San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-08

apparent, pUdU ne udu IldQe II raw
orable impression on some of those
ladies, that were in full or partial
confidence OF their hostess as well
as those that were personally will
ing to sacrifice themselves for the
sake OF getting man at last. But
to others it was a revelation OF
rather unpleasant nature rather
apparently mixed with very
false use and conception of the
name and intentions of the Holy
Spirit, as expounded by this would
be Christian minister. Among
these was Miss Ariel Wellborn
who, gifted with a clear brain and
cultivated faculties, saw at once
the fearful absurdity OF this hol-
low pretence OF Christianity, which
under the false guise to aid the
work of proselytes or missionaries
in foreign lands was by this brazen
scheme which still more pander-
ed to the lecherous desires Of
these Monaghan pretenders in
trying to persuade and sell into
abject slavery under the guise OF
piety, four perhaps we'll meaning
but weak minded dupes misled by
such arrant sophistry, that this
false shepherd, this Rev. Theophl-
lus Buncombe put forth as Chris
tain doctrines and duty into fool.
ishly accepting such horrible
fate as would be theirs, il they be-
came the wives OF these Monaghan
beasts.
Remembering well, some of the
interviews with so.called Chinese
Sunday school pupils, as were pub
lished by respectable newspapers
during the investigation in 1894 in
to these abominable practices that
were inaugurated and upheld by
ministers of the Buncomb be stripe in
appointing young ladies for private
sunday school teachers to the lech-
erous John Washee Washee, who
acknowledged freely to the press
reporters, that they went mostly
to Sunday school because they
liked the fun they could have
with the lice Mclean young ladies.
She saw it was her duty to her.
self, and those weak and misguid.
ed women and to the true Chris
tain church in general, to expose
and put stop to these proposed
abominations right there and
then.
She waited a short time after
the close of the harangue OF that
worthy shepherd OF the Church OF
the Holy Amativeness, and listen.
ed to several and in the general
very approving remarks and also
to the personal appeal by Mrs.
Supercilita Amalgam to the sisters
to come forth in the cause Of the
Lord and accept the offer of those
dearly beloved Chinese Reverends,
and become the sharers OF the
glorious mission in the vineyard
of the Lord.
At the close OF this appeal, Miss
Wellborn arose and requested per-
mission to address a few words to
the company,which was cheerfully
conceded, and she spoke as fol-
lows: "My friends, permit me to
say that have with great sorrow
listened to the remarks OF the pas
tor of your church as we'll as those
of my particular friend and host
ess. Not being invited to this
meeting, it would appear as my
duty, to withhold my remarks
about this, which would do II 1t
was only some little fad OF no con-.
sequence, but when the veal or woe
OF four OF my own sex is at stake,
and when a scheme is preached OF
such monstrous wrong and urged
by falsely painted duties, to mis-
led dsvotees eff doctrines not OF
Christ but OF the devil, then l
deem it my duty, to expose and
Law bare the utter absurdity OF such
proposition as this is to inveigle,
persuade and drive four women
Of Caucasian race, citizens OF the
United States, partakers OF all its
glorious institutions and elevated
state of womanhood, into accept
ing the abject, debasing, horrible
slavery, of becoming the wives OF
these four Mongolian masquerad-
ers, whose lecherous desires to en-
Joy the society OF refined white
women only brought them to these
Sunday school classes where the
false teaching and exhJrtations of
such a Reverend, God save the
mark, as yonder Theophilus Bun
combe made it easy for them to
worm themselves into the good
graces of these misled members Of
his flock, and who are now under
the guise and false assumption OF
leadership Of such pastor as has
proved himself today to be, palmed
Off on you as fit and worthy dis
ciples of the holy Christ, and
further this abominable scheme is
falsely and blasphemeously pre-
sented to you as the workings and
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