The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-20

Mysti. Shrine, and Methodist church.
citement, no slang, no vulgarity-
none" Yes, and they followed him,
and they are all in hell now-all of
them! All of them,
An Example from
the Hoosier State
l was in a town in Indiana. John
Hayden, one of the brightest secre-
taries of state ever in the White
House, lived there and l have met a
lot of his friends. They are good
friends of mine. And the Presbyter-
| ians there wouldn't kneel for fear peo-
pie would think they were Methodists.
And the preacher got UP and apollo
gized for them. l said he had the
devil in him or he wouldn't apologize
for a bunch like that-he'd skin 'em.
So out he went and in came this
old publican. He smote upon his
breast and said, God be merciful to
me, a sinner"
He knew where he was wrong In
here. And other people, hearing his
confession, said, That's my idea of
religion
The confession wants to be as pub
lie as the transgression, and if you
weren't ashamed to do it, you ought
not be ashamed to confess it. So
!, they began to confess.
/ So you will beget within the hearts
! and lives of others feelings that are
analogous to yours. If you humble
yourself in the sight of the Lord, He
, will lift you up.
General Macpherson was killed in
| the battle of Atlanta. He was head
of the army of the Tennessee. Gen
| eral John A. Logan was the ranking
General. Then came Hooker then
came Major General o. o. Howard
! Now, Logan was not a West Point
graduate, and Sherman felt that Lo
! gan couldn't plan a battle with the
same degree of effectiveness as could
! Hooker or Howard, but Logan could
execute any one else's orders as well
/ if not better, than any general in the
| Union army, so when Macpherson was
/ killed in the battle of Atlanta, John A
! Logan was a ranking general, Hook
er was next, 0. o. Howard was next
| Sherman didn't like Hooker very
well; Logan, he felt, didn't have the
experience, so he took Major Genera
0. O. Howard and jumped him ovel
! Hooker and over Logan, and made
| him head of the army of the Tennes
j see. Hooker was peeved over 1.-THE
! slight-resigned, went home like {
whimpering, simpering kid. Logar
never said a word. He fought till the
end of the war-hardships privations
sunshine, rain, trenches, storms-with
out word-John A. Logan, the Blacl
T! Eagle of Illinois.
j Logan Heads
4 the Parade
! When the war was over and they
! had the great review in Washington
!, Sherman went to Major General o. o
| Howard and he said, Howard, yol
/ know that Logan has never said {
word. He was the ranking general
i | gave the commission to you Hook
er's gone home, mad. Logan's Tough
through to the end and we all believe
in you, Howard; we believe in you
God, we believe in your religion Now
it would make every body happy. Lo
> gan would be satisfied; we'd all e
home with a light heart, if you'd b,
willing to let John A. Logan ride a
the head of the army of the Tennes
see as they march down Pennsylvani;
avenue"
Howard. magnificent man that h,
was, and Christian, said, "Your re
quest is equal to command. You
are my superior, but l am glad ant
delighted to give way to General Lo
gan. He deserves the honor"
/ And when the army of the Tennes
see, in the review, went down Penn
sylvania avenue, John A. Logan rod
at the head
Bye and bye Howard said to Sher
man, We'll, where will l ride in tn,
procession, General?"
Sherman said, you ride right I'll
at the head, by the side Of Genera
Grant and me-"
Humble yourself in the sight of tn,
Lord. He will lift you up; and whel
the procession went down Pennsylva
mia avenue, General Grant and Gener
al Sherman and General Howard rod
at the head.
You do what the Lord wants an,
see how He will put His hand of ap
proval On you and how He will bles
you in this old world and do grea
things. Listen!
Don't come to church-and if yo'
do, come late. If it's too wet, too dry
too hot, too cold, too windy, too dusty
don't come. Of course, the preache
you expect him to be there Don
imagine the front seats were ever in
tended for you when you go to church
People might think you were inter
ested if you got up under the pulpit.
] used to fire for the Northwestern
railroad. ] can run a locomotive; /
she blows out cylinder head, break
a side rod or throws a tire, ! can TN
couple her and bring her in. ! use'
to fire for the Northwestern railroad
] carry little card that lets me ride
And so we used to, when we made VI
a freight train, put the loaded cars il
front and the empty ones behind be
cause it pulls easier.
And don't for the world ever thinl
of praying for the preacher. No! @
the church. Don't sing. When yo1
come to the tabernacle or go to tn
ichurch. don't sing. Just look like
harnacla NV friends m the hill of