The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-03-15
The Linn Kiln Club.

"Ssveral letters have come to me
doorin' 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 do Rineral wickedness of de world.
De church pitches into de thcater, de
prayer-meetin' whacks away Mt dancin',
an de Sunday school-teacher tells de
leetle boys dat de circus am mex doah to
perdishun. 1t has bin my opinyun fur
de las fifty vars dat dis was wicked
world. 1t was created fur 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 dc land; dat men
shall murder an rob an women 60
astray dat chill'en shall deny DER par
ents an brudder turn agin brudder All
sich fings am predicted an to he 'spected
an looked fur, an nobody has any
grounds to howl an weep. If dis war
good world we should have no need Of
preachers, deacons an Sunday-school
teachers. Preachers will tell You dat
man am imperfect, an dat de Lawd
made him to go astray, an yet dey will
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 10 hunt fur wickedncss to fin
it. You have got to PREJUDICE de case II
you can make wickedness ont Of de jokes
of circus clown or de plot OF de ordi-
nary drama. III | had to praise God by
findin' fault wild dc world He made an
de people He put yere, I'm afraid it
would be faint praise. De preacher who
can't 90 to do theater widOut feelin'
wicked had better stay away. IL he
wasn't on de hunt to fin wickednoss he
wouldn't see it any mo- dan de rest OF lis.
Me an de ole woman kin go ont mn
dance Virginy reel fur 70 hours an cum
home wild ca'r consciences fur family
prayers. We kin set down to keerds an
not forgit to lie honest an charitable an
forgivin'. We kin go TO circus an
come home an flank God dat our lives
have bin spar'd anoder day, an dat We
am still left to comfort dc sick an for
give de erin. II gwine to sich places
makes preacher feel dat Satan has go'
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 a social bein'. He likes to be pleased
an amoosed. Make tombstone of hin
an he'll soon hate hisself. When ! SET
q man who claims to be too good tt
watch circus purceshun pass long thu
street neber work for him widout d,
cash in advance. When | fin q maj
who am down on amoosements | doan
work fur him at all. A var ago, whel
me an de ole woman was joggin' oberto d
circus we met man who said we wa
gwine straight to Texas. He said h
would :ooner see his son in his coffi
dan in circus, and he scarf de ole lad
most to death. l kept tack Of da
tombstone, an in less dan six month
he left town widout payin' his gas bill
water tax, butcher or grocer, an he 81
no exception in his class. Look out fc
solum-faced men. Bewar' OF de me
who weep ober de wickedness of q worl
made 30 by de Lawd fur reasons of II
own. Have no truck wild men who mel
Der laff. A man widout faults am
man widout reason. A man wido'
, wickeduess am man widout argument
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