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ANING THE HOUSE — BY B. J. PALMER
secure his license, and then, and not be give your hearts to Jesus.’ The first
fore, would he go out in the highways Jesus was the original, intentional, delib
erate, the greatest lawbreaker in his
and byways to cure the sick.” It made tory. The common opinion of the com
quite an impression on the jury. Mr. Tom mon people on a common subject was
Morris and I were the guests of Mr. and being violated by the Christ in His day.”
Mrs. Showers at dinner that noon. They He said: “ I hadn’t thought of it in that
were on the opposite ends of the table light.” I said: “ I quite understand you
and on the other side was the evangel hadn’t.”
ists and their wives, Messrs. Brown and
Currie. During the course of the dinner HIGH STAKES
one of these evangelists, o n e of these
Christlike gentlemen, one o f these men E PLAY a game, you and I. The
kings a n d queens, bishops and
who really are interested in the great knights and pawns are chiropractors and
uplift of the downtrodden, one of those legislators. The stakes are high— human
men who are so sincere, you know, in ity. The right of humanity to get well,
wanting to be of service, turned and said to live long, to be happy, to rid them
to Joe Strand in a very sneering, snarl selves o f grunts, groans and grouches;
ing voice: “ Joe, you are a lawbreaker, to plant two smiles where before could
aren’t y o u ?” Joe said nothing. He only come but one; to produce life where
blushed. I realized I was a guest in the before it was sterile; to make the coming
home of my host and hostess. I choked of new life an e a s y and pleasurable
down what was coming up. I can choke thing; to make mankind a more efficient
just so long and then Vesuvius erupts. race; to reduce the bloodsucker list who
Finally I turned to the evangelist and leech upon the producer— these are but
said: “ Brother, you say the defendant is some of the stakes you and I play for.
a lawbreaker?” “ Yes, I do, and I mean
it.” I said: “ I am not disputing that, but The other fellow gets statutory regu
before Dr. Strand can be a lawbreaker in lations and we are practicing at common
your mind, you must have some concep law. Then we get a statute and don’t let
tion of what the law is he has broken. them in. Then the other fellow gets his
You can’t conceive of breaking something statute amended and takes us in. Then
without conceiving of the thing broken. we amend to keep him out. Then we
WHAT ‘law’ has he broken? Give me amend to get him in. Then he amends to
a definition of what you conceive LAW keep us out, and so we play “ Tag, you’re
to be.” He said: “ I don’t know if I can it,” “ Tit for tat,” “ Pussy wants a cor
give you an opinion as to that.” I said: ner,” and are driven from pillar to post
“ Let me offer you one. LAW IS THE throughout the years.
COMMON OPINION OF A COMMON
PEOPLE ON A COMMON SUBJECT. That has been the game fo r fifty years
How does that strike y o u ?” He said: between medicine, osteopathy and Chiro
“ That’s right, I will admit that” ; and I practic; and where is this game going to
said: “ You are an evangelist. You are end? JUST W HERE IT BEGAN. It will
holding meetings in y o u r tent every end just where it always begins, the only
night. W e will go back about two thous place it can begin and the only place it
and years to the original -Evangelist, and can end — WITH PUBLIC OPINION.
there I see a man working in the high That is the common law that begins and
ways and byways. I see him preaching ends all things. That says the first and
“ The Last W ord.” Is it the common
the uplift of the downtrodden and sick, right of the common people on the com
mon subject of health to get well?
and because He saw fit to do these things
NOW COMES A CHANGE IN POLICY
on the Sabbath, because He saw fit to
T HE \$A is very much interested in a
break the laws of the Hebrews, and the cleaning campaign in our house; in
getting the men that are mussing our
Romans, He was arrested, tried, convic house, out of our house. There have been
ted and crucified; and yet you, you are
the gentleman that goes over in that
tent and says to the mob: ‘Come up and
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secure his license, and then, and not be give your hearts to Jesus.’ The first
fore, would he go out in the highways Jesus was the original, intentional, delib
erate, the greatest lawbreaker in his
and byways to cure the sick.” It made tory. The common opinion of the com
quite an impression on the jury. Mr. Tom mon people on a common subject was
Morris and I were the guests of Mr. and being violated by the Christ in His day.”
Mrs. Showers at dinner that noon. They He said: “ I hadn’t thought of it in that
were on the opposite ends of the table light.” I said: “ I quite understand you
and on the other side was the evangel hadn’t.”
ists and their wives, Messrs. Brown and
Currie. During the course of the dinner HIGH STAKES
one of these evangelists, o n e of these
Christlike gentlemen, one o f these men E PLAY a game, you and I. The
kings a n d queens, bishops and
who really are interested in the great knights and pawns are chiropractors and
uplift of the downtrodden, one of those legislators. The stakes are high— human
men who are so sincere, you know, in ity. The right of humanity to get well,
wanting to be of service, turned and said to live long, to be happy, to rid them
to Joe Strand in a very sneering, snarl selves o f grunts, groans and grouches;
ing voice: “ Joe, you are a lawbreaker, to plant two smiles where before could
aren’t y o u ?” Joe said nothing. He only come but one; to produce life where
blushed. I realized I was a guest in the before it was sterile; to make the coming
home of my host and hostess. I choked of new life an e a s y and pleasurable
down what was coming up. I can choke thing; to make mankind a more efficient
just so long and then Vesuvius erupts. race; to reduce the bloodsucker list who
Finally I turned to the evangelist and leech upon the producer— these are but
said: “ Brother, you say the defendant is some of the stakes you and I play for.
a lawbreaker?” “ Yes, I do, and I mean
it.” I said: “ I am not disputing that, but The other fellow gets statutory regu
before Dr. Strand can be a lawbreaker in lations and we are practicing at common
your mind, you must have some concep law. Then we get a statute and don’t let
tion of what the law is he has broken. them in. Then the other fellow gets his
You can’t conceive of breaking something statute amended and takes us in. Then
without conceiving of the thing broken. we amend to keep him out. Then we
WHAT ‘law’ has he broken? Give me amend to get him in. Then he amends to
a definition of what you conceive LAW keep us out, and so we play “ Tag, you’re
to be.” He said: “ I don’t know if I can it,” “ Tit for tat,” “ Pussy wants a cor
give you an opinion as to that.” I said: ner,” and are driven from pillar to post
“ Let me offer you one. LAW IS THE throughout the years.
COMMON OPINION OF A COMMON
PEOPLE ON A COMMON SUBJECT. That has been the game fo r fifty years
How does that strike y o u ?” He said: between medicine, osteopathy and Chiro
“ That’s right, I will admit that” ; and I practic; and where is this game going to
said: “ You are an evangelist. You are end? JUST W HERE IT BEGAN. It will
holding meetings in y o u r tent every end just where it always begins, the only
night. W e will go back about two thous place it can begin and the only place it
and years to the original -Evangelist, and can end — WITH PUBLIC OPINION.
there I see a man working in the high That is the common law that begins and
ways and byways. I see him preaching ends all things. That says the first and
“ The Last W ord.” Is it the common
the uplift of the downtrodden and sick, right of the common people on the com
mon subject of health to get well?
and because He saw fit to do these things
NOW COMES A CHANGE IN POLICY
on the Sabbath, because He saw fit to
T HE \$A is very much interested in a
break the laws of the Hebrews, and the cleaning campaign in our house; in
getting the men that are mussing our
Romans, He was arrested, tried, convic house, out of our house. There have been
ted and crucified; and yet you, you are
the gentleman that goes over in that
tent and says to the mob: ‘Come up and
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