The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-09
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we 10 lot lne reason tnAt IL WOuiu
soil his soul as a gentleman; and II is
shameful thing that a gentleman
should have finer ethics than a Chris
tian church! In the beginning, ] was
coward about this matter II was
because ! wished to be rid OF our re-
sponsibility In Vedder court that
fret urged the conversion Of that
property into a cathedral We can
not rid ourselves Of the responsibility
Of Vedder court! II II were possible
for a church to be sent to hell, Mar
ket Square church would be eternally
damned II 1t took this added guilt upon
IT,"
This talk is absurd" declared
Chisholm. THE city has taken We'd
der court away from us"
only the property" quickly cor
rected Rufus Manning, turning TO
Chisholm with sharpness In his deep
blue eyes III you will remember.
told you this same thing before Doc
tor Boyd came to us. | have waited
ever since his arrival for him to de-
yelop TO this point, and | wish TO an.
nounce myself as solidly supporting
his views"
Your own will not bear inspec.
tion!" charged Clark. turning to Man.
ming with a scowl.
I'm range up at the judgment seat
with YOU" famed Manning. We're
both old enough to think about that"
Joseph G. Clark Jumped to his feet
and. leaning across the table. shook a
thin foreinger at Manning.
Il have been attacked enough on the
point Of my moral standing!" he de-
clared his high.pitched nasal voice
quayering with an anger he had held
below the explosive point during the
most Of his life. 81 can stand the at
tacks Of a sensational press. but when
spiteful criticism follows me into my
own vestry, almost In the sacred
shadow Of the altar itself, am com'
PEELED to protest! | wish to state to
this yestry, once and for all, that M
moral status is above reproach, and
that my conduct has been such as to
receive the commendation Of my Ma
ker! Because II has pleased Diy.1e
Providence to place in my hands the
distribution OF the grain Of the fields, !
am constantly subject TO the attacks
Of envy and malice! II has gone so
far that /, last night, received from
Rev. Smith Boyd. a request to resign
from this vestryl" He paused IN tri.
umph on that. as II he had made
against Rev Smith Boyd a charge OF
such CHASTITY infamy that the young
rector must shrival before his eyes
II have led a blameless life! ] have
never smoked nor drunk! / have paid
every penny / ever owed and fulfilled
every promise ! ever made. have
obeyed the gospel and partaken Of the
sacraments. and the Divine Being has
rewarded me abundantly! He has
chosen me. because OF my faithful
stewardship. to gather the food oi
earth from It's sources and feed II Ia
the mouths Of the hungry; and ! shall
not depart from my stewardship in
this church. because ! am here, as
am everywhere, by the will OF Cody
Perhaps W. T Chisholm was not
shocked by this blasphemy, but the
dismay Of II sat on every other face
even on that Of Nicholas Van Ploon
who was compelled to dig deep to hnc
his ethics.
"lou Internal old thief" wondered
Manning, recovering from his amaze
ment. WAS It Divine Providence
which directed you to devise the
scheme whereby the railroads paiC
you two dollars rebate on every cal
Of wheat you shipped, and a dollar
bonus on every car Of wheat your com
/ petitors shipped? | could give you {
string Of sins as long as the catechisn
and you dare not deny one OF them
because ] can prove them on you! AnC
yet you have the effrontery TO say
/ that a Divine Providence would estab
/ lish you In your monopoly, by sucl
scoundrelly means as you have risel
TO become the greatest dispenser o
self.adyertlsing charities In the world
You propose TO ride into heaven ol
your universities and your Libraries
and on the fact that you never smoket
nor drank nor swore nor gambied
but when you come face to face witt
this horrible new god you have ere
ated, a deity who would permit yo
TO attain wealth by the vile method
you have used. you will find him wit
a pitchlork in his hands! ! am gla
that Doctor Boyd though KNOWN
your vndictive record, has had bra,
cry enough to demand your resign;
tion from this vestry! hope be n
ceiyes it,"
Joseph C Clark had RENAME
standing, and his head shook. as wit
PALSY, while he listened to the eharg
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