Huntsville gazette., 1886-07-10
EXCURSIONS.

bv & NJ Eliot
The people Of Selma have heea
blessed ~ With an Excursion And
see the same fl uits attend the,a
there us here.
They run iht0 town and Stay al
night. Let parents take lessons
Let your autht4rs 90 on these
excursions and be dumped ilio : CIT,
like Selma or Memphis, 10 +l,y ull
night few times and then if they
turn out bn2ly aud make a shipwrtck
of life thtu blame nn one bn' yrur
selves
There cta be 10 XcilSe FIR nm
ning excursions sufficient To Justify
the as cflen rs they are run hy
our people. Some Il n4s they are
run To mske money for Churches
And holI that hen
CHURCH SINKS ST. L.w
in pO, ular est nation that 1T must
run eYs ursl"iIs III orb : 70 lave ami
'sherei.y hold up fpr sale Tile sirtne
of Women and giils anh 1t cnn'agt
CIR youug men 10 rninthcinselvts hy
drinking, sofnking. carousiGg spend
ing all tbrir Iuuuey aul al II their
manhool-I say. Wien ever church
gets o it cannot live without ut,h Il
cause then let hat church 81 - bed
close np III eyes snl die. lItu if
The Ireayh. = Nil not Il IN sen irr
Soi0niie nj Ii NI.l preach ihr fun
,-rnl from the VI "Gle,>,d aIe h
len who de ia he Lor Fur |
thiuk II is isti, fora Church ur amy
things else to die in The Lord IhHm To-
hive IN the 4, vii.
LIT US see. 4 church chat runs
III excursion n.nei pay t" tie H. H.
Co. One hundr. Il dollars ani get IN
return about Twenty Five Tnis Is
making a Congregation one hundred
dollars puorer aud the Church twenty
five dollars richer. Strikr a balance
nl yru have for tie church
-oventy FIVE Il lass less than at t 9
h+ginning.
Now why cannl t the preacher ~ d
church Ulcers go 10 work and ttpcl
the people 10 give from Il Ihinc'i l+
and then 81 en ynn let the congrega-
tiOn see the necct siiy Of it they wil
give the hundred Il II ,rs at once 10
the church,
| am Informed that that tjis was
the course pursued by the ~. 4
Charch Of this city and az Il result
N one day they took in more than
hundred dollars All honor to the
NJ. E. Church! This is most excel
ent way.
This excursion business in raising
ing money for Churches reminds me
of boy crossing the squ ire with "A
basket of apples on bis head aE3
some mischieveous fellows, m Ike him
spill them that j., the scramble ihey
may get a few
But if excursions are evils. aad |
have not met man with little sens.
enough to say thy are ot-then il
becomes the duty Of all domomina-
tlons of m n to, oppose them
Let farmers oppose them Instesd
Of letting young girls and boys get up
before day and 90 down to the de-
pot to meet them keep them at home.
They have no business there.
| know an instance or two when
almost empty on service night and
all the IN mbers were found ut tie
depot waiting for the excursi,nl
And there they waited until ten ,and
eleven O'Clock, LIT onr . .opls stop
this sh lmrfrl way Of q ing.
Then Tn re iDre 50 :ietIes " lich have
f1r their "hjoct the unlifting Of the
poor, let them set Il safe ex IN ,Jle t,
the poor by ieLlilg eyc1rsi ons al..ne.
Ane when they have their co,y,I
tions, &c il i IN esas ttlius for. tn. n
to get 3 lncsi rates On "A regular
tram. Hence tier. is 10 need fo. al.
ex. ufsinn.
Let scIiorl teachers, Su.day Schon s
al, rn against them. Ard g., &C.
ally tiry th / meli,. thu ne
, the l. I'D, orm th. SIR 4 desk
i the n not keep silhencr.
SoLoNITE