Show plain talk by fearless preachers iii m pulpit might have averted great Grea war by REV T F DORN BLASSER of chicago the warring warring nations of the world stand in great need of prophets at this time they have had priests and preachers by the thousands but few prophets like elijah and john the baptist they have had an abundance of expert ministrants mini at the altar hut but few fearless preachers in tho the pulpit how many preachers in europe have da dared red to rebuke their sovereigns to their faces how ma many ny chaplains have dared to rebuke their superior officers in the army and navy the in ministry of the state churches lias bas been practically muzzled the men in the pulpits who should have warned the ruling classes against greed and unholy ambitions confined themselves largely for the sake of peace and their bread and butter to io the established ritual if europe had been manned by prophets instead of priests and rit ua lists this calamity might have been averted prophets are liot hot cowed by the threats and and chains of rulers tha are not subservient to their wealthy parishioners who pay them haild handsome some salaries the high salaried preacher who boasts of it il and looks patronizingly upon his brethren of low lov de degree gr ce usually wears a muzzle over liis his ile he knows that pow pew rents come iq in much more cheerfully when lie prophesies smooth things to the people and especially from his rich liar parishioners shio ners the popular of today are the clerics who dress dregs to suit the jad ladies acs ics who talk to please their pew hold holders ers and who disport sufficiently jo io win the favor of the pleasure loving clovd arod iam speaking of the iho high salaried fashionable pulpits which by their commanding position should be watch towers of national aa safely r hut but for lack of courage and con diction on the part of their occupy are echo echoes es of public sentiment wd nd hiah priests of popular amusement |