The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-01-19
worship and wersAipsrs.
IN. O. states.l

q Dean Pialt, Ia an editorial Ii tko
January uuDber Of Betfordss, eeovsau
the state Of morals which copdonap ,Shs
cheating that goes on during the six
business days OF, the week, iu cousid.
eratlon Of the hypocriiicai chusoh!at.
tendance aud mock prayer OF thv ~.
cath. Quoting the late Chief Justice
Chase's uttsraacs: "Ths wicked men
ass not 10 the psnitentisry; they ess u
the churches. The criminals 70 con.
vict are not wicked they are simply
weAk-wsak Ia character and weaki In
Intellect. The men from whom soss.
ely suitsrs are the cold, seiflsA, cotaa.
lating creatures who not only keep
clear OF the courts, bat Geek the
churches, and deceive others - troy
deceive themselves and hope to ds36ltS
the Almighty" Editor Platt- thus
proceeds: a''l
Gas The rich men Of Jssussisul vho
ou the Sabbath thronged the Tsmels
and were sotemply esrpest In thelr
prayers, returned to their cheating che
day after, 90 We give unto Goa ore>
seventh part OF our time ana Slvv0tV
the rest to The practices OF saisu. We
aeo fall Of wrath and disgust st the
Sundsy.school cashier who appropsl.
etse the money Of other people aud,
unable longer to conceal his thSifs.
neos to Canada. This 10 upjast. i1Xe
poor man was not lees ptous thao Ats
president or his directors who nealscssd
their duties and 10 many cases shared
In the luxury. Ills crime was not 10
what he did, but In being caught at Il
before he could carry out bic invef,t To
replace the funds from his succdosCvl
specnlaiiOns. He saw in tho iaadess ol
bis little congregation In the Lord.
nitliOnaires who had made ali they
possessed through fraud, and WHY
should he, with tho hest intentjoue.
not accumulate modest competence
through the same means? He heard
nothing to the contrary from the -puJ.
pit. The eloquent divine told, In .wiu-
ming words, Of the righteousnSss Of
right aud the sinfuloess Of sio, but the
Illustrations were al, or nearly aii. two
thcHsend years old, and the wosds
Of Isaiah and the prophets. To de-
nouncs the sins Of to-day In Htho vul-
gar tongue" would be TO offend the
nillionaires OF the conRre2aiIon and
lessen the salary Of the worthy divlus,,'
The existence Of the evil which, the
brilliant editor belabors Is recognized
every where In q more or less general
way; but its recognition does not polo,
remedy. He would surely pos allow
the smaller-fry criminals, who ere de-,
tected In their crime, to 20 unpunishsd,
because certain vague suspicion OF
undiscovered criminal practices a.
taches to biggerfry. He Il equally
wide Of the mark too and unreasonable
10 his attack on the "eloquent divips."
because he does not denounce the slns
OF today In the vulgar tongue. The
denunciation Of the sins OF to-day In
plain English would have no sepsihle
effect unless the said sins were coscss.
ted and charged upon some indlvldusl
named or known, and tho preacher
who might lay himself out for that
sort Oi attack on the strength OF vakas
Suspicion would be not unlikely to Aod
his free entrance to the pulpit barred
for while. II would perhaps be ~
we'll for Editor Piatt TO suspend his
onsiaughts on preachers and suspects,
and proceed TO advocate chsu1S oi
worship. While the cult Of the R0ldsu
calf continues more fashionable than
the worship Of the Supreme Good, 1us.
50 long will the incense and genuhSc-
tiOns OF fashionable wOrsbippefs be
offered where they are now, and Just
} % long will the morality prevail, Z
change 0i which Dom Piatt seems Il
think may be effected by snsris agafns,
} ministers and undeiecied suspects. Le
us dePose the Calf n We can in favOxIo
! higher object Of worship, and Oh,
change Of both moral tone and busi
} ness method wilt be Its accompaui