The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-03-22
ECHOES OF A SERMON.
The Gosslps Discuss whats the
rlatter With the church?"

Dear Mistur Eddltter-We got your
paper last night an red the artickle
about What is the Matter With the
church," with good deal OF intrest.
1t was real nice piece and we'll
wrote.
This morning Becky Ellen Wilker-
son and her ma came over TO spend
the day and we all got to discussin
that piece "pro and con-" whatever
that means, an they askt me 10 write
an tell you how we felt about it.
Becky Ellen is a powerful good
writer herself but she's so busy with
her spring sewin' that she couldn't
spare the time or she would have
wrote.
We think the Ieasonin as TO what
IIakes right an wrong isn't exactly
orthodocks. We don't agree that the
simple fact Of people bein' good an
excellent makes what they do right.
or course we don't know how the
Lord looks at these things but when
man who has circulated in the
highest society an is considered a
high neral man. suddenly goes to
Canuady with all the spare change
the bank had 10 his pockets, the law
mans law-gits rite after him an
the high morals he was credited with
before he left don't seem to make his
act right to the people who suffered
thru it.
Neither do we think it makes cuss-
IN right because some wicked persons
who will steal, lie, work on Sunday
or won't work the six days, won't
cuss.
We don't exactly think we ort to
hold person as not bein' good who
takes tie sacryment when we think
their neart is bad. Wecan't see their
hearts an we might be sort Of pregu-
diced judges if we did.
Why, bless you, they may have
rooted out more impurity, hypocracy,
etc, than lots Of folks ever had.
We can't be perfect. The Master
don't asSit. An who knows but at
the last great day the question may
be, Hast thou won? or OILY hast thou
striyen?
The church is like every other or
ganizati0n. 1t has its thorns as well |
as its roses. An because the bull |
nettles an cookie burrs are in the gar
den should NOT the careful gardener
weed out the dog fenuel also?
Anyway, we don't believe he would |
cross the garden after burr an not
first pull up the bunch of dandy-lio
at his feet.
We don't believe-Miss Wilkerson,
3 eckY Allen an me-that it is a good
plan TO judge folks, nor that because
we can't an understand the outward
sines Of sanctyfcation, we ort to take
it for granted that It's not there.
1t reminds me of well-t0-do far
mer who went to biz city an was
for hayin no visible means OF
support. He told em he couldn't
Dnng his farm along with him
The church has enough weeds with
out lryin TO cultivate the dog fennel
in dandy lions. They take their p0r-
ion OF nourishment an strength as
veil as the burs an nettles.
A garden full Of dog fenne is about
IS unsitely as one with a few cookie
'urs in it anyway. So says Mis- Wilk- t;
irson an Becky Allen an so says N.
I. Brambe.
?. 5. We amt persumin to criticise
ither the sermon or the echo. We
Iidnt hear the sermon.
P. S. again.-Becky Allen sez il
would be a pretty hard mount to the Z
ummit" if their happened to be a {
ound left out Of that ladder for each (
ne Of the dandylions or dog fennel.
he has queer ideas, hasn't she?
NJ. ]. B.