The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-10-19

DE oDDER DAY TOOK WANDER"
IL dey have changed too. II dey haven't
it's bekase trust hasn't got hold Of
'em.
"In de old fashioned days, when we
built church buildin'-7dey called It
meetin' house den--we had to rake and
scrape and build lcetle at time.
Ebery dollar was honest money. Eb-
cry dollar was honestly Armed. II we
got 'nuff together to build $500 build
In we felt almost ashamed Of de ex-
travagance. II we could pay our
preacher 5000 year he was almost
ashamed to take It,
up my way dey Am list now build
In what may be called a palace Of de
Lawd. De lot cost $4,000, de buildin'
am to cost $4,000, de organ am to cost
5000, de steam heat aud cushions
and odder fxins will cost as much
more, and dey am gwine to pay de
minister de same salary annually.
Dar will be choir Of paid singers,
and dar will bc dozens Of carriages
roll up to de door on Sundays.
When the Church 10 Built.
"When dat palace nm finally COM
pleted and opened, when de organ
peals out. when de choir stands up to
sing, when do minister stands up to
preach. what's he gwine to preach
about to make men better? Jist de
same things dat our preachers preach
ed about In dc long ago.
"He will ask men to be honest.
HE will ask men to love deir feller
men.
"He will ask men to forgive deir en-.
emies and praise de Lawd.
''He will ask men and women to help
In de betterment of de world and to SO
lib yere on airth dat when dey come
to die dey will go up higher.
"Dats all he kin do. Can't add an
odder word to 1t. And II he asked
those things In $500 meetin' house
would de consciences Of men respond
jist as quick, ,as In dat palace?
But he won't ask 1t. 1t would be
old fashioned to do so. 1t wouldn't be
to date. 1t might hurt de feelin's OF
some Of de congregashun who have
come dar to show Off deir clothes and
hear de choir sing. He'll take text
and he'll talk, and when he gifts frew
talkin' meeting will be Ober and no
body de better nor wuss on.
"In de old fashioned day any man
who libed widin five miles of you was
q naybur and human bein'. In dis
modern age de man libin' on de odder
side Of de wall dies. and IL buried, and
you don't know his name nor care to.
Fifty years ago dar was a feelin
OF sympathy fur man In misfortune
fur widder In black, fur an orphan
cryin In its loneliness. Dat feelin' was
too old fashioned. aud 1t has been done
away wild. We can't miss our street
kyar to speak to man who has beer
run ober and had his bones broke. aud
we figger dat widders and orphans will
he taken care Of at de 'porehouse.
"In dose old days d6f was some
politics around, but men didn't look
upon it as they do dc politics Of to-day
1t didn't smirch men. 1t didn't make
liars and thieves and rascals Of 'em
Men didn't sell their votes. and Office
holders didn't rob de people. 1t wal
decided dat de old way wasn't pro
gressive mum fur de American people
and so de present one was invented
De result am dat dere am not ober fvs
men In high places today IN all dli
land dat de people thoroughly trust
I'm my time. when considered my
self In de swim, II Armed 81 \ put
away at least 80 cents .agin sickness
or old aige. OATS what we preached
to each odder-e economy and saving
Dat looked like good policy, but have
l:bed to SEQ how foolish II was com
pared to de up to date idea. De tliini