The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-30

TO THE READERs.-Allhough ! am n
writer. and never expect 20 be, ! hav
concluded 10 write some TO SEQ how
will look In print. I have come 10 th
lconclusion that . person never know
" hat he can do until hc tries. II appear
ss though the weak things (0r persona
of earth are to confonnd Cor rnle) tn
mighty (or strong.) ltsppears that way
both In church anil nation. IL it thu
strong and good men Of our nation thai
rule us to-day? We hope there are
some good men at the head Of national
affairs, but we fear they are exceptional
few. And whv " this so? Did the ma
jority Of our best men put them there
Nav, verify; they were put there BY
such men as Dudley, and Quay, and the
Islums Of great cities; by thoae who can
be bought and sold like dumb brutes !.
The low, ignorant aud degraded govern
our nation to-day. Why is this so?
The Same state Of affairs appesrs to be
prevailing IN churches in MANY places,
and especially in the Shiloh congreRs-
|tion OF the Z r. church. Why should .
few ru'e such congregation2 Why
should one man, with the assistance OF :
few others tear up such : church. and
he not Q member, either? Has not one
man almost demolished the grand Old
Republican party OF Dubois county |?
Has not one man declared he would kill
the w. c. 7. u. OF ireland? We hope
me may fail. aud We know he can't hurt
the rest OF the unions in the county,
They have too many cranks in their
ranks; they would turn aud twist him
until he would not know which end was
up Then why should one or few
ruler In this, as IN the nation. Il is thel
minority. and not the majority, OF theI
better citizens that 10 ruling. Why
should the church let such man a. Rev.
N. y. Gill 60? lie is decidedly the best
posted man the congregation has ever
had. lie has done more IN building upl
the church than all other preachers since
the lAuented Rev. Strains day. So says
one OF tho best elders. and some preach.
ers In looking on the church books, say
that they may add i've years Of Rev.
Strains time.
When the question Gomez what II ihel
cause OF eli this trouble? just simply
because Rev. Gill Il man OF principle |
He is no chameleon; he does not changeI
HE colora, or his principles, 10 every
crowd; he ts not Democrat u he meotsI
: Democrat. or Republican when be is
IN that kind Of . crowd. lie ID not afraid
or ashamed 70 declare for what Il right Il
he will mol cell out; be would not yieIsi
HE principles though he stavve. Hell
will not starvo. God will bless him and
ell euch men. have heard Il stated \
time and again that there could be the
largest salary raised for him now thatl
has ever been raised in the congregation,
and some begged him to stay, but be-
thought perhaps il was best not.
Rev. N. n. Gill will 60 from this place
with clean record. aud the good will,
md feeling Of the best people in This
He hal no had habiisl
hat people would fear bic teaching their
But our loss IL some other
peoples gain. Ii
Now We have not written this 10 draw
,ut discussion. or RAke's abuses, aud We
Eish II distinctly understood, should he
;ome out, we will treat him with siIen,
for . man Of his principle Is
'eneath The notice Of all good people. Il
NoLENs. |,
MADISON TOWNSHIP, May, 1890. Il