The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13

ing for more light and he arranges to give 1t to them--at a good price. | He divides his money with us. We | are glad to get whatever he turns loose
 for he's good Baptist and handles no tainted" money. almost be- | lieve weld take it if it were tainted though we might not. He's a sensible man if he is a Bap- tist and maintains the price of oil. because he goes into politics. and se-
 cures enough law makers to answer his | purpose. e ss pal-,-
 Now, Pm q Baptist, a member of | the Farmers Uuion.' and want a
 reasonable price for cotton. but the law of the Order won't tolerate going
 Into politics.
 Every body says says we are "a good thing if we'll keep out of politics. But. the fact stares us in the face that Bro. Rockefeller has IT ade a very good thing of common oil he has not l only Senators but Jueses. When the Farmers Union develops that much sense cotton agwine to jump"
 wen. from a handful we've grown to be a host but we've not so proud of our numbers as our character in that-"We are no worse than other people" That's something to be proud of. ts aisti @ Biggest in The World.
 As we are the most numerous of the other State Denominations we are. more or less, responsible for the morals Of the people. There Is no use for Law and order Leagues" in any community of Baptists. We keep the law as well as other people--if 1t suits us. In Mobile, 1t may not suit us-after first of January. The 'Gentleman from Ohio" seems to think there's some doubt about 1t.
 No law abiding Baptist will break the law. Maybe, the Governor will rely upon us Baptlsts in Mobile, to show the people there how to respect the law. That win save the expense of an Extra Session. Birming gham Is getting pretty bad. It Is thought our "Cultus" originated there. It ought to begin to show itself in the city of It's birth
 Our "EvankelistIc' system Is de- velopnent. some very good men get to be evangelists. Now and then its otherwise. We can't help it-"Foois will rush in where angels fear to tread" The good man will quit-on that account.
 Our literature has changed with the years. Tn the old days we had three days meeting" That was enough to make the sisters fall from grace, the Lord knows t. s,,s,.e...~ ..
 The good old-tfms preachers was rejoiced. every day, if a 'kid was given to make merry over" and at the close of the meeting he Ted into the liquid grave happy converts" That was the literary style.
 The Evangelistie style prevails now. The meeting is to be something like Tennyson's brook. The Evangelist comes In all the pomp and ceremony of Who hut meT loaded with hymn books and caparisened with a singer The singer Is supposed to be for the more noble and glorious purpose of generating Apostasy in the Congrega- tion. If a man can hear one of these Evangelists "slngers' without falling from Grace on the spot he's sure good rnan--too good for this world.
 The Singer.
 A part of the paraphernalis of an Evangelist is--the collection. Indeed, It Is thought, that Is the main thing.
 Of late, as sort of side line, he gets mp new suits for the home preachers.
 The cash" Is for himself and the singer. After three or four weeks the meeting" is closed-without the singer being lynched
 The reports is made--"We hald glorious meeting of several weeks at Pleasant Plains. They are a bully people and patient.
 Bro. Tunem's life has been spared. Many were added to the church (one hardened old MethodistD Oh. these are good souls!
 We got Six Hundred dollars. We go from here to Possum Trot. From | Possum Trot-"we arrived here ac- | eording to previous appointment. We | didn't like the appearances from the | start. An old fellow, whose mouth has been sadly neglected by the Dentist. who. afterwards found to be a Deacon and | brother, approached me and Inquired
 Who is that fellow with his hair parted in the middle" q feel sure the dentist can do a wonderful work of Grace on that brothers mouth.) told him.
 That Is Bro. Tunem, the sweet singer who accompanies me in my work"
 Well you'd better send him up to the house and let him comb his hair like man. for our girls will think he's A idyut."
 These are old style hayseeds who have never been trained in the grace of giving. They are poor souls. We didn't get but a dollar and a half and that was given to Bro. Tunem to never come back. They are holding their cotton for ten cents but If they get twenty cents Bro. Tunsm wilt never come here to get any; he says he's not ready yet to 'shuffle off the mortal coil"
 You see our literature Is being en. riched as the years go by"
 As the patience of the people is getting threadbare we may conclude to discontinue the Evangelist.
 The collections will go on, how ever.