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Show What Disgusting "Damphoolery." (Catholic Union and Times.) Some weeks ago we felt called upon in the name of Christian reverence to protest against the sensational sen-sational business which a so-called minister of the gospel recently indulged in at North Tonawanda Our neighbor, the Commercial, referring to this matter, says: , "The Tonawanda minister who gave away green trading stamps to every person attending his Sunday Sun-day evening service has been fairly eclipsed in the matter of drawing attractions by the Kev. John Boyd, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Evanston, 111. Mr. Boyd has tried various expedients, expedi-ents, such as sensational topics, fine singing, etc., in vain. Consequently a new plan was tried and this was the programme at his church last evening, according to a press dispatch: "Hot roast beef sandwiches; hymn Xo. 338. four stanzas; hot coffee, cof-fee, chocolate, tea ; brief talk by elder ; lobster salad, potato salad, shrimp salad; patriotic hymn; ehaf-find ehaf-find dish indigestibles, prepared by beautiful girls; olives, pickles, radishes, young onions; Doxology.' It is not a bad bill, but if the reverend gentleman expects men to furnish their own cigars, he will find the male attendance at his hot and cold religious religi-ous soirees falling off again, lamentably. It is hard to credit this story but it is reported with names and dates as a true bill and after all it is not so revolting re-volting as some of the 'drawing cards' invented by some religious promoters in these days." Such are the exhibitions made by "damphool" preachers that make scoffers of all religion and foster the Ingersollian snicker at the most sacred truths of Christianity. |