The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07
:: Over the Nuts and Wine ::
By FRANCES coURTENAY BAYLOR

dous lot OF nonsense talked about for
eign missions. Why IL our Lords dis
aiples had not obeyed His comma nd
and gone out into the ends of the
stayed comfortably in their own
ZONES. among their friends and kin.
dred In Jerusaim, we would never
have been Christians either Missions,
domestic and foreign. are Gods own
work, established by His direct COM
mand and certain to have His bless
ing-a thing that cannot be said OF all
Church work, for saloons and athletic
clubs and swimming pools and stere-
opticon entertainments and church con-
harm than good. now and then. Blu.
the preaching of Christ Jesus. tho
Saviour OF the world Gas Love is the
saviour or everything worth savingl.
and Him crucifed" has never brought
anything but love and peace. Joy,
everywhere that 1t has been made
known.
1t was a common practice in Ger
many in the thirteenth and fourteenth
centuries to issue religious /. %. us.
and this was the way Of it: If A had
paid the rent Of B, or succored him
during an illness, or clothed him In
need. or fed him and his family when
had given his daughter her marriage
portion. or buried his dead. or done
him any, other great service. he re-
eeiy Gs, this sertiflcate: in the name
Ghost. Amen. /. Kaspar Kiauben
tailor. of Bremen, stand indebted to
Max Schmidt. merchant, Of the same
town, In the sum of 100 tha1ers, given
and unable to work. for my own COM
fort and the support of my wife and
seven children; which sum promise
shall be paid him in Heaven, by God.
followed and the town seal was ar
fixed, and no one but the impious ever
doubted that it would be paid, either.
These documents We're carefully kept
by men among their most valuable
collins when they We're buried. 1t
sometimes happened that coffin was
stuffed with them, which, considering
that we brought nothing. into this
that shrouds have no pockets and
mighty narrow sleeves, was certainly a
happy and beautiful thing for them
and those who loved them,
Tolerance.
What we have lost In this simple,
lovely faith we are said to have gained
IN tolerance. But is that quite true?
Yes, and no. Yes. because we no
longer burn people at the stake be-
cause they differ from US in non
cause the world is turning out more
and more Christians Of type who
are not indeed bigots. defining bigot as
like the pupil Of the eye. contracting.
poured upon IT," or murderers, gloomy
and cruel and bloodthirsty, but Of the
type Of the man who said she had no
idea. Of having religion interfere with
is painted in Mccracken, who gave
as little as he could while the meenes-
ter was looking the other way" and
the preacher who made the best prayer
ever addressed to o Boston audience,
and the man who said, Plague take
got so much agin each other. and so
many good reasons for not believing
this doctrine and that doctrine. that
being a plain man myself. ! read over
Christmas, and bless my mothers Lord
knowing Him to be good, for He made
her every night OF my life. and 60
bim eYsry sso oetas regplar
country walk. for I amt no sot and
/ amt no sport. nuthar. Sometimes
AT Is hunting OF fishing Sometimes
it's baseball and beer. Sometimes II
times it is a Joy ride In Blll's auto
Though 1t is the smellingest snorting.
est old can of nitro-glycerine tina,
ever was built to kill Sometimes 1,
under my big tree in the back yard
/ with my baby on my knee and my Ole
! woman cleaning up like mad inside.
"But Sunday BIN I will have, My
wife staggers me, though, sometimes
| She says, Amt you got no duty ia
the Lord that give you all you've go,
and no pleasure in Him, my dear hus-
band?" in that mild, quiet way OF herr
| II never see her hollerin' and fussin
and rip-snortin' since we been mar
yled), and 7 declare can't sense my
| lSever ger to go toscnurch. Til go With
Iner,. and between her and my mother
III reckon I'll get to Heaven THEY'D
be mis'able anywhere without me-,
The AnafnGinists.
A friend OF mine hos been heard "a