The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-18
DUTY OF CHRISTIANS
Evangelist WOOlley Still Sowing
at TOmlinSOn Hall.
Christian Voters Must Bear the Cross to
the POlls-TOO Much Tariff
in Christianity.

Nearly two thousand voices Joined in the
opening song, Rescue the Perishing," at
Tomlinson Hail last night. The attendance
at the good citizenship meetings is increas-
ing, and more than half the seating capac-
ity Of the big hall was utilized. When
John c. Woolley stepped to the front of the
stage he dryly remarked that a sower went
forth TO SOW. The audience laughed. and
Mr.. Woolley expected it. The evangelist
has chosen this scriptural sentence as his
text, and he sticks to it all occasions.
Herein lies his success. His audience is
constantly on the lookout for his dry hui
NOR, sometimes tinctured with biting sar-
casm, and they are not disappointed. Some
of Mr.. Woolley's satirical shafts directed
toward the modern churchman will doubt
less shock the old orthodox Christian, but
they bring out the people Last night he
said that he had crow to pick with the
Indianapolis press. One of the papers had
quoted him with invoking a curse upon the
head of the saloon keeper. This, he said,
was untrue, or, at least, he didn't think he
used the expression. If he did he wanted
to apologize. However, he hoped the curse
of God would fall upon the liquor traffic,
There isn't a saloon keeper in Indianap-
oils" he said, that L wouldn't crawl on
my hands and knees to help. The worst
luck 1 can wish them is that they will
have to get out Of the business and take
up an honest trade"
Last nights meeting was opened with a
prayer by Rev. DIR. Coultas followed by
quartet. Keep Your Ballots White" S. n.
Haines, president Of the State organization
of the Christian Alliance. addressed the
meeting briefly, and had a good word for
the Christian Endeavor and Epworth League
societies.
Mr.. Woolley opened his remarks with an
apology to the A. Z. A. and single tax So
cieties. both of which he said had asked
him to deliver a discourse in their inter-
ests. He feared that his opinions outside of
the work he was in would not amount to
much and he would be compelled to de-
cline the honor He returned then to his
text and said that the sower who went
forth to SOW was a practical business man;
he stuck TO the work and succeeded.
Now said he. 81 want to talk about
Christian politics, not party politics. This
matter of party politics is like the tooth
ache. We catch it and it's acute for a
time. Now no man is better than his party
set that down. The party is the very best
there is to be made out of the people who
compose IT. and as a man thlnketh into
| the ballot DOX so is ne pOllJlcdlly. 1ne
man is there because he belongs there. A
man is not a Republican because of think
| ing. It's because he is Republican, and
| when man gets better than his party he is
| turned out of it. | want to talk Christian
politics because there isn't anything of the
| kind. at least there is not much of 1t. Also
| for the reason that there ought TO be more
| of Ii. If the apostle Paul should visit
| America he would tell you Americans that
you are too superstltious. Now a super
thing. and it's true by the laws of philos-
| ophy that one who stands over thing
doesn't understand it,"
There are so many people so intently
| watching God that they can't see people.
| They are so anxious to see God in the air
that they don't see the foot prints of Jesus
| Christ in the mud and mire of Indianap-
| oils. You have got to take up this practi-
| it; a hod carrier can't have clerk The
cross of citizenship is the one the voter is
| entitled TO make upon the candidate at the
| determined TO be angels, but they are
denied the privilege. Now. 1 haven't any
| air; am contented il L am permitted to
walk with God on the ground in Indiana"
1T would be good if we could hit upon
/ some sort of a chemistry that would pre-
| cipitate some of our Christianity into the
| ballot box. n Christian should be a man.
Some people think he ought to be good
| man, but that's eXtravagant and in advance
| or public sentiment"
| Mr.. Wooley here devoted himself to some
| practical suggestions as TO the elements
! that go far toward making the manly
| Christian, and then had something to say
| about women. We've done great deal
have brought divorces down within easy
| reach of everybody. We have supplied her
| with situation at half the wages a man
| gets for the same work"
| Yes, we want man men in politics.; that
| kind of a man who will feed the sheep. wash
| dishes-do anything. That sort of a man in
| body. Here's story: When L was a boy
there was "a great big. white-headed fell
| low who used TO lick me every afternoon.
| 1t didn't occur to me that L might give him
| thrashing, SO L went on taking these
! lickngs. one day, however, / picked up a
| board and split it over his head. It didn [
| Everybody else was afraid of the big fell
| low, and he was afraid of me: Now. L
| of the country split board over some
| body's head-and L don't care who gets hit
| there won't be a lick amiss. The boy at
| school, when asked to define the elephant,
| said that ii was big thing with four legs
| and tail on each end. The politics of
| care which tail wags, it's the liquor ele-
| ment that controls the wagging. Political
| parties don't claim honesty or morality,
| and / am tired of this whining against
them. All the Christian man has TO do in
| politics is to keep his eyes upon God and he
| will come through all right"
| Il will guide thee, says Jehovah, but
how can he guide a crosseyed man. one
| who looks at the saloon with eye and
at God with The other The bulk OF the
| pended either upon the Mckinley or Wilson
| tariff bills. / am not saying anything
against the tariff, but there isn't much
| Christianity about it,"
| The evangelist was reminded of the story
| OF the Boston girr who was entertaining
| frequently the Indiana man. The Boston
| girl didn't think of marriage. but the
| HoOsier did. At length he proposed, but
was refused because the girl did not think
| she was qualified to preside over the
| household OF an Indianan- Matters grew
embarrassing, and the young woman sug-
| gester that her woud-be sutton take his
leave; He didn't stir an inch. Again she
| asked him TO go, but he sat still Finally
! the girl exclaimed why don't you go?''
| The Indiana man coolly remarked: II
| should be glad TO go, but you are holding
| my hand"
| ''The fact is" said Mr. Woolley. that
| the Christian man has saloon money in
his pocket and he's holding the hand of the
| saloon man, while he tells him from the pull
| pit to go. The saloon man is no fool and
| he don't so. When ii gets to be that the
| Christian is earnest for God and the
| church as the saloon element is for the
saloon there will be a victory. This work
| can't be done by homeopathic doses We
| tried to put a prohibition bell on the IL
| censed cat, but that didn't scare the rat
| worth a cent There will be no saloons
In this country when the church of Jesus
| Christ saws So