The Thinker from McPherson, Kansas • 1

Agitation of Thought is the; beginning, of Wisdom." H'BSCttilTlOX l'KR ANNUM IX ADVAXCK. McPHERSOX, KANSAS, SATU1U) A H13T. 22, ERA of MAX, 283. VOM'MKI, M'SUIKUrO 187S, Rev, F. F.

Rea Durham Connecticut; charge, drunkenness. ,1878, Rev. J. R. Roberts, Allen Wisconsin; charge, slander, lying.

ir, what kind of religion is it, that i i prayer will ask God to feed the widow wi then cheat them out of their hou-est due. y.j- Tis said that your church is getting to be the laughing stock of the town, tVinnic" Sweutman, daughter of Rev. J. Swetman; deserting wife and chil-Iren; and swindling. 1 1876, Rev.

K. M. Pettaplacc, Ad-ent, Lowell, Massachusetts; tdultery; accused by his wife. He re signed. 1876,.

Rev. J)arlin5 Phillips, 'lackensack, New Jersey; charge, im-noral assault on A. B. Foote, rorgery. He was expelled.

1878, Rev. H. L. E. Pratt, P.

Staten Island, New York; charge, tdultery with Miss Mary Clark. He arrested and expelled. 1878, Rev. Potts, Orange county, was suspended ,1879, Rev, Lysandcr'jD. Paltitr, liaptist, Jackson, charge adultery with married woman.

He confessed and resigned. (-. 1879, Rev.AV. II. Pledge, Methodist, Atlanta Georgia; charge, suicide, cut his throat." 1879, Rev.

Arch-Bishop Purcell. Catholic, Cincinnati, charge larceny, embezzlement of deposited with him by his confiding dupes. He confessed, 1879, Rev. Atherton L. powis, Protestant Episcopal, New York, City; charge, adultery in house of prostitution I He was cauirht bv his sons and THE TAPESTRY WEAVERS.

ijt os take to our hitnrt a lesson, V'o loHsou can braver bej From the way of the tapestry wearer On the other side of tbc tea. Above tbeir beads the pattcrq bangt, They tuty it irith care, The while thuir lingers deftly work, Their ryes tiro fastened there. Thpy tell thli curious thing, Of the putlent, plodding weaver) Ha works on the wrong side evermore, But works for the right side ever. 1 It is only when the weal ig stops. And the web is loosoii and turned, Itiat he sees lis real handiwork That hie marvelous skill has learned.

Ah, the sight of its delicate beanty, iBow it pays liim for all its cost -t Vfi rarer, clantler work than bis, Wusevi-r doueby tlw'IWrt'. 'J Than the roaster bringeth htm golden hire 1878, Rev. H. P. Ross, liennctt's Corner, New York; charged of larceny by "Bro." Vanvauke'n.

1879, Rev. Stephen Roscoe, Mattewan, Michigan; charge, robbing as postmaster. 7 1879, Rev. Jacob S. Renforth, Bap tist, Lawndalc, Illinois; charge, adultery' seduction and bastardy with Ellen Manny.

He was arrested. 1879, K-ev tston de Rohan, Catlv St. Louis, Missouri; charge forgery and drunkenness, and was sent toihe penitentiary for five years; also imprisoned for swindling at Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1879, Rev. I).

(clown) Rice, St. Louis, Missouri; charge, adultery. He took a woman to. Chicago and lived with her as his.wife. (To be continued.) WHISKEY FOR THIS HOUSE THE OP Open Letter to Rey.

J. Mv Dear Sir: 1 It has been well said that our public school is being run by the. Congregational -church, so I address you as the head of the church, hoping that you as its advisor will be able to make it understand the propriety of running public schools upon secular principles. And after the great, grand fizzle, in your church, at the time that; you fellows all prayed God to help our lamented Garfield, it would seem that if Prof. Yntema wants to pray, that ihe had better pray in his own expense, rather than make an ass God who refused to help poor Garfield And I am told that this God hi right, to damn an honest man on account of his honest belief; and I deny it, no God, or Heavenly Father, has any right to damn and torture ine with fire in the next world, than I have to damn and torture with fire child in this I neither, fear nor 1 respect such a I defy, him, and I pronounce the miserable Bible dogma of hell to be an infamous lie, and that infamous is being taught in our school, to day, at the expense of unwilling tax 1 We arejold that the Bible it Good's word.

Hut my Rev, Sir, do you believe that Godver wrote, or the writing of so obscene and lot of balderdash as are the contents of chapter ixiii Deuteronomy? Do you believe that inspired obscenity is any better than any other obscenity? And if so, dare you read jt to the, con fe.ve.uVM 7wu wmicur f-iu "i jc same chapter you will find that it says, "the price of a dog, "shall not be taken into the house of the.LortL". And ytt, 1 notr hesitate to! take the ppce of one hundred, drinks of whiskey into the Congregational do you consider whiskey money better han dog money? The a dollars for the widow and get a receipt. 1 CATHOLICISM THE HF.ST. At Westphalia, the Catholics ari largely iii the majority, but they do not, 'tis said, take their Bible into thu public schools, showing that they havff far more decency and respect for tha feelings and rights of the protestante, thaii the St. Johns Protestants have, for the rights of the St.

Johns Catholics. And well "might the St. John Protestants hang their heads in shame when they compare records with the Our Catholics arc more devout, has less hypocrisy, and pay their debts better than d.j. the average members of your church, and I never have known of any one of their priests to leave town without paying their debts, but there is scarcely a merchant that has not been cheated out of his due by some Protestant ni'nister. And as to morality, I can show that the Protestant clergy have been guilty of a hur-dred times more immorality against women' than ive the I clip the following fiom an eastern Some year ago there was to be at New Rochcll''.

N. a ministerial con- vention.coiP.i'i.'iTJ 01 aeiegaccs iumi the various nnininations' of the Chris tian church, A icsident, who always entertained the ln-pherds when they convened in town, having to be absent from homo a tl.f week which they' were 'arHve, left the fol lowing "When U10 10 nil) minister ccimcs, give him t'j'i of the house; he's' all right. "Wln JfAptist minister' arrives show' mY liis room, and keep your eye on 'i'v servant girr. hen the Congn gatiwinlhows up, 'lock' her in her room, and keep the key; but when the parson gets' here, let the riui'd'Vuip at' the neighbors across the your Vii djor, and send for -If the sanctilied, don't like my little bills, they should cither stop tliem uy taking the' Bible out of schools or get-' ting Prof. Yntema to speak to God about them; and if his Almighty' Hod, can't stop 'cm, he aint no great shaken of a tod ti'ohbw, about as a last year's mulltn sulk, I should p.

Baiicock 1 1 i .0 1 'A considerable number of soldiers of the late war met at Smith's Opera House, last Monday evening, for the 1 miff-iM nf nriranixinir Army oi tne; The meeting was called to order, Major j. W. Free, as chairman, Ml E'. Stowe t)n mot a name was suggested fof the Po8twhich' resulted in the, name of Fowler Post, after the late Cant, John W. Fowler.

The election of officers being next ua.cr.rtsuuc" Yt pAef f'ommander. Mai. lil. Smith: geon, A. Richards; Sergeant Major, M- M.

Samuel iiadden. c. 1 A good feeling'was among the and every thin gi passed off in On.mo-i lion the meeting adjourned to meet, The M. U. Stowe mentioned in thr Tribune is a' brother of the editor of The Thinker; and is one of six soldiers from bne roof that went into cl lh crvice-of the nion.

Three of Indiana; charge, and bStte- He beat Frank 0)born over the hc'ad' vith a club, in iooi, Kev. Silas Person, Baptist Greenup, Uois; charge, adultery, se and clopenient with Miss Mayne's, aged seventeen; deserting wife and three children. 1881, Rev. Geo; C. Pennell, P.

E. Newark, New Jersey; charge, secxet marriage, disowning his son, desertion of wife and child, and cruelty. 1S81, Kev. I). I).

Parnell, T. Kingston, charge, embezzle mclit of $12,000 church funds. 1882, Rev. J. B.

Pinman, Worces- ter, Massachusetts; charge, criminal conduct. He resigned and fled 1882, Rev. A. Palmstrom; Lutheran, Hastings, Minnesota; charge, adultery, seduction and bastardy with Miss Anna prickson, lying. He was deposed.

.1878, Rev. B. Phillips, Metho dist, charge, wanton conduct with Miss Alma Fuller. He was expelled. 4 1878, Rev, Zacharia Parker, Bap tist, Dallas, charge embezzle He was' arrested and" bound over for 1 i i 1870, Rev.

R. M. Pearson, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; charge, swindling, gross fraud. He was arrested. 1870, Rev.

Benjamin Parker, Elk- hart, Texas; charge, assault with intent to murder a colored man by the name of Worth. 1878, Rev. William Parry, Wor- cester, Massachusetts; tharfce, lone continued drunkenness. He wai ex jelled. i 1 1878, Rev.

E. W. Packard; harge, unjust confinement of wife in an insane asylum. 1878, Rev. B.

F. Phinney1, West- boro, Massachusetts; adultery with the "sisters'' in the 1878, Rev. Dr. Ponyroy, Secretary of American Board of Foreign Mis sions; charge, adultery, larceny, and embezzlement. 1878, Rev.

J. M. Porter, Bethlehem, New York; charge, adultery long con tinued. if i 1H78, Rev. Porter, Danby- boro, Vermont; adultery and seduction of Aliss Hattie Allen.i 1878, Rev, Parshall, Cali fornia; charge, adultery with the 'sis-tens." He was convicted.

1870, Rev, John W. rorter. Vao. Sycle'f 4 Corner, New York; charge, adultery and seduction of pupil, mere i 1870, Rev. Lucius Mfc Wor cester, chargej forgery of $10,000, larceny and swindling.

fled and was 1878, Rev. Parker, Ashland, Kentucky; charge adultery, seduction and elojicment with a deacon' daughter, deserting wife and children. 1878, Rev. J. B.

Patterson, New Jersey, charge, adultery and drunkenness. 'He confessed. 1870, Rev. N. L.

Phillips, Monti- cello, Iowa; charge, adultery an4 elopement with wife of Herbert Barnes, and desertion of wife and family. 1879, kev. W. J- Parks, Presby terian, Canton, Ohio; charge, adultery with sister I licks. He confessed and arrested.

1880," Rev. A. N. Paige, Methodist, East Hampton Connecticut; charge, fi vt years continued adultery, while preaching. He confessed and was imprison- 1880, Rev.

Paul, Baptist, New York City; charge, "scandalous conduct," charged hy his wife. 1880, Rev. Charles Ponder, tho- dist, New Albany, Indiana; charge, suicide. 1880, Rev.jPcltz, Baptist, 'james- townf New York; charge, adultery. seduced two girls; caught in the act.

He fled. 1880, Rev. John Perry, Baptist, Rhode Island; charge 'arsoiij his own house for the insurance. He was imijrisoned. 1880, Rev.

H. Peck, Hanover, Michigan; charge, assault and great bodily harm. He w'jas suspended. 1880, Rev. Ptllettj Egerton, Mich igan; charge, swindling; "too free with sisters." He fled.

1 1870, Rev. H. P. Peck, St. Louis, Missouri; charge, attempt bigamy with 6 PART 1870, Rev.

A. Quint, D. New England; charge, adultery. PART f. 1876," james Metho dist, Madison; Indiana; charge, adultery with widow McHenry caught in the act." He Was 'susnended.

1877 Rev. Albert Hobo- ken, New bigamy, adultery arid drunkenness." 'He' vyas imprisoned. 1877. -Kev. D.

Hacken- ack, New Jersey; charge, immoral assault on Mrs. A. li. Foote, and forgery. Kev; li.

L. Richardson. Methodist, liaiiinioie, Maryland; charge, lighting wnh superintendent Johnson aoout buntlay school collections: 187a, Kev; T. S. Ross, North Immoral assault and' insulting proposals to: Mrs! Dahid He lied.

G. Ribble, DeKalb county, Illinois; charge', adultery, 1 se duction of tour girls, desertion of wife and children, he fled Kev. Dr. Read," Maldon, Mas lachusetts; charge, adulter)', fornication, seduction; sodomy, "unnamed crime and rape. i78t William Rice, -Mason, Michigan; charge, adultery, Kev, I).

Si K. Rim, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; clarge, adultery, seduc-tioa of a lauy. Sh Kev. James Reedsdolph, Adrian, JMichigan; charge, swindling and drunkenness, He was imprisoned. 1878, Rer.

Reynolds, Mtthlcnburgb county, charge compelling his daughter to marry against hef will, assault and battery, whipped her bru tally to compel a 1878, Kev. Rose, Hartford, Michigan; charge, orgery. 1 1878, Charles Rich, Boston, Massachusetts charge, "gross immor- tilityj" died in disgface. 1878, Rev. J.

J. Rudder, Xcw Mil-ford, PennSjvania; charge," adultery wd horse racing. He led. I 1 I in it And gi voth him lirttlae as well i And how bappy the heart of the weaver No tot gue but bis own ram tell. The years of man, are the looms of God, Let down from the plaoe of the son, i Wbereijl we aie weaving alway, JTHl the mystic web is done.

"Wearing blindly, but weaving surely, Each, for himself, his fate; may not son how the right side looks, We can only weave and wait, But looking above for the pattern, No weaver hath need to fear, Only let him look clear Into Heaven, The perfect pattern la there. And when his task is ended And tbti web is turned and shown He shall bear the voice of the master, It shall eay to him ''well done," And the white winged angeleof Heaven. To bear him thence, shall come down, And God shall give him gold for bis hire Sot coin, but a golden Cmsmtib axao. mm of preachers Ixi THE UNITED STATES AND t'-CTUMp OF PRKACHKU8" commenced In uimh numuerscau utt obtained.) NOTK. fall to give the correct niinie nViioiuinitUoiit will, the reverends pleane art ConHnufd.

1882 Rev. Thos." B. Newby, Pres byterian, New York city; charge, adul Cery, seduction, bigamy, false pretenses, and adultery everywhere he went. He was expelled. 1 1877," Rev.

Mason Noble, Congrega tionalism Sheffield, Massachusetts; charge, immoral assault on Miss Belle J. Clark, a pupil. 1878, Hamlin Mt. level, Virginia; charge, seducing a lot colored girls, aged thirteen to fifteea He was expelled. 1878, Kev.

Enoch Navin, Paris, Tcnnesec; charge, nuisance, malicious miscmel, escaped jail. He was inflicted. 1879; Rev. John Newell, Lafayette, ladiana; charge, adultery1 with 'Rev. Komer's wife, compounding a felony.

1880, Rev. Geo. Me'tho-dist, Belleville, Ontario; charge, adultery, bigamy, forgery, assault and He was convicted and imprisoned; and eloped with the warden's wife. i PART iJijj.ii iuaucy, Jr. 1j charge, beating And kicking wife.

She procured a divorce. f88i, Rev. O'Brien, Catholic; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; charge, He was arrested. 1881, Rev. O'Hanlan, Catholic, St.

Louis, Missouri; charge, riot, drunkenness, assault and battery. 1877', Rev. Moffat' Ccn- jifregationalist, New York; charge, lying, literary piracy, forgery twice of ordina tion papers, false lie was expelled, and now calls himself Neil. '1878, Rev. Bishop Onderdonk, New York; charge, adultery, '1880, Rev.

Reiley, Catholic; charge, adultery. 1881, O'ReUey, Catholic, Carondelt, Missouri; charge, assault nd battery, on a mechanic. PART P. 1876, Rev. D.

Parker, Methodist fatVtffiburir. Kentucky: charce. adul- I txj, seduction and elopement with Miss raanth that ten dollars -of, Commander, Maj. J. W.

whiskejroney, should sign J. Y. Commander, T. J. Shepperdj over his saloon that should read: "A I Adjutant, A.

King; Officer of Uay, partVuVpron'ti of our whiskey b'usi-! Quartermaster, ess, wiu divided with the W. who attends to ih God business, for the. CongregaUpnalchurch. as a means of 1 saloon and the churdi, and. a sort of copartnership between God, and the 'tisaid that you.

took a load of, Wednesday, September vt, at 7 m' poal of another whiskey man. Your sharp.Tribune, New Lexington, i.i...':ui.'iM 'u'l j. thurch Ohio. will, whiskey money, dog money or the hard earned money of a boof widow and cheat hef out of hef honest due; A poot widow has placed my hands her account against your f'litlfvk fur lfd of im fim, I run an opposition hotel eating; She says that she has the number were cither killed or Dot been able together pay..