The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-01-16
SUNDAY SOUP.
MADE OF THE SHANK BONE OF CAiREsE
RELIGION.

SUNDAY SOUP.
MADE OF THE SHANK BONE OF cAIREsE
RELIGION.
Our Methodist reporter had sore eyes
and was unable to attend services al that
church. We shall eudeavor to have him
in church-going condition by next SUM-
day.
The services at the Church Of the Re-
deemcr on Sunday were well attended.
Rector Coan preached earnest and eloquent
sermons, the distinguishing characteristic
of which were depth of thought and sound
ness of logic.
"A very large congregation sat under
the drippings of Mr.. Thaycr's pulpit on
Sunday, and his sermons gave very gene.
raj satisfaction to godly and ungodly alike
The reverend gentleman is altogether a
success at his business, the on ly drawback
being sing-songiness in his utterapce
"A lingering of the voice on the tail end
of each word-that is not exactly agreeable
to the person who hears him the first time
/ but which becomes rather an attraction
than drawback when one succeeds in
getting used to it,
We are fetching the people Of Cairo
into the line of religious duty-leading
them to the religious trough and inducing
them to feed upon the hay, oats and corn
Of the true faith This fact is becoming
observable to the most casual observer,
and was particularly noticeable on Sunday
last. At o'clock on the morning of that
day, every man, woman and child in
Cairo got out ofbed, and number prayed
One man, who is a constant reader of The
BULLETIN, prayed in cold room before
he had jumped into his pantaloons, which,
we take it, was an amazing instance Of
religious zeal. During the day some of
the people devoted themselves to silent
communion with their own hearts and bal
anced up all the wickedness they had
been guilty Of during the week and-par-
doned themselves others smoked their
matutinal pipes and thought what they
ought to do many did not think at all,
being perfectly satisfied with their own
acts and doing, and so carried their
own insurance with them; some made
good resolutions which they did not intend
to live up to. Many attended worship at
the churches, and, to be brief, the reli-
gious goose hung very high. Wherefore
we rejoice, and rise up to our great work
confident Of our ability to perform the
task We have set ourselves 10 do-the
tas. Of making Cairo the grea, religious
center ofthe country. We are az th.
moment directing all our batteries Of the
religious kind against the citalel Of the
| wicked perverseness Of one q the alder
men Of the second ward. and i; we can
bring him, ani then gob5le Phil. H5wlri,
/ our way is ciear-ogr ship IS ready and
the Winds are fair and We are bound %
! see our own Mary Ann. We add this be-
cause il ia our habit 10 conclude our elo-
/ qaen. articles with an appropriate stanza,
and where is one more appropriate than
this" We are bound 70 see our own
Mary Ann
Rev. Mr. Bradley called on Us yester-
day to explain why h. had failed 10 i'm
merse Thomas johnson in the waters Of
the Ohio river, and We esteem it our duty
to say that the responsibility Of the failure
rests upon the shoulders Of Sheriff Irwin.
Mr.. Bradley, anxious to obey the orders Of
the Spirit, but fearful Of the prosecuting
spirit OF the laws, sought among his friends
70 ascertain whether he would be hanged
or imprisoned if he were to immerse John
son, and Johnson, who is bed ridden by
sickness, were to die Immediately after be-
ing plunged beneath the food. Being his
most intimate friend Mr.. Bradley con.
suited us first. We are Il lawyer as well
as religionist, and informed Bradley that
no responsibility would attach to him in
the suggested xigency-that, in fact, he
was in duty bound to put johnson under
the water, if the spirit had so directed
even if mans law in defiance of the
Lords wish, should insist on having him
hanged five minutes after the immersion
ceremony. But Mr.. Bradley, after hi
conversation with us, called on Sheriff
Irwin, who is his "ncxt friend, and wa
discouraged by the gentleman, who tolC
him that, if johnson should die in nvt
minutes or half an hour after
the ceremony of immersion, tn,
law would surely demand that the oflici
ating minister should be hanged rs higl
as Haman. This decided Mr.. Bradley
He said he was willing to be hanged rather
than disobey the order of the Lord, but il
was asking too much OF him to require that
he should run the risk of being hanged as
high ms Hannah for baptising johnson
The consequence was, johnson was
souscd in his own bed chamber, and the
requirements of the letter of the Lord
law thus satisfied. Whether it will stick
that is to say, is true immersion
that will enable Mr.. johnson to get into
glory, is not exactly clear to our mind
but we have no doubt it will aid him con-
siderably in his efforts to reach the king
dom. At all events, it is better than no
immersion at all, and we congratulate