Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-07-14
a FAITHFUL PASTOR AND A
GREAT fleNT.
~ M-th0tiiss.

v~sntsuly and persistently VIC.
lated by the drug stores OF
Stsrkville, and We acknowledge
our utter inability to deal with
this evil by Indictment Broth
e. Randolph made this state.
meni by the grand jury . text Of
q strsDz seru on, and he siirred
all the "blind tiger men and
their friends, In the Church and
out OF it, Some Who ought tS
have stood by the preacher
turned against him and sided
with the evil doers. 1t 10 vel
enough, now and then, to draw
the line and let the people. ever
members Of the Church. get or
the side whore they properly
belong-where there real infu
ence always 10. Those who sci
whisky, play cards and dance
and those Who uphold and en-.
courage these evils, are enenie s
to the eaase Of Christ. They
are against our Lord, aud moi
with him are foes. not frienda
of Christ. Some men. who stood
pretty high In the Church, and
some women, I am sorry to say
got on tho wrong side Of the
line. They would have beer
counted as the friends Of right.
eousness till the fight came, and
they went over TO the enemy
al the first round.
when the college ball was an.
nouneed tStsrkvilie b the site oil
the Agricultural and Nsehani.
cal College Of the State, Bro.
Randolph issued . circular let.
ter TO the members of bis church
giving so me reasons Why Chris.
tians ought not to dance; and
this letter brought on another
big fight The dancing people
aud their friends, in the Church
and out of IL. we're mp in arms
against the preacher. send
you q copy Of the letter. The
csucing brigade formed on the
whisky and ~blind tiger bri
gades and made common cause
sgainst the preacher. The
preacher then spoke ON card
playing, another evil in tha,
town, made popular by being
fashionable among the boys and
some Of the professors in the
college. This brought on anoth.
or battle, and the card PLAYERS,
college professors and eli form.
ed In line with the whisky peo-
pie snsi the dancers against the
prsseher.
Tneee parties are vociferous
for the reGossl Of Bro. Ran
delphi At the eod of the year.
They do not want him in that
charge. He hits too hard and
toe often in the same place.
They want mere fsttery and less
truth-more soft soap and less
solid gospel. Brother Randolph
IL the preacher they need, but
hot the kind they want. They
cab him sensational and sea.
sstiouA he 10, FOR he creates. a
sensation. When he let's the
bucket down in that well be
draws up mud. Il is his bucket
and their mud. They want /,
man that Will cry "peacs, peace
where there is no peace. John
the Baptist and our Lord were
sensational preachers. What a
stir they created The people
got lad at them anil wanted =
kill .heE, and they did kill them
also nssrls all Of OF tue es-ly
preachers of the gospel. Th.y
would XII Randolph, tso, ifthsy
dare DO IL They viii come just
as near killing him - they dare
20
when the college Commences.
inert cane On every preacher
N the town was put forward and
given acme work to do except
Bro. Randolph. He vas snrs.
bed and sntireiy ignored. This
was a great shama-a little and
q mean thing CT the part of
those in charge. That is . Stats
College and Bro Randolph is !
representative man, the college
pastor for eighty odd thousand
u ethodists, citizens in M~ississip
pl. who were taxed for the
Building and support Of that
college. When he is snubbed
on an occasion Of that sort the
4ethodists Of hississippi are
and justly 90. The gen
in charge belittle them
selves and the college when
they ignore the Methodist pas
tor merely. because he reeuked
some OF Of the professors fov
playing cards on the college
gronuds- Some Of a. do not
want eur boys to learn to play
cards, do not want them TO 20
TO balls and do not want them
to be made drunkards by sblinl
tigers while they are at college.
Fer these reasons We are not
going 10 send our boys to this
college while these things 20 on .
Bro Randolph has done . great
work in the interest of that
school 1Aey think him an sne-
my, bat he u . true friend.
A rich and inhueuual mer.
chant OF that town gave q big
supper ia which beer flowed
ike water. During the fesayi-