The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-03-31

Th' following. from . San FRANCHISES
paper. II . report Of . viIlAinous hsr
.aogue in tho pulpit Of Metropolis,
Temple. last Sunday. by the Rsveeeol
Mayor OF the city:
The sermon Of Rev John Hsmphil
at Calvary Church on yesterday week
on the duty Of tho hour in the pressn
situation Of Affairs N this city, ~,
made the prstsxt for . violent persons
attack spOn the character Of that gen
tlsmsn y The Msyoe Of ths city IN hil
p'dpit st the Mstfopolitan Temple las
evening. Tho lecture va Advertised Il
q morning contemporary. and On ed'
mission Of ten cents per heed wsBlyu,
upon the house. with regular box Of.
dec 1t the Asad d the stajn The o.
tack was made jn the foEm. Of prelude
70 The lsetsr6 Of ,fhe sS6liaS. aad Wsl
the vehicle Of one of the most vile and
ipfancos estscks Sp~n : 0hsial - seia'
later ever perpetssted. A % sseKcuaa
for WHIST, - ~ sob0A 80. ~
speaker charged that NJ Hsmp.,iN had
missnprsssstsd ssaf misqsute6 i've lsu.
g,mge Of bis Uoien Hall spsech. Incl.
dsntaliy asnoensihe M 'dknpAilli - I
reverend libsllsr. be sid: "Nnw, Issk
what ytu think ef . Ohsfsajsn aiujatss
who caa cit ceoliy down IL bis ntody
and prssoad to prey - AitAis sht3 0o1
to help him wake . Sermon, asd then
give that abstract oat of that speech,
aud rspreseet me in such lieht u
shat! II tho asvil don't get sne6 usiae
listers - that
THxRE 10 NO USE IN HAVING A DEVIL.
Laughter and applause. Thomas
Carlyle once said that Great Britain
wss composed Of 5000. 900 people,
mostly fools, BY which ~ didn't mean,
of ceorts, tO say that q ggDst msjoeity
Of tbs people. Of Gfsat Britain were
idiots. bat that thAy csmsundee shat
definition Of . fool which Webster
gives ~ one whe acts contrary to the
dictates Of good sense Under the
same rule pronounce . n,an . fool who
will deliver such discourse - this one
l have referred to- II wss the discourse
OF . fool. however much be msy. know,
and the people whue, hea1d itto2A a,,.
rlaudtd It 10 lhipS - are I(3S aud
the people who read it sud endorsed it
are fools. aud that 10 Why 1 call this .
prelude for the information OF Rev
John Hemphill. l have proved him to
be something worse than fool. A man
must b. . knave who can do uhat I
have shownsthat snan = hase 1Obe. He
cannot b anything elss; buts1t : suf-
ficient for my present purposs 10 treat
him - . fool. There msy be some
here who think am unwarrauted in
calling man fsol in recollection Of
the divine prohibition: "Whoever shall
ssy thou fool shall be iu danger Of hell
fire.'.
~HE eCRIPTUAE lNTBRPRETs ITSELF.
Il is % be taken - 8 whole. snd WIT
eyer our Savior msnnt, witkeut Saep.
ping 70 explain Il now. II = csreginl
that be didn't meoA e pr4nfbi6 me
from calling HsmpAlll . fool II lauhhI
ter because he he's called him fool
before I did. Renewed laughter. I
Let me quote . few sentences from his
terrific asraignment Of the hypocrites
aud Pbarisses of this day. HE linsal au-
cestors end antssypes in . direct aad
unbroken line of all such PF6shytsrjS9e
ss NJ Hsaphill aud lha3 OAlvSv4l
Church. Woo unto you. Scribes end
Pharisees. hypocr,tes! for 70 shut rp
the kingdom of Heaven against men;
for 70 neither 90 in yourselves. and
thoas that would 70 in - hinder" :"
Woo unto you seribes and Phssieseau
hYpccritss. for yss detuos wi6t1l
houses" don't think there was any
renegade Irishman IN the Savior's day
who had nsrsiad an epoleae wiAsv
and squsndered her peopefty b. u.st6cks.
GLaugbtsr.l Ideas .kpews LaH ttne
there we're any sacA chst1cssiS Il Ia
day. bat il there we're this .vosA b. :
good description Of hin. .'Ye asvu1s
~idow1 house, and 5oe : Apretssss 1sks
long prayers Therefore, 20 sha1l ies
ceivs the greater 5dsosieioi." The
speakers qsotstjosG ~ s1nGux6sM ~
scale Of woss and dsukd itioia ,tyo.
neuncod by the 0asioe> aaninak tie
Scribes, Pharisoet And 6}poofitSs u bic
day. aud apptisd them 5ovssally - 1Er
HsmphiMy sanqiag mp, as1hese sss ~
werda4t cais9 l6sel4s ~ H. GntivoS
applied b1 No ID jast nd aAinat&f I
- Mr. Aemphill. who aboundsd in his
day. and therefore I hsse HE warrant
for pronouncing hin . fool - veil %
ios indsieieg Ia othss Ngtop optivee 49,
may OCCUR - me asf ~ ssose: ~
nay rake the appl cation Of it. bat shs
fact is that Christ foseavs the sinful
vsman sna the dying tAtsEf bot tetsE1
Just exactly sanotiuloEiops feAudt ard
White sepulchess . this rssson4 3eho
Hsuphill the lips Of inanite lsvs b.
came white with tho foam Of divine in
dignaeisn - Ne aja: ''Ho0 csn - =.
cape the Ssmnsej0o e 16e1e AAd hew
can they. II there il . pit In hell that
ID deeper. das1or aMl Aoeaot sliae an-
other, ssrsly II. viii, u ressgvsd M
for the tempfpd fln1sts ~ )oe 4tEttf :
outcast. whose wholo life vss hotl IN
which he busoo6 euad ffom vAlo6 sho
had no pever 20 secspe. net tog the
chained oMd en- ylt6t1oA vi6(i6Of o1t1k
ward cise16ssaAouE but 1oe shs- -.
calculates cnAGsn1e6 sanA ,uhok4go.
fessing 10 he . follower OF the lovly
Nasasssss. Ard - 6So4 1$9h(6nan 4ws
70 proclaim his balvaklon "a The p6os..
tnpns from thnm IN nfnieshnnf of neod