Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-25
Unto tho Churches.

s'@"'a"s.''7'7 Unto the Churches.
The article In our last with this head.
ing caused some talk in this CITY, and
much friendly and unfriendly comment.
And some effects itmsy be5well tc note.
Calling attention 30 pointedly 10 a par.
licular church, It became necessary for
he members TO fepudiate the article, as
IN entire falsehood, or accepting the
charges, attempt to remedy them.
Aud since one ofthe proprietors Of tho
10 amenable to the laws of
The church word Of personal explana-
lion may be allowed. Mr.. Davidson
wished to maintain the same forbearance
that has marked his course In the past,
and would have borne in silence the
abuse and calumnious Islander which has
been heaped upon him. There was no
escape for him from this-unless he re
turned railing for railing-except by pre-
ferring formal charges Of unchristian
conduct against his professed brother.
The fact that any such conduct would
have been misconstrued into attack for
personal ends upon brother printer, eff:
fectually prevented this course. And so
week after week through year after year,
he has submitted in silence to malignant
scurrility, hoping that some protested
''brother," whose hands were not tied as
his were, would come to his rescue. Blu
no! A man and his organ made their
open boast that they would destroy his
business, disgrace his name, ruin him,
and drive him from the town, and yet its
editor remained in Fellowship"
Nor is Mr.. Davidson a:one in his hltll-
erto und efended position, but all OF his
friends-and they constitute a majority
of this same church-have been called
liars and thieves, robbers and convicted
criminals, and that too, by these same
brethren in Christ" But the same deli.
cacy which prevented Mr.. Davidson from
attempting his own defense, kept them
silent, tor people would have said, thai
under the guise of defending their own
christianity they secretly fought q politi.
cal warfare.
And right here let US bring out the diff
ference in forbearance of the one party
and the other. One has borne for years
unrestrained and continued abuse, ant
even sneering at its christian profes
sion, but on the first day after the frs
issue of the first word of q personal ma
ture, condemning a man of known de-
pravity, how suddenly does a desire fol
more strict adherence to church discip
line come to the surface! No feelings O
delicacy restrain any one from coming t
our christian brother, and from demand
ing of him that meek and lowly conduc
which they seem never to have expected
from the christian printer on the othe,
side of the house. Men and brethren
these things are so and you know 1t.
After advising with several Of the mos
respected members Of the church, the uu
regenerate man whose name heads these
columns, concluded that forbearance hat
ceased to be virtue, that meekness wa
mistaken for cowardice, that ''endure un
to the end" should be answered by "cas
not pearls before swiue,"-this unregen
crate man whose religion is at leas
founded on fair play" concluded h
could do the church service, by givin,
voice to the jeers Of the street, which dc
clared it trimmed and winked at iniquit!
lest 1t offend the sanctifed dollars III til,
pockets Of some of its members. An
the TRANSCRIPT believes in al. lumilit,
that it has done the church favor, if il
deed the move now sta tied be but follow
ed up. And assure dly it had no hostil
intention to the chu :ch. but only desir
to cry aloud and spare not, and so do til
cause service; and it was advised t
its course by worthy men.
And 1t may be we'll to reply to conci
iatory argument which, fundamentally
truth, when pushed too fur becomes
wrongful sophistry. And that is, tina
each has an equal right to his opinion
with every man. Yes, but brethren, thi
opinion must be stated with the same d,
ference and regard for the feelings o
others, which we demand for ourselve!
While one party has assailed by name b,
two men so far, they being Sherman Pag
and Mr.. HOtchkiss, how m any dozens
your brethren have been assaulted by th
other party-assaulted and pointed GU
by name and station. Every man has
right to his opinion, bqt that opinio
must be approximately correct. Me
may differ with regard to theories an
abstract ideas, but when wide differenc
results from an observance by both pal
ties Of actual fact, one or the other
wilfully blind. A case in point is wher
a sister in the church accused the goo
old Elder Morse of joining and aiding il
a mob! Has that woman right to tha
opinion: No indeed! That "opinion
is the result of wilful perversion O
known fact.
Friends, it would be beautiful thin
should all endure unto the end, but wit
the present anti-millenial constitution {
human society, we believe in that goo
old text God helps him who helps hin
SELF"
PAGES only friend, the st. Paul Di.
patch, is becoming disguised with hin
as witnesseth the following:
/ When the impeachment trial closed, th
weary and wasted people Of Ninnesot.
sincerely hoped that they had heard tn