Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-02-25
RELIGIOUS COLUMN.
GHAPLAIN M'CABE'S DREAM OF
INGERS0LLVILLE.

(COntIA leJ from week. }

L LAC JtllS Wcfc tsIl cluPty, oAo pcIllCcn-
tiaries were without occupants. Judges
,sat in court rooms with nothing to do.
business .1as brisk. Many great build
Tags, formerly crowded with criminals,
we're turned into manufacturing es-
tabli. netts. Just about this time the
President I the United States called
for a Day of Thanksgiving. l attended
services in a z Presbyterian Church. The
preacher dwelt upon the chansei COL
dition of affairs. AS he went on and
depicted the great prosperity that had
come to the country, and gave reasons
for devout thanksgiving, I saw one old
deacon clap his handkerchief over his
mouth to keep from shouting riet out.
Pa ancient spin,ter, who never did like
the ''noisy" M.thodists-a regular Ole
blue-stoeking Presbyterian couldn't
hold in. She expressed the thought OF
evcry heart by shouting with all her
might, GLORY to God for lingo 'sollvillc"
A young theological student lifted w
perpetual" Every body smiled. The
country was almost delirous with JOY.
Great procession OF children swept along
al highways, singing,
'WeIi not give up tn. Bible.
God blessed world of truth
Vast assemblies Of reformed inebriates
with their wives and children. gathered
in the open air. No building WOULD
hold them. thought I was in on.
meeting where Bishop Simpson mad, al,
address. and IS he clc.ad mighty
shout went up till the -arth RAM, again
%, it was wonderful! and then W. al:
stood up and sang with tears of JOY,
''Allhail :he power OF Jesus name!
let ang ola pro.trate fall:
bring forth tn. royal diaden.
And crown him Lord OF all"
The six IN his had well-ni I'll gone.
I made my way back again to the rate OF
Ingersollyill.. A dreadful siIcnc.
rcigned over the city. broken only BY
the sharp crack of n revolver now anci
then. saw busy man trying to get in
at the gates, and said IT, him, My
friend, where are You from?'
II live in Chicago" said he, land
they've taxed us to death there: and Nv.
heard Of this city. and want to go il.
t. buy some real estate in this new and
growing place"
He failed utterly to remove tho bar.
but by some means hs got u ladder
about twelve f.et long, and. with it's aid
he climb.l up UPON the wall With an
eye to Cuisines H. said to til. ir,. |
person he saw:
Halo, the. e!-what's the price of
real estate in Insersollville?"
"Nothing! shouted a voice: '.you csn
have all you want if you'll just take it
and pay tho taxes
"What made your tax. SO high?"
said tbs Chicago man. 1 noted the ans.
wer carefully; shall mover forget it.
We've had to build forty new jail.
and fourteen penitentiaries, luna.ic
asylum and orphan asylum in every
ward; w We had to disband the public
schools. and tax. all ths revenue of the
city to keep up the polio. force
Where's my old friend, I---?:" said
the Chicagn man.
D. hc is going about to-day with sub
sciption paper to build achurcA. Tlrs
have gottan up petition to send out
Tor lot Of prcachcr. to come and l.ol
revival services. If We can only s.:
Ii Nc can only get them over the wall
We hops there's future for Ingersollvile
yot."
The six months ended. Instead of
opening the door, however, a tunnel
Was dug under the wall big enough for
INC person to crawl through ut IL tim.
First came two bankrupt editors. follow
"a by G a.o.i'.l himself, ana .1,ll 81
~hclc pop>;iasioa c4,.wled t.lro, III
racn thought, scnaao., Scca.s.rs nd
,f Christians surrounded .na city. Tier
VAS Moody, and Hammond. an, .,.i.!..
md hundreds of Methodist preachers.
nd cSho'terts and they struck up, si;l
ng all togather,
Come. We sinner". DOR aud needy"
\ n2adiel crowd never We . i. IA 1..r;,,
y,fore.
Ic,nversed with somc Of he iahas,;.
snts OF t.le :bandoned city ala a.L.l :
,,w of them this question:
Do y III betieve in he'll?
cannot Record the aaSw.rs: t1.ny
we're terribly orthodox.
One old man said. I've hsen taeso On
'rabat1oa % SIX a.ca:i.s, ;t:ei don't
van: u Join"
! Knew by tha, h was an Oh Methodist
oaeksiid r The aeGslal 6 Il. II was =
sse;st resigel that gstser- a i, nisn.y
so..yiA.s.
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