Blue-grass blade., 1908-06-07

relieved and even but partially gratifed, even
more good is done, but the frightful noise
which they call music for gods glory does not
permit the other to become a satisfactory COM
pensation therefor
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Another serious question arises here Is the
Salvation Army doing good! One of its GUS
toms is to collect articles of clothing food, ETC..
for the alleged purpose of distributing them
among the poor and needy, but the writer
hereof is in position to know that such is
not done. Only few months ago we employed
an old man and his wife to do the work about
the house and garden. a few days after their
arrival We were surprised to the man
rayed in a Salvation Army outfit, with cap and
uniform, and sally forth to attend meeting. In
the course Of time the work neglected in
order that they could attend the meetings.
One night they returned home and the man
displayed overcoat, two other coats for
general wear, and similar articles of clothing.
The women exhibited about ten waists of
different patterns and Styles number of
dresses and skirts, which gave her a wardrobe
superior to any other in the house. In ex-
PLANTATION of their possession of many arti-
ces they said that the clothing had been
given the Salvation Army by different people
of the city for distribution among the needy
poor but that the captain" felt that their
own soldiers" ought to be taken care of first
and from that moment were next to the
graft Suffice it to say that upon their leav-
ing, but not until several days thereafter,
articles Of value missed from the house
and they now lost somewhere in the noun
tain regions of Kentucky.
While church meetings all over the country,
including methodist conferences and presbyte-
rian synods, are denouncing the saloon and
the liquor traffic generally as an evil per Sc,
it is interesting to note that the jewel of
consistency does not rest upon their head
gear for that which they are so anxious to
deny to others by law is held to be just and
proper for themselves
According to published reports from Traverse
City, Michigan, the Womans Foreign Mission
airy Society under the Michigan conference.
has by vote duly taken and registered de-
cided that its members may drink punch to
their hearts content without being brought
under the bane Of the church. And this
meeting made up, principally. of women,
too. The issue brought out a bitter fight.
Many of the women, it is said, objected to the
use of the punch, declaring that liquor was
an obstruction to gods plan" but the
jority voted the other way and now the good
ladies of Methodist Missionary Society may
mbibe to their hearts content and success
fully dodge criticism for so-doing So the
ladies' bless them, must have their punch.
The Blade would not deny them such an esti-
mable privilege. but we do insist that when
they agree upon of the corn juice in
which moonbeams have BEEN dissolved for
themselves, that they impart little of that
same freedom and right to others by refusing
to endorse and stand for absolute prohibition.
The latter like religion. is only intended for
the other fellow.
Claiming jurisdiction in matters of religion
both over this world and the next, the Pres
byterian Synod meeting In Philadelphia has
seen fit to lift embargo from the corpse,
or soul, of a dead preacher. The facts in the