Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-07
Stories OF Blasphemy.

lHliiuelI)Hii WHO. Win Twelve kl0ur0u
spirits, was tax n. supper the other
evening Mt hotel. He was asked TO
offer Il PRAYER which, be NJ y loud and
blatant contcmncr of re igion. he did,
provoking by his bur esque the laugh
ter Of these present. When il was no.
ticed that thir;ecn were present at tho
table some one sal j, WAS 1.-THE last
supper. Soon after the old man ut
tered an oath 80 ,"rrih!e and blasphe-
nous that il shocked even his COM
rades. Sllsld,ny he grew pa.e, conn
piained o great pain. exclaimed, lin
afraid il my las. su pr after all"
and wen home. 81 Tering severely. and
feeling as il he had been struck II heavy
llow upon his head. Tie mex. morn
inr he was i und dead in led.
Two or three Years ago an Illinois
farmer who was very anxious about
SAVING his win at before it rained WAS
s,rucH dead by II bolt of iirhining in
hls doorway jasl rs he WAS cursing for
the thnnicr storm tina: came Oh ard
soaked his gra n.
A out 100 ers ago profl;-ate En-.
gl,h mob 'm,n nam.d Lord Sandriah
belonged to Il company of Young fellows
like himself, WHO l.ve,! in deserted
abbey and caricatureu with bla ph.mv
and obscenity the monks reli ious SER
wees which used TO lie performed
there. AT one of these orgic, Sand
rich invoked the devil, and 10 the hor-
ror Of himself and his comr,,!es that
parsonage leaped from an old chest.
and, alter running about. jumped upon
the nob.eman shoulders, wno tainted
with fcar. Ii was soon dis covered that
the "devil" was baboon that had
been hidden and at the proper moment
liberated by John Wilkes, who after
wards made. like Bradlaugh, an obsti.
nate fight for - seat in Parliament.
The records of the Scotch Church
contain many instances of the power of
the c.crgy over the lives of those who
di>regarded or fouted them. While
the Rev. John Welsh was dscoursing
to company al supper young man
disputed him. and finally ridiculed him
by pointing h finger at MIN and max
ing grimaces. Weisi charged the COM
panv TO take heed and see what the
Lord would doto him who had mocked.
Shortly after the young dispuiant sank
under the tab.c and died in the pres
ence Of the company.
At another supper some time aft
er q member of the party laughed at
the solemn discourse Of the Rev. Mr..
Hoy. Mr.. H0g turned around anu as
sured the scotfar that he would soon
seek for mercy and find 1t not. That
same night the scoffer was taken i'll,
aud in great alarm sent for the c. .ergy-
man. but before he could arrive the
sick man was dead.
A drunken man initiated an uncOuth
way of putting out his tongue whicn .
minister indulgeL in while preaching.
But to his horror the mocker found
that he could not draw In his ton .ue
again. the tongue s,iffcncd, paralysis
cnsued, and in few days the man
d.cd.
Three gentlemen left the church dur
ing discourse TO 90 to place of
amusement. The Clergyman ti,r.at-
ened them with he ID vine disp!e asure.
All three died violeEs deaths; one
had his throat cut.
A Sco;cn laird. having pulled a min.
lister out OF q pu pit whore no had no
rigat TO be, tue indignant c.ergyman n
cried: 'for this injury 10 servant Of
God you shall be brought into this
church Ike a stricken sow." A short
time after the laird was engaged in q
quarrel and his bleeding corpse was
brought in.o the c.inrch.
An imprisoned o.d clergyman cursed
a young CIR. wrpm he heard lau yning
at him ou side his cell. s le was alter
warts blown from y rock and drowned
in the sea.
Whether anyone Is inclined 10 believe
these stories or not. all coars. car CA-
lure OF religious beiefs is like profane
swearing. ''ncishsr brave. polite NOR
wise"