Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-09-04
SENATOR sHAY,s SERMON.

nation Over the rarIfI TO tina
OF the Ancient SiIversntiths Who
Made SILVER shrines for the Temple
Of DIANA
WAsHIsaroy, d. o., Aug. 3e.-Tht
thorough drilling in the text OF the Bible
which many of the boys who are nov
men got under the old-fashioned system
OF education gave them better scquaint
ance with that book than with any other
1t shows forth In the Congressional d.
bates all the tins. The Bible is more
quoted by senators and representative
than any other book, and more of their
illustrations are drawn from it than from
any other. Men that you never
think OF as Bible readers astonist
the Senate or the House with apt citations
from the scriptures or with happy allu
sions to its storiea, and nothing they say
more evidently makes a deeper impress
sion. 1t is noticeable, however, that they
usually quote from memory, few of them
daring to handle the sacred book itself,
especially in the presenos OF their co
leagues, lest they should have to say
with Jim Mckenzie on such an occasion.
Its all been changed since was at /,
last" Now aud then, however, SOM
senator or representative more familiar
! with il than the rest does venture to SEND
for Bible-none Of them seem to keep
them In their desks-and to hunt up a
appropriate verse.
Graceful George Gray OF Delaware di1
/. most feicitously the other day III TIT
Senate during the lead ore discussion.
| The Republican senators had been weep.
| ing aud wailIng sbout tho poor silver
miners and lead mluers of the west, who
we're to be ruined by the Mexican cheap
laaor-all except Plumb, who said tina,
was all nonsense. Then Gray arose 10
| his full, handsome height and said, H.
ID sct, that similar CRY of danger had
mot every attempt at progress. Even the
gospel had encountered 1t. Sending to
the clerks desk for the little brown New
| Testament on which oaths are admins.
tered he opened il reveTently aud turned
deftly 10 the nineteenth chapter OF the
Acts and read in the story of 81. Pauls
visit to Ephesns, from verse "a, 'For =
certain man named Demetrius, silver.
smith, which made silver shrines for
DIANA brought no small gain unto thu
craftsmen, whom he called together with
the Torkmen of like oooupat on, and
said: 'Sirs, ye that know by this craft
we have our wealth. Moreover We see
aud hear that not alone at Ephesus but
almost throughout all Asia this Pau
hath persuaded and turned away much
people, saying that they be no gods
which are made with hands. So that NOT
only this our craft is in danger to be az
| " naught, but also that the temple OF tint
Srsat goddess d ana should be- despsed
and her mAgnifidence should be le-
alroyed whom all Asia aud the world
Rorshipeth. ,"
Skipping to the 321 verse he read
IS me therefore tried one thing ana
some another; for the assembly was con
fused; aud the more part knew not where
fore they were come together" and then
read the 3ith verse; But when they
snew that ne was q jew, all with on
voice, about the space Of two hours, cried
pu,; Great is Diana OF the Ephesians. -
Il was not difficult 20 apply the text to
tue struggling, confused and pc plexel
Republicans, having nothing in common
but tine fear for their GRAFT" and the
CRY for their goddess, but Gray did it I'D.
mlrably.
While he was preaching his little ser.
mon Stewart OF Nevada, the white haired,
white bearded old sinner who had been
the last OF the Republicans to speak
before Gray, left the others, who were
Optu-u0uLQGu
Netween amusement and amusement, ans
walked out, bowed his head and crept
cross to tine Democratic side and up to
itay's desk where the little Testamen.
sss lying. lie asked Gray with his eyes
Shsthsr no could borrow 1t. Gray told
linn with his eyes that be could, and,
without more seriously interrupting
lha discourse he tiytoed back to
his own ssat, trying as he went
iiud the passage Gray had read from
Now Gray had not announced the chap
ser aud verse OF his text, SO Stewart had
nothing hut tue story and his vague
recollertluns OF the book to go upon
Needless 80 say he did no, find IL, though
ii3 searched with care. de looked In the
cont pMt, be looked in the back part he
looked in the middle OF the book, hand
ling 1t all the while like very, very
young infant, and with most puzzled
and bBillsd expression on his face. He
got more and more Interested and more
aud more earnest until hs had diverted
this attention OF the entire senate from
Gray and from everything else.
Senators began to gather around him.
Wade Hampton, who, like msny other
gentlemen statesmen, is deyout church.
man, cams over from the Democratic side
10 hulp HIM. George Frisbie Hoar pat
on his spectacieu, and Joseph Il. Hawley
his eyeglasses to join in the search, while
Farmer Plumb and Vigilante Sanders
Il led curiously on and asked Stewart
to let them see il When he got through.
4 ...4..y Hampton aud Hoar together
found the place, and Stewart, breathing
great sigh OF relief, read the whole pas
sage to himself with the air of the law
yer in court who read the decision
which his Learned brother" had quoted
from In the hope that he may find soma
dynEmi;e in the portions he did not read.
Much to his evident disappointment
Stewart found nothing in the omitted
portions that could upset what Gray had
read, and he turned the Testament over
20 Sanders In great dissatisfaction as he
soso to reply TO Gray. But Hoar saved
him from utter modification by re.
minding him Just as ha opened
his mouth that Paul had written
to Timothy: but if any provide not
or his own, and especially for those
Of his own house, he hath enied the
faith, and is worse than an infidel, !" which
somehow seemed to Stewart's excited
mind a sufficient answer to hurl mae
curately at Gray. Gray smiled good.
naturally, feeling that he had the hest OF
1t, aud only retorted: "But no one on
this side neglected to provide for his
own household" which was the WGy
stewart lad quoted it. II Gray's clever
move had no other good effect IL gave
that Testament larger circulation on the
Republican side of the Senate than 1t had
had for some time.
-
IL