Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-18


powers of inyective seldom equaled he has
received and must through all mis- future bear
the ineffaceable stains of wrong-doing and he
may well exclaim with Cardinal Wolsey, in
his fall, "Had but served my God with half
the devotion have served my king (ambi-
tion), He would not thus have left me TO suf-
fer reproach" BAPTIST.
The above is from Baptist minister, but
the following is from the pen of a common
mortal, who has not had the good fortune to
have been baptized by immersion. nor, we
fear, by any other method of administering
that important ordinance
EDS. RECORD UNION: A local tie N in your
paper this morning attracted my attention
and amused me greatly. The item related to
the late Baptist Convention, and was a brief
concise and just criticism on the spirit of that
Convention. l attended the Convention be.
carlse was informed there would be Emusic
in the air." | never had the pleasure before
OF witnessing the proceedings of any religious
body, and had formed an opinion of the
dignity and solemnity of such proceedings
which has been wholly and pleasantly dis
PEELED. AS you say in the local referred to,
they do things very much after the manner of
common sinners. On the day when Guirey
got in his work on Kaloch on a side bar, it
was evident that Guirey was feeling the SEN
timent to see how best he and his party would
stand in the main fight. The manner in which
the Convention sat down upon him was very
discouraging. DIR. Frost mistook his calling.
He should have been politician. He did as
nice little piece OF parll amentary management
as | have ever seen in any ward meeting. But
to appreciate the thing in all its rare beauty
you should know more of the true inwardness
of the whole affair. There was a fellow here
from Lawrence, Kansas, by the name of
Simmons. He was evidently in the employ
of the De Youngs, or some other active anti
Kalloch agency. At all events he was most
malignant little hornet and buzzed around
the Convention, with his stinger out its full
length. He called meeting of the ministers
to meet him in the lecture-room of the
church, where he proposed they should take
sweet council together how they might destroy
the metropolitan bull of the woods. | was
not there, of course. But having accidentally
run across Simmons can infer something of
what took place. 1t was undoubtedly feast
upon the choicest carrion of scandal, for as a
scandal-monger that Simmons was boss. |
don't know whether he was Baptist or
not, but l presume he was, his presence
in the Convention or about it justi
flying that presumption. Well, the anti
Kalloch caucus resolved on action. Not by
any IOTIual CAUCUS dRTetu1tnl, DuG EOulul-
mons had strengthened their spiritual faith
Among the things understood among them
was that Mr.. Cole, of Dixon, should be
Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions.
Dr. Gray agreed before his election to APP
point Cole, who was to bring In some Sun
day-observing resolutions, in which Kalloch
was to be cut right open on his Sunday
breaking sand Robustness. This, you see,
was good political management, resembling
the best methods of the ungodly politicians.
DIR. Gray was elected Chairman, and by that
stroke the anti Kallochs captured the Con-
vention. Knowing something of the pro-
gramme was surprised that Ike should let
them get away with him so easily. On the
day before he had brushed away his tor
mentors and sent them buzzing and democrat
lied like swarm of flies 1t was masterful
piece OF work, and l was pleased to see them
discounted. Now, however, / saw that they
had the thing, and L feared they would
be too many for Isaac. An anti
Kalloch Committee on Resolutions was
appointed. Cole was made Chairman,
and the programme was working smooth
ly. Abbott was on the committee. Abbott
is the most preternaturally solemn thing in
all animated nature except wet dog. The
resolutions appeared in due time. Mr. Cole
had his anti, misunderstanding gun loaded
for Kalloch, and the game was in sight.
Abbott, with three others of the committee,
had the main manifesto drawn up in theolog-
ical-seminary English. Thus this anti.
Kalloch committee advanced on the enemy
in two sections. Kalloch appeared unsus-
pecting and undisturbed. The reading of the
resolutions began and proceeded far enough
to reveal their true import. Kalloch arose to
point of order. He was cool and self
possessed. l began to suspect that he knew
more of the movements of his willy foes
than had hoped for. A point of order, Mr..
Chairman. No charges had been presented
against him ia his church, and this Conven-
ton had no authority to try him; this was
not an ecclesiastical Court by several
Then came motion to lay the resolu-
ton on the table without reading A
call was made for the ayes and noes
a vote by churches. Cushing's Manual was
quoted as authority in support of the right
to demand the roll call. Kalloch whisked his
brush again. ''When did the Baptist Church
adopt Cusbing's Manual as an authority gov
erning its ecclesiastical and denominational
councils ?" The Chairman now has the say,
thought |, and he is programme against Kali
loch But the Chairman had rot even heard
the demand for the call of churches. The
thing was splendid. ''All in favor of laying
the resolutions on the table will rise, and
forty-six arose. \ clean majority, and Kali
loch has got them. l saw three ladies urging
a minister to get up, and after a feeble resist
ance he got. Then L said, "Now for Coles
anti-Sabbath- breaking gun" But it was not
heard from. To the hour of adjournment
Dr. Gray parted that explosion, and Mr..
Cole has it still in his pocket. The Chairman
wasn't programme, and so nobody got away
with Isaac much. HYDRoPATH1sT.