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Show C0W60YPREAGHER 1 PECULIAR BUT FETCHING METH- 19 OD8 HE EMPLOYS. jtH Uses the Blunt But Forceful Language' ll of the Plaint to Bring Hard- il ened Sinners to Repent- Pl Seattle, Wash. In the courso ot an - ll hour's preaching nt tho Volunteers of rl America mission, Samuel S. Dcttes, il tho "Cowboy Proachor," roped, il throwed nnd hog-tlcd Baptists, Mcth- 'iH odlsts, Presbyterians, CnthollcB nnd" quite u number of other religious bodies. After getting his rnwhldo so-curcly so-curcly around tho orthodox donomlna-ttons donomlna-ttons ho proceeded to brand them with marks not exactly familiar (o the cat-' ' tlo ranges in Texas, whero tho jow-boy jow-boy proachor used to.rldo tho round- ' up. ' Kettes, who Bays tho prefix "Hov." . Is tho grease boiuo mlhlstors uso' 'to ' slide Into heaven with, faced n mixed but entirely rccoptlvo nudlenco when ho launched, or rather rode, full speed, Into his discourse. Thero was (ho usual shouting coterlo of Volunteers, ' hut the rest of tho hall was packed ' with men from tho streets, who' wero attracted by tho ilarlng signs outsldo tho basomont cntranco, advertising tho "Cowboy Preacher," nnd by tho uproarious chorus of cries that varied 1 tho singing. Ttio proachor got soma enthusiastic yells when ho dollvcrcd himself of' especially cniiHllc epigrams. A few of Ida choice ones woro ns follows: "You nover hear of a man back-sliding back-sliding from tho Prosbytorlnn church, bccaiiso ho had to backslldo to got JH "Somo'peoplo tnlk nbout tho Motho- (H dlsts converting sinners. Why, I can .M hog tlo nny Mothodist in catching sin- "I'd rather bo n religious fool than a. dovlllsh sharp." IH "Tho hard shell Baptist may got to jH heaven, but If ho docs ho'll find out 'H what nn awful old fool ho wns on ( "Uollglon Is a good euro for dyspep- r lu. Tho man who cursos gcncrnlly t has n stomach acho coming -to him." "No true Christian will smoko a clg-irette. clg-irette. A clgarotto Is a fool at ono 3nd, a flro at tho other, somo paper and dust in botweon." "Somo Seattle, ministers let tholr hobbles run away with them. They need a rollglous bronco buster." "Long hnlr don't lot a prcachor Ihrough tho eye of tho nccdlo nny 1 eafiler than long legs." Incidentally, Mr. Bettcs x wears n good deal of hair himself, which ho ' ' '1 tosses back on his forehead when he 1 gots well under way with his plctur- ,..1 esquo sermons. Ho took for his text,' "" "Who Is sho thnt lookoth forth as tho ' morning, beautiful as tho moon, ch-nr 1 ns tho sun, and terrible as an army 1 with banners," which ho said was 1 froii) the Songs of Solomon, C:10. ,1 Boforo tho sermon began ono of ' 1 tho Volunteers' nroso nnd nskod for 1 contributions. When tho pinto camo 1 back to tho platform, Bettes arose and 1 lemnrkcd thnt ho needed 12 moro dol- il lnra to pay for n now suit of clothes, 1 but tho $12 wero not forthcoming. 1 Ills sormon denlt chiefly with tho - jM glories of unorthodox religion, Ho 1 calls himsolf a free-will Baptist, and 1 frequently broke off short In his talk 1 to hand out somo scathing donuncln- IH tlnn of cortalif usjiects of present-day -19 religion. Striding back nnd forth on $M tho narrow platform, his long Iron-gray Wm hair falling in disorderly masses U'M ncross his brow, his fnco flaming red , 'tm und perspiring, his nmiB wuvlng, fists , fc-Jti-l ofton clenched, ho poured forth a tor- rent of wordB, ut times ascending to holghts ot uncouth eloquence, at oth- yINS er times dropping buck Into slang or . , "&a tho grotesquo langungo of tho plains. 'w Onco ho stopped short in tho mid-' flm die of n talk about tlo beauties of I'M tho Btory of salvation, leaned forward ;. ovor tho edge of the platform and "ffl shouted nt two girls oh, the front seat, ' '' who had boen whiiporlng: "Shut un! 3'M I want you to shut up ns' long ns' I'm '1 tnlklng. I'vo got something to eay, t'H nnd, you, old curiosity box," addressing jftfl the girl who apparently had started tho conversation, "you want to know Y iWifl how your hat looks, 1 aupposo." ' Tho cowboy prcachor has been In ' flB Soattlo for a week, nnd It wns stated 11 that ho will bo bore a week longer. JIH Ho has preached nil over the United w. States. Ho used, to ho n cowboy in '? iH Texas and herded cat lie for six years 1 |