The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-11-08
On Suggestive Topics, in the
Handling of Which He
Oiscards Gloves.
The Audience Was Small, But
Plain Truths Were Plainly
Told.


Such law-abiding citizens as X. II.
Moses, DIR. A. H. Conkright, George
Lord. Fred Wagenlander, Chas.
Hoberecht, A. Dulmage, w. A.
Crawford, j.. b. Wilcox and many
Others were present.
Wilcox did some singing.
He sings the Lords praises well.
Rev. B. +. Boiler gave out the in
troductory services, such as hymns,
prayer and responsive reading in the
church book, after the style of the
Episcopal church.
Rev. j. NJ. Van Wagner took the
pulpit desk and faced very meagre
audience.
This divine generally draws more'n
3 mustard plaster.
1t threatened rain just at church
time.
A brace of other churches preaching
on the same subject.
These are two of the reasons why the
audience was small, but what it lacked
in numbers, it made up in quality.
Van Wagner was loaded for bear.
He started out without opening the
Bible or any other book at 2:1O gait
on a regulation track.
'Stand up against evil doors and
the workers of iniquity" was what
David shouted when he was king and
was the basis of the parsons talk.
Courage to do right was what the
speaker endeavored to impress upon
his hearers, and is good thing.
1t is good thing to have courage,
and Sedalians have plenty of it when
there is no danger around, Mr.. Van
Wagner. We have seen that demon
strated more'n once since 1868 when
The BAzoo was started.
Then the preacher shouted to the
audience and empty seats "Stand up
for the right"
That's correct, may it please the
court, and THE BAzoo says, Amen.
Mr.. Van Wagner apologized for the
sparce audience, but said he had no
apology for talking on the subject
under discussion.
For the benefit of the audience
present The BAzOo will state that
David was sanity old ruler but he
did not have the Sedalia police to deal
with and a brace of detectives who
were always very prominent when
danger was three miles away.
We think Ed. Stevens is better fixed
and knows more about handling Sc
dalia than David would if he was on
the ground.
Ed. Stevens, for a rough and tumble
executive will even up pretty well
with David who sat on his throne and
had no stuffed club.
Mr.. Van Wagner then casually re-
marked that the clergy had a duty to
perform warn the people. 1t was
q duty higher than rulers, for often
rulers must be pointed to the shoals
they were likely to run on.
1t was more profitable to the masses
to talk of these things sometimes, than
to preach straight and unadulterated
theology. The latter was the most
pleasant, but the former was duty
sometimes.
Then the speaker gave the anarch-
lists side hit that was raw truth and
went home to that class of semi
brutes.
The observance of the Sabbath was
also touched upon by the parson, and
his ideas are eminently correct.
"When a man sins, by breaking the
Sabbath, he generally profanes
and does lots of other sinful
acts. Sin generally goes in groups
rs grapes grow in bunches," said the
preacher.
cit was habit to sin-crime was a
habit" he said.
Then the speaker told a story about
q fellow stealing chickens and said he
could not pass a hen roost without be-
ing seized with an everlasting desire
TO carry off a fowl.
That is the way that sin is commit
ted in Sedalia, We suppose the par
Bon wanted to illustrate.
Mr.. Van Wagner did not say a
word about the chickens being yellow
legs or not. |,
We will leave the people who read
rHE BAzoo to draw their own cOnclu- +,
eions. :
The saloons, gamblers, church raf-
Hers, pool selling crap-shooters, horse,
poker and jack pots were denounced
without stint and held up to the gaze
Pf an audience that are in sympathy
nth every word the preacher said.
Mr.. Van Wagner wanted the people
70 have courage-that kind of courage
hat would make the hair of the ''evil ,
loers and workers of iniquity" stand !