Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-04-07
Mighty Men.
THEIR POST OFFICE ADDRESS,
FROM 4 RELIGIOUS STAND.
POINT, Is NOT MEXICO,
MISSOURI.
A Sermon by Rev. Addison Wallace
About the Mighty "Men Whom
David Had"
From the Sedalia Bazoo.

Inc lnnaDltantS OF MEXICO, MO,
are not unlike the people of other
enlightened communities.
Mexico has two colleges, public
schools, plenty of churches, one
cemetery, several drug stores, Bob
White, Sam Cook, Joe Glandon and
other evidences of advanced civiliza-
ton.
Last Sunday morning your own
deacon, on the streets of this God
fearing city, say alongline of young
ladies, wearing little flat hats, march
ing in twos to church, and at the
same hour, going to the same place,
was a long line of young men and
boys in the cadet uniform, march
ing in twos,
They met on the street corner,
and the boys had orders to side
track for the girls.
That's right.
And the boys calamity raised
their chapeaus.
1t was a pretty sight on the
morning of the Lords day, and the
sun and your deacon smiled on the
scene.
| went to church with deacon Bob
White.
Rev. Addison Wallace is a young
man, but old enough TO be brave
and,talk straight from the shoulder.
After the usual service and
passing the platter to slow music,
he busted off the Bible and turned
to ii Samuel, xiii chapter and read
a part of the viii verse.
"These be the names of the
mighty men whom David had"
when David talked about men
he did not mean women" said the
preacher, and a young ladyin a seat
not far from me, with a mole on her
nose, sat as straight as a spring
chicken stands in asummer shower.
She realized her importance as
much as a young man does the first
time he votes for a justice of the
peace.
"Women were devout Christians
and would face all kinds of storms
or rebuffs to attend prayer meeting
and services, but when | look fol-
the men-the mighty men whom
David had-they are not present, y
said the parson, with that peculiar
emphasis that denoted that he knew
what he was talking about.
Mr.. Wallace, l don't know how ii
is in Mexico, but did you ever no.
tice hat a bare sprinkle OF rain
would keep the old man and grown
boys away from church, while the
wife, mother and the girls, who
were not expectin' anybody, would
go if it was through a brisk shower
On the other hand it would take
nothing less than u full grown ant
able-bodied cyclone and water spou.
combined to keep old bald-headet
and matured sons from attending
leg exhibition or q ward caucus.
-"The women in this church have
backbone to make extraordinary ex
ertion to accomplish their ends il
the line of church work, while tn
men take it easy, read the evening
paper or talk politics." said tn
speaker, looking squarely in tn
face of a large audience.
The men WINGED.
David was not present. He wa
at home reading Dave Hills lates
speech or the details of the last Eng
'Y1ish scandal written inromance styl
to suit the literary epicurean taste
The David l am alludingto is no
the David you talked about.
There are very few of the David
that you preached about reside il
Mexico, but the Davids write abou
would more than fill a railroad cal
Mr. Wallace paid a very hig
compliment to the women of til
Presbyterian church of Mexico, an
the uprightness of their spins
columns.
;, I'd hate to be a man in Mexie
, for three weeks.
/ Mr.. Wallace said on cold, snowy
, slushy nights plenty of women cam
Ito prayer meeting, but the men wei
scarce. He spoke of recent prays
meeting where there was a large a
l semblage of women and six mel
. Two Of the men were of the shift
8 world, who dropped in to see if Il
: ladies did not need their protectio
9 to get home.
8 This assertion made one of Il
men a little restless, but your deace
sat still.