The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-05-28

WHITTIER DRIFTING I?
Plunkett Discusses the Craving for Sensa-
tion.
Atlanta Constitution.

atlanta Constitution.
So many chauges-so many depart
ures.
As in the purity Of the judiciary stands
the hope of constitutional government,
so in the purity of the ministry stands the
hope of the church and the survival of
virtue.
Say what you may about lawyers, but
to. day they are the safest-I do not say
the purest-claaa with great prestige of
brains and numbers in all this free
America.
Judge Bleckley could no more be made
to prostitute his high Office by entering
political wrangles with his judicial cloak
about him than Stone mountain could be
moved away with blowgun. AS long
as such as he are at the helm to guide the
judiciary of Georgia, we're safe, mighty
safe, on that line, but there are other
highly important points to watch, and
we should often stop, look around and
ask:
"Whither are We drifting?"
Up to the time that Guiteau killed
President Garfield, I believed nightly
strongly inspiration" Guiteau sorter
shook my faith on this inspiration" bus.
mess, and I went to studying. Forty
years ago believed strongly in the
calling" of preachers, and so did all the
folks of my age, and as long as the "call-
ed" stuck to the p!ow and done their
preaching without so much passing
around of the hat, I never thought about
anything else but its being all right, and
all folks of my age thought the same
thing, but when SO many fellows begin to
be "called," and "called" from mingling
with the scums to enter right into run
ming the whole machinery Of the Chris
tian world, it put me to studying.
am great believer in the church,
and I am a great lover of preachers, and
I believe yet that God "calls" 'em to
preach His word, but these called ones
these truly called ones-are scarcely ever
heard Of these times, and they verify the
old.time saying, that "Jordan is a hard
road to travel" They could no more
be made to enter any wrangle for the
purpose of gain or self aggrandizement
than you could turn Judge Bleckley from
a conscientious discharge of his official
duties, and they were not called" while
the scent of liquor was yet upon their
breath. The Lord would get all the
liquor outen fellow before calling him,
is my notion-the devil, though, amt 80
particular, and he's subtle, mighty subtle,
and fellow with liquor in him for long
time could be deceived in the matter Of
voices. After studying and studying, I
have decided that the purest of preachers
and the best Of women are the ones who
are never advertised, and boast not.
Good Lord deliver US from politicians,
is my prayer, and I do hope that the
prayer of wicked old man will be
answered one time. But politicians have
the virtue of playing their part just to
win and everybody knows it--deceit in
them is legitimate, science.
When the "graugers" we're booming
and looked as if they were going to
"plump out the middle man" in CONNER.
cial affairs; there WAS great commotion,
and nobody could tell where it was going
to end, but the politicians settled it all
they worked the ''graugers" into politics
and then they had 'em.
Itwas the talk, not so very long ago,
that if the Farmers Alliance" could be
got into politics they would be settled.
I don't know about this; I don't see how
they are going to get along without going
into politics, but I do hope that it will
be purified politics ifthey do 20 in, and
if they can purify political matters in
this country it will be great thing, but
it's q big lob, and remember I told you So
And the church-can they enter poll
tics? There are lots of these suddenly
called" fellows who bravely enter in with
coats off and sleeves rolled up, and they
are making great success financially
for themselves, but I'm er feared they'll
down the church not down it either
for there will be the pure old ministers
left hammering away at the devil, preach
ing scripture, free from sensation, with
out price and without desire for fame
till the Lord will hear their cries and
take us back to old-time ways and old
time anity-wickedness may -four.
ish for while, but the reaction will
come and there will be great hustling te
get back.
Old Lorenzo Dow was one of these
travelling preachers-and he was good
one. But there was much difference in
his methods and the methods of these late
day "evangelists." Any fellow can be
an '.'eyangelist" these days, and if he
draws we'll and has a good fellow along
with him to attend to the hat.passing, he
soon gets rich and can take it leisurely
along on the "sleepers" and "dinning'
cars, only stopping atsuch places as needs
stirring up. Old Lorenzo travelled the
trails through heat and cold, rain and
snow, swimming the streams and going
hungry, and there was no sizing up o.
congregations, no passing Of hats, bu
upon the principle that where few wert
gathered together there was the Lore
also; he preached and went on his way
rejoicing.
There are too many departures these
days from old ways, and where is it tt
stop? This young generation are begin
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