The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-10

The more we mean by friendship the
fewer frinds have we. If you really
want to know how many friends you
have in this town. just let some old
gossiping carrion vender. some old
scandal monger or peddIar, whose
tongue wags and peddles out lies by
the wholesale, start some story de-
rogatOry to your character and man.
hood, and you Will find that your
friends are very few l myself haven't
got friend in this town.
Denounces Gossips.
Let some old gossip start lies
about me, and l haven't friend here.
But say! If 1 wanted to serve the
devil l wouldn't start a lot of old
chestnuts, as some are doing here
about me. Every story that has thus
far appeared in print about me, was
published about Mr.. Sunday fifteen
years ago. | will give $1,000 to any
person who hears one true story about
me in this town.
And you! You who say, We en-
jOyed your sermon 500 much! You
will pick up the first story that rolls
around and turn it over under your
tongue like sweet morsel
If some one were to say, oh, Hon
eywell has a $4,000 home on the
West Side in Chicago you take. it
in. | haven't a real friend in town.
Friendship is as tickle as wind, as
brief as the crackle of thorns under
a pot. You that applaud me today
would hiss me tomorrow.
Il always keep enough money in
my pocket to get me back to Chicago
The only real friends | have in the
world are my wife. my two beautiful
daughters and my boy. But you need
not BOAST; you haven't any to spare.
, I have learned long ago how tickle
is friendship.
Hits Theatres.
There is but one voice from faith
full preacher and evangelist. or church
member about the church of God, and
that is, She is sick" But we say it
in such delicate terms and work over
her with such a gentle message that
the church seems to enjoy and court
her invalidity. But | am no mere mas
seur. | am no spiritual osteopath.
am surgeon and drive my scalpel to
/ the hilt into the purifying mass of
corruption that is boring its way into
| the vitals of the church. You lie!
am only trying to cure her of that pu-
! trifying abscess that IS endaneering
/ her life. Theatres, lewd art and So
cial Injuries are making sad inroads
/ into the church Of Christ. We are
making much of Lent and Easter or
! namentS.
THE Jewish church, the Roman
Catholic church and the EpisCopalian
! church have all split on the rock of
! Lent. I have nothing to say deroga-
! tory to the churches that observe
Lent. My quarrel is, l don't believe
anybody can get such stock OF pi-
ETY. in forty days they can live like the
devil the rest of the year. God forbid
| should say anything slightingly of
Lent, but We should all live Cody
lives 365 days in the year. We have
all forms of spirituality in the church,
but she has been robbed of power
detest a man who shouts louder than
he lives.
Everyday Religion.
/ Live your religion every day. Your
religion don't amount to shucks, il
/ you don't pay your debts. So many
| are like the old darkey who said, Use
been a powerful bad man; Use stole
melons, and shot craps, and used the
razor, lied, fit and sWare, but | amt
never lost my religion"
! New York police reports show that
from $4,000 to 100000 worth OF
plumbing is stolen annually from the
house in the greater city,