Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-01-30

HE TELLS OF THE STATE OF CINCINNATI
AT PRESENT.

society, said:
"This world has no right to furn-
ish fashions for us to be governed
by--customs, habits, fashions. / de-
clare it has reached point now
that the main leverage by which
they ill these churches is the MEM
bership passing around and saying
to the newcomer: Here, il you
want to get into society, you must
join our church. You oil know what
| mean by society-so called. God
made us social beings. / am glad
of every social feature in this uni
verse. But you all know what l
mean by so.called society-those
dinners, where you are considered,
perhaps, impolite, if you don't have
wine on your table and champagne
and cards in your home and the ger
man in your house. My God! So
ciety! If / had a dog and he ran
in that sort Of crowd | would kill
him.
Society, so-called, lin squeakish
mimicking voice, II tell you, you
will never get into society IN this
town if you don't join this church.
We are the leaders of society,"" And
the plain meaning of this is, if you
want painted pageantry to ride to
hell with, get in and we will start to
ride now. You are not willing to
go to hell alone, but you want to
take every poor, pious woman with
you. There is no society woman in
this town but knows she is got to
get out of society between this and
her grave, or she has got to go to
hell. The old politician and the so
ciety woman never had the au-
dacity to sit down and pray for one
of them. | did not. just mocking
God Society," A heartlcss, mean
old cannibal, feeding on soul and
body. Why, everybody has cards
in their house; everybody has wine
on their table; everybody has social
dinners and the german. Why,
everybody does that---everybody !
everybody! That is lie. 1t is
lie. They don't, and | am glad of
it. saw no way under Gods
heaven of protecting my home-I
never had a home that ] called my
own since / have been preaching,
until my friends gave me one. God
gave me home through friends,
and the 25th day of last month, /
called Gods people together and told
the officiating minister, not because |
| am worthy Of it, but because God
is so good want to give this home
to God. / have given my wife to
wife to God, my children to God,
myself to God. / want to conse-
crate this house to God. And no
body will ever come to me and ask |
me to let them have a dance or wine
supper, or game of cards in that
house. | will protect my own home
and never shall this tide of worldli-
ness sweep over my children until it
comes over my corpse at the front
door. | see how it has cursed and
blighted others, when a Catholic
priest in New York city said: AT
the confessional nineteen Of my wo-
men out Of every twenty who have
heir character told me they had
rot their downfall at the ball.
ut is no use saying we are going
n for great revivals here when dea-
IONS and judges rent their property
,ut to houses of illfame and to bar
'ooms. Ny God. you have got to
sweep before your own door before
you can reach around here and tell
hese sinners you want them con-
yerted. I have learned since have
:ome into this city-and ! want to
% correctly reported in this-from
N editor deacon Richard Smith
vas ascertained to be the editor re-
erred toy that after he had freed
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