The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-09-26
VOTE BUYING AN. SELLING.
Sermon Preached On The
Criminal Tendency of
The Times.
Danville, Ky. Sept. "a, 1913.

Danville, KY. Sept. "a, 1913.
To the Richmond Climax:
viii you kindly give space in you
much valued Climax in order that ma.
lay before the dear people sermon which
was delivered here recently by one who
has not received a call to preach. After th'
usual preliminaries had been concluded
not emitting passing around the hat fol
the offering, the minister arose and be
gan his discourse by saying:
My dearly beloved brethren and sis
ters: | have selected after much deer
thought and no amount OF groanins and
grumbling in the spirit, what | regard
a suitable text on which TO base my re-
marks on this occasion and would now
have you turn with me to nth Chapter
of jeremiah and read the eleventh verse.
which recltes: ''As the partridge that
sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid,
so is he that getteth (office) riches, and
not by right; in the midst of his days
they shall leave him, and at his end he
shall be fool"
Never having received a call to preach
it may appear presumptious for me to
take my stand ION Mars Hill" but it
does seem to me absolutely necessary in
the face of what has happened over in
Clark and other counties in the State,
that some one should cry aloud in the
wilderness and spare not. Without any
desire to wound or ruliie the feelings of
any member of this congregation, you
will pardon me for saying. that your
pastor who now stands before you and
has been for long time watching
your capers very closely, he desires
to state here and now, without the fear
of contradiction, that fully nine tenths
of you have been led captive by the de-
vii at his will. This being true, feel
justified in having taken the liberty TO
add only one word to the text (office)
which for some cause jeremiah in his
writings left out.
| feel perfectly well satisfied had the
prophet lived in time when primaries
were in vogue, he would under no con-
sideration ''cut it out" If my premise
is correct, then may l not say that the
whole gist of the scripture which have
read aloud in your hearing is directory,
and when summed up in nut shell, the
import of the words clearly indicate the
whole duty of man especially as TO pri-
mary elections. The inference TO be
drawn from the text is: never to resort
TO unfair and unlawful means TO secure
the accomplishment of any end or de
sign. As The Shepherd (for the present.
of the flock, and feeling that my sheep
(who are scattered) still recognize my
voice, | would have those of you
who do hear and recognize, never under
any state of case to set upon Matching
of eggs laid by some other partridge
Let us live for higher and grander ideals
so that it may be well with US after we
have shuffied off the mortal coil which
has been so closely wound around these
mortal bodies of ours; and here | mus
in no wise omit to exhort one and all tC
contend always and most earnestly "fol
the faith once delivered to the Saints. y
There was time in the letter day:
when my acquaintance in the counties
of Clark, Bourbon and Montgomery
could with difficulty be numbered, bu
now my acquaintance has dwindleC
down so as TO include Clark only, anC
as to acquaintance in the other two
"few and far between" and | nigh
also add, scattering Speaking now TO
Clark, and by no manner of means Il
the disparagement of either Bourbon o
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