National Baptist world., 1894-11-09
A PROTEST.
Parsons. Kans., }
Nov. 3, 1894. {

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Nov. 3, 1894.
Editor National Baptist World:
Please spare space in your valuable
paper to answer the following, said
to be what intelligent people should not
do by by an intelligent (?) liter in the
Parsons Blade, first: They should not
run revival meetings; second, they will
disturb the intelligent people who are
sleeping the death sleep of predestina-
ton, for if you will notice the Parsons
Blade Of last week You will see piece
in there concerning Baptist church
and their worship, and stating that it is
time for our people to be intelligent; he
also said: "Mr. editor, am forced to
take upon myself an unpleasant duty
which | would fain to have another
perform; not that would hesitate one
moment and then shirk an individual
duty, but to the contrary; hold, and
rightly, that which is alluded to below,
should be the dHty of every fairminded
individual who is, Iand all should be)
interested in promoting our race to a
higher and purer sphere of life. The
revival meetings which have for some
time past been conducted at a certain
church i'll Parsons, have reached such a
stage that they are highly disgusting to
intelligence and refinement; they are re-
dicnlOus in the extreme, and such actions
should not be tolerated even in dark be.
nlghted Africa where the light of civil
ization is out by day. Such superstition
and ignorance one witnessing such
scenes as are to be seen at these meetings
could not hold "a mute tongue and do
just to humanity. These meetings are
relics Of barbarism as they are carried
Oh at the above mentioned church, and
a disgrace to the citizens of Parsons.
Their actions are in the extreme hold
ing their meetings until two and three
O'Clock i'll the morning; the spectacle of
women shouting and eating bananas,
and, the4community is disgusted. Cen
Tie rea1 ES FEzScfsco, Nov 5:==zt
have submitted this protest to this pa--Ss
per, but think it high time that our
people-all of them, should learn to
conduct intelligent Worship"
A SLEEPLEss RESIDENT.
Tn oncunr to tho forouoinf ooD ton,,+;
BILE article and vicious attack upon our
meeting, we wish 20 to say that the
church has surely done good work,
and | attended the services, The ,
church would dismiss every night at
ten o'clock sharp, so that those who
wished, might 60 home. That hell
hound who wrote the foregoing article
and who is trying to cast some refec-
ton upon the church of God, had bet
ter be upon his knees trying to save
his soul from hell, because he is almost
damned walking along, and went to
the church and heard something that
touched him; some prayer or sermon.
And he calls serving God ignorance; if
it had been ball or social game of
some kind it would have been intelli-
gent(?), but because it is persuading
men and women to do better, some
coward calls it old fogyism. [ don't
know who it was that wrote the article,
but know he is nothing an6 on his
way to hell; he refused to sign his
name, and l am surprised at the editor
for publishing such trash. If this does
not do the gentleman, will put dyna-
mite cartridge under him and blow
HIM up
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
am yours for the Baptist,
REV. s. M. ARTHUR,
REV. d. D. PAYNE