The daily gazette., 1878-07-01
enemy, but, of course, this could not be


noted two inidel editors of national cele- |
brity, followed by great wagons contain |
ing steam presses There were also five !
member of Congr ,ss.
All the noted intidels and scoffers of |
the country seemed TO be there. Most of |,
them passed in unchallenged by the SEN |
tinel, but at last IA meek-looking indivi- |
dual with white neck-tie approached,
and he was stopped. | saw at a glance il |
was well-known "liberar' preacher of
New York.
''Do you believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ 2" said the sentinel.
"Not much" said the doctor.
Every body laughed, and he was al
lowed to pass in.
/ There were artists there, with glorious
! pictures; singers, with ravishing voices;
tragedians and comedians, whose names
have worldwide fame.
Thea came another division of the in
I tidel .host-saloo by thousands,
proprietors of gambling hells, brothels
and theatres
Still another division swept by: burg
lars, thieves, thugs, incendiaries, high
waymen, murderers-all-all marching
in. My vision grew keeper. i beheld,
and, 10! Satan himself brought up the
rear.
High above the mass was banner on
which was inscribed, "What has Christi
| anity done for the country 2" and another.
on which was inscribed, "Down with
the Churches! Away with Christianity
it interferes with our happiness" " And
then came a murmur of voices, that
l grew louder until a shout went up like
the roar of Niagara: "Away with him
Cruelty him, cruelty him~ 1 felt no
desire now to enter Ingersollville.
AS the last of the procession entered, a
few men and women with broad-brimmet
hats and plain bonnets made their ap-
I..a a.,1 tal .t..
sionaries, but they were turned rudely
away. A jealous young Methodist eX-
horter, with bible under his arm, asked
permission to enter; but the senti mel
swore at him awfully. Then l thought
1 saw brother Moody applying for ad-
mission, but he was refused. / could not
help smiling to hear Moody say, as he
turned sadly away:
"Well they let me live and work in
Chicago; it is very strange they won't
let me into Ingersollville."
The sentinel went inside the gate and
shut it with bang; and l thought, as
soon as it was closed, mighty angel
, barred the gate on the outside, and
wrote upon it in letters of fire, "Doomed
to live together six months" Then he
went away, and all was silent, except
} the noise of the revelry and shouting
that came from within the walls.
= Where's my old friend, I--?" said
the Chicago man.
40, he Is going about to-day with a
subscription paper to build church.
They have gotten up petition to send
out for lot Of preachers to come and
r hold revival services. II we can only
c get them over the wall, we hope there's
D future for Ingersollville yet"
The six months ended. Instead ci
opening the door, however, tunnel was
dug under the wall big enough for one
t person TO crawl through at time. First
came two bankrupt editors, followed by
Col.-himself; and then the whole po-
| pulation crawled through. Then thought
) somehow, great crowds of Christians sur
rounded the city. There were Moody ,ant
/ Hammond, and Earle, and hundreds o
Methodists preachers and xhorters. ant
they struck up, singing together,
! Come ye sinners. poor and needy"
A needier crowd was never seen OF
earth before.
:. conversed with some of the inhabi
I tants of The abandoned city, and asked ;
h few of them this question,
q "Do you believe in hell ?"
| cannot record the answers they
r were terribly orthodox.
!, One old man said, "Pve BEEN there or
probation for six months, and l dom
want to join"
| knew by that he was an old Metho
dist back, lider. The sequel of it all wa
v great revival, that gathered i'll might.
= harvest from the ruined City OF lhger'
!, sollville.
Vast assemblies of reformed inc briates
: | with their wives and children, gathered
in the open air. No building would hold
u them. L thought l was i'll one meeting
where Bishop simpson made an address
d and as he closed ita mighty shout wen
n up TIL the earth rang. o, it was won
d derful and then We stood up and saEi
o with tears ofjoy,
Z "All hail the power of Jesus name
d Let angels PROSTATE fall
BRING forth the royal diadem,
o And crown him Loi of all"
The six months had well-nigh gone.
made my way back again to The gate o
/ Ingersollville. A dreadful sill nee reign
ell over the city, broken only by th'
! sharp crack of a revolver now and then
IS / saw busy man trying TO get in at tn
It gate, and 1 said to him, "My frien'
e where are you FROM"
a ~ live In Chicago" said he, "ant
= they've taxed us to death there; and W
> heard of this city, and want to go III t.
buy some real estate in thls new an'
t growing place"
: He failed utterly to remove the bar
e bnt by some means he got a ladder abou
q twelve feet long, and, with its aid, h
$: climbed up upon the wall. With an ey
- to business, he shouted to the first persol
. he saw
p "Hallo, there whats the price ofrea
estate in Ingersollville !"
o "Nothingw shouted a voice; you cal
5 have all you want ifyou'll just take 1t an'
pay the taxes"
s. "What made your taxes so high?
A. said the Chicago man. L noted the ans
=, wer carefully shall never forget it:
A. "We've had to build forty new Jail
le and fourteen penitenu arie es-a lunati
asylum and orphan asylum in ever.
ward; we've had to disband the publl
schools, and it takes all the revenue o
Q the city to keep up the police force"
L went away, and as | journeye'
through the land could not believe IN,
eyes. Peace and plenty smiled every