The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-21
THE PULPITs BURNING WORDS.
A Pastor Publicly Rsbuking the Sin
OF niCh Member OF His Flock.
E-oy, ,ba Mem York Sum

A Pastor Publicly Rsbuking the Sin
OF q nich Member OF His Flock.
From the Neu York Sum
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, PA. July 1S.-The
Rev. s. Hernel Of the Red rest church
created sensation last Sunday morning.
His sermon to a large congregation was ell
tirely unex ected, and the pastors impas-
stoned words will be the subject of talk for
months to ONE. After reading portion
OF Gen. xxxviii. the pastor proceeded e.
speak upon the sin of the woman "ranar. "
He said:
"The unwomanly act of lamar was a sin
then 10 the sig of q d, and sIch cond lct
now is equally a sin. Chi istian people abhor
all the modern Tama $. II q woman wants
tc be wedd d, she must take no part in
offering hers If t any man. The man m ST
first nole her virtues and her go u qualities,
and she will be soug It for il due season.
Blu: | have a different thing to speak
of today. What shall l say OF
a woman, r single woman, who has been
widowed for few years, who ssts a trap
l a a. 81. srly man aud finally ensuareS
hi.nl You know a little Of the ruth, and
you must now know it all. The time has
come when t Q sins of two of our psopls
must be publicly exposed. IL they have no
shame within them, they must be shamed
by the decent people OF this congregation.
They are sitting, even now, in our mi list,
aud do not hesitate to expose their wicked
ness The woman to whom | efer disguised
herself and went up the hill toward
town. She tarried along the road
until dusk, knowing certain man
would pass that way on his no ne
ward journey. He came. saw the woman,
he cUquetted he x ew her not; they be-
came familiar, and together they 81 med,
and they fell like Fama aud Judah Of old.
They separated, and the next morning the
mans silver witch chain was gone. 1t had
an odd charm contaial 6 the hair f his
dead wife The charm " as gone N )nths
came and went, AMI you all know the
scandal that came from the cottage
on the hlllr p youder. Like a thunder
clap in a clear sky it came. Who had
>lnned with the womaut There must be a
father. The womal confessed, but the man
,iened 1t says in scripture that Judah
commanded lamar TO be burnsd for lying,
a d this man threatened to cast her into
prison for sander. lamar produced the
staff. and bracelets, and then Judah
acknowledged all. Our modern lamar
modern J-dah said he had lost then
on the rod, and that the woman
found them, and was now using
them to blackmail him. But, my
hearers, the woman tells the truth Late
last event. g, she was offered 500 tor
the cHain and tue charm by strange nan
who came to her door She refused,
snatched of his false beard, and ! ! before
her stood this m ldern Jgdan. and ere
were witnesses who saw it all. This sinful
woman mas Id me every word, and has
allowed me to tell the truth before our
wnole congregation that she alone be not
blamed, but that all the guilty, rich and
poor alike, might suffer together"
When tue pa tor had co cludsd he dis
missed the cong egatiou at once amid the
most intense excitement. No names re
mentioned, but all present knew W was
meat. The old farmer, who was accused
moved sull<nly to his carriage and drove
away with, VI a W I'd The woman took
;Ae back ia h up he hill alone Public
sympathy is with her. There is to be con-
gregational meeting soon to take the matter