Daily Republican., 1881-10-10
Sham ReviVo is ..

number of religious revivalists who ar
travelling over the country and con
ducting revival meetings, for in doin
so We would place ban upon man
very worthy, pious people. and do tn
, cause of morality and religion a grea
injury, but We are doing nothing NOR
than our simple duty when we condemn
the sheep in wolves clothing that pl.
the same ayocation aud bring discredi
and disgrace upon the real followers o
the meek and lcwly Master. General!
speaking these bind leaders have :
language of their own, which to intel
llgent ears is unmeaning and calculated
to mislead. They all professlto walk il
tne higher life of religion, which means
purity OF heart and s.nctiticatiou, bul
in their practice it means anything else
They often use the most nonsen sitaI
slang imaginable in regard TO religion,
aud were the ears of the Almighty open
to such blasphemy, they might well
trembe for the retrihution which might
be expected to follow. The latest of
these sanctimonious pretenders, who
have been deceiving the people aid
mystifying them by foolish phrases, area
Rev. } A. Lansing and a Miss WaId.
This precious couple have. been, perted
and Toasted in religious circles until in
some sections in the East and West no
great revival meeting was thought to be
compete and great success without
them. They not only bad in theI tray.
els an eye to saving souls, or rather
of lifting souls up INFO higher sphere
of spiritual enjoyment, hut they seem
to have kept an eye also to securing the
pecuniary means with which TO carry
IN tteir work, and it matterrd very
little " them what means they mad,
use OF TO get possession Of It, TaeN
were both arrested on Saturday in New
York Tor swindling "A Mrs. Lydia Up
ham out of some.sl 600, and IN default
Of bal the modecs revival,Sts were com.
lnitted TO Jail. The character of this
wolf in Sleeps clothing, is shown by
the following phrases in a letter whioh
he wrote to Mrs. lpham. "rhe plans
ard arrangements" says .this precious
etter, "were all III -de in God, and
ian move ouly as lie commands. Can
you lot follow the word Of God ~ II
,alne to you first in Carrie Ward, and
inow it 20 be Of God, and know i, a.
'ou did then and follow it az you did |
hen? The papers are all drawn in God |
md are at his disposal Yours in
'hrist Jesus, the Lord God. Amen. j.
\. Lansing This wonderful letter
vas written in reply to Mrs. Upham's
emand for her bank stock which She
ad loaned TO Mr.. Lansing and Miss
Ward some two or three years before,
nd for which she had received only "A
ew N ,nthS' lnleres., Mrs. Upham did
ot exactly comprehend the in"a.liug Ct
uCh illustrated cant and so far forgot
he teachings OF the higher life doctri.e
Us TO have her teachers arrested. She
'ould not exactly see how being
perfect rs taught by her preceptors
'juld bring back her $4,000, and do
ermined to mix her Gevotions with
title legal suasion.
This, however, is hnt the end of two
mpos;Ors. There are many more nc
loubt imitatingsMoody and Sankey in
'lety, bit unlike them are without the
PRACTICAL part Cf christianity. The re.
lglous community are terribly imposed
pon by ltinerant revlvalists, and if
ministers in charge Of churches are
wise they will give them the cold
boulder unless they bring the bes: of
A few days ago a
minister started out from a little charge
u the Eastern Shore of Maryland,
ending in advance to all the news
'ape1s in the line of his travels a
printed circular of hisappointments for
hree months ahead, announcing at the
anne time the names of ministers Who'll
re TO supply his pulpit in his absence,
nd the names Of some ten or a dozen
Gentlemen who were appointed tC meet
ach minister at the depot upon his ar.
lval. A more bombastic display. of
e1 importance and a man hosting
lmhelf into prominence tefOre the
ublic is seldom seen 1t will meet
18th the contempt it merits, and the
lin!stor VINO will arrest this wander.
X, flying comet and send hun back to
is charge will not only do him but tn,
'use of religion great favor. Such
arnterins stars shed very uncertain ,
ght, and instead of leading in the
ght way, like the "Jack OLantern"
lure into the bogs and marches of
acertainty and infdelity. Il
Tive Democratic Usurpati~n. !