The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-02-02
COMMUNICATION.
A SCATHNG LETTER FROM ]. WALTER
WADDELL.
MrDDLEpoRr. O.. Jan. o.

Editor Point Pleasant Register:
Not long ago the iIk known as ex-
priests whether unfrocked for un-
savory deeds, pr simply impostors did
a aOurshing business. Relying on
the curious and gullible, of which
every community has its share, these
fellows went about leaving every
where a Shiny trail of filth, that were
it circulated through the United
States mails, would put the dissem-
inators into the clutches of the post
Office authorities at once. Usually
they are accompanied by female
who poses as an ex-nun'' and whose
mission is to make women purer and
better by regaling them with salac-
ious stories at seperate lectures for
ladies only. In ike manner the male
bird of the feather holds lectures"
to elevate christianity from which
the gentle sex are excluded.
The subjects cunningly selected
for these lectures appeal first of all to
morbid curiosity. "The Horrors of
Romanism. :" THE secrets of the
Confessional are cunnngly put
forth to allure those who expect some
salacious revelations. 1t has hap
pened that christian men and women
were inveigled into attending such
meetings. They found the talks as
revoltingly indicate and disgusting
" obscene that their manhood and
womanhood were outraged and they
left the halls. Ladies and gentle
men who mingle with those of the
faith maligned, finding them clean
of speech and of habits, and in every
way upright citizens are slow to be-
lieve defamtory stories charging these
very neighbors and friends with the
permission of and conivances in prac-
tises so degradinly foul and unnatur-
al that brutes would rebel against
them. Naturally there are those,
thus imposed upon, who believe
more or less of the vile stories these
vendors of filthy literature have as
stock in trade but those who really
doknow better can see the utter alb
surity of these claims and refuse to
be assistants by supporting such car
rion birds in the name of christian
ity.
P. A. Seguin, the fellow who gave
a series of so called lectures in your
town few weeks ago and one of
the traducerstbove referred to, has
been plying his nefarious work for a
number of years. Some few years
ago he left the Christian church and
joined the Lutherans of St. Paul,
Mimi, soon the Lutherans got his
past record and to their credit very
promptly ousted him from member
ship. The Lutheran ministers of
St. Paul, deserve credit for putting
their seal of disapproval on fellows of
the Seguin type as ministers, and
have set an example that should cut
off in the future such disreputable
creatures from the list of all denom-
nations anxious to spread the gospel
of the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man. When the la
bors of these vultures are unprofta-
bic, the hell-spawned brood will soon
disappear.
1t is unfortunately true that in a
few back woods districts there are
still some people, with the veil of
prejudice hanging over them, willing
to listen to the billings-gate of these
turncoats and traitors, not only to
chri-- a any form bat to COM
mon principles of decency and fair
play, and in order that the people of
your city may know the kind of a
character they have had in their
midst | will ask you to publish this
letter in an early issue of your paper.