Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-04-19


A copy of q womsn's edition of the
West superior, Wis.,, Evening Tele-
gram, contains an article written by +.
5. Parker, the mayor of that city, in
which he gives interesting reasons as to
why lawyers don't attend church. The
article follows:
"You ask, why do lawyers not go to
church, That is pretty question.
AS well ask why do lawyers not go TO
Arizona or Alaska. They do 60 when
they want to. Your question would
indicate that you thought going to
church was the primary object for
which lawyers we're created and that
their not going was violation of an
obligation. l never thought that the
people we're made for church, but that
churches were made for the people, in
GLIDING lawyers.
81 do not know but that rs many
Lawyers attend church as people of any
other business or profession, but IL they
do not, possibly there ia q reason for it.
Perhaps they hear go much talk with
little substance during the week that
they prefer to use Sunday for day of
rest or change. Perhaps the similarity
of the professions of the lawyer and
preacher has something to do with it.
Each makes his living by his wits,
which are his capital and the results
depend much upon the amount of cap
Itsl. There are some in each profess
sion whose capital has become impaired
if they had much to begin on, and
these often resort to species of hold
up; one borrows dollar and a half to
60 to Duluth to file some important
papers in q case out of which he is sure
to get some money in few days: the
other discovers that his church or SAL
airy needs extensive repairs about cleo
ton time. Certainly there could be no
object in that kind of lawyer attend.
ing that kind of preachers church;
they could not successfully work the
Another point of similarity in these
professions is the fact that both live on
the imperfections of humanity, for
were all people perfect, both the lawyer
and preacher would be out of job.
"If lawyer goes to church, what
does he learn? At a large majority Of
Oh. hoe ha
years, be would have been informed
that the prospect was exceedingly
bright for him to spend eternity in
bell; that hell was very hot; that the
devil tended the fire; that it was kept
hot by an unlimited supply of melted
birthstone; that he would be right in
it; that he would burn forever; that it
was in very deep pit, and that there
was no fire escape. Now, being told
on Sunday that they are going to hell
may be instructive, amusing or inter-
estIng to some people. but 1t is neither
new nor alarming to lawyer because
he is often on week days told to take
trip there and requested to start i'm
medistely. And really hell has no ter
rors for many lawyers 1t is told on as
good authority as many other things
are told about hell, that some years ago
lawyer, who had beaten nearly every
body on earth, died and went to hell;
that by applying the methods he had
used on earth, he soon beat the devil
out of his throne and tlst he was now
running it as winter resort for law.
yers who were short of practice and
coal.
"Since the Oshkosh clergyman an
nounced that there was no devil, come
lawyers have argued that there is no one
to tend the fire and that, therefore, the
fire must be out In hell, or at best, 80
low that it cannot be any worse than
the city hall during thorough small.
pox fumigstio So most lawyers do
not care to 60 to church to hear preach
ing about hell. Others cannot bear to
sit and listen to an argument when
there is no opportunity to talk back.
Neither do they like to be fed eternslly
on platitudes and husks. But there are
those, even among lawyers, who like to
listen to sermon which furnishes food
to q starving soul and inspires hope
that sometime, somewhere, that soul
which is now battling with its earthly
environment, trying to do its best, but
often discouraged, dishesrtened and
deserted by supposed friends, will find
the true peace and comfort for which it
longs. Lawyers like a good thing as
we'll as anyone; they like to do good
thing as we'll as anyone; and when the
final roll shall be made up, high On the
list will be found the lawyers, not be-
cause they preached, but because they
prscticed."
Obituary.
Francis Josephine Rhodes, youngest
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