Word: lindseyism
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...angry little men had a fracas in Manhattan's great Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine last Sunday. One little man, Bishop William Thomas Manning, damned the other in his sermon. The other little man, onetime Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey, was tensely listening directly below the Bishop. Said the Bishop in part: "As to his latest book [The Companionate Marriage'], I can only say here, speaking as a Bishop of the Church, that it is in my judgment one of the most filthy, insidious and cleverly written pieces of propaganda ever published in behalf of lewdness...
...money-lenders out of the temple. It wasn't more than a few years ago that someone remarked that the temple built to protect a spiritual fire is become the theatre of social manners. And it wasn't more than two days ago that Bishop Manning versus ex-Judge Lindsey took place in the tabernacle of the Lord, situated on Fifth Avenue...
...impromptu scene was edifying. The picture of 3500 "well-groomed decent citizens"--the epithets are culled from the Associated Press--shouting at the top of their lungs to "punch" Lindsey, to "lynch him" is only slightly amusing to the cynic. More pleasing was the image of the battered advocate of companionate marriage, who is sincere if nothing else, being snatched from the rioters by four burly detectives. Howis of glee must attend the non-partisan when he reads that this formally attired herd docilely returned to their pews, no longer menaced by the black sheep, sand "Fight the Good Fight...
...should prove sustained. There will be front-page articles for a week. Bishop Manning will refuse to prosecute. Clarence Darrow, trial lawyer and atheist par excellence will delight in protesting against charges of inducing to riot. Lindsey, a bit chastened, will contend that his indignation at being accused by the Bishop of writing "the most filthy, insidious and cleverly-written piece of propaganda ever published in behalf of lewdness, promiscuity, adultery and unrestrained sexual gratification" carried him away. The 3500 will continue behaving as well-groomed and decent citizens. The limelight will bestow its honors on everyone connected with...
...moved back and forth, inning after inning, while the Cardinal batters took turns striking out, grounding out, popping out. Street had made one mistake himself. Instead of putting in his best fresh pitcher, Haines, when Wild Bill Hallahan blew up, he had tried first Sylvester Johnson, then Jim Lindsey. The Philadelphians had hit both of them hard. St. Louis did not get a man around the bases till the ninth, when Earnshaw was coasting along with a big lead. In the dressing room Jimmy Dykes autographed 17 balls, each one of them submitted to him as the ball he knocked...