The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-09-17

w" IhItf itf'huh"'rf 'h~t w" wv
ready, IN iinehlDs man, who To- more
than IN years conducted tho columns
Of this paper, either could nos pr
whipped Or never knew when be- r.
whipped. In the end N1
News was content 10 draw 81
sdopt tho role OF indiifsrtNt =,
Later on, however, the paper Lo.
Jenkins conducts taw the role VI n
dineIen would not do. The firth
IVES, iia alert and pluoky ant u. -
had not only vi 'pped the papsr Ediio-
Jer kins conducts, on k,ound OF ~
own che lSing, but had well-nigh cut
OF its b 70 oil supplies, Then came a
msnoeuYer that eyerv Mel loiist
y er .her in Texfs viii rememi or.
When the or 'efeneos met, ono a,tAr
anol her, aud ire preachers assembled
10 give an account of their years work,
IL WAS found that an agentof the paper
Editor jenkins conducts was also on
hand. An agent Of thu GFlventon
News sitting within tho har Of n
Methodist conference was col .ainly
me,n.ug new under the sun. But
3. agent had Leon we'll foleeisd. IL
was a SHARP move ON the part OF the
paper Editor Jenkins conducts.
rho agent could play tho
organ, sing old Methoo,st en-.
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children. lie whispered sb0us, too,
,hat Editor jenkins paper had quit
onors;h OF tho light and would DO Eiac
OF zee inlgonce OF Methodist prof ah-
eTs and lit.lo OF tho money out of
MethI list pockets. Tho Galveston
News, no inlImated, had seen tho error
OF ils ways and was going 20 do better.
"Givo Us your name ' aud your iDilu-
ence," he said, sand holeait1r the
News will treat tho church fairly ana
carve 10 Gbuso IL minis. ars." lt was
novel sigIt 10 sec the Galveston
News Rt mo mourners' bench at a
Mo.hcJist conference, Come OF tho
brethren We're inclined 10 accept the
oy licences of "convict'on" and look
upon it, REPENTANCE az stu
cere. The oder men, however.
she DIX their heads In doubt, an'
said: "CaI the l. hiopian change his
sk,n or the leopard his spo,s?" But,
% wo said, Tho agent had been well no.
, leeied. II Editor Jenkins selected
bin, he certainly did Editor Jonfips
credit. He generously proposed 70
let the preache. have the paper AT
hP,f price. Az proposed In every or o.
where full Pr was paid to dona
one halt TO the missionary fund. Tbs
carried tho day. 1t seemed sign OF
true repentance. And while some
c Iuld not quite get accustomed to tho
idea Of tho Gsly eston News at work
IN the missionary field, yet the old
habit was , strong upon them TO
turn any penitent away. And then
there was always the old couplet,
witch they were fond not only ofsing-
ing, but believing:
'WEi o the lamp hclds OFT TO l,urn
The vile / sinner may lie. arm
SO the paper was received and the
agent went homo happy, eaving us gil
hoping for the best. And Tor a while,
IL must be said, editor jenkins did
| ye.y " ell. The event, however, hcs
proved that the older bre.brt we o
VS., after all. When Mr.. Pesr; on's
grea, revival began 10 Gle SO tue sa-
.oous and enforce the Sunday law In
For. Worth, the paper t1'f)r jenkins
/ conducts forgot AL It's promi- 3. ~
sneered ut the "puritauical hamlet
aud could find no more RESP octul
terms Ia which to refer to the preacbe
than the following [: "He struck the
town, so IL Is rotated. as the game OF
| r 1ker il said to have first struck Ken
lucky like the dawn of new revels-
ton" Evangelicalism VS. laugheo
ut, and a prominent citizens OF
Fort Worth, who had professsd
conversion, were hold up 10 ridicule.
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reply to an editorial, in which 1t was
moi even referred To, forgetful of il
promises and the Methodist money
which those promises put into Its tilt,
it returns to its old trade OF abusing
The editor of the Texas Christian Adj
yocate, and denouuces the preachers
who favor prohibition as ga set Of prag
matte, dogmatic, dictatorial enthusi-
asts and zealots, who can see no fun
ther than their own disheveled and
crudely incandeEcent ideas" Alas,
"the dog has returned to his vomit
and the sow to her wallowing in the
mire."
The people called Methodists, how
ever, need not be dismayed. After
all, we only resolved Editor Jenk' rs
d sper "on trial." and can exercise our
own Judgment 81 to receiving 1t Wnto
full connection" AS to what that
Judgment will be, we will not forecast,
but merely remark that we have q
word which wo write opposite tho
name Of every pfobationer who fails,
and possibly it may serve us in this
case. 1t Is the word "Discontinued."
In conclusion, we beg leave to say to
Editor jenkins, that we cheerlully ac-
cept The traditional fight OF this office,
and will try not to disgrace the record.
1t is not fair fight, however. TIE
advantage IL all on our side. No attack
OF Editor Jenkins paper, however
bitter and furious, can now harm any
man. 1t ia "the thunderer" no
longer. One of the secrets OF Senator
Coke's "vast weight" to day is the
OR osition he received some yeers
ago at the hands of the paper
Tdi. Or jenkins conducts. Editor
jenkins paper has somehow deyel'
ored the strange trait of pulling down
every man it tries to uplitt, aod uplii,
ing every man it teies to ,pul il down.
It's opposition, once feared, has now
come TO be regarded as sure ps"
port into the confidence and affection
of the average Texan. Suspicion
waits upon the man whom 1T befrlends,
while hopors gather thick upon BIN
who is so fortunate as to become the
object of it's abuse.-LTexas Advc-