Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-02-28

winning ways and gentleman of pleas
ing manners. Taking text from the
Bible and making temperance sermon
from that, he touched the feelings of
nature and drew his comparisons from
nature. If the story Of life furnishes
a temperance sketch, so much more in
teresting must be the moral drawn.
In the morning the services at the
Union church were opened by the choir
singing familiar Methodist hymn
No. COL:
Bondage. death, the cup contains;
Dash to the earth the poisoned bowl!
Softer than silk are iron chans.
Compared with those that chafe the SOUL"
A prayer was offered by Rev. A. P.
George, in which he referred to the
liquor traffic, and said the inlquity
would soon be wiped out. Mr.. George
read the 18th chapter of St. Luke, which
contains the parable of the lost sheep,
"what man of you having a hundred sheep, If
he lose one Of them doth not le.v. the ninety and
lost, until he ind it:''
Mr. George in introducing the speak
er referred to the small congregation in
an apologize manner. He said he as
sumed his part of the responsibility for
the presence of the speaker. A. con-
tributor to the church learning that he
was instrumental in this days proceed
ings, took occasion to withdraw his
contribution from the church, Mr..
George said this contributor was deal
err in the stuff that kills, and he thank
ed God that no "blood money" was be-
ing used in the construction of the new
Methodist church edifce. The prohi-
bition cloud was as small as man s
hand, but would grow larger. There
were many things to contend with in
the efforts Of prohibition. There were
peuured officials. He recommended
the reading of the address issued by the
State Temperance society, and COM
mended that portion referring to law
yers. He said that the few that were
present represented principle. If We
are in the right we are in the majority.
Because we have might we have right.
Mr.. Campbell took his position, and
said he did not share in the mortifca-
ton expressed by his brother. He was
pleased with his audience The indig-
nifty did not fall upon him as it did up
on his brother (Gcorge.) Referring to
the rotten eggs spoken Of by Mr.. George,
the speaker said the eggs were good eggs.
That they were not thrown at him, but
his friend who was with him, cola
borer. He said We must take the bitter
with the sweet in shis world 1t came
to US all alike. AS the poet Longfel-
low said: "We have the sunlight as
well as the shadow The 18th chap
ter of St. Luke contains a lesson in
tended to be impressed upon the hearers
of Jesus, away back in the early day.
The hearers were publicans and sinners,
pharisees and scribes. Pharisees were
high church people in those days. The
people were cold in religious principles.
The pharisees we're termed hypocrites.
Christianity was not in their hearts,
though they were formal religionists.
The speaker described the publican and
scribe. HIS said the publican was an
unpopular mamie was tax-gatherer.
Tax gatherers are not popular even in
this day. He was despised in days of
old The sinners were those not in the
Jewish church. This was the charac-
ter of the audience Jesus had. The
pharisees murmured. Does Jesus set
down at the table with these thieves
aud murderers? Then Jesus related
the parable of the lost sheep-the
ninty and nine. The minister said this
is proposition we have all realized in
our own lives. The center Of our affec-
tions Is upon that which we have had
and lost, until we regain it. Thus was
met the argument Of the pharisees,
who, as they claimed to be righteous,
needed no repentance.
MIR. Campbell said the story of the
text was the boy wandering away from
the parental roof. How often this is
done. Home is the best place, outside
of heaven. in this world. When men
become weary of home restraint is when
the danger comes in. He said the sad
dest fact that ever came to him was
when he was chaplain of the Kansas
State penitentiary. The scene was
during the marching of the prisoners
to the chapel. Observing his wife
weeping his attention was drawn
to the touching incident These pris-
oners were boys who ought to be at
home with their mothers. In contem-
plating prisoners we expect to see scar
red men in crime, but these men were
mere boys, many Of them under 26
years of age. Boys who had left home,
and before their characters were formed
they were branded as criminals. He
had tried to get down to the SORROWS of
their lives, and in the majority of cases
came up the faces of boys. Four-Gfths
of those in prison we're there by reason
of dissipation. Drunkenness. gambling
and RIGHTEOUSNESS were the three vices
that dragged them there. 1t was the
story of the prodigal son over and over
again-only this is worse. If the boy
will keep close to home he will be safe
Mr.. Campbell said there were two
homes. One under the parental roof
and the married life. Our hearts ever
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