Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26

more crowG into her churches, t-AA
Nou ooula hiye swarm oi beos "a s-le
Qt tae elders snuH boxes.
To Nope around honss al aaY alter
= Neek 5 confinement 81 NofA ana t'e
VIE ana children al oQsKlQs Tor excl
c.se au4 amusement would ns -
ergel q piece of bondage az Tor TIE
pastors and ce4eous q he loeAed iA
tnelr churches during I-le oAbaAta-eN-
Guiding. ~ course. the sisters
A lacS u popular attendance AZ tne
syn4eOEUes * the cay 3 not because
the outside cannes are - good. bat he
cause Tie preaching Is 81 lad. TIE
people have outgr0Wu tbe day when
they Wlll mzrch up and take re- .glon az
ca Idreu swallow castor oll Aeu thelI
noses are held A clergy man 10 0rana
Rapids who can not iill his church
ougag not e. te allowed 10 preach-tn
ss1lle a. LAWYERS are dlsn&Frcl.
The domlmes work ou salaries, the
same a. bakers and BARRIERS do. II is a
great and living problem. whether he
making aud delivering FOR - much
money u the ordinary sermon on sun
day + any more sacred Or important 70
mankind than loaf of bread, whole
SHIRT. made and delivered IA Ike man
ner.
The base ball game IS more vigorous
and active, bat Why wlckeder than
parks and street promenadesi garden
HrtatOns, rowing and sailing eXcur-
slOns, horse back and carriage riding,
speeding on tAe avenues, freight and
passenger travel and sport over tue
railroads. or Bible wrangles and yellow
legged chicken feasts al tie parsonages.
Are .parson's VISITS, ot late years, less
dangerous or more exalted than any
other kind of visiting.
Isa sunday editors worked wicked
and criminal on the same dav that a
ministers is holy and LAWFUL II SO,
ought not cur Michigan legislature
u look over the statutes and revise
them.
Whether the suns day be any better
than the moons day and taxing u toI
granted LAat they all belong o. either
God or man farther and most IN
pOTtaut query arises, Viz. DO the inAab-
itants OF Michigan. and ths free ana
independent republic generally, longer
| elect To have Cne-seyenth OF their lives
monopolzcd for religious purposes.
! We are obliged 10 sleep during the
nignt-tOWards half our lives, and 4
takes fully three hours OF TIE day %
eat and TX up, and has not th.s lesisla-
! tive monopoly hy the church oi nity-
| two full DAYS out OF every year Of only
| 300, becomes a sort OF tAcolOg cal ccs-
/ potlsm. Suppose the legislature had
/ pIOusly asked the people 10 donate Il
1 in lump, Is a man works out hls two
! or three DAYS Of road tax? II majority
! of citizens respectfully decline 10 pat
/ ronlzc the churches, must they pay
| tins enormous tlthe which j. really Z
| seventh. instead of q tenth-ior time d
| money!, 20 ancient dOgmas and doc
trines winch they have no fmth 30? ~
/ tins republic are state and church stl
| thus Connected
II periodical and legal day for rest,
preaching, baseball or what-not, pro
/ Vdlng the preachers and tie spOrtcr.
| molest not each otner) IS considered de
/ sirablc, should the churches be Longer
/ given any monopoly or fayOritsm over
| Gods green fields. the parks, the for
rests, tic silvory lakes and beautiful
/ BAYS and rivers. Under our Deoiars
| ton Of Independence, what right ha
/ any legislative body 10 make theOloglca
! slaves out OF American c.tlzeLs for 3.
DAYS IN every year? There being 90,
] O00. 600 Of us. at dollar head TINS
! valuable time would come 90 50 $50 900,
| 900 aunually-morc than enough q
! have paId the National debt before th'
/ rlowers had blOssOmcd q second ,.mc a
! AppOm2ttOXi
! We respectfully submit these humbl
/, reflections. FARNER RTYSoLDs.