Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-02
Ga.nesriIIe's Religion.
spccial Correspondence Of the Gazette.
nt.,.;iIa necembtr 3l,-The Il

ahout-so seldom an improvement.
! What could be more appropriate py
way of preparation than attendance
M church yesterday? In a place IKE
! Gainesville q stranger is at less 10
chpose fr nm the many place OF wor-
I shin 10 visit, presumiug he nas no ue'
{ no,itin,tionai bias. The stately steepie
of the Baptist church suggested com,
I tnrtabIe house beneath, and the cool
weather applied to ones desire Tor
nhysicaI ease. The good singing OF
me of those old hymns-old be
c,use il is good-welcom
this stranger. 1t is noticeable fact
That churches rs rule are poorly
provjded with hymn books Tor the
congregation: that aggregation VIII
never Know what they - escaped by
tle lack. 4 young man occupied the
pulpit, faced 10y a very respectable
CONGREGATION ia appearance and mum
Der. he is spare, not Of remarkable
appeiraucs Tor oi ma sed Clerical
look. but his first utteTaDces evidenced
tie pc,,essiun Of clear voice. wei
trained fur .lis puI pusts, and PLEASANT.
Briegy the Rev J + huir stated his
;ext. What ), YoUr lie. irum Jamts
episiie No rlore approi Ti=te theme
could nave been chosen Tor the time.
AMI the speaker pnlntediy exPatlated
upon tbs sAtjec,, What : ycur lie!
i,s Influence. power, duties, aims
NJ uusili mSuT ui thai ccngrt CATION
had invir uesF lest well IN hand,
anu p~Erll2nce viii hot await the
avn 81 the BeS Yea. ee.pre turn
Jug. One declaration the preacher
made weli worth admiration: y be-
li=ve. said ts. There exists n every
luAu something good though il may
ue covered los much rubbish. In the
Lslrsct TN, might Ice declared by al!
Chr stjsn-. oUt riacjlrail. how about
AZ DO ysI ever reflect how such
nloye ueu,s IS that al Waco Of the
Re iri u and Benevolent association
gain grJuad, = mpathy and adherents
10y lie very humane platform they
stand upln-the brotherhood OF man?
/; would ues gI,s- iibei to say the
Christian churches do not teach that
doctrine and much bey ond. But the
practice Well, - far - the practice
here J. concerned, the widow and
iatherless are being substantially visit
Cd: to dag fiull arrangements VIII be
completed tor The collection and Gistrt-
button ui funds ana goods Tor the poor.
A rIy enterprise, presumably joined
ln 10y all good people, aud certainly
started by the E.->!uT-. Sow thai i
>"a.thinG practical aud Il credit to
Gainesville. Life 80 lived amounts 10
snmethiHs There was something ia
rliu9r lrlLj- wrler about Mr.. T. III :
Is reakinr auu i' making mental cam-
-,rispus. b.. T. g. Taylor. nov oi
New YORK., WAS iau-t readily thought
Of Mr.. Eff may some day he j.
l. Burrows, vr Broauus, or Jvlei.
He is now much ine Ur Taylor ten
5 ears agu and 4 higher compliment
he shusld not want u ht4 people
ever see he BAPTIST Teacher, H. lame
OF + l.. IaE iur Is known 10 tusm
Am told that the Methodist ueu0n!-
inst n i probably the largest her.
the southern aud Northern bodies are
both provided with church buildings /
thai of the Northern MeshOdists being |
Il well tuilt brick structure the |
Cumberland Presbyteg!aus and those |
OF the Old school are well represented Z
anu influential Who is The best
speaker here among the ministersn' /
and the answer placed the Rev. Dr. !
Lawson or the Episcopal church ut the I
heaG as a speaker. This body are pre- /
pairing the foundation for SlO,001 |
church, the money in part being from !
Il general subscription, for which the !
place is noted. Indeed. there exist, q
rivalry "a to who eau give the most.
and this would alone indicate the
general prosperity, Tor the money is
recruited from without and within
hoo IA d f1,,.s. Z
ton is also well represented here.
Lack OF opportunity permitted visit
10 but one other church at night. The
southern Methodtsts are provided
with a frame building as neat and
cosey AS one would wish. In
he well lighted room the
tall form of the Rev j. :. Ashburn
was easily va ched rs he dwelt IN his
discourse upon beneyOienre, from the
text "He hath filed the hungry with (
good things Evidently aesthetic
has not reached here may /
1t never.l and by the term you VIII OF I
course understand is meant those I
beautiful abstract philosophical moth /
lhgs; but in its place practical pre- /
cepts well lived up 10. Nothwlth- |
standing the prosperity of so
'c"t puItluH OF the people here,
yet always the poor We have with
you" aud the care now to be taken of
such will 20 far toward disarming
s,kepticism of its jeers. By the way,
do you know of any hospital, any a..
Siun ever built by skeptics? Stephen
ulitrd quilt SPLENDID college
II Philadelphia; has he had any ini-
lators IN thar Did you never hear of
Christians or Christian influence ma
IN the shape of bcuefactions
Tor the poor and deserving Come To
-nink oI 1t, those Who preter the title
Di Free ;hinkers do not ~ u body stand
on much else khan an imaginary plat.
Iorm OF the brotherhood of man. Az
: Dody, mind, such seems the ease. but
mat tn reate not uoble, generous unbe.
leYgrs III Christianity who do much
5poa silently, you nor dare assert.
lut " may be claimed as prompted bv
tristan influence and example In
)thers.
~ he Rev. Mr.. Ashburn promises
li0nherdiscnur-e on "Tramps,n and il
5 an Interesting speculation Is Ia what
Ihristianily would on can do with
The religion OF Gainesville il
healthy, os are all other things here
ma ii ibis be TO any criterion of the