Show from the pally of november U sanctimonious FALLACIES the will of the late ferdinand phinizy of georgii bequeaths to certain cb urchea of h a a handsome legacy which they may receive onla upon condition that neither nor any other musical instruments shall hereafter be permitted within their walls if the churchea chur chei are of the fort that make up tho majority of so calle 1 christian organizations of the present day thy will accept the bequest had the moneyed patron stipulated that there should be no music at all if the reward was great enough there is no reason to doubt that the preacher tor one coald bring his conscience to accept the bequest but let that be as it may returning 0 o the case of the moneyed man it is a pitiful thing that the world can not enjoy the emoluments moral or othen ie of spiritual devotion without being subjected to the of in danity there is no avoiding the esaue the bible ial not the eacret criterion that it once as anda and a hen professional divines and whimsical millionaires get through modifying and discarding and puttering to make its teachings conform to their conveniences or private whims there will be very little left of it but the coer As a standard of morals history or religion it will be played out where for instance did the presumed benefactor of georgia get his idea that instrumental music was chriatian chri etian or unbecoming in a church if he was the only sanctimonious lunatic that so believed or if music was alie only religious ceremonial entrenched upon by false piety there would be no great harm the charms and the humanizing human zing appeals of music are too great a power in this world to suffer any alarming inroads from the prejudice of fools but here are elements in christian worship not so choice to preserve for their own cakes as music and men are prone to yield the thing they dislike with much less persuasion than the thing that contributes to their pleasures the severity of bible teachings is growing beautifully leas as the years pass and it is only a matter of time as the world now when popular sectarian im will be one with other social pleasures its unpleasant nesses will be eliminated without reserve or protest and the agreeable things retained for the mere enjoyment they give there is yet another item in the will and testament of the aforesaid deceased which after his first church bequest will not be surprising an egotism that would seek by cash purchase to plank itself in the place of the most divine and et human ceremonial of the christian service might well be expected to bid a hundred dollars apiece on ministers tor a funeral cortege and yet the latter scheme is not as impudently presuming as it seems upon arst thought in all probability bob ingersoll harry hill or even jesse james were he alive and ded again and had the cash perquisites might for a hundred dollars a head draw enough ministers into his funeral service to groan pluto out of his shades ministers for cash are on sale at their price any day in the week and no questions asked 80 that when mr ys will was read bequeathing to each clergyman who would attend bis funeral services thirteen ministers gratefully responded |