The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-03-17
The Lime Kiln Club.

"Several letters have come to me
aoorin' de pas week akin me to define
my posishun on dis queshun of amuse-
ments," said Brudder Gardner, us the
lamps were turned up. "Ebery once
in while dar' am yell fur reform, an
sartin men an women weep an wall
ober de gineral wickedness of do world.
De church pitches into dc theater, do
prayer-meetin' whaeks away at dancin',
an de Sunday school-teaeher tells de
leetle boys dat de circus am mex doah TO
perdishun. 1t has bin my opinyun fur
de las fifty y'ars dat dis was wicked
world. 1t was created fur a wicked
world. De Lawd wanted it dat way, an
He made it to please Hisself. De Scrip
turs state dat wickedness shall abound
in cherry co'ner of de land; dat men
shall murder an rob an women go
astray dat chill'en shall deny deir par
ents an brudder turn agin brudder. All
sich fings am predicted an to be 'spectcd
an looked fur, an nobody has any
grounds to howl AN weep. Ii dis war a
good world we should have no need Of
preachers, deacons an Sunday-schuol
teachers. Preachers will tell you dat
man am imperfect, nn' dat de Lawd
made him to go astray, an yet da5 wall
turn aroun' an wonder dat he am not
goodness billed down.
{" Deed, gem'len, but de only better
world dan dis am heaben itself You
have got to hunt fur wickodness to fin
il. You have got to PREJUDICE de case If
you can make wickedness out Of de Jokes
of circus clown or do plot OF de ordi-
4. 4 IL, 1f,I hNr
fndin' fault wild de world He made an
de people He put yere, I'm afraid it
would be faint praise. De preacher who
can't 60 to dc theater widout feelin'
wicked had better stay away. II he
wasn't ON de hunt to fin wickedness he
wouldn't see it any mo dan de rest Of us.
Me an de ole woman kin go out an
dance Virginy reel fur TO nours am cum
home wild cla'r consciences fur faInily
prayers. We kin set down to lleerds an
not forgit to be honest an charitable an
forgivin'. We kin go 10 circus an
come home an fank Sod dat our lives
have bin spar'd anoder day, an dat we
am still left to comfort de sick an for
give de erin. If gwine to sich places
makes preacher feel dat Satan has got
a mortgage on him den he'd better stay
home.
"No man airnest in de good cause
wants to fight agin human natur. Man
am social bein'. He likes to be pleased
an amoosed. Make tombstone Of hin
an he'll soon hate hisself. When see
a man who claims to be too good tC
watch circus purceshun pass long the
street neber work for him widout de
cash in advance. When l fin mar
who am down ON amoosements | doan
work fur him at all. A var ago, wheI
mean de olewoman was ioggin' oberto dc
| circus we met man who said we wal
gwine straight to Texas. He said hC
would .:ooner see his son in his cofliI
dan in circus, and he scarf de ole lady
most to death. kept track OF dai
tombstone, an in less dan six months
he left town widout payin' his gas bill
water tax, butcher or grocer, an he an
no exception in his class. Look out fo
solum-faced men. Bewar' Of de mel
who weep ober de wickedness Of a worlt
made SO by de Lawd fur reasons Of Hi
own. Have no truck wild men who neb
Der laff. A man widout faults am
man widout reason. A man widou
wickedness am a man widout argument.
Detroit Free Press.