The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-11-10
md there confined With thieves and ira

and there confined with thieves and ira
till morning. They were discharged with
profuse apologies next day, but that was a
poor compensation for the gross indlgnity
they suffered.
The Congregational Council here last
week acted most unwlsely in reopenening
the case Of the Rey. Frank Decker, who
few months ago was expelled from his
pulpit for gross immortality. His crime
was so manifest and his punishmet so lust,
that at the time the .culprt himself did
not dare to question IL. He had been
pastor Of the Congregational church at
Greenport, where he had met with pheno-
monal success. lie was not only
brilliant preacher but he had within him
apparently the spirit of an evangelist, His
congregation grew apace till it became one
Of the strongest and most fashionable in
the town. He had lovely wife, a most
estimable lady, and one child. II eyer man
had an incentive to do right, ii was Frank
Decker. There was hardly anything that
he could have asked for in reason that his
congregation would not have granted.
In his flock was young Girl about eigh-
teen years OF age, an orphan whose father
at his death left some property. This
young girl was a frequent visitor at the
pastors house; by some means he got her
completely under his influence, and aided
by a member of HE congregation whom b
promised to help to the ministry, he got the
II IL In
York and other places and ruined her. {.
At last be was betrayed by his accomplice
| in crime, and his letters, filled up with
religious cant, where he hopes the Lord
will help him TO get the girl to New York
or Brooklyn. form one Of the most remark
able and disgusting pages Of epistolatory
correspondence ever published. was In
hopes, after the exposure of his sin, that
he would have retired to some far of
country and there in sackcloLh and ashes
have repented of his crime till death. Now,
however, see an effort is being made to
reinstate him, to send this wolf in sleeps
clothing into the fold again. The Congre-
gational church must be badly in need Of
preachers If it eau fird no clerical timber
better and sounder than this. Think
twice, gentlemen, before you commit this
crime. No sermon of Bob IngersolPs ever
hurt the Christian religion half as much as
this blow dealt by its friends in rein
stating in tbs Christian ministry the Rev.
Frank Decker.
The burial of Ii Yu Doc, the leader oi
the Chinese Black Flags in the great Tai
Ping rebellion, brought out our Celestial
brothers in full force, and they gave their
barbarian cousins an idea how to conduct
first-class funeral.
There is nothing mean about John when
he starts in. 1t does not matter If it is q
funeral or wedding or a picnic, when ht
does, money is no object. So patriotic
J China--that is American China, made uT
: its mind to give Ii Yu Doc, good send
: off, and they did. Around the dead h ere
were roast pig, rice, sam SOW jams, CON
serves ard other good things, enough K
satisfy any reasonable ghost They gav'
him wake that must have made theil
neighbors in Little Dublin green with envy
: Instead of pipes and tobacco they dis
4 tributed frst-class cigars, and othe
, creature comforts were not wanting TO
those who were not allied to the Prohlbi
D tion Party. They hired half the carriage
Q in town, and they followed the procession
] empty while the monrners went on foot
: Strangest Of all, despited and persecuted a
t th ey are, and coming out of one of tn
Q vilest neighborhoods in the city, thi
J, curious funeral, the like of which wa
It meyer seen before, was treated with re
d spect and courtesy By one of the wors
II crowds that ever saw; there was no dii
d turbance, no hooting, no shouting-everJ
II thing was as orderly and as respectful as
& Ii Yu boo was member Of the Pri7
e Ring or New York Alderman. Ii Y
\ Doc was mason of high degree, and th
y were buried with him by the Chimes
brethren of the mystic tie; while one of tn
n square and compass were tae emolems tbs
banners bore this motto: We meet upo
the level and we part upon the square.
lie While l write the drums are beating. an
ID the streets are filed with shouting thou
ands. For yhoP Let us wait a few day
and see.
st BROADBRIM.
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