the seed of faith"; he pours out imprecations upon other
religious sects; calls down maledictions upon the qualified doctors,
who are to him merely "sorcerers and poisoners"; consigns "the vipers
of the press" to destruction; and, carried away by the violence of his
anathemas, launches this peroration upon the ears of his admiring
audience:

"If you wish to drink your reeking pots of beer, whisky, wine, or other
disgusting alcoholic liquors; if you wish to go to the theatre and
listen to Mephistopheles, to the devil, to Marguerite, the dissolute
hussy, and Doctor Faust, her foul accomplice; if you wish to gorge
yourselves upon the oyster, scavenger of the sea, and the pig,
scavenger of the earth--a scavenger that there is some question of
making use of in the streets of Chicago (_laughter_); it you wish, I
say, to do the work of the devil, and eat the meats of the devil, you
need only to remain with the Methodists, Baptists, or such-like. Sion
is no place for you. We want only clean people, and, thanks to God, we
can make them clean. There are many among you who need cleansing. You
know that I have scoured you as was necessary, and I shall continue to
do it, for you are far from clean yet."

Then, entering into a dialogue with his hearers upon the vital point of
Sionism, he asks:

"Does America pay her tithe to God?"

The audience replies "No."

"Do the churches pay their tithes to God?"

"No."

"Do you yourselves pay your tithes to God? Stand up, those of you who
do."

The listeners stand up in thousands.

"There are a number of robbers here who remain seated, and do not pay
their tithes to God. Now I know who are the robbers. Do you know what
should be done with you? I will tell you. There is nothing for you
but the fire--the fire! Is it not villainy to rob one's brother?"

"Yes."

"Is it not villainy to rob one's mother?"

"Yes."

"Is it not the vilest villainy to rob God?"

"Yes."

"Well, there are some among you who are not ashamed of committing it.
You are robbing God all the time. You are like Ahaz, the Judean king
famed for his impiety, and if you remain as you are, you will be doomed
to eternal death. To whom does the tithe belong? What is done with
it? I am going to answer that. If anyone here says that what I
possess is taken out of the tithes, he lies--and I will make his lie
stick in his throat. The tithes and all other offerings go straight to
the general fund, and do