Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-13

NM. ana lake any person nom among
H.. ~ ne Is taken away in his inionity.
but ms blood win ] require nj tbo ses,J
Iian hand. Also: On what nisCH
tutieiofe' ye hear the sound of tbe srnn,,
~, is9Il ye thither unto as: our cod
shail night for u.s. Neh IN. "a
Brethren, ! believe IN a divi,e c.u
70 the ministry. believe every tr,io min.
isler Of God is Waterman nccordin,,
70 the hgure used in the text / be,
heNe that the command uiven a. M.
Waterman in the text h given to me
a. nV pIeatuers proper attitude toward
municipal meanness" IS my subject
we learn IN this text that Inc watch.
sriHn SHOULD be chosen 10y the people
hnis truth explains why ! stand In
oIuugWhy pulpit tonight / WIS placed
mere by unanimous vote of no ehurcb
the people that worship here Tbrse /
years ago today took pastoral charge
OF this church. The text teaches tbot
" Is incumbent upon watchmnp to
take advanced positions. He must
stand upon the wall" A man on no
TOP OF a wall has q much larger hori.
4I99n than one who is within the wall.
henGe' ne Gun see further. l think this
n why this figure Is used The idpa il
TINS: The preacher is expected TO rive
special study 60 an questions affecting
the moral or Christian character of his
people He must be able to recognize
u friend, even at distance. and
detect nm enemy great way on. even
though the enemy be marching undcr
disgW He must be able also 10 de-
teet q 'emy in close quarters, and
thi' ", On, times very difficult This
81 H,l . 'us why / am now
nicipm ",E s@,. rea Iiy's s.c y" nm M au.
envy. III, = X@no. With whom "n we WE
are ..na.i IN ,S close ,., % 10 has his hands
] don't say he Ii . pilot No wonder
our mayor became alarmed when hc
heard OF these things. 1t is just what
might bee expected from any good may
or / refer To- his letter published IN
last weeks daily papers. Ina that uru.
Gle which was an open letter addressed
10 me he very kindly bids me Godspupd
In the good work i have begun He
says. 81 viii chccrfully render, Mr. Ba-
ten""Pnll the aid IN NY power In arriy-
ing nc the truth" Some of YOU may
not have understood why he denied the
statements made 10y me- and challpng-
cd me to produce the proof thereof He
did this simply ina order TO learn the
whole truth. Please observe his LAM
guage. He says, in that challenge:
IF these things exist / want TO know
Il, and see the guilty persons punished.
Sometimes q person institutes n law suit
against q dear friend In order 90 test
the ooustituuonality Of some uutrsted
law. You see the only way you can
learn whether law is cOnsonant with
the constitution is 10 institute legal
proceedings IN which the untricd law Is
made tu act cOnspicOus part, let it be
appealed from the lower TO the higher
courts, etc.
Now, from the mayors words, you
see he must have had some similar OBJ
icct In view Again, we know this must
have been his object by the very uu-
ture OF his dcni0ls, He denies that any
police officer was ever at any time, seen
In any saloon unless hc had entered
such place to make arrest or quiet dis.
turbancc. ] am sure that nc could not
have denied thing which is of such
frequent Occurrauce, and with which
citizens generally are so familiar, unless
it was his desire TO gel the matter put IN
a more specific form. Nearly everybody
that drives our streets secs policemen
enter saloons and great many have
laughed nj the mayors denial They
would say, "Why, he must have Otter
seen it himself But ! would say Il
| all such, YOU should not laugh since
| perhaps you may wholly nisunderstanC
! his motives II the yerhiagc Of his LEG
! ter means anything. it means That he i
] on lllt NlNf OF law anu NiNil WI INV NLNA
of the highest state of morality. n,
| doubt If he had IL in his power he woul,
! discharge every inelicinnt oihcer nnt
| wipe out every disordery house IN The
| city. ....,. ..,,,,.,
| He shall have ainuaylts. No doubt
| the mayor and all other good ohcer
! will thank me for these aihiduvits bu
/ all bad ones win wish, before l an
through, that they had never heard OF an
In my sermon last Sunday night ! sal,
that / could furnish nitduyits, provln.
three things thut policemen were seer
I'M saloon ON Saturday night. Morcl
4. that saloons kept open doors and ma
sic after - o'clock the same night an'
that man was robbed IN the city IN
AFFIDAVIT No ~
state OF Texas, County OF lHrrant.
BEFORE the undersigned authority ON I'M
dnv personally appeared J, NJ. Corley AN
A'Ei Batcu. who. bcug duly sworn, dcpps
ana say: on Saturday night, March
iSOY we saw policemen ia saloon o
! NnIn street In the city OF Fort Worm
when there was no apparent evidence o
thelr having entered said place TO max
arrest or quiet disturbance.
Witness our hands this 10Th day OF MArcp
a. ~ A. +. BATEN,
J. NJ CORLEi.
sworn 90 and subscribed before me lhl
10Th day OF March. lhN, ,,,,,
i0'' N'' ". EKSKINE WILLIAMS
Notary Public farrmt county res
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