The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-13
"ModeTn ApoIIos" Barred From
Methodist Libraries.
WRITTEN BY REV. MR.MlNTYRE
Mingled With Crime and BIuudshad Is a
SioU Of Christian Faith Tals Was IN
tended for Sunday Schosl Pupils.

Chicago, Jan. 13--Adventures in coun-
| terteiting camps. involving shooting and
| murder. mingle with love episodes, pa
| thetic death scenes and expressions OF or
thodoX religion in the Rev. Robert McIn-
| tyres book, The Modern Apollos. which
has been barred from the Methodist
| Sunday-schools of Cincinnati.
! This book. which has been declared
| too sensational was written by DR. Nc
! Intyre while he was pastor OF the St
/ James Methodist Episcopal church of
this city. and was published three
months ago. IL was Dr McIntyros in
tention to have The book take the place
of the semi-religious works which, he
| declares. ars undermining the orthodoxy
of even the most conservative. IL was
his idea that exuberant life, love and
| thrilling adventure could be woven about
theme unobjectionable even to chill
dren. This he attempted to do.
HERO Is ORTHODOX.
Or. Mcintyre has not been I'm robust
| health the last few years, and while on
| one OF his vacations he conceived the
scheme of a series OF novels on this line
! or these The Modern Apollos" was to be
the first
lie took as his model Edward Eggle-
stonis ''I1oosier Schoolmaster" and the
! works OF r.. +. Roe. Both are found in
/ the majority of Sunday school libraries.
. He laid the scenes in the country Of
| southern illinois,
The hero. the modern Apollos. IS
nf
| counterfeiting, who was arrested, tried.
and convicted. but ultimately pardoned
I through death-bed repentance. There
| are scenes OF modern assembly OF
| ministers. story of first sermon, many
| episodes of a preachers life. and through
| IL all the reader never is permitted TO
forget that the hero is thoroughly ortho-
dox and upright
| The story opens with a description OF
! the grand review In Washington at the
| close of the civil war and the first chap
| ter tells Of quarrel between two COM
\ rades. An idea of the style OF the su-
I thor Is given in the following excerpt:
"A venomous snarl frightened the pen
| dulous lip OF the major as he retorted
Insult you A gentleman cannot in
| suit a pauper. You are too far beneath
| me. you miserable mudsill. you
THE majors reply was suddenly cut
| short by a stinging blow on his cheek,
I dealt by Philips open hand.
| Take that. you white-livered cur"
I said the young officer, rising TO his feet
I and bracing himself for the expected at
! tack.
THE majors glasses few I'm one di-
! rection, his hat in another and he reeled
I toward the wall; but he regained his up
| right position in moment, and pluck
; ~ pistol from his breast, he fired at
Ellis
/ stSEETIIED WITH MALICE"
! Later on in description OF the same
! quarrel the following language is used:
THE banal blood In his arteries seeth-
ed with Satanic malice az he cried,
| trembling with pent-up fur:
| " Never curse him. the nameless
| hound that he is! l have sworn his de-
struction. and ] hold life cheap until that
| oath is fulfilled.
so shut up gursled Bondig. Don't
| he so sniffy. You give a fellow fantods
| with your everlasting cackle about your
nrogenitors. II you fool with
| him you'll get your comb cut" >"
Next follows the story OF n counter
| feiting camp, the introduction OF the hero,
| Beverly Ronan--the modern Apollos He
| has been accused of counterfeiting taken
| from the school where he is studying for
| the ministry and confined in peniten-
| tiary An old friend Miuty Foley, gets
( a confession from one OF the gang and
| the student IS freed. Roman Is ordained,
goes before the conference, whose meet
| ms Is viyidly portrayed, and gets
| charge.
| Foley is finally captured by the gang
and supposedly murdered. His death is
desCrthrd -gy rOff0vy-
Men he said I go to my grave this
| day done 10 death by herd O. misguided
mortals My last word Is this: l would
| rather be Barney Foley, lyin mangled
| ha L. A
! Doomsday is comm. romemberl'
% Shut up you hannel-mouth" eXclain-
| cd one Of the men.
That's enough" broke IN Moulton.
! we want uo heroics here. You will be
| better below matches. Blind his eyes, and
| let FOrty-four take him away
| "Blindfolded ana with his arms fasten-
! cd behind his back Barney was led to-
! ward the fatcd spot. The others watch
! cd the twain until they reached the brink
~ the gulf or the extreme edge of the
! circle of light foley next 10 the bottom-
| iess pi.. Slowly the murderer raised his
| pistoi, put IL to the Minty's' head, and
| then the crash OF a shot rang echoine
! through the stiffness, mingled with a
heart-piegcing scream, as helpless form
| fell downward
"'That bog trottcr's gone to kingdom
! come by = queer route said one
| a shuddcr shook some OF the despoil-
/ crs as they turned away from the awful
| scene: but one was about 10 roll a larger
| rock over tho edge when Tie assassin
| said
Don't DO that. The mans dead and
| zone ain't that enough? / don't believe
/ in punishment after death
SAD LOVE STORY.
Romans love story Is far from a happy
one. aud contains several quarrcls, one
\ with tho woman's father. The girl had
| been captured by tho counterfeltcrs, un-
| known 20 her father. and after y two
4 days absence WAS rescued by Roman, who
| Thought hrr hon1e The scene that fol-