when she was poor; now answer
honestly, could any 4 but yourself cry
out. persecution /! persecution
Now for your %. "St. LAZARUS"
you say, Twas & speculation" Well If
so, it was the poorest ever made, for
everybody here knows thatI had med4,
ia past time, over q hundred thousand
dollars IN Memphis property, invested,
for the most part, and sunk ia tae
COnfsderacy. Bot L pledge you the
sacred honor OF q gentleman,
and Mr. Tom Allen, Treasurer, one
Of the best merchants, in any land, will
indorse it, that though / paid $500 3
month board for my family at the Gay
oso, and afterwards at the OVertUn, for
ali my services the first year, from o.
tobsr 70 the following spring. IReUeT re-
ceived OHe cent but requested the people
to make their weekly Offering, which
they would like to pay me for services,
TO the sufferers Of the UGT, and for print
ing TO advance the enterprise, all Of
which MF. ThOs. d. Alien, Treasurer,
received and paid out to the order OF the
Ves;Ty. And yet l bought the organ,
and fret silver service from which III
0aUe you, lady, the holy eLements) by a
check Ou Mr.. Wan. s.. Pickett, Of my OsCn
NOaeg-tO this he Can testify. fine EEK
year 1 got about $1,000 for the years
work, and the next ST5O-nTst quarter
on the $4,000 salary. Poor specula-
ton! Do ysu think, after this, l would
open another church on SpecWGtiOR3
Be honest, GEAR lady, and give 3 poor
msn credit foT what he does. Liz 2
true woman exelsim, l have done
wrong; be loves my dear Lord and our
Holy Mother, and casts his humble Of
feTiDgs at their feet!
Your last charge is, that I acted en-
unmanly part in the late q There are
soldiers here, by the thousand, who saw
me in the storms OF battle, from Bel
mont to Spanish Fort, baptising the
dying-f0r my . warfare" wasnot car
nGl.u
As regards my present congregation,
You cay il is made up f spectators
and theater going people" o, lady,
could you but see them-aiVines, Judges
doctors and msTchauts-the
oldest and most respected in this CON-
munity, whose sea of uptuTned snd
ETiOkisd faces are lighted up and almost
besuti6ed by the presence of the most
polished, elegant and piOus lsdies Of sny
land, you would be sorry for having
written as you did. Helping, from my
hesrt, that you ma support DR.. Wheat,
and pay him WbQt yOU hare promised
him for Efe-that your congregation may
grow up holy and besGtiful before
Heaven, l have the honor to subscribe,
J. W. ROGERS.