Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-02-18
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8yGTORd[ RANDOLPH OUTSTTp
and LILLIAN CHESTER r.,
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~ nooto- Boyd," drawled a nasal
pp'' With an unconcealed sheer in it.
F@ rlean-shaven old Joseph G..
S'' Who was not disturbed, in so
a - &c the parting of one hair. by all
'''r ,Jverse criticism Of him which
Y Allied column upon column of the
~, nrass for the past few days. "The
w. W. has never, in the history of
r..t.t SQUARE church, been given the
.+,ol of its finances. He has in
JobIv been hired to preach the gos-
tl'
s,,pont Cunningham, Manning, and
~ Van Plocn looked at Clark in
~,,rise He was not given to open
',,oof Chisholm manifested no as
~ri,bmeDt He sat quietly in his
5sr his fingers idly drumming on
a. oaye of the table, but his mutton
m, heard was pink from the red
anrg of the skin beneath.
DTba present rector of Market
smsre church means to have a voice
rs deliberations so long as he is
M rector!" announced that young
rn enphatically, and Jim Sargent
nked I'D at him with a jerk Of his
had Rev Smith Boyd was pale this
,sornoou but there was a something
dining through his pallor which
made the face alive; and the some
ang was not temper. Rufus Man.
ibg. clasping his silvery beard with
firm grip. smiled encouragingIy at the
MI Young orator. Il have said that
have, so far as l am concerned, re-
hWished the building of the cathe-
bal" the rector went on. For this
here are two reasons. The first is
bat its building will bring US farther
way from the very purpose for which
be church was founded; the worship
aGod with an humble and a contrite
@rtl | am ready to confess that l
hvnd, on rigid self-analysis, my lead
Big motive in urging the building Of
DO new cathedral to have been van
g ! am also ready to confess, on
behalf Of my congregation and vestry,
bat their leading motive was vanity!"
You have no authority to speak for
ne, Interrupted Chisholm, his NUT
nnEhOps now red.
'SplendOr is no longer the exclusive
property of religion" resumed the rec
I paying no attention to the inter
HpdCn IF l thought, however, that
he building of that cathedraI would
lonote the spread of the gospel in
ldegree commensurate with the out
ny would still be opposed to the
erection Of the building; for the
loney does not belong to us!"
70 right on and develop our con-
Ience'' approved Manning, smiling
y at the old walnut-beamed ceiling
'AA It's carved cherub brackets.
The money belongs TO Vedder
slH'' declared the rector; ito the
distorted moral cripples which Mar
E' Square church. through the acct
Nl' OF commerce, has taken under
III wing. Gentlemen, in the recent
Melations concerning the vast indus
Vial interests of the world, l have
~l the whole blackness Of modern
@pOIa'e methods; and Market
TlsFe church is a corporation! l
'Al 10 ask you, in how far the Mar
!" square church has been swayed,
us commercial dealings, by moral
Slsiderations?"
Ns paused, and glanced from man to
-sl o. his ve:try. Sargent and Man
rs the former Of whom knew his
s ,-us aLa the latter of whom had been
%ang tor them to mature, smiled at
D. III perfect accord. Nicholas Van
WV sat quite placidly, with his
S S.uS folded over his creaseIess vest.
n. s Cunningham, stroking his
s s~se Drown Vandyke, looked un-
s-lVltable, as if he had suddenly
/. ~ Introduced into a rude brawl;
", us eye roved occasionally to
~lOlas Van Ploon. who was two
~ ahead of him in the acqui-
\ sVl =, u wealth, by the brilliant proc
sh y. allowing property to increase In
1 wat Chisholm glared.
IA ~. Wi Il not find any money which is
\, @l'ed," snapped Joseph G. Clark,
r,,, ,sSa[aed money in a strictly i'm
y, s'Ia' light The very dollar you
sa ~ N your pocket may have como
.,| nom brothel."
A. " rom Vedder court" retorted
S,, rector We have brothels there,
~ Isl We do not officially know it.
lave saloons there; we have gam
so S rooms there; and from all these
r,oe., market Square church reaps
i, s,g-'' For the glory of God2
sfs,'', vu' Joseph G. Clark, or w. T.
too -' :' TO answer me that Ques-
n, q tne Affirmative! No de-
= - uaa would conduct the business
M N, '0r the reason that it would
ss ~'S soul as a gentleman; and it is
sml5 thing that a gentleman
IN a., lave inner ethics than a Chris
/ sov %OEch! In the beginning, I was
kcsnsl ~ about this matter! 1t was
eoos; 1s l wished to be rid of our re-
tu l'y in Vedder court that ]
eoos,ts ea the conversion of that
h IA INTO cathedral. We can
gps5sO ourselves of the responsibility
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