1905
The Rev. Father Hopkins, superior general of the Order of St. Paul, in whose abbey at Alton, England, shelter is given to worn-out merchant seamen, remarked to an audience recently that the peace of the abbey was more assured by his ability to "take a man by the scruff of the neck and throw him out" than by his ability to preach or pray.
Episcopal Awakener
The servants at Fulham palace, the bishop of London's residence, are roused each morning by what is probably a survival of the old rousing-staff formerly used in churches to "stir up" dozing members of the congregation. The lodge-keeper, whose duty it is to arouse the servants, is armed with a slender rod, about 15 feet long, with which he knocks on the antique casements of their bedrooms in the quadrangle within the gates of the large western archway.
1910
Curbing the Appetites
If the biceps require the dumb-bells, if the intellect require mathematics, logic and classics, so the appetites and desires require careful disciplining if the fullest life is to be obtained. — Rev. A. A. Brown, Episcopalian, Akron.
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Punches By Priest Break Four Ribs
1914
Thrashes Man Who Turned Family Out of House
Wilmington, Del., Jan. 19. — John Cavanaugh, who was given a severe beating when he attempted to attack Rev. John Lynch at his home on Lancaster pike, will not be able "to get around" for three or four weeks, according to his physician, Dr. J. Harvey Spruance. Rev. Mr. Lynch said Cavanaugh tried to use a knife.
The priest, who is assistant pastor of Thomas' Catholic church, after wrenching the knife from his assailant, proceeded to give him a whipping the like of which Cavanaugh had never experienced in his life before.
Among other injuries Cavanaugh received four fractured ribs and a wound over the left eye. He told his physician that he thought he had been struck by a trolley, so painful were his injuries.
The clerical exponent of muscular Christianity had hurried to Cavanaugh's home on learning that the man had driven his wife and four children out into the cold. The priest had no more than entered the house when the man, it is alleged, made a lunge at him with the knife.
Thrashes Man Who Turned Family Out of House
Wilmington, Del., Jan. 19. — John Cavanaugh, who was given a severe beating when he attempted to attack Rev. John Lynch at his home on Lancaster pike, will not be able "to get around" for three or four weeks, according to his physician, Dr. J. Harvey Spruance. Rev. Mr. Lynch said Cavanaugh tried to use a knife.
The priest, who is assistant pastor of Thomas' Catholic church, after wrenching the knife from his assailant, proceeded to give him a whipping the like of which Cavanaugh had never experienced in his life before.
Among other injuries Cavanaugh received four fractured ribs and a wound over the left eye. He told his physician that he thought he had been struck by a trolley, so painful were his injuries.
The clerical exponent of muscular Christianity had hurried to Cavanaugh's home on learning that the man had driven his wife and four children out into the cold. The priest had no more than entered the house when the man, it is alleged, made a lunge at him with the knife.
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