Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-10
P11EERrNa A PULPIT.
A Cowboy, Dissatisfied With a
Preacher, Makes Him vaoate
His Stand.
[Denver News. !

are numerous benches on which the
congregations sit, and the floor is
composed of equal quantity of saw
dust and shavings. The seats are
free, AMI the sisters and brothers sit
together, sing out of the same hymn
book and fan with the same fan.
The pulpit is a rude but substantial
structure, a wing of which supports
an organ and the choir; one sister,
who is also the Organist, and broth
or compose the choir.
The mourner's bench is long enough
to bold a dozen by crowding. II
hasn't been filed yet, but if more
room is necessary another bench will
be added. The meeting has been in
progress but week, and the audience
are constantly increasing. The lead.
ers are terribly in earnest, and art
anxiously striving to snatch brands
from the burning.
The minister was preaching abou,
Moses and Christ last night, and wa'
telling about Moses leading the chill
drcn of Isreal out of the wilderness
lie had just finished "and the Lord
said unto Moses when he was inter
rupted by voice from the middle OF
the congregation:
"Hold on there, mister~ A verita
BILE cowboy had spoken. Slowly ht
uncoiled his legs from beneath him
and rising on his feet he toyed will
his revolver, which he held in hi'
right hand, and repeated his exclam
alton: "Hold OH therc!"
The minister held on, lie seemed
as If he had learned the trade of hold
ingon.
Some of the congregation held ol
and some didn't. Those that didn'
sought the most convenient mode o
exit, aud as the walls of the tent wer,
thrown up to admit air, the door o
tho tabernacle was not thought of
They fled, scrambled, ran and jump
ed.
She cowboy stood unmoved unit
a sort of quiet was restored, then III
walked up TO where the ministc
was still holding on. "Get Down,
he said.
The minister got down and til,
facctious hcrder got up.
brothers and sistcrs,' he said "i
amt often that / get a chance Il
preach, but when l do you can jus
bet that l can howl with any MAJ
that ever pounded Bible. Som,
folks say we are wild and woolly
and hain't religion in our souls, but
say any man that says so lies.
Nobody said 60, but one of the dea
cons took advantage of the pause Il
slip out to the nearest telephone an'
ring up police headquarters.
| Yes, sir, he continued, he lies, AM
I'd like to see him. There amt n,
more religious people in the worl'
than cowboys. We recognize tn
fact that there is fountain file,
with blood, and that every day'll b
Sunday, bye and bye. This d.
fool here has been talking abou
Moses leading the children Of Israe
out of the Wilderness. Now, wan
TO know what he knows about tn
wilderness and about Nose and tn
children of Israeli
| Brother, remarked one of .he ex
horters, plucking the self-constitutc
minister by the sleeve, don't yo
know that you are transgressing tn
laws of God by such blasphemy?
l don't know anything of the kin
| l know when it comes to preaching
that l just can knock the socks off {
anything in the State of Colorado
/ You get up here an talk about th
dying thief. Now / want to kno'
| If you mean a cattle thief, or wha
kind of a thief do you mean? 'Caus
a mans got on rough clothes it is II
reason he's slouch. I'd just lik
for somebody tostep up here and te
me Pm slouch. I'd like to see hil
get right there on that mourner
bench and intimate something of til
kind. I'd wipe the floor with h
white-livered carcass and fire hi
through the gates OF paradise. L
you know what / think about son
preaching and some preachers?
/, think they're no good.
Brother stranger, said sof
voiced but muscular brother, OF
brother has charge of this pulpit t
: night. If you want to preach W
make an announcement to that effe
i when services are ended.
n By this time all of the alright
70 brethren and number of the siste
8; had returned to the tent. Several
TO the more valiant of the brothers we
up into the pulpit and reasoned wi
ga the ephemeral divine. lie consent
q o. to listen to reason, and was quiet
y led away, just as Officer Snyder p
is in his appearance. Before the poli'
,s ~ man had time 10 look around, one
the sisters struck up
ve y "Hallelujah, tits done, believe on the Son.
n n The congregation joined in, and
y was as serene as 1t was before the f
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