People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-09-12

because they wanted to be leaders and
not followers of Christ" men who
had rather be at the head of a mouse
than the tail of an elephant.
Soon Calvin came and improved
Lutheranism. But this devil has
done fearful work among the Presby-
terianS also dividing them into about
fifteen different bodies. From an
other 'sectarial body, the church of
England, the Methodist church was
born. This sectarian devil has
worked among them, too, dividing
them into about seventeen different
bodies. The principal two being the
NJ. E. church north Of God and the NJ.
E. church south of God. In like man
ner we have the Presbyterian church
north of God and the Presbyterian
church south of God, All this over
political questions. If it had not
been for the NJ. Z. south aud the
Democratic Presbyterian church the
Democratic party would have been
buried long ago, but they had kept
the sinking old carcass from burial.
Likewise the North MethOdiSts and
the North Presbyterians have kept
the old Republican party alive when
it really died when good old Abe Lin
coin died. These two churches we're
responsible for this political feeling
between the north and the south.
They ought to shake and make up.
BOleS said, 81 am not fighting church.
eS, | am fighting your sectarian devil
among you. You ought not to per-
petuate this party spirit, but love and
make up"
This sectarian devil got among the
BaptistS and divided them into about
fifteen different branches. Then al
most simultaneously there arose in
the beginning of this century men
from various other religious bodies
who said away with this sectarian
devil, and they went back to JeruSa-
lem, back to the Church of Christ
before 1t became corrupted by this
Sectarian devil. Here on apostolic
grounds they established themselves.
But now there arises a little sectarian
devil saying, ut is not right To use
an organ in the church, and none but
hypOcrites do" This little, narrow
outfit is headed by Dan Sommers and
John f. Rowe, who are advocating
church division over the organ ques.
tiOn. Other smaller men are follow.
ing them. The speaker affirmed this
to be the result of ignorance, and
hoped they would get informed, He
had heard that some so-called Chris
tian preachers were running around
over Sumner county holding meetings
opposed to this. If he found it to be
so he would Skin them" Thus this
sectarian devil is doing his best 10
divide the Church of Christ over an
organ, while its great plea is unity.
If this Sectarian devil was killed,
the church could convert the world tC
christ soon and put out every den OF
vice and sin. ''The devil of sectarian.
ism is terrible devil"
Second, the liquor devil.
He is in the church as we'll as out
oft. The church ought to put these
cd whiskey devils out of it. Why
not sign permits TO run houses of i'll
fame or a counterfeiting establish
ment, or organize a Jesse James
gang as well as sell liquor. If any
man says he is in favor of license, he
is either ignorant or a liar. The
preacher then said, "The man engag.
ed in selling or handling liquor is en-
gagged in a worse business than steal.
ing, cOunterfeiting, or murder.
challenge any jOintist or any other
man to meetme on that proposition.
l will give any man 500 a day for five
days of three sessions of two hours
each to take the negative of that
question. He then said that he
would not take such. He also said
that the mayor, councilmen, business
men, ETC., are in collision with the
meanest business on earth, unless
they were crying out and doing all
they could to stop the infamous buSi-
ness. He said, that as fairs are put
ting blue ribbons on horses, mules,
pumpkins, cabbage heads, ETC., he
would put blue ribbon on the may.
or of Wellington as being the strong
est supporter of whiskey in Kansas.
Then would put another blue ribbon
on him for being the champion soloist
in Bachannalian feasts and the most
corrupt mayor in Kansas" Great
applause.l He asserted that this
whiskey devil had both the old
parties by the throat and would soon
throttle the Populists unless they
cleaned up.
Sd. The political devil received the