St. Landry democrat., 1889-08-31
st. gauarg Retaoerat
The Good Time Coming.
OPELOUSAS

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EpIToR DEMOCRAT I'm your issue OF
Aug. 18th there is an excerpt from the
Springfield Union, giving an account OF
Father Huntlngton,s labors on the farm
and preaching on the Sabbath. Father
Huntington, having been uncovered by
It. l.. McCready, gave modest account
of his doings to the New York Standard.
He said his labor on the farm was q
Measure to him aud it was the means of
u restoring his health. In bis talks with
! The villagers, he discovered that very
few of the working people attended
church. The reason they gave was that
the minister received q comfortable sal
,ry from the rich people and preached
rho rich mans gospel, u gospel very diff
ferent from that preached by the car
penter of Judea. Father Huntington
had no difficulty in persuading them TO
come and hear him preach.
What he preached pleased them
greatly and great crowds came to hear
him. He created quite sensation in
that locality just as he had in other To-
calities. AS |, like Father Huntington,
have been uncovered through the Bohe-
milan of the New Iberia Enterprise, /
propose to say something of the scr
mons preached. He simply told them
that the great inequalities we behold in
The condition OF men result From so
cial maladjustment Some we're per-
mitted by the laws of the land to appro-
pirate the results Of other peoples Ia
Dor and investments in the manner
described by "Rusticusn in the Demo-
Graf of the Gath inst. He preached that
all Gods children had an equal right to
their Fathers bounty. The earth and
the treasures 1t contaiDs-the forces of
of,,c nraofnA for tho
Of all. The right to them was common
to all. What the earth yields by the
application Of labor is the exclusive
property of him who, by his labor,
causes it to yield its fruits If society
gave exclusive control of portions Of the
earth to individuals, those individuals
should pay in the form Of q tax for the
common benefit, an amount equal in
value to the spot controlled That this
tax should be in lieu of all other taxes.
In word, Father H. is a single tax
crank.
Before we can do unto others as We
would that they. should do unto us, the
laws of the land must be changed so as
TO enable US to do it. Why should we
take thought Of the morrow 2" Be-
cause those who toll not live in luxury
upon the fruits Of the labor of those
who toll. Father Huntington related a
case in point that happened on the last
Sabbath lie preached in the village. He |
said that IN individual who appeared to |
he farmer arose and asked permission |
to make few remarks. The farmer (if |
lie was q farnerl said he wished to en-
ter his objections to the nonsense that |
had been preached. He said he had q |
friend whose father bought 400 acres of
land at fifty cents an acre. The land |
was SO poor that nothing but scrubby
pines grew upon it. But after while q
rich coal mine was discovered beneath
the surface. The town of Wilkes Barre,
Pa, was built near by and the owner of
the land became immensely wealthy.
This, said the farmer, proved that God
had planned to make his friend rich.
tended to leave a sum of money to build
a hospital for tho poor when he died.
Father II. did not say that this wit
ness had been sent to bear testimony to
what he had been preaching, but his ar
rival upon the scene was most oppor-
tune. The congregation looked blank
at first; as the farmer proceeded they
began to smile, and when the farmer
reached tho climax, telling how his
friend became rich by his industry, the
laughed outright and
,lapped their hands. Father H., to end
he scene, raised his hand aud dismissed
he congregation.
Not long since there was meeting
leld in Father Huntington's church TO ,
levise some means to alleviate the suf-
'criDgs of tho poor, who were quite
in the neighborhood. The
Usual plan Of establishing free soup
lonse was proposed. Father Ell. arose
Ind said, 'If they are superior breed
II hogs and you wish to raise the aver {
lge, your plan is good but if they are {
'ur sisters and brothers, as we pretend q
o believe they are on Sundays, let us t
10 them justice!' /
And thus have |, aud thousands moro s
vho doubted Gods Justice, come to see r
hat it ia not Gods will, but mans ig- t
ORANGE that causes all the misery,
trife, hatred and crime in this world.
do not beliere, but | kno,r that my Re L
eenser HUeth. HE spirit is speaking q
Trough Father I'll. and thousands more e
1 different churches. Tho mists and
Dgs that have so long obscnred the
ruth are rising and the light is begin .
ing to shine upon ils.
We read that on one day OF Pea tacost &
700 were converted, parted their goods p
nd gave to each as he had need; and in
1850 latter days We read of men, rich II
eyond the dreams OF avarice, putting p
own their thousands to assist in the 81
asm by the good Father Huntington. I'll
better time is coming. Let us hasten o
d. G. DAVID. o.
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