The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-02
rIons ArIsIaeraeY.

Why n0lg II seems that Rev, Hat
ten u good aud pi0uH shepherd Ut an
Episcopal church IN ClalrnOnl, New
jersey, has 80 flr forgotten what was
Hue ~ his position, - tho rector Ol
lira -elaas saints, that he has been seen
20 carry u broom all the way from New
York city 10 his Jersey home, lle also
carries lis Sunday dinner Ia a huge
basket on his arm, No objection seems
10 be made, however, 10 the reolor'a
eating the basket N what lies heavy
on The cOnscenCes Of his hearers, lie
feeds them with spiritual food, aud
himself with carnal bread aud butter,
We should like ~ look inside Oi llal
baskel, aud see what flesh pots OF
Egypt lie NJ the bottom Of tho affair
This has been going on for fifteen
years, MEANWHILE tho people, growing
In grace, feel that II II ~ be endured
no longer They have appealed 10 tho
bishop Of the state 10 relieve them OF
this disgrace ~ true aud Undecided ~,
llglon, aud give them q rector who IL
Of immaculate aud unhlemlahed habits,
ana who never carries broom on
week days or his dinner on Sundays.
llad Brother lintton gone out Of u Sat
urday evening aud deposited his din-
ner under cover Of darkness, hO could
have eaten u IN peace on the sabbath,
aud his devoted practitioners would not
thereby have had their holy aspirations
disturbed. Az II IN, there II danger
that many Of them Will lose their souls,
or he must lose his position, Tho
bishop refuses u Interfere. He N pos
Sesscd with the absurd notion HAT
seems 10 have been prevalent IN tho
times OF Christ, who didn't carry his
dinner only because he had none 10
carry, but who did 20 into tho corn
fields aud eat II raw,
The bishop II evidently ono Of those
absurd, lmpraotlcablcs who expect the
religion OF the nineteenth century 10
be Osplcblnn and unrohncd M thnt Of
the last, He f0rgcls that In those dNys
the Pharlseos did not join the church.
But In Jersey II Christians nrc 10 carry
baskets aud brO0ms, what will there bo
left 10 distinguish them from the un-
converted? We have quito 0utgrown the
primitive notions Of the Jews aud
Greeks. II people want their feet
washed, they must do II themselves,
or hire II done. Ministers have their
hands full with the llecces of their
ilocks. Kid gloves render other SER
wee impossible.
Sake, IL II not, who kindly advises
us not to trace the ancestral line too
far, for fear We shall find II waXed nt
49, other end? We advise the meek
and lowly Pensioners of Brother Bat
ten to take special care not TO allow the
study of herldity 10 break out In their
circles. II would unquestionably lend
back to frequent onion fields In the low
lands, and possibly TO lunch baskets
that were 80 meagre M TO involve no
question of creed or piety whatever.
We feel n deep sympathy with these
afflicted souls and all who are similar
ly situated.
We know there are christians who
like ministers with bobtal coats, and
who revel in cold meats, aud sweep out
the vestry, but they have not the deli
cate nerves of these Jersey devotecs,
nor the bank stock. Their pioty IL not !
so intimately interviewer with their |
garments Why don't some of them
invite Brother Batten to dine with
them, and carry his brooms for him?
| piety consists In silks and gloves,
a. i. Stewart owns enough to save the
dcvil