Men Object to "Sissy" Religion, BISHOP SAYS

1907

Men Object to "Sissy" Religion

By Bishop WARREN CANDLER of the Methodist Episcopal Church South

A "SISSY" RELIGION DELIVERED BY A "SISSY" PREACHER IS DRIVING MEN FROM THE CHURCH. NO WONDER THE MEN DON'T GO TO CHURCH WHEN THEY ARE FORCED TO LISTEN TO A LOT OF "SISSY" TALK. THERE IS TOO MUCH OF THIS EFFEMINATE RELIGION.

I have often thought. What does the average man think of this EFFEMINATE RELIGION AND DAINTY LULLABIES? I don't mind telling you what I often do when I go to a church like that. I get into some comfortable place and GO TO SLEEP. When a man trifles with religion it's a good thing to do. BUT YOU MUSTN'T SNORE.

There must be virility in religion if the men are to be held.

—Indiana Evening Gazette, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Dec. 28, 1907, p. 2.

Note: Another editorial on the same page had a lot of strange capitalization, too. So it might not have been the Bishop's style but the editor's for emphasis.