The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-05-13
THE JOURNAL.


Mark Twain On "smeAAss
In a recent issue Of the Independ-
eqt the Rev. De Witt Talmage, OF
Brooklyn, has the following attef-
ances on the subject Of smells
have a good christian friend VINO
if he sat in the front pew IN the
church. and a working man should
enter the door at the other end,
would smell BIN Instantly. Ny
friend is not to blame for the SEN
s;tiveness Of his nose, any more
than YOU would fog a pointer for
beinq keener on the scent than a
stupid watchdog The fact is, if
YOU had al the churches free. by
reason Of the mixing up OF the com
mon people with the uncommon, you
would keep one-half of ehristendom
sick at their stomach. II you are
going to XIII the church with bad
smells, VIII have nothing to do with
this work of evangelization.
We have reason 60 believe that
there viii belaboring men in heaven
and also a number of negroes, and
Esquimaux, ard Terra del Fnegans,
and Arabs. and few Indians aud
possibly even some Spaniards and
Portuguese. Allthings are possible
with God. We shall have all these
sorts of people in heaven; bat, alas.
in getting them we shall lose the
society Of Dr. Talmage. Which is
TO saw, we shall Jose the company
of one who could give more real
etone" to celestial society than any
other contribution Brooklyn could
furnish. And what would eternal
happiness be without the Doctor:
Blissful, unguestionably-we know
that well enough-but would it be
distingue, would it be resaercRe with
out him? st. Matthew without
stocsings or sanda s; S. jerome
bareheaded, and with acoarse brown
blanket robe dragging the ground;
ST. Sebastian, with scarcely any
raiment at all-these we should see,
and we should enjoy seeing them;
but would We not miss spike-tailf d
coat and kids, and turn away res
pectfully, and say to parties from the
Orient. These are wei enough,
but you ought to see Talmage OF
Brooklyn I fear me that in the
better world We shall not even have
Dr.. Talmage's good Christian
friend" For if he were sitting un-
der the glory Of the Throne, and the
keeper of the keys admitted BeDja-
min Franklin or other labOring man.
that "friond," with his fne natural
powers infinitely augmented by
emancipation from hampering fest,
would detect him with a single sniff,
and Immediately take his hat and
ask to be excused.
1.-THE subject Of these remarks had
been chosen among the original
Twelve Apostles, he would not have
associated with the rest, because he
could not have stood the fishy smell
of some of his comrades who came
from around the Sea of Galilee.
He would have resigned his com
mission with some such remark as
he makes in the extract quoted
above. master if thou art going
to kill the church with bad smells.
viii have nothing to do with this
work of evangelization." He is a
disciple, and makes that remark to
the Master; the only difference is
that be makes it in the nineteenth In
stead of the first century.
Now can it be possible that in a
handful of centuries the Christian
character has fallen away from an
imposing heroism that scorned
even the stake, the cross and the
axe, to poor little efem:nacy that
withers and wits under an unsavory
smell?