Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-25
A WOMAN HITS THE MINISTER'S
STRIKE.
lsr cHRoSrcLEs--17 CHAP.


Now IL came TO pass in these days,
that the ministers of Salem, the city Of
peace, did gather themselves together
10 counsel about carrying the glad It'd
lngs of love aud salvation, TO those in
carcerated In prison cells, Ia the reform
schools and In the insane asylums,
aud It did seem good unto them, (but
not unto the spirit that they speak not
unto these uDfortunates, the words OF
reconciliation aud life, without com
pensation Of five dollars per Sunday.
And It was 10 that they declared not
unto them the wonderful things Of the
Lord.
Now, Priscilla, the daughter Of An.
drew, who was elder in the house OF
the Lord thirty years, even until the
day of his death, was sore grieved, that
among the stewards Of the mysteries Of
God, there was not one found faithful.
50 Priscilla bowed before the Lord In
prayer with these words: 0 thou King
Of nations, thy saiuts shall bless thee.
They shall speak of the glory Of thy
kingdom, and talk of thy power. o,
thou that nearest prayer, listen to these
our humble confessions. for thy minis
isters who have departed from thy pre-.
cepts and thy judgments, inasmuch as
they have refused to cry against the
wickedness which has come up before
thee, from these state institutions, un.
less, unto them more pelf be given.
Now do those who believe not In thy
holy name, laugh In derision and say I:
Do they fear God for naught?" Hath
not each one Of them good salary?
Hast not the Lord given them pleasant
pastures? Yea, the fat Of the land In
theirs. He hath clothed them In good
iy apparel. He hath put silk hats
upon their heads Qf not He, ~
have the people arrayed them)
and fine sandals upon their
feets. And are not their wives and
their sons aud their daughters clothed
as are the rich of our land? III not
with the might and glory Of the Lord,
with the glory VI men. hath these
ministers been clothed. Now are they
made "a spectacle to the world and
to angels and to men," that they 30
differ from that minister of Christ,
who both hungered and thirsted
and was naked and buffetted and
had no certain dwelling place; who
worked with his own hands that he
might I've burdensome to none. Be-
hold, say they, six days In the week,
for two and one half cents q day, do
some editors labor, sending forth the
news of the land to each home which
Wills to receive 1t, with words Of ad-
vice. encouragement and instruction
which are as powerful In the right for
nation of character AS are the Sunday
iiscourses of most Of our ministers
brain work do they give us--and not
Inferior to like work OF our clergy.
Thus speaketh man against the
shepherds of thy tlocks. therefore we
thee o, Lord, that thou re-
vive thy ministers, that thy people
may rejoice. Oh, let wickedness be
ended and justice be established, espec-
ally for those In the reform school do |
we intercede, for they are young In
sin; Oh, may they be faithfully In.
structed In thy way; some Of them o,
Lord, are the children Of widows,
others are the ofisprings Of thy servants,
yea for they do labor In thy vineyard
at the head Of missionary work and as
bearers Of the emblems; and though
hey cannot rule their own house well,
ls thy word requireth, they do rule
we'll In thy synagogue, Have mercy
ipon their children, that thy promises
10 established. Let no other Lord be-
ide thee have any dominion over us.
salvation to our God which sitteth
lpon the throne, amen.