The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-09-12
Tramps,' Of the Olden
Time.

Ir6lupS, OF the OlQen
Time.
A. the Worknen's meeting on the
and lots. last Sunday, C,itus Barbour
spoke as follows:
! propose on this blessed SABBATH day.
% preach you a sermon on the subjects
IF 'Tramps.' Or, if any are sensitive
1t my apparent irreverence. you may
have it that appear before the bar Of
public opinion as counsel fer the great
,rmy OF tramps now arraigned there
will find my text. or my citation
Of authority, - the case may be, in the
eleventh chapter of the Gospel. ss laid
down by st. Matthew, first verse
AT that time Jesus went on the. Sab
bath day throueh ~ eess. sad Ms dis-
ciples we're sn-hungcred. and bsgAs 10
pluck the ears Of corn aud t. eat
Also, eight chapter of Matthew.
twentieth verse: And Jesus saith
unto him the foxes have holes and the
birds of the air have nests, but the son
of man hath not where to lay his head
These illnstrous tramps we're
sPARRING THEIR WAY TO JERUSALEM,
Through the coasts of Judea. No
palace cars conveyed them up. no-
chariots. nor dead ak lumber
wagons. They could not patronize
the saddle train that ran from Jerico
to Jerusalem. They had rot even
sore-b .cked mule or drom edary to
pack their blankets and grub. l doubt
If they had any blankets or grub.
When they struck Capernaum there
was not enough corn in the whole
crowd to ante the gatemoney or cus-
toms or tribute. amounting to less than
30 cents. The whole amount of the
treasury of the church would not have
bought i of ticket to the show OF its
hell.snashine minister, Beechcr You
know thst Peter had to 60 out ami
catch Rsh aud get the money out of
its mouth and pay the custom house
man. But they watched their oppor.
tunity, and took it afoot. They took
Walkers line through cornfields. and
according TO my text they stole corn
on Sunday and ate it because they
were hungry. just as the tramps of the
present day do.
Jesus Christ was greater than
Beecher. but no theatrical agent pre-
ceded him and placarded the walls of
Jerusalem with big.lettered bills. ad-
vertising the dwellers in the Holy City
that Jesus Christ, the greatest preach
er Of his time. would favor the people
with four entertainments at three
pieces of silver head. His forerun-
ner was man with c.mels hair
shirt, held on by a leather belt. whose
meat was locusts and wild honey. and
whose name was
JOHN, THE BAPTIST.
He was terrible tramp. Here is his
advertisement: He that coneth after
me is mighter than !. whose shoes l
am not worthy to bear.'* Whose fan
is in his hand. and he will thoroughly
purge his floor. and gather his wheat
into the garner but he will burn up
the chatf with un9uenchabls fire
Great multitudes Of other tramps fol.
lowed this tramp and his tramping dis
ciples around. And when be got to
Je, usalem you may know how the
Scribes and Phsrisees and Chief Pries-
is OF that day, answering TO the high
salaried parsons and eminently re-
spectacle among their congregations OF
the present day, went after tho tramp
as a turbulent fellow and o stirring
up Of the people, snd finally crucitied
him between two thieves. How much
Of the spirit of that meek and lowly
tramp has descended, o. my friends, on
the fat. t.bellied parsons who dispense
with the Christian religion under the
modern dispensatjon at ten or twenty
thousand per annun. besides the the.
atrical perquisitess How shall we
compare that glorious fountain which
flowed for all suffering humanity With
out money and without price. with this
adulterated gospel which only rich
mems money can buy, and only their
vitiated-tastes enjoys I wish you TO
understand that the
TRAMPs WHO TRAINED THROUGH
PALESTINE,
Establishing the Christian religion; the
traups who deserted to David in the
Cave Of Adullam; the tramp who cross
ed the Red Sea and tramped over Asia
Minor, under that noted old tramp.
NJ oses; the tramps who established the
Roman Empire, under those vagabonds.
Romulns and Remus; the tramps who
tramped around over Europe and final
ly clubbed together and bought up all
the old tubs and landed on Plymouth
Rock and elsewhere ON these shores.
and all the tramps who have, since the
foundation Of the world, lit out and
ests sblished nations, have done so be-
cause of misrule. oppression. corruption
and monopoly at home. They tell me
that there are million of tramps in
these United States:a million Of men
as badly off as was the carpenter OF
Nazercth. tramping through the corn-
fields Of Judea. This million OF t:amps
ere but the grist ground out by the
government machine. As the parsons
have substituted the gospel OF greed
for the simple gospel of Christ, % the
lawmakers and law expounders and
law executors have
TURNED THE GOVERNMENT INTO A
swrSpLLS8 MACHINE.
The poverty Of these trassps is the
counterpart OF the extra float Of the
boniholder, anil the result cfthe extra
twist Of the monopoly screw.
And now comes tho Reverend tuod