The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-09-05
FROM BASCUM.
Iuffering for the Lord. /.

Suffering for the Lord.
COUSIN JOHN = Have you ever
observed with what self-sacrificing
devotion and Unprecedented cross
bearing our people, but more especi-
ally the christian ladies. labor and
suffer for him who died that we
might live. Most assuredly no set
OF christians, since the days of the
good old Patriarchs themselves, ever
bore such burthens for the love ot
| their Savior than the present day
christians. They will harness them
selves to more dry goods and notions
than would ciothe the inmates of the
Lunatic Asylum for six months, and
then travel from morn till eve beg
ging money for the poor of their
Church, and perhaps, not raise over
so cents. ~
They will attach themselves to
scores of yards of all manner of cot
ton and wooden goods, suitable for
ships rigging, and use more rope,
tapes and strings generally, than
would be required to rig man-of-
war in the most modern and approx
ed style; and in-this unpleasant,
unhealthful and unenyiable condi.
ton, go from store to store asking
aims for the poor of their immediate
vicinity, and perhaps not accumulate
more than 20 cents per day, and all
this suffering and cross-bearing for
the sake of serving the Lord. Noble
christians. They will place their
little bodies inside lot of canvass,
and stays and braces, and haul to
on the hawsers till their bodies oc
cupy space not larger than a com
mon sized Kansas grasshopper, and
in this condition, go to the House of
God, and set under the sound of the
gospel in so much pain that they
cannot k1eel to worship their God
when called upon SO to do by the
man Of God. ea y as.e eH-s 81
They will cover themselves with
sack cloGhs, lime and ashes, and
paint and flower their heads with all
manner OF burrs and feathers and
wings of birds, and gourd blossoms
and serpents' skins, and tarrapins 8
hulls, and briars and thorns and
thistles. and with all this about their
heads. present themselves at the bar
Of God to show their devotion for
the true and living God. ,s.o4r-.ss
Models of Christianity, where are
thy equals? They will sit in Church
during divine services with No. 2
shoe on No. 5 foot suffer all man
ner of exoruciating pains and. at the
same time, smoIe a zig-zag smile on
the meanest child in the house and
look sanctimonious at the preacher,
all to prove the love they have for
their Savior. sda agaaar VISA hne ds21
They win disfgure their persons.
maltreat their hair byaleaving it ex-'
posed to the wind and weather, hang
about their. bodies numberless com,
bustible and explosive articles of
various shapes and sizes. and appear
in public places for no other known
cause than to show to the outside
world that they, although others
may reyile them and look upon
them with a suspicious eye, yet wiH
they bear the cross and serve the
Lord. whom they love. -,
They will expose their heads and
faces to the scorching rays of the,
summers sun. or the cold blasts of
the winters wind, drag behind them
fabric sufficient to line quilt for
each of theirnearest poor neighbors,
all to prove beyond a doubt that
they are the Lords own.
~ .aHaaisa8oeaiA an BAscUM.
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