The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-13
BREACHES STRONG SERMON
Endorsing Smiths Fight for
Honesty in Politics.
Pastor Says the Old Tax Rate Result
cd I'm Raising up Race of Perjur-
crs and incidentally Takes n Shy at
Those Who Oppose Temperance
Legislation - Sermons At Other
Churches.

"Discouragemcnts of the Devil''
was the subject of Rev. D. II. Bailcy's
Sunday evening sermon. Rev. Bailey
said in part:
"Ye will have tribulations In this
world, said Jesus. one of the great
est of tribulations is that of discour-
agement. Discouragement Is uni
versal Laboring men and their EN-
ployers, parents and children, all men
in all walks of life meet with discour-
agements. II is likely that you think
discouragements come only to those
who are doing something worth while.
But there are discouragements on
the other side"
Rev. Bailey then told of the fall
of the angels from their state of pur-
ity into a state of enmity toward
Christ and man. "Chiefest among
these is the one whom we designate
by the name Satan" he declared. I'VE
don't know the sin of the devil in
action, but his secret sin was pride
He became, in his own estimation, too
great for his station, and Christ cast
him down and said, Get thee behind
me-
Let us note also the character of
the devils work. You have often
heard men say, oh. that man is a
knocker.' Civil liberty. political lib
erty and religious liberty, all have
been brought about by standing on
the kickers, the Knockers, the devils.
II you please. How discouraging II
must be TO the devil, this temperance
reform that is being carried on this
year. Several months ago Satan and
his followers said 1t was time to over
throw temperance reform. Accord
ingly, number of bills were brought
up TO accomplish this end. But they
were too vicious, too obnoxious, and
too corrupt to pass, and the legisla-
tors said, No. devil. that's little too
far. we can't help you there. Bu'
there Is another question of business,
of financial matters. Wherever Satan
rcigns, the masses of the people arO
poor
80, in this country, great wealth
seems to have been given to few
and a great many are Impoverished"
continued Rev. Bailey. "The devil
has had another very hard jolt in the
matter of the present agitation on
the tax question. The four per cent
tax rate of the past, has not only fur
nished opportunity for graft and eX-
but has raised up a COM
nunity of liars and perjurers VITA
four per cent. tax on money that Is
earning only three per cent. comes the
to withhold 1t from the
assessor and to swear falsely.
But along comes a statesman, i'm
I'll recently not widely known. and
whom I would not so desig-
nate, but who, i'm his po-
litical compaigns, has named
himself Hell Raisln' Bill Smith Of
Marion county. Smith introduced
bill which seems in a fair way OF
becoming a law, limiting the tax rate
to one per cent. I've never given Mr..
Smith any advice. He has never ask
ed me for any. but If he should,
would advise him to keep out of hell;
for IL he ever gets down there, the
devil will pummel him for many
day, for introducing that tax bill"
Rev. Bailey closed his sermon by
In the positive side of the
subject, saying that we can see the
fulfillment OF the promise embodied
In the text. found in the sixteenth
chapter and twentieth verse of Ro-
mans, "And the God of Peace shall
bruise Satan under your feet shortly"