? We would like to hear also from our brothers of
the press."

And they did hear from their brethren of the press. For other county
papers took the matter up, being very glad to get something sensational
for their columns; and from county papers the subject got into the big
city dailies throughout California, and they printed very sensational
articles concerning Penloe and his sermon, discussing the sex question
at great length. It was not very long before the Eastern papers had long
articles about Penloe and his sermon, and they wrote much on the
subject. Then the matter reached the magnitude of what is known as a
wave; which swept through the press all over the continent, causing as
much comment and talk as Markham's poem, "The Man with the Hoe."

Penloe's mail increased in size rapidly, and he was now receiving twenty
times more letters than all the other mail in Orangeville combined. It
was amusing to see how the letters were addressed. They read, "Dr.
Penloe, Rev. Dr. Penloe, Rev. Penloe, Penloe, Esq., Prof. Penloe, D.D.,
and LL.D." Letters came to him from every state in the Union. Here is
one:

"MR. PENLOE:

"DEAR SIR:--I am shocked and disgusted with you. You
never ought to be allowed to talk from the pulpit in
such a way. The people of Orangeville ought to tar and
feather you and ride you on a rail out of the county."

Another letter was as follows:

"CRANK PENLOE:

"Of all the cranks I ever did read about or hear tell
on, you are the darndest. The women folks in my house
are as hot as hell, ever since they read in the paper
what you talked in church. My wife said, 'What a crank
you must be,' and my mother-in-law said hell is too
good for such as you. What a rumpus you have made all
over the country; it seems as if hell is to pay for all
this."

Penloe also received some powerful scorching letters from orthodox
ministers, while on the other hand the liberal and radical elements of
society poured forth eulogies and commendations for his bold original
utterances, for his fearlessness in treating the subject in the
courageous way he did; calling him a brave pioneer and they themselves
would start Penloe Clubs for putting his ideas in practice. He received
many letters from churches in some of the large cities, like the
following:

"REV. DR. PENLOE:

"DEAR SIR:--Our church in this city is an elegant
struc