Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-12-21


port OF Paul's words before going into
the pulpit, it is quite probable that he
would have chosen more appropri-
ate passage. And then why did he
not do proper justice to the great
apostle by quoting also the 18th verse
which is the logical conclusion of
Pauls scathing allusion to the I'M
holy works of the Ephesians. These
are the terrible words:
For it is shame even to speak of
those things which are done by them in
secret"
Or, as the INSCRIPTIONS Jerome
would put it in his Latin version (Vul-
gate) A. d., 405:
Because it is unspeakably indecent
to even mention the things which they
Uhe people of Ephesus) do in secret"
Thus it appears that the master of
three classical languages could not
find word which he would trust to
the light of day in exposing the de-
baucheries nightly carried on in the
temple of Diana by lecherous men
and their paid courtesans, under the
guise of devotion to their gods!
Now, after what has been presented
our readers, we assert without qualif.
cation that any preacher of the gos-
pei OF Jesus Christ, who, in his sanity
would select such a "text" as was
used in the Methodist church of
Olympia, last Sunday evening, and
cody make application of its appal-
ling accessories to typify the social
amenities of enlightened society is a
hopeless boor, and deserves the just
condemnation of every intelligent
man and woman in Christendom.
For their unutterable sins, the So
domites, with their city, were con-
sumed by an avenging fire from
heaven; of the temple OF Diana, with
its hundred columns each sixty feet
high, not one stone is left upon an
other, nor has the goddess worship.
er on the face of the earth to-day;
the Eleusinian Mysteries OF Greece
have faded from the history of the
world; Rome's amphitheaters are ref
uges for the vampire bats and unclean
birds, while the dust OF their devotees
is more unreal than the mummies of
Egypt. So much for divine vengeance
upon ancient heathenism; and yet in
popular lecture of the day, our theaters
their talented actors, their playrights,
patrons and managers, are all arrayed
in the same category with the fore.
worlds moral monstrosities we have
enumerated. But why need we 60
farther in demolition of sanctimo-
NOUS ignorance and stiff backed ef-
frontery?
All. eloquence, thou vast undone,
Vast from thy native country driven: |
When tyranny eclipsed the sun
And blotted out the stars Of heaven!"
But let us see how inconsistent the !
reverend gentleman is. After he had
concluded his lecture, he gave notice
that there would be an entertainment |
given in the church on the following |
(Monday) evening. He announced
that Mr.. Thomas J. Scott, a strolling |
minstrel, delineator, humorist and |
story-teller, would render a programme
of "Scotch, English and Irish songs
and anecdotes" and in the language
of the "speiler" announced that "Ad.
mission for adults" would be twenty.
five cents; children, fifteen cents"
"Come out" said the pastor,
bring your children and fill the
church. Let us have a good time"
Then followed some hearty encomi-
ums. heaped upon the stranger who |
was so soon to make his debut before |
an olympia audience.
"Whatp thought our Quid Nunc,
who is ubiquitous on such occasions,
and was listening to the booming an
nouncement, "is the preacher going
to turn his church into vaudeville |
playhouse just for the fun of the |
thing and the lucre that is in it?" |
So, indeed, we are forced to believe,
especially after reading the yellow |
posters circulated on the following
day.
One of the tid-bits in Mr.. SCOTS
budget Of selections from which he
makes up his programmes for church |
entertainments is that rollicking old
ballad, "Rory O'More," a stanza of
which contains that pathetic appeal
from the over-dosed Kathleen:
"Now Rory be aisey and hug me no more,
That's eight times already you've kissed me |
1t is little wonder that one newspa-
per reporter exclaimed, after the per-
Torrance in the church: "Mr.
SCOTS comic songs literally brought
down the house." But then call
goes as music" when sanctified by the
church. Citing the words OF our
Great Exemplar we dismiss the sub
ject-
Physician, heal myself %
WITH the juicy ship subsidy bill in
a fair way to become a law it is not
surprising that foreign capital should