The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-05
Treated in Characteristic style sy
Rev. Bass--Denounce Dancing
and Cards--Believes In He'll
KID GLOVE PREACHING

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Treated in Characteristic style 3
/ rev. Bass-Denounce Dancing
l and cards--Believe IN Hell
4 Rev Or. l.. y. Bass took Tor ~
,ltext Yesterday morning liahahni
lyl.g M discussed the Waichma
taking council with God ana hecoih'ili
iroas minister 10 mon. In the conIs
lof his remarks he said: "The lrophe
Inns the vision IN his possession ah'
he Il required to write and haKe
main. in large letters that the peopl'
| may Enthusiastically understand it aht
run and find shelter Much OF onl
preaching is kind of Kid glove o.
boxing glove performance. me dew
lneyer minds the man with kid gloves
ION The man who wears kid gloves y
the pulpit throws stones lust harN
enough to be caught out by the deVli
As he sits on the altar rail as Coler'
|idge describes him;
"He had a Jacket OF red
His breaches were blue.
And d little round hole
Where his tail come through
The devil is shrewd ball player
and an adept catcher, has a very hard
hand and is used to business and
nothing but a rifle ball with all th2
power Of the Holy Spirit behind u,
and shot straight at the mark viii
make him dodge or keep out OF the
way. A stone thrown too nicely %
hurt or to hit, by these kid glove
preachers, is sure to be caught out
Whenever we cannot call things by
the right name or when we preach 50
and lovingly and comprom-
isingly as to leave everybody to feel
that we mean everybody else, or
mean nothing at all, we may be sure
that we are in the kid glove bust
ness. When the libertine or drunk
ard OF the extortioner the pleasure
seeker, or the idler in Gods Kingdom
can feel that the pews on our church
are soft and comfortable, he is sure
hat you are net shooting with a
Spencer rife loaded TO the muzzle
md forever repeating. The gospel is
lot all sugar. 1t is mingled with salt,
md is the gall OF bitterness and the
ire o. damnation to unrighte0usness
There is a hell to be preached as We'll
Is a heaven: and the horror OF sin as
we'll as the beauty of holiness is to be
held up before churches and men,
He who sings the stones OF the gos
ael must hit to hurt when necessary
md always hit to heal Moral COW
lrdice Is the greatest weakness n
preacher can ayeit is more disas
rous than either error or indiscre-
ion. "Oh, but preach Christ" they
'ay and let the sun of righteousness
hine, ETC. Yes, but what does this
often mean with those
Who suggest 1t? 1t means to count
loses, gather worldly strength, court |
he popularity of fashion OF the day,
make a flourish OF great work and |
and at the same time, let
he church rot and the world die right
nder such ministry. Vice and
rime are on tho increase-open
latant and egalized--around us and
/ our churches: and the poor AMI
lie masses dc not come TO the
1urch doors. We havo annually to
Iyite vigorous evangelists to come
mong us who will fng stones and
1t right and left: and then when
ley are gone We return, often to the !
ii glove business OF playing with
le devil, without discipline aud with
1t any normal or spiritual growth ?
our churches We preachers. are =
lck OF towards. No other business
the world could nun with as many
eak back leaders. W'o preachers
I'VE Just a cotton string up our backs
stead OF a backbone. Let us ND and
{ Of It. and cult this picnic with his ,
tanic majesty. Moral ESSAYS. song .
rvices, sensational topics to draw ]
owds, mean a kid glove throwing Il
stones which never hits anybody. a
{ MS not fail to preach tho gospel q
tn power, to warn. rebuke. exhort. q
prove Let us preachers go up be y
e God without the blood of any
IN upon our skirts II we are IN \
thful moro than blood is split u
ais. souls for whom Christ died n
IRISH. ~
Evening Sermon. vi
At night Rev. Bass spoke OF some "a
soeiety's fads and fancies. He ~
5 particularly severe on dancing ~
1 card playing as means of amuse y
mt. He referred to John D. Rookie y
Ter and the efforts OF Judge Lands y
learn how much the magnate was =,
nth. Mr.. Bass said there would ~
ne a day when a little man would ~
ne along with a tape measure -
4 ne would measure 5 feet 10 inches
way and eighteen inches the
Ter. and he would then 90 cut and 90
Ike the same measurements on tho
'und and that would represent Mr. =,
ekefeller's size. Rev. Bass declared !,
i ne believed in a literal he'll - =.
and birthstone, and while there of