1896
The New Yorkers are telling one another of a good joke on Rev. John Wesley Brown, rector of St. Thomas' Church, previously rector of St Paul's in this city.
His part in the ceremonial of the Paget-Whitney wedding was to read the service. Either he had marked the wrong place in the prayer book or the singing disconcerted him; at any rate the wedding party was amazed to hear his rich, full voice utter the words: "I am the resurrection and the life."
"Heavens and earth!" ejaculated Bishop Potter in a whisper behind him. The rector at once awoke to the fact that he was reading the burial service, and, after one breathless second, he proceeded with the proper ritual.
1901
Old Parson Helton, a Baptist preacher, of Tennessee, had eighteen sons, and during the Civil War sixteen of them enlisted in the Union Army, and two sided with the Confederates. When the old minister had reached his eighty-eighth year, someone, who did not know about his sons' views, asked him where his sympathies lay during the war. "My sympathies were with the Union by fourteen majority," said the old man.
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Monday, June 25, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
"More Brains, Lord!"
1887
Rev. Dr. Sunderland, on accepting the pastorship of an American church in Paris, offered his farewell prayer as Chaplain of the United States Senate, a short time after. On this occasion he made some peculiar home-thrusts at the honorable gentlemen for whom, during four months previous, he had been daily interceding at the Throne of Grace. He uttered the following supplication very audibly:
"We pray Thee, 0 Lord! to give to the councillors and statesmen of America brains! More brains, Lord! More BRAINS!"
On hearing this very well-timed entreaty, but rather harsh criticism, Mr. Stunner dropped his bead upon his breast quite feelingly, Jim Lane rolled his eyes piously, Garrett Davis evinced signs of emotion, and a gentleman in the reporters' gallery uttered an emphatic "Amen!" by way of response.
Many of the honorable secretaries dropped their heads upon their desks to conceal a smile at the Chaplain's supplication, which smile extended to the dimensions of a broad grin, as the "Amen" was heard to proceed from the reporters' gallery. The worthy Sergeant-at-Arms, who was standing in his usual deeply reverential attitude, (with solemn countenance on religious thoughts intent,) turned the white of one of his official eyes in the direction of the self-constituted clerk in the gallery, but he evidently could not discover a countenance which did not exhibit the utmost decorum of expression.
—Anecdotes of the Rebellion, p. 21.
Rev. Dr. Sunderland, on accepting the pastorship of an American church in Paris, offered his farewell prayer as Chaplain of the United States Senate, a short time after. On this occasion he made some peculiar home-thrusts at the honorable gentlemen for whom, during four months previous, he had been daily interceding at the Throne of Grace. He uttered the following supplication very audibly:
"We pray Thee, 0 Lord! to give to the councillors and statesmen of America brains! More brains, Lord! More BRAINS!"
On hearing this very well-timed entreaty, but rather harsh criticism, Mr. Stunner dropped his bead upon his breast quite feelingly, Jim Lane rolled his eyes piously, Garrett Davis evinced signs of emotion, and a gentleman in the reporters' gallery uttered an emphatic "Amen!" by way of response.
Many of the honorable secretaries dropped their heads upon their desks to conceal a smile at the Chaplain's supplication, which smile extended to the dimensions of a broad grin, as the "Amen" was heard to proceed from the reporters' gallery. The worthy Sergeant-at-Arms, who was standing in his usual deeply reverential attitude, (with solemn countenance on religious thoughts intent,) turned the white of one of his official eyes in the direction of the self-constituted clerk in the gallery, but he evidently could not discover a countenance which did not exhibit the utmost decorum of expression.
—Anecdotes of the Rebellion, p. 21.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
The Value of The Church for Progressive Towns, Citizens
1915
THE VALUE OF THE CHURCH
Above Theme Taken by Dr. Coburn, Preaches Tonight on Jesus of Nazareth.
The Confederate Veterans are to be the guests of the meeting on Wednesday at 2 p. m. of next week. The Daughters of the Confederacy have been also invited to attend in a body. It was found necessary to change the day from Saturday to Wednesday in order to make it possible for all who desired to do so to show their regard for the Veterans who still live and their regard for the memory of those gone before. Dr. Coburn tells us that this is always one of the great days of his meetings and that he is always glad to speak a good word for the old soldier and feels honored when these men attend and help him in his meetings. When patriotism goes out of a the heart of a people it has lost one of the best and most sacred things of life. The Hippodrome has been secured for this special service and Dr. Coburn will deliver the address. Subject: "Lest we forget."
Today is "Peace and Good-will Day," and everyone is expected to wear the smile that won't come off and to forgive everyone, lay aside every grouch and seek to be on good terms with every man, woman and child on earth. If any man's friendship is a little off color it is hoped that he will shake hands, treat his neighbor to a glass of soda or a cigar or a straw hat and be good friends and neighbors again.
As last night was prayer meeting night in all the churches, at the request of many Dr. Coburn will deliver his address on "Jesus of Nazareth" tonight. This address has called forth a great deal of discussion in other cities. A prominent lawyer of New York recently said, "I listened to Coburn as a lawyer who was not a Christian man. I tried to meet his argument and appeals. I found them like a coat of mail. There was no vulnerable point in them. His appeals to the reason and the conscience are simply irresistible. He must be heard to be appreciated and to understand the results of his great meetings and his power to sway and influence men."
At two o'clock today he spoke on the public square on the value of the church and the reason why it is so great a factor in making a town progressive and great. No intelligent man would for a moment think of living in a town where there was no church or seeking such a town for a home and a place to educate and bring up his children. If somebody writes to you about Commerce and you think he will make a good citizen and a valuable addition to the community you will sit down and write him about your church and school privileges and tell him you have a community that is law abiding and that the citizens of Commerce honor the laws of God and of the state. If you want him to go to some other city, you write him that your churches are not supported and are poorly attended and your family altars are fallen down and there is hardly a family that has grace at the table and that the Lord's Day is desecrated and your places of business and pleasure and your soda fountains and ice cream parlors take in more money that day than any other. If you doubt the truth of this ask the first good citizen you meet about it.
In my humble opinion Woodrow Wilson is the greatest American on earth at the present time. He would make the best citizen in any community. Any city would be honored if he saw fit to make his home there, and this great son of the South is a Christian man. A true Christian man stands by the Bible and the school and the church. The man who is not a Christian does not. He cannot. The founder of Christianity said, "He that is not with me scattereth abroad and is against me." If he had sufficient influence to persuade every man to live like him and to follow his example he would blot out every church, for the church would have no members. The Bible would be a book unread and might as well never be printed.
Oh, citizens of Commerce, I appeal to you. Let us not follow some will-of-the-wisp in seeking, as every man should, to make his town one of the best and to be a desirable citizen. Let us follow Jesus Christ. Let us build up our lives and our town about the Bible, the church and the school as did the fathers. Let us get into the church and live for God and for heaven and let us point our children to the skies and in unbroken families for generations grand-pa, father, mother, son, daughter and our children's children to the remotest generation gather never to part in the world where is no tears, no sickness, no death, no sin.
—The Commerce Journal, Commerce, Texas, May 7, 1915, p. 1.
THE VALUE OF THE CHURCH
Above Theme Taken by Dr. Coburn, Preaches Tonight on Jesus of Nazareth.
The Confederate Veterans are to be the guests of the meeting on Wednesday at 2 p. m. of next week. The Daughters of the Confederacy have been also invited to attend in a body. It was found necessary to change the day from Saturday to Wednesday in order to make it possible for all who desired to do so to show their regard for the Veterans who still live and their regard for the memory of those gone before. Dr. Coburn tells us that this is always one of the great days of his meetings and that he is always glad to speak a good word for the old soldier and feels honored when these men attend and help him in his meetings. When patriotism goes out of a the heart of a people it has lost one of the best and most sacred things of life. The Hippodrome has been secured for this special service and Dr. Coburn will deliver the address. Subject: "Lest we forget."
Today is "Peace and Good-will Day," and everyone is expected to wear the smile that won't come off and to forgive everyone, lay aside every grouch and seek to be on good terms with every man, woman and child on earth. If any man's friendship is a little off color it is hoped that he will shake hands, treat his neighbor to a glass of soda or a cigar or a straw hat and be good friends and neighbors again.
As last night was prayer meeting night in all the churches, at the request of many Dr. Coburn will deliver his address on "Jesus of Nazareth" tonight. This address has called forth a great deal of discussion in other cities. A prominent lawyer of New York recently said, "I listened to Coburn as a lawyer who was not a Christian man. I tried to meet his argument and appeals. I found them like a coat of mail. There was no vulnerable point in them. His appeals to the reason and the conscience are simply irresistible. He must be heard to be appreciated and to understand the results of his great meetings and his power to sway and influence men."
At two o'clock today he spoke on the public square on the value of the church and the reason why it is so great a factor in making a town progressive and great. No intelligent man would for a moment think of living in a town where there was no church or seeking such a town for a home and a place to educate and bring up his children. If somebody writes to you about Commerce and you think he will make a good citizen and a valuable addition to the community you will sit down and write him about your church and school privileges and tell him you have a community that is law abiding and that the citizens of Commerce honor the laws of God and of the state. If you want him to go to some other city, you write him that your churches are not supported and are poorly attended and your family altars are fallen down and there is hardly a family that has grace at the table and that the Lord's Day is desecrated and your places of business and pleasure and your soda fountains and ice cream parlors take in more money that day than any other. If you doubt the truth of this ask the first good citizen you meet about it.
In my humble opinion Woodrow Wilson is the greatest American on earth at the present time. He would make the best citizen in any community. Any city would be honored if he saw fit to make his home there, and this great son of the South is a Christian man. A true Christian man stands by the Bible and the school and the church. The man who is not a Christian does not. He cannot. The founder of Christianity said, "He that is not with me scattereth abroad and is against me." If he had sufficient influence to persuade every man to live like him and to follow his example he would blot out every church, for the church would have no members. The Bible would be a book unread and might as well never be printed.
Oh, citizens of Commerce, I appeal to you. Let us not follow some will-of-the-wisp in seeking, as every man should, to make his town one of the best and to be a desirable citizen. Let us follow Jesus Christ. Let us build up our lives and our town about the Bible, the church and the school as did the fathers. Let us get into the church and live for God and for heaven and let us point our children to the skies and in unbroken families for generations grand-pa, father, mother, son, daughter and our children's children to the remotest generation gather never to part in the world where is no tears, no sickness, no death, no sin.
—The Commerce Journal, Commerce, Texas, May 7, 1915, p. 1.
Friday, May 4, 2007
Evangelist Makes The Air Tingle: Takes On Sin, Churches, Pastors, Newspaper
Van Wert, Ohio, 1912
STIGMATIZING SHAFTS
Promise of Fur Laden Atmosphere Fully Realized Upon by Large Audience.
Evangelist Makes the Air Tingle — Critics Held Up to Shame for Adverse Comment.
By CAPLES FOSTER
The official promise issued from the platform of The Tabernacle, carrying notice that a fur-laden atmosphere would prevail at the service of last night, breaking the complacency which existed on the preceding days of the week, brought out an increased attendance and was realized upon to the fullest, the utterances of The Evangelist extending in their scope to that carnivore of the weasel family whom the experienced and informed always flee in mad haste.
Oliver spoke from the text "Turn Ye to the Stronghold," found in the book of Zechariah, in reference to protection found only in The Jehovah or in The Savior. He dealt with the subject in three divisions — The Absence of Hope, embracing the people who have no expectation of the Heavenly reward in the great hereafter, persons whose physical being is completely burned out by the disease and plague of sin and exist merely because God, in His mercy, has not struck them down; people who are confined in the prison house of condemnation, upon whom the sentence of death has already passed because they believeth not; people who are caught in the tremendous speed of the age and are rushing with the currents, unmindful of their soul's salvation because they can not extract themselves from the every day affairs of this despicable age, this shallow age, this superficial age, this age merely living on the surface; this age in which the weightier matters of the law of God and the law of home are lost sight of; this age where the dizzy rush makes life take on the appearance of a dish of succotash for the posers of piety in the church who attempt to mix religion and amusements.
Branching out into the text, Dr. Oliver spoke at length upon three phases of his subject, setting forth that certain highways lead unerringly to that blessed stronghold — The City of God. First, the Highway of Bible Study. There are too many Bibles in Van Wert considering the number that are reverently and daily read. It would be better that many never heard of the Bible than to sell the soul as Faust of old. Gen. Lew Wallace walked down the highway of Bible Study when he wrote that masterpiece Ben Hur. The highway of Bible Study is the highway to repentance, the highway of hope; it establishes the standard for living by all classes both the old and the young.
Second, the Highway of Confession. Confess your faults one to another, your sins, your transgressions. There are some who would rather go to hell than to expose their wickedness of the past; some who would rather go to Hell than tell their wives of the sins of the years gone by; some who would rather go to hell than confess that they Have lied about meetings like this; some who would rather go to hell than to have the manhood of confessing that they have lied about the ministers of the gospel. You don't have to leave Van Wert to find a great bunch of that kind. At this juncture The Evangelist gave vent to his deepest feelings and broke into the most thunderous burst of oratory ever heard in a Van Wert pulpit, in which he took recognition of contributed articles printed in The Van Wert Daily Times, under the head of "The Forum," accompanied by the explanation that the matter is the personal opinions of its readers whose names are affixed to the article. In this connection Dr. Oliver said in part:
Do you know why some men hate me in this town? Do you know why they write polecat letters for one of your newspapers in this town, which doesn't have character enough to come out boldly and attack these meetings and openly express its own opinions? It is because I have advocated that these men should clean up and confess their dirty sins, their dirty lives before God and before men. I have not read the letters to which I refer. I am a gentleman. But my attention has been called to them by prominent citizens who are sick and tired of the whole matter. I have less respect for any editor who will print such dirty stuff in his paper than I have for the polecat who will write it. There are people in this town who can never enjoy the respect of the community until they clean up in regard to moral rottenness. The pure men and the pure women are with us.
Dr. Oliver continued his remarks with a special address to husbands and wives in which it was declared with emphasis that any and all who live in adultery or are guilty of adulterous acts can not enter the Kingdom of God until they confess their sins. This section of the sermon was illustrated with a number of pointed stories touching upon disregard of the binding vows of the marriage ceremony and with the further declaration that "I have no desire to bear the story of your sins, the ministers don't want to hear these stories of your sins, but public confession of Christ is commanded by the Creator Himself.
There are people who put off decisions in this campaign in the expectation that they will slip into church after the fight is over, flip into church where a backbonelesss puppet occupies the pulpit. The man or the woman who is staying away from this meeting and fails to clean up does so because they expect to get into church on a compromise. The real soldier does not enlist after the war is over. The real soldier stands for and comes out foursquare for God and purity, for public decency, for civic righteousness and all kinds of decency. This thing of slinking around with a lot of dirty, drunken reprobates should be made a thing of the past; the floors of decent homes should be closed against the dirty bums who fight religion. The fight is on. Do you want to get on God's side or do you want to go to hell? You can draw your own conclusions about the fellows who haven't the character to come out when the fight it on.
Third, the Highway of the Church of The Lord, of Jesus Christ. It getting hard enough to find Christians within the church. There are too many who proclaim "I go to all of them." They constitute a sort of religious hobo. They go to all of them get a hand-out without paying any them. The church is the only organization on the face of the earth which is authorized to administer the sacred rights of baptism. The Bible mentions it specifically. The sweetest time the child of God has this side of Heaven is there where be has before him the emblems of the suffering of the Savior. We need the church and we need active, consecrated members. Convert, join the church and live up to, the rules. If the preacher doesn't preach to suit you tell him to shoot bigger shells. If it hurts you, go the preacher and thank him for having the backbone to preach the truth.
In closing Dr. Oliver related the story of the heart-broken soldier of the Civil War who sought an audience with the President in order that he might procure leave to go to the bedside of his dying wife, but was denied admission to the White House by the sentry, but, later, through the kind-hearted little Tad Lincoln was led into the executive mansion and was handed the much-sought for furlough, accompanied with the blessing of that great man of God, the greatest of our presidents. You can search in vain for a more beautiful story of intercession on earth without avail, until you turn to nineteen hundred years ago when one walked out, following sin-burdened, weeping humanity and said: I am the way, the salvation.
—The Van Wert Daily Bulletin, Van Wert, OH, April 5, 1912, p. 2.
STIGMATIZING SHAFTS
Promise of Fur Laden Atmosphere Fully Realized Upon by Large Audience.
Evangelist Makes the Air Tingle — Critics Held Up to Shame for Adverse Comment.
By CAPLES FOSTER
The official promise issued from the platform of The Tabernacle, carrying notice that a fur-laden atmosphere would prevail at the service of last night, breaking the complacency which existed on the preceding days of the week, brought out an increased attendance and was realized upon to the fullest, the utterances of The Evangelist extending in their scope to that carnivore of the weasel family whom the experienced and informed always flee in mad haste.
Oliver spoke from the text "Turn Ye to the Stronghold," found in the book of Zechariah, in reference to protection found only in The Jehovah or in The Savior. He dealt with the subject in three divisions — The Absence of Hope, embracing the people who have no expectation of the Heavenly reward in the great hereafter, persons whose physical being is completely burned out by the disease and plague of sin and exist merely because God, in His mercy, has not struck them down; people who are confined in the prison house of condemnation, upon whom the sentence of death has already passed because they believeth not; people who are caught in the tremendous speed of the age and are rushing with the currents, unmindful of their soul's salvation because they can not extract themselves from the every day affairs of this despicable age, this shallow age, this superficial age, this age merely living on the surface; this age in which the weightier matters of the law of God and the law of home are lost sight of; this age where the dizzy rush makes life take on the appearance of a dish of succotash for the posers of piety in the church who attempt to mix religion and amusements.
Branching out into the text, Dr. Oliver spoke at length upon three phases of his subject, setting forth that certain highways lead unerringly to that blessed stronghold — The City of God. First, the Highway of Bible Study. There are too many Bibles in Van Wert considering the number that are reverently and daily read. It would be better that many never heard of the Bible than to sell the soul as Faust of old. Gen. Lew Wallace walked down the highway of Bible Study when he wrote that masterpiece Ben Hur. The highway of Bible Study is the highway to repentance, the highway of hope; it establishes the standard for living by all classes both the old and the young.
Second, the Highway of Confession. Confess your faults one to another, your sins, your transgressions. There are some who would rather go to hell than to expose their wickedness of the past; some who would rather go to Hell than tell their wives of the sins of the years gone by; some who would rather go to hell than confess that they Have lied about meetings like this; some who would rather go to hell than to have the manhood of confessing that they have lied about the ministers of the gospel. You don't have to leave Van Wert to find a great bunch of that kind. At this juncture The Evangelist gave vent to his deepest feelings and broke into the most thunderous burst of oratory ever heard in a Van Wert pulpit, in which he took recognition of contributed articles printed in The Van Wert Daily Times, under the head of "The Forum," accompanied by the explanation that the matter is the personal opinions of its readers whose names are affixed to the article. In this connection Dr. Oliver said in part:
Do you know why some men hate me in this town? Do you know why they write polecat letters for one of your newspapers in this town, which doesn't have character enough to come out boldly and attack these meetings and openly express its own opinions? It is because I have advocated that these men should clean up and confess their dirty sins, their dirty lives before God and before men. I have not read the letters to which I refer. I am a gentleman. But my attention has been called to them by prominent citizens who are sick and tired of the whole matter. I have less respect for any editor who will print such dirty stuff in his paper than I have for the polecat who will write it. There are people in this town who can never enjoy the respect of the community until they clean up in regard to moral rottenness. The pure men and the pure women are with us.
Dr. Oliver continued his remarks with a special address to husbands and wives in which it was declared with emphasis that any and all who live in adultery or are guilty of adulterous acts can not enter the Kingdom of God until they confess their sins. This section of the sermon was illustrated with a number of pointed stories touching upon disregard of the binding vows of the marriage ceremony and with the further declaration that "I have no desire to bear the story of your sins, the ministers don't want to hear these stories of your sins, but public confession of Christ is commanded by the Creator Himself.
There are people who put off decisions in this campaign in the expectation that they will slip into church after the fight is over, flip into church where a backbonelesss puppet occupies the pulpit. The man or the woman who is staying away from this meeting and fails to clean up does so because they expect to get into church on a compromise. The real soldier does not enlist after the war is over. The real soldier stands for and comes out foursquare for God and purity, for public decency, for civic righteousness and all kinds of decency. This thing of slinking around with a lot of dirty, drunken reprobates should be made a thing of the past; the floors of decent homes should be closed against the dirty bums who fight religion. The fight is on. Do you want to get on God's side or do you want to go to hell? You can draw your own conclusions about the fellows who haven't the character to come out when the fight it on.
Third, the Highway of the Church of The Lord, of Jesus Christ. It getting hard enough to find Christians within the church. There are too many who proclaim "I go to all of them." They constitute a sort of religious hobo. They go to all of them get a hand-out without paying any them. The church is the only organization on the face of the earth which is authorized to administer the sacred rights of baptism. The Bible mentions it specifically. The sweetest time the child of God has this side of Heaven is there where be has before him the emblems of the suffering of the Savior. We need the church and we need active, consecrated members. Convert, join the church and live up to, the rules. If the preacher doesn't preach to suit you tell him to shoot bigger shells. If it hurts you, go the preacher and thank him for having the backbone to preach the truth.
In closing Dr. Oliver related the story of the heart-broken soldier of the Civil War who sought an audience with the President in order that he might procure leave to go to the bedside of his dying wife, but was denied admission to the White House by the sentry, but, later, through the kind-hearted little Tad Lincoln was led into the executive mansion and was handed the much-sought for furlough, accompanied with the blessing of that great man of God, the greatest of our presidents. You can search in vain for a more beautiful story of intercession on earth without avail, until you turn to nineteen hundred years ago when one walked out, following sin-burdened, weeping humanity and said: I am the way, the salvation.
—The Van Wert Daily Bulletin, Van Wert, OH, April 5, 1912, p. 2.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Salvation Army Lass Locked Up in A Trunk
1909
HANNIBAL, Missouri — While the Salvation Army people were holding a street meeting a man entered their headquarters where Miss Millie Stocking, aged 16, was left in charge of a baby. Threatening her life if she made an outcry, he cut down a clothesline, bound it around her neck, tightly tied her arms and feet, chucked her in a three and one-half by two foot trunk, shut the lid and left the premises. When the army people returned the girl was nearly dead from suffocation and suspension of blood circulation, but was soon resuscitated. The reason for the man's strange actions are a puzzle. Miss Stocking's parents reside in St. Louis.
Hubby Gone 30 Years
LAPORTE, Indiana — Mourned as dead for thirty years George Medsker of Marion, Indiana, will be reunited the coming week with his family, living at Parkers Landing, Pennsylvania. Medsker was a Civil War veteran. He disappeared thirty years ago without apparent reason or cause, and for years, with his mind blank, he drifted about the country. He finally became an inmate of the Marion Soldiers' Home. Mrs. Medsker recently made application for a pension as a soldier's widow, and an investigation by the Government established the residence of the veteran.
Want to Buy A Town? There's One For Sale
SALINA, Kansas — Shipton, a busy little village in this county, northwest of Salina, will be sold at auction Oct. 20, 1909. The village is on the farm of W. S. Irwin, and when he sells his farm, personal property and farm belongings the village will go with the rest. A band will furnish music. This is the first time a townsite has been sold under the hammer in this part of the State. Shipton is on the Union Pacific Railroad and has a depot, a store building, an elevator and several residences, and much business is transacted there.
HANNIBAL, Missouri — While the Salvation Army people were holding a street meeting a man entered their headquarters where Miss Millie Stocking, aged 16, was left in charge of a baby. Threatening her life if she made an outcry, he cut down a clothesline, bound it around her neck, tightly tied her arms and feet, chucked her in a three and one-half by two foot trunk, shut the lid and left the premises. When the army people returned the girl was nearly dead from suffocation and suspension of blood circulation, but was soon resuscitated. The reason for the man's strange actions are a puzzle. Miss Stocking's parents reside in St. Louis.
Hubby Gone 30 Years
LAPORTE, Indiana — Mourned as dead for thirty years George Medsker of Marion, Indiana, will be reunited the coming week with his family, living at Parkers Landing, Pennsylvania. Medsker was a Civil War veteran. He disappeared thirty years ago without apparent reason or cause, and for years, with his mind blank, he drifted about the country. He finally became an inmate of the Marion Soldiers' Home. Mrs. Medsker recently made application for a pension as a soldier's widow, and an investigation by the Government established the residence of the veteran.
Want to Buy A Town? There's One For Sale
SALINA, Kansas — Shipton, a busy little village in this county, northwest of Salina, will be sold at auction Oct. 20, 1909. The village is on the farm of W. S. Irwin, and when he sells his farm, personal property and farm belongings the village will go with the rest. A band will furnish music. This is the first time a townsite has been sold under the hammer in this part of the State. Shipton is on the Union Pacific Railroad and has a depot, a store building, an elevator and several residences, and much business is transacted there.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Preacher Has Four Reasons To Be Exempt From Military
1918
PREACHER HAS FOUR REASONS FOR CLAIMING EXEMPTION
CONNELSVILLE, Pa. — Rev. A. Breakiron, of Breakneck, near here, would be surprised if he were summoned into military service. Reasons for his exemption, as shown by his questionnaire, are: "First, that he is an ordained minister of the Church of God. Second, that he has a wife and three children solely dependent on him for support. Third, that he tills a small farm in summer and is thereby entitled to agricultural classification. Fourth, that he is a coal miner. His salary as a minister is not enough to maintain his family and during the winter he digs coal.
FIGHTING PARSONS" ARE NOT GONE BY ANY MEANS
CLEVELAND, O.—The "fighting parson" is not yet gone. Twenty ministers of the Methodist church, attending a conference here, held a reunion of men who had fought in the Civil war. "Fighting in '63 made me a better Methodist preacher," one old-timer warrior asserted.
"Our fathers pushed Christianity into this country at the point of their bayonets: we saved its ideals in 1861 with cannon and sword, and now our sons are upholding it with their rifles on the western front," said another grizzled veteran of Grant's armies.
—Oxnard Courier, Oxnard, CA, Oct. 21, 1918, p. 4.
PREACHER HAS FOUR REASONS FOR CLAIMING EXEMPTION
CONNELSVILLE, Pa. — Rev. A. Breakiron, of Breakneck, near here, would be surprised if he were summoned into military service. Reasons for his exemption, as shown by his questionnaire, are: "First, that he is an ordained minister of the Church of God. Second, that he has a wife and three children solely dependent on him for support. Third, that he tills a small farm in summer and is thereby entitled to agricultural classification. Fourth, that he is a coal miner. His salary as a minister is not enough to maintain his family and during the winter he digs coal.
FIGHTING PARSONS" ARE NOT GONE BY ANY MEANS
CLEVELAND, O.—The "fighting parson" is not yet gone. Twenty ministers of the Methodist church, attending a conference here, held a reunion of men who had fought in the Civil war. "Fighting in '63 made me a better Methodist preacher," one old-timer warrior asserted.
"Our fathers pushed Christianity into this country at the point of their bayonets: we saved its ideals in 1861 with cannon and sword, and now our sons are upholding it with their rifles on the western front," said another grizzled veteran of Grant's armies.
—Oxnard Courier, Oxnard, CA, Oct. 21, 1918, p. 4.
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