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audience swallows the pin, the bon
tons grit their teeth, grin and bear
it all and when the meeting closes
some hypocrite. guilty as the devil, |
viii invite him home to dine, and
the whole community gives him a
standing invitation to come again.
But if Sam Jones should get up
in the midst of some great Holy
Ghost meeting, while the very
breath of God (i) was upon the
audience, and say, Brethren, God
has created MS all equal. Please
let those colored people take seats
wherever they can find them" the
Holy Ghost would Immediately
take wings and Ay of to cline
where only the pure in heart shall
ever enter, and Sam Jones would
be run out of town on the'next
train daubed all over with decay
ing hen fruit.
The average so-called evangelist
seems to be a very bold and daring
individual, but one of two things
is evident. He is either a great
coward or his heart is not right,
and all his talk is simply for effect.
1t is merely professional John
the Baptist lost his head, but he
kept his heart. He poured grape
and canister into the cattle of
sin. He was bold and pure hearted
too. He went to his God with the
consciousness that he had done his
duty.
| The truth is the heart Of Dixie is
not right. Much is said about
Southern sentiment.P Southern
sentiment reminds me of great
big overgrown, spoilt baby. 1t
must be nursed, but it cannot be
controlled.
| Let us look for a moment on
two or three illustrations: (a) An
agent { Whitley called at my house
the other day to induce me to pur-
chase his wares. While there he
asked for q drink of water. He
was accommodated, drinking out
of the same glass that my family
and friends use daily. He Was
grateful and so expressed himself.
| met the same man up town In a
short time afterwards at a soda
! fountain in drug store. He would
have gone into Mysteries if / had
been permitted to buy and drink a
glass of soda by his side. (b)
Thousands of people gathered at
Chickamauga Park on the 18th to
witness the military review. The
day was hot. There was plenty of
,, (mesn) water, but only the thought
! full came provided with vessels to
! drink from. / was provided with
: a TIN dipper, the property of one of
my Pensioners, who saw me pant.
ing for the liquid. As soon as
! drank I was besieged by a famish.
ing horde of white ladies and mer
: eager to grasp my dipper. Being
! of merciful temperament l con.
: senteds They used the old tir
I dipper with. q vengeance. 1 only
secured it again With the greatest
difficulty. They knew it was &
"nigger dipper," they had stood
: by with tongues hanging out look.
ing at the colored contingent, ever
the "piekaninnies" use that dipper
! yet they we're glad to get a chanct
at It.
/ come back to the city and meet
that same crowd at a dago fruit
. stand. They are taking "milk.
! shake" call for one too, and il
lie offered me in a different glass
altogether. The women throw uE
their hands in horror and the mer
! matter out some un- Sunday school
words and all walk off swearing
! vengeance against that dago. (c)
Either for the sake of guarding
against the social equality scare OF
3 for fear of being outraged by burly
. NEGRO brutes," the white ladies Of
the south are jealously enjoined
against coming in touch with col.
ored men, and yet the white men
of the south would no more trust
,, another white man on their pre-
: misses as they do a negro than they
would g Bengal tiger. Negro
! servants, some as handsome a. can
be, Others rs ugly as sin; some as
: fair as white pan; others black as
ink-may be seen every day seated
In q one seat vehicle with the
. mistress" both wrapped in the
same laprobe and they go dis.
lance of many miles alone. Moth