The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-11
"ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL"

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There is a lengthy sermon in the above
text, but L will not attempt to preach it
in full or explain its entire meaning.
Among other things it means that it is
not right to rob the local preacher in
order to pay the missionary. Not to
make donations to Paul and compel
Peter to fish in the local sea OF GalliIee
for living. For Paul, who preached
the Gospel forcibly, paid his way and
lived of the Gospel even in foreign lands
For the spirit of the Divine Master was
with him and led the way. 1t did not
require the membership of Peters
churh to convert The children
into ''fairies," neither did it require
that they hold '.high carnival in
IN order to aid in the support of the
Gospel, either at home or in foreign
lands. 1t did not require that they dress
IN purple and fine linen Or any other
gaudy attire in order to make show
and draw the crowd" and catch the
pennies and the nickels, the dimes and
the quarters from the sinners at home
to save the HOttentot or the hoodlum of
foreign birth. Il did not require that
we sacrifice our children to The god of
pride or ambition or lust, in order to
clo'he them as 'fairies," as queens, as
Arabs, as Hindoos, as clowns or as saw
ages, IN order to draw crowd and
obtain money TO cloth the poor
in Peters congregation. Neither
did 1t require "church fairs TO
sell the things mentioned in Rev.
1912, 13, at an extravagant price for
either the benefit of the home church,
the home missionary, or for evangelistic
work. Neither did it require that our
children go upon the stage dressed in
gorgeous attire; nor on the other hand,
with their limbs, thighs, neck or bust
exposed to the lascivious gaze of the
lecherous devotee of lust, in order to
take In money at the door of the temple
for the good of the church or the order.
Neither did 1t require that our daughters
dance before kings with no other motives
in view, excepting those exposed by
their lack of dress, and nothing of a re-
timing or elevating nature, excepting
the hem of their skirt as it went
up and covered the blush of shame
that mantled their cheek. No other
motive IN view but to fitch the dime.
Quarter Oh dollar from the pocket of the
liberal classes and place it among the &C
wealth of the lecherous
leaders of the church of gold triumphant,
Bat did not desire TO make a theo- |
logical discourse out of this brief article. |
bat wished TO give few points of reproof
10 some other protested benevolent So |
cieties, that make high pretentions of !
being ''better than the churches" Let |
us see about that. A million old soldiers |
went through the late var. They suf- |
tered untold agonies, on the march, on |
the tented field, on the battle field and |
IN the prison pen. One-half of |
that number suffered death that |
our nation might live, and that !
we might have country. home and a /
hreslde. That this might be what it has !
long claimed TO be: The land of the |
free and the home of the brave Those /
OF US WHO went into that struggle and |
lived through, conquered peace. re-
iieved the blue uniform OF the odium
cast upon 1t IN Mexico, and in less sig
nificant contests, with foreign and alb |
original foes. We relieved the bluecoats
of the attempted odium cast upon them
by the Tories and the British redcoats of
the Revolution. We had marched under
the Stars and Stripes. at time when
one-third of those stars were suspended
pendant in the habiliments of
lamentatIon. desolation.
famine, bloodshed aud grim. gray
vlSaSed war. 1t was n time of terror
1esolatlon and death. 1t was a fight
between brave men Of our own kindred.
bold men and women of our blood. of
our Countrywide braveSt. the best the
most beautiful. the most heroic on earth. |
lie was an effort to rob Peter for the
benefit of Paul 1t was an effort to
keep the sons OF Ham in slavery for the
benefit OF the descendants of Shem and
Iapheth: for II was a fight between the
after, while the former was the bone of
between them.
1t has passed into proverb ,hat:
When Greek meet Greek thei, comes
lie tug of war" But when Yankee
blood m!nsles with Southern blood then
lell Is TO pay. And that is still an
'pen question, whether there will
De the most of The ''bue"
'r OF the grey where the blue brIm-
tone smoke rolls with increased horror
rom tue yawnlpg mouth OF the bottom
ess PIT OF blackness and darkness as the
'iue and the grey smoke wr!ucies TO-
.ether where the smoke of their torment
scends forever and forever Methinks
We VIII not stop 10 Count the colcys ~
lie rainbow when we reach thst c.bar
lace described IN Rev. ellie 10 >. inclu-
i've.
But have not yet reached the poin. !
hat started TO reach 1t the beg.naingl