The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-04-06

OUT OFN TuN TAItA Of ThHEh or hib HVoA
er pnused TO collect his thoughts. but
up 20 this period his language IL sorter
ambiguous, Hes driyin az sunthin. but
what that auntbin IN be'n have 10 eI-
plain"
IT'S Jest this" resumed Abljah. I'm
IN favor Of holdiD one OF the biggest
religious reviynls IN this town this fall
that was ever held on the top Of this
aIrth. want Il 20 be kept up till ev-
cry human bein IN the place is good
nun 10 die At a mlnits notice Wen
sit our moral standard hrst, and then
we'll purceed 20 boom. when you kin
advertise the fact that a town Of nigh
1000 Inhabitants hasn't one single sin.
ner In II. what's goin 20 be the result7
Why. gentlemen. the innux. the rush.
Of preachers alone 10 such a place viii
bring about the sale Of 1000 city lota
winiio a year Wldders win come
here. orphans viii come here. convert.
ed sinners and reformed drunkarda viii
come here and the newspapers win
spread u broadcast that Jericho has no
need Of courts. constalIleE or jalla."
II 90 decide that hljah has made a
pint" said the deacon. "ln glneral
way Jericho IL a purity good town. but
ia moral standard Kin be boosted up
a peg or two. rcckon i'm IN fur the
revival"
Admlron Taylor got up and said he
also favored A. town was like a
chiid-stsrt out Ia the right way with
a. and II would prove a Joy and q
blessin. lie hadn't seen a great deal
OF wtckedness around Jericho. and be
didn't believe there was much. bot
what was lurkin around IN ths fence
corners might as well be driv out %
make a clean state OF a. lie didn't be-
iieve IN mlxin bO0ma with religion. but
yet N q boom did foiler the revival be
had slK acres OF land which be would
cut up into town lots aud sell for fair
prlees.
salathlal Thompson follered with
q ringin speech. He had bin Seein
wickedness IN Jericho for over %
years. hut not feelin strong nun %
cope with Il single handed had kept hia
head ahet aud let Il 20 ON. TO his
certain knOwicdge there was liars and
thieves and swindiers IN the town
There was also drunkenness and pro-
fnhity aud bettin. iie had sometimes
gone % bed o. nights eKpectln tho fate
0f BOdom 10 oyertake the place before
the ouD rin. II a revival would sweep
away all this wickedness. aud be- be-
1eved it would. then let 'er COMA
More goodness meant more churches.
and n another meetln house was built
he wanted the sob and would take Il
at the lowest rcaHOna bio hgger.
solomon Davis fonerrd with n bis.
tory Of s0don aud uomorTah. lie had
read up on them towns and got All the
particulara N they'd had q revival
and everybody turned 10 goodness.
they'd not only have bin standln yiL
bat property along the main streets
would have bin wuth $1,000 q foot
fronL Nobody could say that Jericho
waa q hundrcdth part ap wicked ~
seldom. but she'd got a starr aud unieaa
checked up Il vas oniy a queation %
time when az nirthQuake would leave
her a heap o. ruins. He wouldn't take
~ the valuable time of The meetin 90
give lnsiAncos o. wickedneas beyond
nakin u kuoga that durln The past
year some O0morrohile bad cot on the
tails % three of hla hogs and pulled
nl the tail feathers out Of ons ~ his
peNcockn. Lot the revival nBd the
wave of goodness come on He'd ring
tho bell for services aud swevp ou,
the church aud not chargr a cent for
hia eerriccs. aud when tho buslness
boOm follofcd Il would dnd bim na,ly
% pul down -four Tois o. new sidewalk
nnd take ~ tco boarlrra al 81 a week
npIece
TherV were hair dotgn o,hers was
made apeechea sna pledged them
nelgoh aud Deacon spooneT tapped ON
lha NooF With bis cane and aaid 10
lhanked hcaFea he had lived 30 see
that nirhf Ihe enthusiasm was stin
bIIln when f.lsh Billings sfrolled Ia /
lnd looked AROUND Ia ~ inauirln wsy.
rae doacon explained what wna np /
lno asked him lhs lladnt sunshin % |
ay.
"Waal not great deal.v replied
Aeh rI'd like % aah Whnk 20 SO up 4
hla rariValfn
even send fof some greai preach
!. ANSWERS Abllah Nolden.
WHO'S ~ gay hlnlf prcaohers aln4
efiFaNp around Ior nplhin. though
IrI IIEo 10 do good
Everybody looked al everyday hnt
/. aIIm InI aflN man. a. -