The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-03

Thou shalt not eovet. but get all
you can and keep all YOU get.
- II ou shalt not Kill a single man.
bat. ike John Bull, XIII them by the
thousands and it is all o. X.
Thou shalt not be guilty of idol
airy: worship the true and living dol
lar. etc
Il mfngle and mix much with preach
ers ana people. I don't know a faith
full true minister Of God today who is
not ProhibitiOnist in sentiment and
heart. nor do know a God-fearing
member of the church who is not
anti-whisky from bottom TO top. You
NAV take Jerry McAUley's work in
New York City among the buns and
things man whose life was conse-
Grated 70 the salvation of the poor and
the humble His sentiments were as
much at antipodes with Bishop Pot
ter's as heaven is from hell.
Bishop Potter, when dining with his
millionaire friends with their flow Of
wines and glow of spirit, is in very
poor position and attitude TO talk to
US poor Georgia people, or to advise
and counsel anybody but the four hun
dred of New York. You can mighty
nigh tell what gang a fellow is run
ming with when you read his senti-
ments and listen to mis- views.
1T is very hard matter for
preacher to say anything that will
wound a brother in his church that is
worth million dollars, or comment
scripturauy upon the conduct of the
rich and great he runs with socially
Il am satisfied that Bishop Potter's
views on the question at issue are we'll
nj = nd ho
that old gentleman Z service that he
will remember him kindly for. no
doubt, in the days to come, and when
I look upon the faithful tried and true
men of Georgia. who have seen the
wrecks along the shores of intemper-
ance and the vile work Of the saloons,
and see their tears and prayers as they
struggle to rid our state of this, the
worst enemy we have, and then have
them ridiculed and cajoled and guyed
by pampered priest. ] feel like pray
ing for such a man like Paul prayed
for Alexander, the coppersmith: oh.
Lord. reward him according to his
works.
7 dare say that if the bishop will
come to Georgia and utter sentiments
like that he will be where the spirit
ualistic speaker was who had been
speaking for an hour and had his
crowd all aglow with his wonderful
rhetoric and logic, and by and by he
said:
Now, ladies and gentlemen. I an
nounce the most marvellous phe/omena
in the spiritualistic world when l say
to you that in the realm Of the spir-
itual everything becomes real, that
you can there handle a ghost like you
can handle a man.
About that time a little, measly-
faced, red headed, squint-eyed, half
deaf fellow, sitting back in the audi
ence. hollered out, 'Amen'
The speaker stopped and said: I
am thankful for a witness to this Won
deTfui proposition, come forward, my
friend, and give them the facts and
proof of this wonderful phenomenon
He called the fellow up to the front
and said to him: Now, my friend,
give these ladies and gentlemen the
facts on this wonderful proposition
What-what-what was your prop
ositiong
I said, sir, that in the spiritualist-
ic world everything was so real that
you could handle a ghost Just like you
could handle a man.
All, the devil, said the fellow, I
thought you said a goat
Tt is no ghost, gentlemen, the bish-
op has jumped up; it is a goat, and
that goat has butted millions into hell
and I have no doubt he was butting
the bishop to good effect when the
bishop belched lJD such sentiments as
are accredited II him
A Masonic 10 sc is not responsible
mat one of its members got drunk or
committed a crime, great church
IS not responsible thar one OF its mem
bers violated the law of God, but a
Masonic lodge is responsible for the
man they elect worshipful master. A
church is responsible for whom they
put at its head. Their responsibility
is fixed and must be met
Give us ministers of God who are
true to the right and who look not
with the least allowance upon sin and
crime. and then I have hopes for the
triumph Of right and the defeat of
wrong. Yours truly.