The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-14
repentance

upon its repentance as sim
ceye- The older men, however,
shook their hesds In doubt, ana
ssid: "Csn the Ethiopian Change his
skin or the leopard hts spo.s?" But,
AZ We said, tho agent had 5son well Sc
.eetsd. II Editor Jenkins selected
him, he certainly DID EDITOR jenkins
credit. He generously proposed TO
let the preachers have the paper nj
hall price, 81 q proposed in every case
where full price was paid 10 donate
one-hsh 10 the missionary fund. This
carried the day. IL seemed q sign OF
could not quite get accustomed 10 the
idea Of the Galveston News az work
In the missionary field, yet the old
habit was too atrong upon them 10
turn any psuitsnt away. And then
there was always the old couplet,
which they were fond not only Of ssng.
Ing, but believing:
.Whi the lamp holds out to burn
The vllest sinner may return
So the paper Was received and the
sgant went homo happy, leaving US all
hoping Tor the bsst. And for a while,
IL must he seid, editor jenkins did
very wei. The event, however, has
proved that tie older brethren were
wlaeEt sfter al. When MIR. Pesrson's
great revival hegsu IN close tho sS-
locus aud enforce The Sunday law In
Fort Worth, this paper editor jenkins
ooAducts forgot all its promises. IG
sneerad at the "puritanical hsmlst,o
aud could find no more respectful
terms ia which "a refer to the preacher
thsn She following: "Ho struck tho
town, 30 II is rotated, ~ the game of
poker L. said to hayo iirst struck Ken
tucky-liSe the dawn of @ new reyelg-
ton" Evangelicalism was laughed
as, and prominent citizans of
Fort Worth, who had proiesssd
conversion, were held up to riaicale,
And now, without provocation, IN
reply to On editorial, in which It wps
not even referred tO, fofgatful of ia
promises and the Methodist money
which those promises put into it's till,
IL returns to itg old trade of abusing
tho editor OF tbs Texas Christian AID.
vocate, and GenOunces tho proachers
who favor prohibition as "a set OF pray-
matte, dognatic, dlctatOrial enthusi-
avis aud 2oalOtg, who can 500 no iur-
Their than their own dishayeled and
crudely inCaudegoOnt ideas" Alas,
"tho dog hss returned to his yomiJ
and tho SOW ~ her wallowing in tho
miro.p
The people called Methodiste, how
ever, need not he dismnyed. After
all, we only re- ,eived Editor Jenkins'
psper "cn vial" aud can exercise orr
own Judgment "a to receiving il "lnto
full cOnuecticu." As 10 what that
Judgment will be, we will not forecast.
but merely remark that we hnye 81
word Whipb wa u,rito nNnOLifn tho
namo Of every prObati0n5r who falls,
and possibly It may serve us ia this
case. 1t Is the word "DlscOntinuoa,o
In conclusion, We beg loaya 10 say to
Editor Jenklns, thGG va cheerfuliy &C.
copt tho traditional fight al this Office,
and will try not TO diagrRc9 tho record,
IL IS nor u :nir iight, however. The
| advantage Is all ON our side. No attack
oil Editor Jankius' paper, however
| bitter and furious, can nov harm any
man, IL Is "lho thuuder9rp no
longer. One oftbo Becrtts OF Senator
Coke'e swat weight to day Ia the
oppoaitlon he received s0mo years
ago al the hands If tho gaper
Editor Jonkins cOnducts. Editor
JenkinS pepper has somehow deVel-
oped the strange trRit OF pulling down
every man " trio9 - upliit, asd uplirt-
lnE every man IL tries to pull down.
It's opposition, once feared, has now
como 10 DO regarded ne g sure pass
port Into the confidence and affection
OF the average Texan. Suspicion
WAITS upon tho man whom IL bafrie1ds,
while honOrS gather thick upon him
WHO 1850 fortunate rs to become tho
object OF its abuso.- Texas Advo-
cate.