Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-02-08
LOCATING A PARSON.
THE TROUBLES EXPERIENCED BY
 THE PIOUS DRAGONS.
Geographical Dissensions That Built two Churches Where none Existed Be
 fore--An Accommodating Belief.
PARTON SPRINGS, FLA, Jan. 21.

| EDITOR ENTERPRISE: After sue ceeding in settling the doctor here to his satisfaction and to the great ad- vantage of the town, through the good horse sense of old Sam Jones, was | led to ask him if he could devise any plan by which life could be thrown in i to gospel preaching and poorly paid minister could get vitality enough in to the church to secure for himself compensation and enlist an interest that would bring souls to repentance.
 Sam looked little serious at first and replied that he could; that 1t was one of the easiest things on earth; that he should have told me about 1t before, only to accomplish the desired object a great upturning of the people would have to take place and before they got through with it and settled down, there would be blood on the moon and brother would hate brother and the loose hair among the sisters would float through the air and neigh bors who had helped each other at raisings and to husk in corn and other neighborhood accommodations would do so no more. Those who had been in the habit of eating the bread of life and drinking wine at the same table would have separate bottles.
 For these reasons, although 1 have sure remedy to cure lethargy in church matters, thought l had bet ter say nothing about 1t. But upon reflection, when think of the rivers of blood that have been shed and the thousands of martyrs who have been sacrificed to keep the cross aloft, 1t | has seemed to me that the little dlf1l- | culties 1 have mentioned are but trl- fles to the sacrifices that have hereto fore been made and the good that may be injected into the church by chang 1 ing it from a humdrum condition to a red hot vital piety makes 1t my re- ligious duty to tell you how it was done up in Yazoo.
 For long time we had no church in Yazoo but as the country pros pered and became able to support q minister, it became apparent to the wisest and best citizens that the old people would receive consolation from the spiritual food they could get through church organization and the comforting influences of some good man who had made spiritual subjects a study and would be able to expound and explain the gospel and thus lead them with some certainty to that higher and better world, also that it was necessary for the young and rls- ing generation in order to promote good morals and lead their thoughts and aspirations heavenward.
 With these laudable objects in view A public meeting was called and Dea- con Montague was placed in the chair. The deacon explained the object of the meeting and then told his hear CTS that in order to build a church and support minister properly 1t would be necessary for them to agree on q common platform and that each on some minor dactripal points would have to in measure yield in a Christian spirit to the other. That on the vital and cardinal points of course there could be no compromise and in order to test the sense of the meeting he had drawn up confession of faith which was so self evidently true that he thought no intelligent person who had any regard for the safety of his own soul could fail to endorse and then he read off, first
 that the Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost was one in three and
 three in one that everlasting punish
 ment for sinners in fire so hot that
 all earthly heats as compared with 1t
 would be as a white heat from a
 furnace as against cold blast from
 the North pole; that dancing, mirth
 and amusements as are generally in
 dulged in by young people are mortal
 sins, that in all families there should
 be obedience, the wife clinging to the
 husband as the tender vine clings
 around the strong tree and should yield willing obedience to his com mands.
 When the deacon read this last ar
 ticle of faith the enthusiasm became unbounded and even the sisters clap ped their hands and feet and fairly screamed with joy. The deacon saic there were a great many other minor things they might differ on but ht considered that he had marked eu the main features which il properly 1 observed would safely land every , human soul in eternal bliss. A rising
 vote was taken and every one in th' house stood up for the principles a. r reed by the deacon. It was thel
 agreed as a starter they would holC
 meetings around in private houses un
 til they could get q minister who
 could no doubt be better able to ge up plans for a church and unity o action to build 1t.
 They then struck out to find tn l proper kind of a minister. It was no !, long before Providence seemed to an ticipate their wants and one who seem ed made to order came along and ap piled for the place. After reading tn doctrinal platform, his pale. sobe : countenance was q halo of light a | though some higher power had givel : it that angelic glow rarely seen i ; men. He said he not only endorse c every word but that he was willing { 5 stand suuarely with both feet right o top and in the center of them an '- that no human power could mov /; c him. That they might for the defenc U of these blest principles take him or u and burn him at the stake but stil 1T spiritually he would stand there fir Il as the rock ot ages for ever and fc evermOre.
 When he got through with this T. 's mark, there were no bounds to til enthusiasm of the people. They pulle ;, and hauled at him and toted him o 'l their shoulders until his blue jear y coat was all torn of, 9 rent was mad t in the back side of his pants so thi P one of the sisters had to take Il, le shawl off and tie it around him an 's his shirt looked as though it had pas 7i cd through a Dakota cyclone.
 'S Meetings were at once arranged f,
 alternating the preaching among u
 best houses in town and the good ma 70 started in on his errand of mercy. a The first Sunday, the house was fu of the second sorter fell off and u ss enthusiasm began to wane. All eifor of to build church proved a failure al ne nothing larger than cent was fouI ,r- in the hat after contributions we