The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-01-14
rss Advent Preacher and the BALLOON.

There occasionally occurs an incident
IN this world that viii make q person
LAUGH though the laughing may border
ON lie eacriIiripus. For instance. there
i mot . Christian but will smile at the
IGNORANCE Of the Advent preacher up ID
jackson County who, when he saw the
balloon of King, the balioonist, gong
through the nir, thought IT was the sec
ond coming Of Christ, and got down on
his knees and shouted TO King, who WIS
throwing out sand bag, while has com
psnion was opening q bottle OF export
beer. so. Jesus, do mot pass ane by. 2
And vet, il is wrong to laugh at the
poor Iraan. who took an advertising agent
for q Chicago clothing store fr the
Savior, WING he supposed was making his
SECOND farewell tour. The minister had
been preaching the second coming OF
Christ until be looked for Him every
minute. He would have bean rs apt to
think. living as he did in the back woods,
that fellow riding bicycle, With ms
hair and legs parted In theiniddle, along
the country road, was the object ct has
search, We should pity the poor znisn
for his ignorance, we who believe that
when Christ does come he viii come IN
the old fashioned wsy, and NOT IN q
palace car. or st1addle Of the basket OF a
balloon. But we can't help wondering
what the Adventist must have Thought,
when he appealed 10 his savkr as he
supposed, and the ballooalist slis3 a sand
bag at him and the other fellow in the
basket threw out beer bottle snd asked,
s4Where in sre we?' The Adventist
must have thought that the Savior OF
mankind was travelling in mighty queer
company. or that he had taken the other
fellow along as . frighfful example.
And what could the Adventist have
Thought when he saw . message thrown
cat 81 the balloon, and went with trem-
bling limbs and beating heart 10 pick u
up. believing that il was command
from on high to sinners, and found that
il was nothing but hand bill for Chi
cago hand-1ne-d down clothing store. He
must have come to the conclusion that
the Son of Man had got pretty low down
10 take a job Of bill posting for rever-
sible ulster and paper collar bazaar. IL
must have been food for redecsion Tor
the Advent preacher, rs he picked up
the empty beer hottie, SHE'D at him
from the charias that he supposed
carried TO earth the redeemer OF man.
He must have wondered if some Nil
wankee brewer had not gone TO heaven
and opened brewery. OF course we
who are intelligent, and who would
know q balloon If we saw il, would not
have had any such thoughts, but We
must remember that this moor Advent
preacher thought that the day had come
that he'd been promised so long, and
that Christ was going to make landing
in q strong Republican county. We may
laugl, at the Adventist's disappointment
that the balloon did not tie up to .
stump and take him on board, but il
was q serious matter to him. He had
been waiting for the wagon, full OF hope,
and when il came, and he saw the
helmet ON Kings head aud Thought j.
was a crown Of glory, his heart beat with
Joy, and he plead in piteoas accents
not to be passed by. and the COMPOUNDED
gas bag went ON and landed ina cram
berry marsh, and the poor, foolish,
weak, short-eighted imam had 10 get II
his work mighty lively W dodge The
sand bags, beer bottles, and rolls %
clothing store posters. The Adyentis,
would have been justified 10 renouncine
his religion II is sad, indeed. --Pccks
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