Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-04-18
A so-called Evangelist Gets Drunk.

"A O-Sdl160 IN dIlSellSG NGlS DXu1h h
FAYETTEVILLE, April p.
Editors of the Messenger:
For the benefit of the people of North
Carolina, [ wish to state through the
columns of the Messenger, that the Rev
E. w. Cakes, of Boston, Mass, who
has recently held large meetings in
different towns and cities in our State,
was seen in a Pullman car on train No,
rs between Wilson, N. c., and Rich
mond, Va, on April 10th, gloriously
drunk, fiourishing a roll of $40 bills,
and using all of profane Ian
guage. MY Informant S a gentleman
of your city, of the highest character,
and will make an affidavit as to the
truth of The above statement, if neces-
sary, having been an eye witness to the
affair.
have hitherto been an admirer of
the Rev. Mr.. Cakes, though as a rule [
am opposed to self-appointed and ire
sponsible preachers, and it is, there
fore, with deep regret that [ give to
the public this statement, and only do
it at all, because [ have the interest of
our people more at heart than any in
d~ividual of another country. This gen
tleman has beer we'll received, well fed
and paid, and, [ dare say, at the neg
lect of some of the faithful and conse-
Grated ministers who b INCREASINGLY
amongst US, year in and year out, or
perhaps some of the poor were neglect
ed during the recent ave winter, in
order hat large sums of money might
be raised for this unknown brother to
| appropriate to the service of the devil.
The brethren who recommended Mr..
Cakes in such high terms, and acted in
a great many instances as advance
agents for him, should. as they doubt
less will, feel very much aggrieved at
this statement, and l trust in the future
will exercise more care and prudence
along this line. CITIZEN
We do not know when, if ever,
our eyes nave read anything
that brought more or deeper
sadness to our heart than the
above, which appeared, as it is, in
Sundays Wilmington Messenger.
not SO much because Of the ex-
posture it gives to Rev. Mr..
Cakes fall whom we learned to
love while recently preaching in
our city, and who, we believe, will
rise again, but because of it's
manifestation Of the voluntarily
of christian charity" in this self
constituted critic who rushes in
to public print behind the cloak
of''citizen" and bears this damag-
ing testimony, widespreading it,
against our fallen friend, and
who goes out of his way-beyond
the statement of the basic fact,
to bear false witness against Mr.
Cakes, who is not a ''Self-ap-
pointed and irresponsible prea-
cher" but an ordained minister;
who was not seeking to be ''well-
received, well-fed and paid" but
was thirsting to carry the words
of cheer, and hope and courage
and the promises of salvation to
poor, weak, sinful and even
drunken slaves to drink, like he
had once been and had struggled
up, through the Grace of God, to
sobriety of life and the service
of Christ and the joyous hope Of
Immortality, And if he has fallen
is he any the less a child Of God?
All, ''Citizen"!
"Speak gently of the erring:
Oh, do not thou forget
However darkly stained by sin
He is thy brother yet;
Heir of the self-same heritage,
Child Of the self-same God,
He has but fallen in the path
Thou hast in weakness trOd."
AS to"Citizen's" attempt to chill
the veins of church charity, III his
reference to the poor, it brings
forcibly to our mind the words
of the Evangelist. one of
his disciples, Judas Iscariot, he
that vas about to betray him,
said:
"Why was not this ointment
sold for three hundred pence and
given to the poor?
Nov he said this not because
he cared for the poor &C.
We thank God that the blessed
Scriptures, which teach us the
way of salvation, abound in the
falls Of weak humanity and their
restoration to Grace again, else
what would become of US when
the tempter, who goeth about
like a roaring lion, overcomes
US in an unguarded, forgetful,
weakening moment, and we fall
into sin?
Has there ever lived a man
greater than St. Paul or more
favored than St. Peter? Yet
Peter, who walked the earth
with God in the Manhood of His
ISon, who heard of, if he did MOI
witness, the first miracle at the
marriage feast of Cana; who saw
the mighty draft OF fishes; wh(
stood by when He called back tt
life from the sleep of death the
daughter of Jarius: who had seer
Him still the storm, commanding
the winds and the sea and they
we're obedient to Him; was pres
ent when He restored the deat
boy,-the only son of his mother
and she was a widow-to life ant
her loving arms; had walket
with Him and witnessed tn,
casting out of devils, the curing
!. of the deaf, dumb, blind, lam'
and leprous; the miracle of tn
loaves and fishes; had gone fortl
in Joy to meet Him walking il
: glory upon the waters; had gon
= up with Him to mount Tabor an
seen the TRANSPORTATION an
: wished to abide there forever
had witnessed the calling of Laz