The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-09-24

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lean Episcopalians have won their
mighty way with the cry, "the sword
OF the Lord and Of Bishop Mellvane.H
The victory Is to those who put God
first But a. we want a battle cry
suited TO oil sects Of r~eligionistS, and
10 all lands, / nominate As the battle
cry OF Christendom in the approach
ing Armageddon the wordso of my text
sounded before the ark IS 1t was car
ried TO Mount Zion, Led God arise,
let His enemies be scattered
As far as our finite mind can judge,
II seems about time for God TO rise
Does it not seem TO you that the abom-
nations Of this earth have gone far
enoughg Was there ever a time when
ain was so defants We're there ever
before so many fists lifted toward God
telling Him to some on u He dares
Look at the blasphemy abroad! What
towering profanity! Would 1t be pos
sible for anyone to calculate the mum
bers Of times that the names Of the
Almighty God and Of Jesus Christ are
every day taken irreverently on the
lipss Profane swearing is as much
forbidden by the lay as theft or arson,
or murder, yet who executes ip Pro-
family is worse than theft or arson, or
murder. for these crimes are attacks
on humanity-that is an attack on God.
This country Is pre-eminent for
blasphemy. A man travelling In Rus.
STA was supposed to be a clergyman.
''Why do You take me TO be q clergy
mani" said the man. 'oh," said the
Russian, AL other Americans swear"
The crime ;s Multiplying In intensity.
God very often shows what he thinks
o. IL but for the most part the fatality
is hushed up Among the Adirondacks
/ met the funeral procession Of a man
who two days before had fallen under
q fash Of lightning, while boAsting,
after a Sunday of work in the fields,
that be had cheated God out Of n
day anyhow, and the man who worked
with him is still living. but a helpless
invalid, under the same fash"
Years ago. in a Pittsburgh prison,
two men were talking about the Bible
and Christianity, and one of them,
Thompson by name. applied to Jesus
Christ q very low and villainous epi-
thet and, as he vas uttering it he fell.
A physician was called, but no help
could be given. After q day lying
with distended pupils and palsied
tongue, he passed out of this world
In a cemetery in sullivan county, in
New York state, are eight headstones
in a line and all alike. and these are
the facts: In 1861 diphtheria ragged in
the village, and a physician was re-
markably successful in curing his pa
tents So confident did he become
that he boosted that no case OF diph-
iberia could stand before him, and
finally defed Almighty God TO pro-
duee 3 case OF diphtheria that he
could not cure. His youngest child
soon after took the disease and died,
and one child after another, until all
the eight had died OF diphtheria The
blasphemer challenged Almighty God
and God accepted the challenge. Do
not think that because God has been
silent In your case, o, profane swearerl
that He is dead. Is there moth.
ing now in this peculiar feeling OF
your tongue, or nothing in the numb
ness OF your brain, that indicates that
God may come to avenge your bias.
phemies, or is already avenging themS
But these cases / have noticed, | be.
lieve, are only q few cases where there
are hundreds Families keep them
quiet 70 avoid the horrible conspicuity.
Physicians suppress them through
professional confidence. 1t Is q very,
very, long roll that contains the names
OF those who died with blAsphemiss on
their lips.
Still the crime rolls on, up through
p~srlors. up through chandeliers with
lights all ablaze, and through the
pictured corridors of club rooms, ou'
through busy exchanges where oatf
meets oath, and down through all tn,
haunts of sin. mingling with the rat
Ting dice and cracking billiard balls
and the laughter of her who hath for
gotten the covenant OF her God; anC
round the city and round the con
tinent and round the earth a seething
boiling surge filings its hot spray int
the face Of a long-suffering God. Anl
the ship captain curses his crew, AMI
the master builder his men, and tn,
hack driver his horse; and the ~travelei
the stone that bruises his foot, or tn
mud that soils his shoes, or the defec
tive timepiece that gets him toe lat
TO the rail train l arraign profan
swearing and Llasphemy. two name
for the same thing, az being one o
the gigantic crimes Of this land, AM
for Its extirpation 1t does seem as II |
were about time fer God 10 arise
Then look for q moment at the eyi
of drunkenness. Whether you live Il
Washington, or New York, or Chicago
or Cincinnati, or Savannah, or Boston
or in any OF the cities Of this land
count up the saloons on that street q
compared with the saloons Ave year
ago. and see they are growing far GU
of proportion To the increase Of popu
lation. You people who arc 80 precis
and particular lest there should b
some iB~prudence and rashness In n
lacking the rum traffic will have you
SOD some night pitched into your from
y door dead drunk, or your daughte
, will come home with her children b
cause her husband has. by stron
: drink, been turned into q demoniaG
The drink iend has despoiled Who'll
streets OF good homes in all our cite,
Fathers, brothers, sons on the funers
pyre OF strong drink Fasten tlghte
the victimsl Stir up the hamesl Pill
on the corpsesl More men, women an
children for the sacrificed Let us hay
whole generations OF fire of evil habi'
and at the sound Of the cornet, lut,
harp, Sackbut, psaltery, and dulcime
n let all the people fall down and VOL
ship King Alcohol, or you shall b
cast into the fiery furnace under som
. political PLATFORM
= Others are ruined by the commo
: and all-destructive habit Of treatin
4 customers. And IL Is a treat on the
q coming TO town, and a treat when tn
purchase is made. and a treat as b
leaves town. Others. 10 drown the
q troubles, submerge themselves wit
I this worse trouble. oh, the world
q battered and bruised aud blasted wit
| this growing evil 1t Is more an
more intrenched and fortified. The
have millions OF dollars subscribed I
e marshal and aaRaneo>the alcohol
a forces They nominate and elect an
= govern the vast majority OF the ofic'
holders OF this country. On their sid
! they have enlisted the mightiest poll
ical power Of the centuries. And b
n hind them stand all the myrmidons
q the neither world, satanic, apollyonI
e diabOlic. 1t is beyond all huma
n effort TO overthrow this Bastilo Of d,
canters or capture this Gibraltar {
rum jugs And while | approve Of a
d human agencies Of reform, | woul
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