The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-06-05


Protestant church in pleasant way.
and at the same time make $40 by
doing so. as for the Christian brothers
to take the boys under their charge
out on the commons and spend several
hours playing base bail Sunday after
moons, neither Of which the priests
condemn us for and must be all right
after we have performed our christian
duties in our own church"
HERE Is ANOTHER PASSAGE
from the next page: "SOme persons
claim that the organ is not included
in the worship of God As it is dumb
instrument and the organist mauipu-
lates it by a mechanical operation.
without reference to his worship.
This idea permits person whose re-
ligion it is to call Jesus Christ an i'm
poster to preside at the organ and
make it sound the very same notes of
praise to Jesus, in time and harmony
in perfect concert with the choir, ard
vet it has nothing to do with the wOr-
ship, according TO some opinions
But it is poor rule that will not
work both ways, and by this doctrine
We are left in the awkward predica-
ment of excluding those from the use
of the organ who wish to engage in
worshipping the Lord. There Is no
escape from this dilemma for those
who accord the organ or organist no
place in the worship of God. =
We understand that the organist in
one of our churches performs in a
Jewish Synagogue during the service.
To this person worships with a congre-
CATION. one day in the week, which be-
lieves that Jesus is the Savior of men,
and on another day of the same week
with those who pronunce him an I'M
poster. And this straight out. abso-
lutte standardization by foul praising
and then denouncing the Savior
goes on week after week, through the
love of money" The second chapter
is headed, "Our paid Christian singers
proven to be worse than those to
whom God said 4: '.Ye have robbed
nue.. Ye are cursed with a curse"
In conclusion, there is told
TERRIBLE STORY OF A MINISTER
who has a very fashionable church,
in " bich magnificent choir renders
the finest music: No names are given
4 member of this ministers fcck was
very sick, and it was vitality necessary
that he should 60 South. Although
his church and pastor knew ailahout
his trouble, not one cent was distIi-
buted by them. The man was sent
away by the aid of another minister
and his friends. The amount raised
was small, and he could not take
sleeper
The trip in the common car was a
dreadful blow to him and he was ut
terly Frustrated by it. Instead of
getting better he sunk r,ore rapidly.
He soon wrote that b. wanted funds
to come home to die. This letter
was shown to his pastor and laid be-
fore the peaple, yet, strange as it may
seem, not one cent was raised. Funds
were again raised by another clergy
man, the same who had lent aid be-
fore, but h. delay in waiting on the
sick mans own pastor was so prolonged
that he died before tt funds were
available to take him home. Natu.
rally enough. the widow, Frustrated
by grief, spoke her mind verify freely
about her pastors hardness of heart.
The pastor called on her. He found
her in bed, stricken with grief, and
heart-broken that her husband had
died and been buried away from home.
He offered up a lovely prayer, so the
lady says, before which she told him
In substance. CDR. other min
listers have been here, to see my hus
band during his long illness, but his
own pastor never darkened his door
during his connection with the church"
This stung the pastor little and he
replied: "When you get over your
affiiction, sister, you had better 60 to
those who have befriended you." The
sick man before he went south said
that if his faith in religion depended
on his pastor and bis church, he
would die an infdel. His wife never
received a cent. although, to support
herself in her widowhocd and before,
she had to sew all day and half the
night. The case is used as a contrast,
and the amount of mo ney spent by
this same pastor on his fashionable
choir is commented On in very strong
language. Altogether the pamphlet
is a scorcher, but the author, who, as
yet, objects to the giving Of his name
to the public, is confident that he.can
confirm every word he has written.