The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-19
BILL ARP QUOTES BEEoHER.
The Noted Minister Used Cuss Words
and the hot Weather Caused It,

The Noted Minister Used Cuss Words
and the hot Weather Caused It,
.TE!a..s TEa..s hors:a, .c.ria weather reminds ne Q.
what Henry Ward Beeoher said in his church
ono swoltcrlng day In July. Ho took no
text. Ho wiped tho perspiration' from h.
brow and looking solomnly at the large oon-
gregation, said: ut is hot today. It is
damned hot. II is as hot as hell
Everybody was amazed aud shocked until
no added, "That is tho language heard two
young mon uso at the door Of tho church as
| passed. them. My 3ourg friends, it is not
as hot as hell." Thon In q low, earnest tone
no pictured tho torments of holl and the oer-
tain fate Of tho wicked until the atmosphere
Of tho church seemed to bo cool aud pleasant
In comparison. Tho ladies ceased to move their
fans and everybody was still and solemn as q
funeral. II was something like Jonathan Ed.
wards at Northampton whom he got his hear.
ers 80 wrought up and alarmed that thcy
groauod in fear and grasped Tho posts and
braces to koep from sinking into hell, and an
other preacher in the pulpit begged Mr.. Ed
wards to stop. "Stop, Mr.. Eu wards; stop
now and toll thom of tho msroy and love of
God"
What wonderful powor is in tho words of
an eloquent, earnest man. Mr.. Beeoher was
oil of that-a gifted, eloquent man. l heard
him preach twice before tho war and was
profoundly impressed. looked upon him as
tho impersona.ion Of tho man Of God. Later
on, when no began his vindiotiye war upon
tho South and said that Sharp'a rifles wero
bcttor than Bibles for John Brown in Kansas
and it was orimo to shoot at slaYo-holder
and miss him, wondered at my infatuation
with tho man and exclaimed with Isaiah,
"liow arc tho mighty fallen" And still
later when Tilton charged him with alternating
and seducng his wife and il took two months
to try the oa,c and the jury two days to mako
up verdict, which virtually saio, "Ic is
not guilty, but he must not do 60 any more"
Was mortified at my own wcaknoss in be.
coming his idolator and resolved to worship
no man whileao lived A great mans ohar.
aoter cannot bo made up until after he IL
dead.
But | was Illuminating how easy It is for O
young man to say damn and pamn it, I'll bo
damned, and oven to tako tho name Of God
in vain. Damn is q moro convenient and cx
prcssive word than dogon or dingnation or
blamed, and II shows dofanoo of the devil
and self oonceit in tho man who uses it
But ills o vory handy explotive and whom
young man gets in tho habit of using il he
I"Ioiy reforms. iie knows tint IL 10 not good
manners, for ho docs not use it in the pres
once of ladies or preachers or bis parents
Nevertheless thoro arc somo good peoplo who
think damn II without saying it.. hen d
good atory tho other day OH Col Livin gsion
our member Of CoDgross from tho Atlanta
district. Last summer he was sont over L,
West Virginia to speak and holp tho Demo
orata in thcir,,oanyass. lie ventured into
pretty hot Republican town and was har-
arguing and olcotrifying largo audience,
and Whilo acarifying tho Republicans and
thia hghting administration a soft, half done
Irish potato took him kerzip right betwcen
the eyes. IL knocked off his 81 cctaolos and
ilattened into mush all over his classic coun-
tcpanco. It surprised and shocked him Of
course. Recovered his glasses he wiped tho
sticky stuff from his ,faoo and said with ex-
oited toho, "Niy friends, have beon-I have
Doen O contistent--a consistent member of the
Presbyterian ohuroh-the Presbyto,i ian
church, Say for moro than-more than fifty
pears yes, hfty odd years, and have triod 10 !
l1vc--tried to live in harmony With all mon
wi'h oil mon, but if the dirty, dogoncd, dad
blamed puppy who threw that potato will |
stand up or raise his right hand | be-dad.
blastod il don't stop speaking long enough
70 como down and llok tho hair and hide OF |
Of him in two minutes by the olook." AS no. |
body rose or raised O hand tho colonel resum.
Cd his broken remarks, but declares that hc |
never, came so near oursing since he cined /
the church. ll,fH T-'>fri |
This thing Of oursing is Of worry ancient |
Q origin, Sometimes It was done by proxy. |
Balak he king OF Moab, hired Z Balaam to |
ourse Ierael, anu some Of us Veterans remen. |
.ber when wo,i too, wanted to hire ous.in
man man TO expend our W :ath upon the Yankees.
iPeter cursed and sHoro when accused OF bo. |
Ing onelof tho disciples. 1t is probable that
De aatd "Ill be damned if l am.'' or perhaps
worse. S)ldiors and sailors have in all ages |
been profano-the very GLASS that arc in |
greatest poril and should have the xrcateal
reverence for their Maker. Unolo Toby saws
,"Our army sgore terribly in Flanders" And |
UnoNe Toby himself sworo an oath when he |
found the sick soldier lying and dying at his
gate. ''llcshall not die, by God" he said, and |
the accusing spirit flew up to heaven with |
the oath and blushed as he gave it in. The
recording angel as he wrote it down dropped |
tear upon the word and blotted it out for.
eyor." fhatis beautiful, iscat it,. Verify,
charity hideth multitude Of ANS Q
But this Is enough on this subject. II ia
too hot 10 work in tho garden and 80 get in
tho shade of the vines on my yerandah and
ruminate. Judge Grigss, our honorod mem.
Dor OF Congress, tolls mat story on Colonel
Livingston and he told another that will make !
tho old mon forget that it is hot, for they
never get too old to enjoy any story that has |
pretty woman in it, Ono Of tho Inst casos
brought before tho judge was young unso
phistioatcd country boy who was charged
with an assault upon q bonnie country girI in j
that no had caught her at the spring and /
huggod and kisskod hor against her will.
Hor mother saw il from hor piazza and heard |
hor scream and saw him run away to the
helt whore ne was plowing. Sho was very |
indlgaant, and prosecuted MIN. She as tho |
Witness and 30 was the girl, but the Girl
dident seem very vind.cliye. She said he |
dident hurt her but took her by surprise.
She had tilIed her bucket and was about 10 on |
back when no calght hor and hugeed hor and
Klssed h,r right OH her mouth The solio;,or |
closed his case. Tho roung man was put un
to make his statement, and oil he said was
That sho looked 80 swoot and pretty he oould. |
not help 1t, and no dident believe that Miss
Molly was very m.d about it nohow, for ahe |
went oil singing Of hymo "What hyme was |
she singinsY asked tho judge. II don't
know" he said. "What hyme were you'sinu-
ing, Miss hlolly2 asked the iuape. Ale
smiled and said it was "The Lord will Pro.
vide" Tho judge charged tho jury very mild.
ly, and told them that on assault implied |
malioo, otto but as tho jury couldn't SEQ |
who're the malice oamo I'M they came back
With this verdict. "We, tho jury, fl cd the |
defendant not guilty, as thore was no malice |
or hate in 1t, and wo recommend him to tho
mercy Of tho court"
This story reminds mo Of John Riley's yer-
dict in the Pass case. Good old John Riicv