The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-12-14
"sHAKE OFF THE BEAST. "

Now that the revival meetings have
passed into local history, we feel that
perhaps word or so will not so und as
if we were plugging"
One or two Sundays ago we went to a
mems meeting, The Saturday before
this is what was encountered on the
street: "Shake of the Beast" That's
what the card said which was then and
there handed us The handee was a
tall, dark, slim built young fellow Of
pleasant mein.
So we read what the rest of the card
had to say. 1t was an invitation to a
mems meeting on Sunday afternoon at
the NJ. H. church.
We felt sure there was no beast hang
ing on US anywhere, at least on the
outside-so, on further thought we con-
cluded the beast might be on the inside,
sort of moral cancer, so to speak Now,
honestly, we don't desire any beast liv-
ing off US No stree. With plenty of
water and soap, and barber shops, and
laundrys, what chance ought there to be
for any kind of beast hanging onto
anybody. And so far as the interior life
is concerned, why not be honest and de-
cent and clean?
There are nine distinct religious or
CARNATIONS conferred here at this county
seat, all of them, for e.simple and high
est purpose of community and individual
physical and moral betterment. No ex.
cuse for beast feeding.
So we made up our minds to attend
that meeting and hear about that beast.
Now, the first thing that preacher did
was to preach, preach straight at US fell
lows, there was good bunch Of US there,
too.
He was a preacher all right and he
delivered the goods straight from the
shoulder. 1t was refreshing to listen.
None of the milky, watery, mandy pam
by stuff, but a true, healthy talk to
men. We said he preached. He did
more. He just knocked the "P" from
preach and reached us, and that is real
preaching, by the way. And in a little
while we began to think the letter ar"
was taken out of reach and he was prob
ing leach" OF us | wonder if this would
not include the whole matter-Preach,
Reach, Each.
There is but one criticism might be Of
ferod as TO that mems meeting it should
have been attended by every man in this
region, father and brother and son. Pro
family, lying, theft, sex, matrimony'
home and all things sacred to individual
life were treated, and they who missed
it-well, they missed much. The
preacher sailed into us, and every man
there knew he spoke the Gods truth.
When it came to the test only two
men held up their hands to say that
never had watermelon patch been Wis.,
tied by them. One was Jack Reed and
the other a-preacher. 1t turned out
later that Jacks early days were spent
as salt water sailor. Those fellows
hardly ever took their water clear, sc
nary a melon patch for him.
The preacher tried to be honest at
least. and said if watermelons were greer
he wasn't, but in his boyhood days he
did not remember ever seeing water
melons grow on the deck of the ship. he
evened up by admitting that if onions
had been called for he would have gone
down.
Yessirl 1T was great meeting. Course
programs and seasons shows will come
and 90 but the fellows who lined up tina
Sunday afternoon pasted in the lining
of their hats a good bunch Of resolutions
to quit their meanness.