Arizona citizen., 1878-10-12
The church in "s,ocL Deals. ;,
This is from the San Francisco sto,

This is from the San Francisco Stock
 Report of Sd instant:
 Some time ago the Stock Report had
 something to say about ihe offering ful sale by the Wesleyan University. ot
 Tennessee. of 1000 shares of certain
 mining stock, lhe property of which
 was located in Arizona. These shares
 were the gift of devOut admirer of
 lhe University, and they were offered
 for sale by advertisement in lhe Chris tian Advocate, and with ihe strongest kind of editorial cOmmendation. The entire Methodist Church, north, south. east and west, was invited tO turn tO and sell this stock al $l0 per share. ln order to help out the Wesleyan Uni
 versiIy. Bishop Simpson, it was said, had put his shoulder to the wheel, and so had the Rev. Consul General New man, and with such bright and shining examples as these, the faithful every
 "here were eXhOrteG to stand in. And now we nO.ice that up m Yolo county the brethren have got into a most un holy sqnabhle over the purchase and sale nf certain other Arizona mining stock. IL seems that the church un deltOOk tO supply the whole of YnlO county with stock in the Excelsinr mine, wherever that is, and among other victims was one E. Bynum, who on certain representations of the elders and deacOns. was induced to give his noe for 1000 shares of Excelsior. The sock didn't turn out very well, in fact Il didn't turn out at ak and Bynum Ie. fused tO pay Ihe note. SuiI was brought by representatives of the church tn compel payment, but on uiaI of the cause the defendant claimed that he had made the note under false repre srntafions, and the jury sustaining his views gave him verdict.
 THE CITIZEN is not particularly ad. vised on the Excelsior stock deal, |" bu il has been supplied with a mass of papers touching the merits of the mine Gin Globe DistricD and stocks offered for sale by the Wesleyan University of Tennessee.
 Whenever a church lends its iufiu ence to promote business speculation, honest men should severely let it alone, and sincere and worthy members of such church should at once sharply look into the character of the ministerl and members who are responsible for leading the church into the unwC rihy business. Dealing in stocks of the most productive mines, is hazardous, and in stock of non. productive and un- developed mines, extremely so, and is foreign to the duties of church society. To say the best, such dealing is speculative
 We yield to none in reverence for he true labor and mission of the Chris ian church, and for this reason, we enter an emphatic protest against the church being used 10 bolster up specu-l atiUns and to induce it's honest mem {, 'ers to pay out money for sharpers to quander. Masons and Odd Fellows who have started savings banks under he name of the respective and res 'ectable orders, and robbed the depos- tors of money obtained because off he names of the banks and the pro essions of the managers, are villains # no common degree, but ministers of he Gospel of Christ and professed members of the Christian church, who end their names and commit their ociety to assist in the sale of mining tocks of improved value, are still ,reater scOundrels and ought to be hunned by all honest men, both as natter of principle and protection of Ioly institution from degredatiOn.