Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-18

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Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal
New YORK, Jan. 12.-We had been
keeping quiet for some time-Hilary
and |. Hilary is my cousin and my
friend; the combination you seldom find
in woman. 1 was slipping my tea and
irving to guess out the shape of the tea
leaves; Hilary was taking gulp of hers
every two or three minutes, in sort of
savage way, and between times looking
at the newspaper. AT last she threw the
paper aside, put down her cup, stood
up, looked at me with great firmness,
aud said very emphatlcally, by their
works We shall know them"
1t was only natural for me to ask,
"Who?n
And she answered, "The preachers of
to-day" Then she began to talk.
Said she 81 don't wonder men lose all
belief when they realize what manner
Of man attempts to teach faith. am
not surprised that they doubt the exist
ence of the Gentle Man OF Galilee when
those who are supposed to tell of Him
to mankind lack gentleness. 1t is not u
wonder to me that men have no faith,
no God, and are contemptuous of many
things, and can quite understand how
they can laugh and say with truth,
How these Christians fight The Rever-
end Mr.. Prejudice gets up in the pulpit,
and instead of preaching Christ cruel
fed, he delivers personal sermon at
lacking the Reverend Mr.. Puritan, and
explaining wherein he is right and his
brother in the Lord is wrong. Then
Father Candlemas instead of telling his
congregation how to love one another
and do their duties as commanded by
the household, the State and the church,
discusses the single.tax theory and just
to pass the time, Whites the men of his
own faith who are working quietly and
well. After this, the Rev. Mrs. Timothy,
who has forgotten that it is especially
said that women should keep silence in
the church, arises in her might and
uses the pulpit to promulgate suffrage.
VARIOUS GRADES OF cLEReYMEN.
Some day, Rabbi Greatheart, Father
Kindness and the Reverend MIR. Ath-
letic, all big-hearted men, agree to unite
TO feed the poor and clothe those who
are cold; they send out invitations to
the different preachers, asking them to
unite with them, and the Reverend Mr..
Blue Law regrets, but he cannot work,
even in charity, with people who do
not accept that beautiful rule which
damns you, whether you are good or
whether you are bad. Then the Rever.
end Mr.. Howler is sorry, but he feels
that he can not work in unison with
people who do not believe that the king
dom Of heaven is gained by yelling and
screeching and leading silly women to
become historical and oVer-wrought.
And the Reverend DR.. Swimmer must
refuse to meet people who were merely
sprinkled and not given an, entire bath,
and 80 it goes on; and yet, they all
claim to be Christians.
What does it meanl What are we tc
believe? You and start out in life, &C.
cepting the lovely story of the Saviour
who came into the world that sinners
might be forgiven; we say our prayers
believing they will be answered; we &c
TO that church we like the best, and are
happy. Some day preacher gets up
and, instead Of clarifying love and kind
ness, and charity, he talks doctrine, and
we come out wondering what il al
means. And next Sunday we get NOR,
OF 1t, and then more and more and more
And the newspapers speak of tn,
preacher as great student, and in tim,
We are one of two things-we hav,
either wearied out our brains on tn,
doctrinal questions, until we don't be
lieve anything, or, else We are so tireC
out that we stay away from church anC
Try to live as good lives as We can.
PULPIT SIMPLICITY WANTED.
What the preachers want to learn
simplicity. What prayer do You re
member bestp That one which vol
learned when you were a little child, O
that great long one which was elocute
last Sunday, aud in which the preache
seemed to be very condescending indee
to God Almighty The preacher of tc
day is getting to be very like the actor
he has, at least, all the actors concei
and great deal of his ignorance, an
the greatest evidence of this is that h
doesn't understand human nature. II
aims to make his church rich and fash
ionable, and doctors and lawyers an
shopkeepers join it with view of max
ing money from it; it becomes goo
speculation to go where millionair
worships and to meet him Sunday afte
Sunday, for then you can sell him you
prescriptions, your legal lore, or you
carpets. Of course, don't mean thel
are no good preachers, but they are Il
ones you don't hear.
pick up the papers, and / read tn,
the Rev. Mr.. Velvet preached a mo
eloquent sermon, to which Mrs. BillioI
dressed in purple satin, listened wit
great interest, and put bill, SO closel
folded that no one could see its demon
nation, on the collection plate. And
pick up the New Testament, and in ii
records Of the Christian Church see l
account Of anybody who would corr
spond to the Rev. Clarence Velvet, an
i see no women mentioned except tho
who were workers in the Church"
stopped her just here and said, "Br
we know, you and |, men who are wor
ing, almost starving, for what they b
lieye to be right. We know men wi
have given up social position, fortune
everything that makes life beautiful,
go and work among those who are 81
fering. Not to go among the savap
in Africa, but to find the savages in Ii
great city, and TO teach them somethi
of the
BEAUTY, AND THE DUTY OF LIFE.
Some of these men have no doctrir
except TO love their neighbors; some
these men belong to the Oldest chur
in the. world, the Jewish; some of the
men belong to that church which clai
10 be its successor, the Catholic, a
many Of them belong to--I don't KIN,
the names, but we will lump them, a
call it Gods Church, for that is alwa
Gods Church which teaches people
be better, more patient and more i,
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