The Magnolia gazette., 1899-11-11

eNer greet a moving human
mountain coming with joy. He
may be little tough, but they
may deem him hardshell, a man
going 10 missionize, who has Just
taken his Savior's name in vain
by associating it with an Irish
curse word and an aeephalous
turtle, and then grant absolution
to himself by simply stating that
he put il in quotation marks.
What has a minister of Christ to
do with an Irish curse word that
takes his Masters name in vain?
Gould he find no nobler objects
on which to employ his mind?
Was the Imitation Brain" that
now eonsigns Memo to the realms
OF space 80 empty, so earwig eat
en-, that it could seek no better
ministerial language than to use
our blessed Masters name in
such a connection? ~ d rather
be dog end bay the moon than
such a preacher. Certainly
the good man does not know a
hawk from a handsaw when the
wind is southerly, and in the
language Of Hamlet ! may say,
Let the CALLED jade vince, our
withers are unwrung.
We boast Of our superiority
over Catholics and of our abb
sence from auricular confession,
and our going to Jesus for abso-
luton, and here we have a man
who is called a Baptist Preacher,
Bro. Schilling). who not only
commits the crime OF lese mai
esty by taking our Savior's name
in vain in the public press OF the
country, but positively absolutes
himself by putting his blasphemy
in quotation marks. "Tell it not
in Gath, publish il not in the
streets Of Askelon" that in this
day OF civilization when beacon
fires are blazing in all the land to
mark the advent Of the twentieth
century that a minister can in
and among Christian people, thus
swear by his Savior and cleanse
himself by quotation marks and
then talk of going out TO help
evangelize the world.
The insult to which Memo has
alluded is not a private one to
him. 1t is an insult to our Saw
ior, to the great head OF our
church, and the man who pub
licly insults the Savior, insults
the Christian world. Irish curse
words should never hold a place
in a Christian minister's vocab-
ulary.
The minister should be a man
filled with love and zeal for God.
His love for his Saviour should
be the great corner stone OF the
edifice ne is building. He should
get far above mud and turtles
and slang. Irish curse words
should have for him no attractions.
He should stand
Like beacon fires
When day expires
To wanderers on the sea-
Detraction should never be his
aim. There is a tree in the ORR
ent called the Sandal Tree, that
carries with il sweet perfume,
and 1t sheds out this perfume,
even upon the axe that lays 1t
low, and the minister should
strive TO initiate the balsam OF
this tree. Theirs should be the
motto of the state of Kansas,
FAD AsTRA PER AsPERoo or .to
the stars through difficulties. ("
They should hail with delight
every suggestion, even If it comes
from layman, that points them
up towards higher life. They
should never reproach him for
reviewing them and turn right
around and review him. JUS
tice to all should be their motto,
and the glittering word Excel
sior" should be constantly before
them, and the words OF Napole-
on to his troops ZEN AvANT, ToU-
JoURs EN- AyANT'' as he stormed
the Bridge at Lodi, should be the
Christian minister's battle cry
and be his gathering song.
Nothing marks our religious
declension, or emphasizes it more
wildly, than the stern opposi-
ton two ministers have exhibited
in all these discussions when they
were but mildly reminded thai
The passage way OF religion was