The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-08

csns Sow., II pevYIr nrnw MuSS. Sold only In
NJ NJ. ROYAL BAKING f0wOIs g.. 10s walfss'
that 30 called brother. Th regard asl
unkind. Our church co9,s take, coo.
nizance of circumstances.
WINE aware that tile lang age employ
ed toward Mr.. Cooper is VET strong and
forceable language, conveying INV mean.
ing exactly, 1 fail to ees tlit exact ouo.
'a'.ons nom the biDie can " "ahusiye,"
or that in the circumstance thew were
u'9us.'nao'e' see my pdnphlet, and
mr: eoopers letters. AS FOR brother
Quinn, who has mania fol suflixes to
his name, it can be shown, % least sone
Of the appendage that calleG forth what
"o ''o" numpiy confess v caustic
remark, did not truly belo b him
The "remark" (rehuke ou please,
had good effect, for i'll eply" No
2, lie appeared like "auld mass:
Tam o'sl'anter." will, "sca a stlimpy'
u IL 10 DC hoped brother u ster' Coo
per also learned lessons of dom.
Flaternaliy, CHAs., AcLE.s
Pembina, N. d., Oct. 29th, l8
ANSWER TO CHARGE
L plead not guilty, with the following
Explanations:
list. From my you'll, up live eyer.
cised myself to maintain Spscience
void of ofiense toward God aid man.
and, believe l have fairly we'll srccee,led
in my purpose. In neither TIN. mint
the press nor in my private onyerse
with men have encouraged doctrine
or method of Christian work tina. can be
shown by fair reasoning to be at ,.risnca
with either the letter or "tle shirt of
the word Of God" the constitution Of my
church or the agreements ofahe scholar.
ship or piety ofmy church. / challenge
contradiction. 1 deny cllalgeNo. l, in the
sense i'll which 1t is preferred.
End. While it is true that. esvte,, nv
by motives which moved Pa hia rue to
tho divine principle of exyim. l,cy to
become all things unto all ming lthout
shining, willingly" for tbs u(us no
compulsion, accepted gl.ary lbeer"
Oil ''e courteous invitation ore 81 Scrib.
ier, whose hahds cannot bacc dxn to
he tho hands of tho intern dalA." I
deny the allegation that "dchc fl hest.
'".c W enter places OF publ INC hrt or
saloons for the purpose of drh Or / ,le.
ny TINT my habits are contphcn D the
word of God, the CONSTITUTE he nv
c""ich VI 'he common sens'lsso light
'"ii'A"'R '"eii anu women. gu firm
without any fear of successful the die.
ton that the appears" of Schee mi Nc.
kenzie's report are Islander one tho
Christian sense Of this judicato1tles ,u,d
punish. affirm without any fei Is Inv
ccssiul contradiction that only thtl ID :,
the Baptist type of man li-lth or
abstemiously than have lived 'nr N
youth up md do now live is rel Ion
charge No 3as preferred. IL az sva,
hold to and stand by the folio -, M;
ton in regard to
TIE LIQUOR oursrnoS-
list. That the production oEs Il a,
material. the manufacture of, :, nkou
'nelce i'll and the using ofth in:,vrh Min
liquor known as swine" sn.a,3strou
drinks extracted from fail n mate
ial, are agreeable to tho word of Cod mn
fitted to meet and satisfy cers i'm natur,
wants of men.
End. That adulte ration in the man,
facture, greed and maud in thu con
merce and excess in the 10 Ct tl,es
liquors are contrary to the pin in teachiu
OF the word of God and 1equ irenents
the just laws of men, and SIN ,uld. ther,
fore, be punished proportion, lily to I'll,
nature and extent of the offau &c.
Bird. That drunkenness is neither n,
root nor the trunk, but &, uit of Il,
deleterious "Upas Tree" of sin in III
soul.
4tL. Tint instead Of trim ming I'M
identifying this deadly plant (tle moi
that legislation can do) by VIII ittlipp at
fruit bearing branch Ii ere and there. il
the duty Of ministers aud all Christian,
putting up again their feeble sword n
human devices into his place g3Iath. 2t
a2) to apply the Gospel of Christ whic
is the power of God unto sal vation from
i'll (the tla.s tree,) and the, ,efoce, fron
drunkenness, one Of it's man v kinds an,
sorts Of fruit, (see Gal. 9th chapter.
When tho church of God will I've DOS.
essed by faitll-unconquerable faitk-il
the imperishable word Of God a. adaste,
to meet the needs of men there will b.
no effort put forth to secure laws whiel
cannot be made effective without calm,
into requisition "means and agencies
that are not 'divinely appointed or ell
dorsed-mcalls and agencies whose no
tency are lying, hypocrisy al,d ifsjud.
Now, brethren. if this pod 'lbn de,
nlands under the statutes of the krsby.
terrain church in these Unitec State.
suspension from tho Gospel II ,istry,
the penalty that i,,s been inflictee with.
out trial and continued up to tile ;sbsent
time-.'nore than five months, con Try to
all laws, civil. military and ecclesI asticai,
yea, common decency-tlcn susti.iD the
action of the six members of this Pres.
bytery, who, OH the eighth day Of May,
1889. took upon them to suspend me from
the Gospel ministry. without waiting
to know whether or not there wal, cause
filled Il community with bad bloc d
and broke up a prosperous. happy aid.
at the time of said suspension, ,ost
harmonious church.
Pembina. N. D., October 22nd, 1889.
REV. CHARLES MAcLsAN.
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Unclaimed Letters.
The following.letters remain unt lain.
ed in the post Office in Pernbins, and IL
not called for in thirty days, will ln, for.
warded to the dead letter Office. One
cent for letters advertised.
Chas. Turner; Clemence Monroe; Phil.