The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-09
WRITING FOR A PASS.
TeAt from Scripture For and Against Dosd-
head Ira nsportstion.


tpon ns Detroa Erec Press
The following correspondence between
| the superint endrnt Of an aslum for the ehle-
minded In Illinois ami n well-known railroad
superintendtnt touches up me PISS Question:
hali-fare permit, which please fully permt' me
to thank you Tor. HILL fare p rmits are usu lily
t.krn my calling. At all events as you have
classified me with the preachers though am
not one) will take the IiDerty Of quoting SCRIP
ture to you, aud Of drawing suoh conclusion ms
from said Scriptures AS seem applicable TO our
il my authorities are inappic bic and my CON
clusions unsound, please remember that the
principal II an asylum for fteble-niinded chill.
dreO Is trying to preach. because an individu !
Labelled Str uz, very early 10 life. by his pater-
nal or maternal ancestor, has insinua.ed that 10
II pre- .Cher.
res pectfu.ly oall your attention to the follow
u E.ods;, T. ii'oe%TsS strong hand shall lo.
Judges, u, 4-"out of the strong came forth
sweetness"
II. Chronicles. 10. o" Strong In behalf Of
them"
IN Ii in this case means, not the half now
hsys sg. me otnr ns't TO- OF ,h permit SO That
Psalms 81, 81" lie hath Showed me his Kind
ness In strong
l. sam. T. Io-(wm) "BCe) Strong and quit
l. Cor. 1, IO-"we are weak but 70 are
strong"
}sIs%!s9; Is I'LL WIN make thee to p.s:"
Esekiei, N, q" And caused me to pass."
Joshua, ~. 10 -" Then pass over"
Special comment Is unnecessary.
III the above passages do not Ind or reach
some responsive chord In your BOSOM other
language will Of course utterly fail to impress
4 few practical sppIIoatIops, and | am done,
First-Whst want, aud think YOU mi ght
send me. ~ AN annual pass over the MiOhicin
Central Railroad AM urelt Western or In your
power), because samuel, Jeremiah, Ezekiel,
so Gas oonstrue them)
SECONDLY ne Aforesaid roads will not lose
this pass It Is more than likely IN 1 / snail 20
East once or twice this year and take parties
Win me who VIII othcrsss go by the IoIed9,
they are deviated iron that course 10 accom-
pany me.
16irdly and lastly I'm order that I NAV. as Mr..
Moouy reco nmruded to the preachers Of Phla-
delpnil, not exceed thirty minutes IN my dis
course and lose something OF It's power by ex-
oessive lengtnD-i would suggest that oesre to
operate uI on Michigan, to see II cannot stimu-
late them to build AN asylum for idiots. l nave
succeeded In getting the Legislature of Illinois
t. give $4,000 Tor "A new building for It's asvlum
snd as tnis - IN process II construction. would
like 10 visit the cbart Dle nst u 4 us In Mich-
R.n, Canada. aud tue T. ST, To see what should
he done to make ours what II ought to be. /
cannot go unless get passes.
You Probably can, II you will. get me the afore-
said, but II YOU do not, III the mere fter, when
look out that somebody don't send YOU halt
way permit ana land you considerably short Of
your desire. lP.rdOn meD
THE REPLY.
DEAR SIR: MY absence from the city last week
prevented prompt answer % yours of the
inst. IL IL an old experience that the Scripture
c.n DE made TO sustain any doctrine or dogma
II II he iDReniOusly applied, but confess that
was astnnished at such AN array of exits upon
which To base Claim for travel over our road.
anu the more so because IN sending YOU the
half-fa permit l thought | complying
strictly with the most liber i offers of transpor-
tattOn tn be found IA the liiDle.
history
account Of their emigration from Egypt, and
certainly going III such numbers they would he
entitled To low rate OF fare IA could be con-
sist ntly asked by or granted IT, any one; yet In
the 18th verse of the .Otn cnapter OF Exodus
one that passeth-a balf" II this does not
cover the case, know not wnere to LOOK for
In one OF your citations you rofer to what you
are pleased to call the " other half" OF the per-
NIT which sent you. fear that It would be OF
II tie service since our conductors. being better
vefsed In nathem ties than theology, would TO
sure To collect fuli fare from any one travelling
But to convince you that look to HOLY Writ
a. an authority for declining free passes. permit
me quote u lew procelts On the subject of pas.
senger TRANSFORMATION which nnd IN It's pages,
beginning with sdch as seem especially ad-
dressed To the assenger:
l. Kings. ~, 3-" Thou sh alt pay"
IL Kings 4. ',S; H. Samuel. /, B. i" Go and
Ecclesiastes. s. 4" Defer not to pay"
Exodus, ~, 49," lie shall paw"
Exodus, 81: 80" lie snail surely pay
Numbers, -, Is" Thou shalt not pass"
with the following fro n the tnird verse OF the
hrst chapter OF Jon b, showing tina passes we're
10 asier 10 procure hen than now, $50 he paid
the fare AMI went" setting an example still
worthy of imitation.
In a ldition to these precepts To tho passsn-
ger, ind the following iujuuctioDs to the rail
road manager:
J idses. s. -" suffer not man to pass"
Nahum, /, b ne wicked snail no more
ST."
Isaiah. "a, 10" None shall ever pass"
Matthew. "a, a. :; Marx. H. - MS genera
All Ia. ll Ia aa
prophet Jefemi h, 81, a." Though they roar,
yet sh ~ they not BASS"
Perhaps after this array OF Scripture authority,
] shall not be justified IN sending the anna 4
desired, yet tnu my sympathies stronger tnan
nv theology, aud SO having overwhelmed YOU
with nv citations, nj convinced YOU that "A
concordance Is an article a. well known in Chi
cago - IN jacksonville, I Ike pleas are In send
ins you the pass requested.