The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-03-17
That Iron Rivepfeeting.

Silver Joe konkel IN SUPER heauei Oioiioh
Glory, hallelujah, htrah and bur-
rah. In my younger sys | used oc-
casionallv to attend mp meeting,
and I remember thathe Christian
people in those day used to get
very happy and very emonstrative.
1t seemed to be the prailing opinion
in those days that itook shouting
and lots of it to maka good Chris
tian. The preacher 'uld preach one
of those good old sl.stirring SER
mons, in which heIlre and brim-
stone always played leading role.
Then a half dozen otional women
would get to shouti and a good old
Christian gentlem, with a voice
like a ION would 81 a soul stirring
song that went sothing like this:
st do believe wilt a doubt, oh,
halle hallelujah, thChristians have
a right to shout, otlory hallelujah. !"
Now confess | haven had
much occasion tEout for some
time. There hasrbeen very much
in this neck of throods that would
tend to promoteouting since the
good old days one boom, when
everybody wereppy, everybody,
were shouting, ! everybody be-
lieved themselve be millionaires.
Truth to tell, I've been sad-sad
be5 ond the poyof words to ex-
press-too sad lout-yea, almost
too sad to smilAt times, indeed,
[ could almostve cried if CRYING
would have dorny good.
For ten lon@ry years have the
: people of this been asleep. For
ten long, we@ears have we set
around on ourers and worn out
the seats of orousers. For ten
long, weary y has the town been
on standstllt single, solitary
thing having1e here that could
possibly go aaere else. During
the whole of ten years there has
been absolute development here
except what been done along the
bav front ir way of docks and
elevators tbould't possibly be
built any plise.
Do you VIZ, therefore. that |
have been ssDo you wonder that
7 have not fe shouting or MAX
ing a great of noise? Do you
wonder tbaaven't gone up and
down the stsinging: | do believe
without a { oh, halle hallelujah
that our peave right to shout,
oh glory ha.h?" Do you wonder
that havetimes almost cursed
the day andestiny that brought
me to thia? Do you wonder
that haved the mossbacks. the
muowumr the town killers who
have heennsible for our condi-
ton?
And too the evaporation of
the situaher communities have
been boo1ight along. | scarce
know of in the west that has
not been g new factories, new
industrie new life. l scarce
know ofn that has not been
prosperol happy. I scarce
know Of that has not been
forging 4ront right along. AL
most the of the great prosper
ity of Das come to her within
the last lrs while Superior has
been nuthe sores caused by a
busted and refusing to do a
condemling to better condi,
ton.
But long lane that has no
turn. aank God that Superior
has at cached the end of the
had lafhe has been travelling
IN fort ten years. At last
onrn mem to be awake. At
laet IN to have realized that
thew = to do something be-
sides Id sores if they would
he sat last has a spirit of
nroo, push come over our
drea, at last are we going
abou in the right way.
we have been many evil
dencs of late, the meeting at
Iron fonday is perhaps the
oraaience of all. That was
a gtng, grand meeting, a
wopeeting. When I entered
THAI looked over those faces
I feed that something was
doid, later, as I listened to
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