The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-26
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Ninevah resembled modern cities.
especially in pride and sensless friv-
,olity; possibly they had not sunk
W. enugh fr~ sheath gowns. hobble
skirts and decolette. peek-a-boo shirt
waists-perhaps they were not wicked
enough for Tammany Clubs, hootchey-
coochey dances and Fry street orgies
and naked pictures Still the city was
SO wicked that the Almighty intended
to destroy it unless ihe people re-
pented
Jonah knew all about Ninevah,-her
wealth, naughty arrogance, senseless
pride and domineering characteristics.
tle knew that the ruler%of the city had
unlimited. unbridIed, arbitrary power,
that his will was law. and that he
could destroy whom lie would-just
like Holley.
So when he was ordered to leave his
native village where. as local preach
er. he had e1dcared himself to the
people by his plain. practical preach
ing and pions life, and go to proud.
sin-cursed Ninevah in his homemade.
o'.ttfuS, 'IOlhGS, dIu uU-
couth, rustic manners. to preach to
them, his heart failed him. his cour-
age eked out and he felt as much out
of place as does Adul.erous in polite
society Oh. how could he a plain.
coun.rired parsCsi. s-sscsss o the crit
ical and elite of Ninevah? He felt
that they would not listen to him:
that they would spurn him with coh-
tempt and treat him with contumely,
as Jim Holley does those who petition
for redress. Jonah was poor. but
proud spirited: pious. but full of self
respect, so who can wonder at his hes
itation and final rebellion? Just think
OF one of our plain, pious. self conse-
era ted. self conscious preachers leav-
ing Blakely-On the head of Blue,
Creek-under similar conditions, and
preaching in the First Methodist
Church in Charleston. and you can
have some adequate conception OF
!onah's Drcdicament After many
prayerfully anxious days and sleepless
nights spent in deliberation, Jonah
decided he would not 90 to Nineyan
to be snubbed. humiliated ;i.nd probab-
ly otherwise mistreated. so he took
ship and attempted to escape duty and
the country, and met with the mis-
fortune which made him the hero OF
the most wonderful Shipwreck record
in the annals OF the sea- or elsewhere
and caused more doubts as to the
authenticity of the wreck and rescue
than all the shipwrecks that ever hap
pened in all the ages of the world
com bi.lel
Whilst coopel up amidship in the
interior of the whale--which for the
time being was his sanctum sanctorum.
feeling the pulsations and Quiverincs
OF the ribs of his ship-Jonah had
nothing TO do but reflect Oh things
past. present and to come, as he was
entirely relieved of the esponSibility
Of the management of the animated
vessel OF which he was the animated
ballast and cargo After three dav.
and nights spent i'll meditation and
prayer. fed by the absorption. and
saved from decomposition by salt water
and providence. Jonah saw the error
OF his ways mentality and conclud-
ed 10 obey the CALL and proceed TO
Ninevah and preach as best he coud
if safely landed. The fishiag smack
vame to- in the of1ing. worked inself
in shore" ca slow bell. and when
close in squirted Jonah on the sand
then backed out and passed beyond
the kin of mortal vision and the keen
pen of the historian-as will the bunch
OF crooks composing our present city
administration.
Jonah. in deep pentineuce. and the
cOntritiOn OF absolute subiection and
humiliation. arose from 1ae beacn
covered with sand and confusion. his
clothes saturated with saliva and whale
oil. his head festooned with hay. and
his whole person reeking with the
smell of fish. No wonder poor Jonah
felt sick AT heart and sicker at his
stomach: for his condition was in
tnitely worse than before he en-
barked on that unparalleled voyage.
In Gath-hepher. whilst his clothes
We're OF the plainest. coarsest texture.
they werc always clean and looked
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