The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-02-19
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prayer meeting nigh d. II he was
at horse trade. The sire OF a mans
tombstone does not indicate the sire
OF his character. Jesus had To deliver
the goods. express charRes- prepaid"
Then he spoke concerning the Cath
Ollie church. lie had words OF praise
for IL. particularly upon It's stand
against Unitarianism.
I am often asked why don't say
anything against the Catholics" he
said. The reason is that there is
too much filth and dirt and rubbish
In the Protestant churches. II keeps
me busy trying to clean up our own
gang. l believe there are as good
Christians and as bad hypocrites
among Catholics as among Protest
ants.
"The Roman Catholic church has
said high mass over the rotting re-
mains OF Unitarianism all along the
worlds history. Unitarianism, al
though IL has Harvard College at its
back, is dying out. as any church
that denies the divinity OF Christ
ought TO die out.
Catholics Don't critIcise."
Il never found any Roman Catholic
who was a higher critic. You've al
1t. l never yet found a priest who
denied the divinity of Christ You've
always got to 20 into the Protestant
churches TO find that. too. II any OF
you fellows that ought to want to go
back TO the Catholic church, / will
give in your names. Alot of YOU
Catholics here haven't been to con-
fession for so long that you don't
know what IL Is.
III the people protesting to be
Christians lived the first "a verses in
the Sermon on the Mount. they would
put For Rent sign on every brew
cry and distillery. the red light dis
trict would be shut up. and the whis.
key-soeked. gambling-cursed and har-
lot-ridden communities would be
cleaned up"
Giving his views on the sacredness
OF an oath. he used the story OF John
the Baptist as an illustration. He
toiu the narrative with much slang.
Slang Version Of 'terod.'
King Herod and his gang" Sunday
said. were sitting around the table
hittlng the booze until they had en-.
ough on board to sink n battleship.
Then in came that gum-crewing. fulge
eating. sissified little huzzy and she
IN his drunkenness told her she could
have anything she wanted. Then she
went TO her mother and said. Ma,
Herod says | can have anything I
want-what shall | take?' And this
old bag OF mother. whom John the
Baptist had once dared to reproach.
said, Take the hear of John the Bapt-
ISL. When the dancer made this de-
mand OF Ierod. he was sorely per-
picked. He respected John the Bapt-
fst, but he had to keep his oath.
They call this dancing and wriggling
and twirling art. but II I told YOU
what ! think OF il. the newspapers
would have to use asbestos paper TO
print IT,
Is your Masonic oath worth any.
thing? Is your Knights OF Pythias
oath worth anything? Is your odd
Fellows oath worth anything? Is
your oath as a Christian worth any
thing? II II isn't you're n scalawas
and you ought 70 be out OF the church.
! wouldn't trust you further than I
could throw bull by the tail and
that's going some"
Asssils Public Officials.
Then he sailed into officials lie
had some OF his bitterest sarcasm FOR
them.
never thought a mayor or a gov
ernor or any other Official was en-.
titled 10 credit because he enforced
the law. lie is a dirty. sneaklng
coward IL he doesn't enforce the law.
] can take a jack knife and a block OF
wood and white out better set OF
officials than the average city has
About nine out % ten OF them are
bound 70 the dirty. rotten whisky