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Mr- A. C. Clemens has ju^t returned from an extended preaching tour out West. ]Ic telU a pretty rough experience: for instance, at Pontiac. Mich., he entered a Congregational church. Th anil, he says, befog poorly attired. was assigned an inferior scat, while the well clad and jeweled aristocrats wen-given front seat*, -lie sat still and watched the wicked partiality till he could endure it no longer, when he arose nnd began to read the “ride** from Scripture, as a rebuke to that Congregation. lie was immediately noli‘led that services had not ycl begun, to which lie replied that lie was as well aware of it Hs they were. lie persisted in reading, till they took the 111 hie from him This, however, was not effectual. flt;»r he then began to read by memory; but he was soon violently seized and lead out of the church by two stalwart men, while a third kicked him on part* unmentionable, in a*most beastly manner. After lie was gotten out of doors. s,n one of those who lead him out. turned and likewise kicked in the same place. (What Christian Charity!) All this cruel treatment lie on lured without saying a word. lie says that was the occasion of thededicntion ofsaid church to the 'Lord. as they call it. hut gives it as his opinion that they dedicated ir to the d—1 from beginning to end.” At Toledo, as will be seen elsewhere, he was arrested and put in jail. He defended his own cage, and was dismissed, of course- Mr. C. thinks ll.is is a very wicked world..he»St.ales.in-
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Wyandot County Republican
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, US
Thu, Jan 21, 1869
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