The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-01-05

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or level to control the amusement
question. You must deal with it &C
cording to your conscience, your
Bible and your God.
The BAsoo agrees with the distin-
guished divine.
Mr.. Myers then got in some center
shots on ''society." He pronounced it
"sassiety," and told an incident about
a young lady at Falls City, Nebraska,
who was euchre player. She was a
church memb: but her conscience was
in it, and of course she went TO the
dominion bow-wOws. because she
kept up with "slssiety.'
Everything in this world belongs
t. the highest use il car be devoted
TO, - doubtful amuscments must lot
be tlerated, hut rmus, ments not
z sblffl are al. ri-ht, we're sub taE =
.t..,t- iao words Il Mr. Myers.
And % course The consci ice S"!s
IN Us wask aud goes 20 The bail 10!
the oh / sweet charity.
Tte " stor asked the ques .;or
Did Won ever Sc anyone dance
themselves into the church = or "did
they dance out of the church,
John X. Clppton, who sat on the
front seat, did not undertake to an.
swer the question, although the
speaker looked right at him.
He don't dance.
"The church must call a halt,
said the speaker. ION doubtful amuse.
ments, for the attractions and allure.
ments of the world we're 90 great that
the church is letting plenty of good
! material get away"
Then he told about chaplain in
the army. The chaplain did not hurt
the soldiers m ,rals, but the sol diers
had shipwrecked the morals of the
chaplain.
He did not say in what way the
soldiers got away with the chaplain,
and he left that to the imagination
and intelligence of bis audience.
Mr.. Myers read from Father
Clark's pen. asking the question,
"wben to dance ?" And the one ask
ing, also answered by saying, "when
you drop fiat iron on your foot"
This ended the sermon, which the
BAzoo has very imperfectly reported.
1t was long, but very interesting. 1t
was fine effort, logical, bright and
well delivered. He commanded the
closest attention Of his audience, aud,
as pulpit orator. he is much above
the average. There was nothing
doubtful in his discourse. Every
adult person in the audienoe knew
what every word be said meant.
Now came the roasting.
The newspapers got it between the
eyes because they had dared to dis
agree with the gentlemen of the cloth
on Q moral question. According to his
version, the newspapers are sinners
and the Ministers alliance q genteel
lot Of saints.
"Did you ever hear of a charity
ball ?" asked Mr.. Myers Of his audi
ence. He then deal. out sarcasm and
ridicule without stint.
He said the Devil was out fishing
and he baited with q charity ball.
He did not say the Devil was fish
ing for church members, but suppose
that was the idea he intended to con-
vey.
Mr.. Myers TOLD hIs audience that
when they wanted money for church
purposes they should 60 into their
pockets for it the same as they did
when they wanted potatoes, meat,
-four and garden truck.
The BAzoo understands that to be
opposed to entertainments for raising
money for the church.
This would iuclcde Belva Lock
woods lecture.
The speaker did not utter word
against the Ki..1iss. Tha. would
bFTe hit one OF the churches repre-
scented in The alliance. No, he was
after larger game. He was shooting
a, the Sedalia newspapers.
They are sinful.
They publish advertisements for
whisky.
They appreciate the cause of the
ladies and charity ball.
The speaker had no Kind words for
the Sedalia papers, but the Sedalis
press has in the pas. said many, many
encouraging words for the churches in
Sedalia and will do 30 hereafter.
"But the charity ball will be held"
and the speaker tried to reflect on it's
respectability by telling what . gen.
tleman from st. Louis had told him,
that diueputable characters generally
predominated ut such a6ain in that
city.