The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-22
Plain Talk Which Shocked
Several Staid Old Con-
gregations.
RABBI DRAUSkoPF SAYS IMAM
CATCHING" Is WHOLE THOUGHT
IN MANY HoMEs-MONTGoMERY
MINISTER SAYS WHITE MEN
HAVE DEGRADED WOMEN OF
THE NEGRO RACE.
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Philadelphia, Dec. 21.-"Man catch
ing by frivolous women was deplored
here yesterday in sermon by Rabbi
Joseph Drauskopf. This, he declared,
was responsible for a good portion of
American divorces. The rabbi said:
From the day the daughter enters
upon womanhood, the sole thought OF
many homes is man catching No
artifice is stunned that shall enable
the gorgeously decked-out huntress
quickest to entrap her victim.
There is probably no thought which
occupies a young society woman more
than that of being married; there is
probably no thought which occupies
her less than that of being happy
when married, or making her husband
happy"
The Seventh Commandment.
Montgomery, Ala, Dec. 21-In a
sermon on the seventh commandment
at the First Presbyterian church last
night, Rev. H. NJ. Edmonds caused
start to run over the immense congre-
cation present by dealing plainly with
the question Of the relation of white
men TO negro women. He said:
IOu nave dQcQ uuc WOIktCu VI
the black races you are reaping the
red harvest of new crime and you
will continue TO reap it for years TO
come; am afraid. God said Thou
shalt not and he meant it, Numbered
the preacher in a burst of feeling That
made the audience tremble.
Made Him Fall Like the Devil
Chicago, Dec 21.-Rev. Jos. A Mil
burn, Congregational minister. has
startled his parishioners lby the vigor
of an attack on certain kinds of music
and prayer said to be prevalent in
churches. Some of his expressions
We're: II have heard music in
churches that made me feel like the
devil"
Il have heard prayers in churches
which / think must have wearied God
Almighty
Some of the music | have heard
made me feel like hitting somebody
or smashing something. / refer to
hymns and songs that go droning
along and put nearly everybody to
sleep. l have preached in the past
against evangelistic music and i am
sorry now that / ever did"
Minister Should be Different"
New York, Dec. PA minister
should be different" from the com
mon run of people If he would sue
coed, according to the Rev. DIR. George
e. Vandewater, of St. Andrews Epis-
copal church here. In a sermon yes
terday he said;
The hardest thing today for a
minister to do is to be in the world
and yet not become spotted by it.
Even friends are sometimes to be
feared. A minister ought to be differ
ent from others, eat differently, drink
differently. talk and act differently.
The world needs more ministers of
whom il can be said that they DO no
things as others do them
Fight the Devil With Fire.
Chicago, Dec. 21.-Adopting as its
motto the adage Fight the devil with
has begun work on political organ
ization which will cover the whole
city and employ as its own all the
legitimate methods of the ward boss
and practical politician. DIR. J. V. Ba-
con, president, has issued specific in
Structions to members that they are
to take the average saloon keeper as
their political mentor and model,
using the man TO man" method That
is the way we ought 10 work, said
DR. Bacon Get out with your neigh
bors and talk to them man to man
Find out what their political leaninss
are and point out to them the adyan-
tage it will be to the city il they talk
and vote for the things that the law
and order league stands for"