Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1892 — Past Praying For. [ARTICLE]

Past Praying For.

The Rew. Francis Marsten,a Presbyterian minister of Ohio, lias the rude vigor and grit of a Calvin. He was asked to open the Ohio Legislature with prayer, and this was the burden of his petition: “Remember, oh Lord, the welfare of these Thy servants, gathered here in this maelstrom of iniquity, fraud, and corruption. Thou knowest with what suspicion this Legislature is looked upon by the people of this great State. Lord, deliver us from the bribes, the bribers and the bribe-takers in our midst, and keep them from the ways of temptation which surround them on every hand, and may their acts be righteous and not corrupt." What a kick this Republican body made. It did not want any such deliverance, and in its kicking went so far as to propose that the reverend gentleman be called to the bar of the House for contempt. Never had Ohio a more corrupt Legislature and it is evidently past praying for.