“Resolved: That we approve his methods; and,
“Resolved: That we hold it to be an irrefragable truth, that the End always justifies the Means, and that any follower of Jesus may lie in the cause of Truth; may crawl through the foulest and most stenchful sewer in the interest of Purity; may break the Law to get Evidence of its breach by others; may break the most solemnly plighted faith with sinners in order to trap them into the meshes of the Law; may do all manner of evil that good may come of it. And finally be it
“Resolved: That the relentless infliction of the penalties of the Law is the only effective remedy for Sin, and the only sure way of making sinners love God; and that He who said, ‘Neither do I condemn thee; go and sin no more,’ was a good-hearted and very well-meaning person, and all very well for those antiquated days; but for these enlightened and progressive days, there is nothing like a well-organized police.”
But when the Very Reverend Doctor Immaculate Barkworst returned from over the pond, it was found that the fresh air of Heaven had not quite removed the evil odor of him; for some of the filth with which he had smeared himself still stuck to him and made him disagreeable to decent dogs and all save the fleas of the church and the multitudinous Societies like his own; and in their nostrils his stenchful odor was a sweet smelling savor.
And as for the bow-wows that smeared themselves with him, they never were able to wash themselves quite clean again; and it was afterwards found that one of them who had sworn that he was a dirty dog had sworn truly.
CHAPTER XX.
Shows How Hard it is to Establish Piety Amongst the Unregenerate; and also What Happens When the Irresistible Comes in Contact With the Immovable.—The Blue Thunderbolts.
