The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-10
w. U. COLUMN.
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS
A KNIGnT.Y PREACHER.

The following is an extract from r p
Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Pheips
Wards serial now running IN the -
Atlantic Monthly. In the Aphl J,
ssue we find the hero, young :
in charge Of a mission = !,
in New England seaport town. 9
Here he finds intemperance the !,
first and foregoing evil to do battle
with. He has endeared himself to
the rough fisherman by risking his
life to save drunken sailor. This
extract describest the first appearance
after the wreck
81 came nere," he said, "a
stranger to this town and to ITS Gus
toms. 1t has taken me all TINS
while to learn what your virtues ana
your vices are. | have dealt with
YOU gently, preaching comfortable
t,uths as | have been expected 10
preach them. | have worked IN
ignorance. | have spoken soft
words. Now speak them no more
Your sin and your shame have en-
tered like iron into my soul. Peo-
pie of Windover, accuse you IN
the name of Christ, whose minister
i am y %
The expression Of affectionate
reverence with which his audience
had listened to Bayard up to this
moment now changed into one OF
surprise that resembled fear. Be-
!. fore he had spoken ten words more
Il became evident that the young
, preacher was directing the full force
, of his conscience and his intelii'
'pence to a calm and deliberate at
). tack upon the liquor habit and the
'traflic-one of the last OF the SUB
iects (as il is we'll known) conceded
" " 10 be the business of Il clergyman Y
meddle with in any community, an'
the very last which Windover ha'
been trained to hear herself held I
account for by her clerical teachers
At the hour when he came neare'
, to the alteration of those who adol
> without thought, when they sa
him through the mist OF romance
,al sil when the people, carried on way
oflof hero worship, lay for the lr
are time at his feet, Bayard for the mr.
time opened fire upon their iavorl'
sin.
r. Shot after shot poured down irol
those delicate, curving lips. Brea'
> side followed broadside, and still Il
fire fell. He captured for them u
elusive statistics OF the subject,
nfronted them with its appallil
and facts; he pelted them with inciden
INK such as the soul sickens to relate
to rememl er. He denied them I
weak consolation of condoning
} themselves moral disease too w
known 10 be the vice of the land a
- of the times. He scored them WI
rebuke under which his leadl
men grew pale with alarm. NO.
'n,linp could have been more unll
,ss the conventional address, yet no
- ing could have been more slml
- manly, reasonable and fearless.
- "For every prayer that goes
. To God from this room," he sa
q .sfor every hymn, for every sac
G word and vow of purity, for ev
q longing of mans heart to 1--we
nahlo Fife there open fifty dens
"A shame upon this street to blast n
II We are pouring holy oil upon a
- lof mud. This is not good rehe
7II and it is not good sense. we IL
ock. prove our right to represent
MA Christian religion in Angel AL
nded We must close its dens, or !
It on ought to close our lips. ! am re
o try >" he added, with his VIM
simplicity, eff you are. ! :
need your help and your advice
steC I am not educated in the matter
ought to be. Twas not taught
Tms save drunken men in the sen
at 'ns where clergymen are trained
al, . m, must learn now-we must learl
,iness pether-as best we can.
tn tho Oh, my people," His voice
, 1t" from the tone Of loving entreat'
Isaa, to that Of prayer, by one OF !
il may moving transformations peculia
;, himself, wherein those who y
i'll G him scarce could tell the moi
~ y" when he ceased to speak to mer
on Tp began to talk with God.
- HPeople Of the Church ol
,tice. Love OF Christi Approach
under. If,r He is close at heart.
5nship, Thou Great God! io'y' H'ii'
IN each Merciful Make US know no
g, and deal with sin, in our own sour
'ea' - him N i'm the lives Of others Fer the
Of Thy Son whose Name we "a
Kept at bear. Amen"