The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-02
Selections from Christian Neighbor
Work for the "Pcacc Society

DR.. Rucklv, the gifted eultOf OF Ine
Nc,y York. AdrOcUtc, will have to he
taken in hand by the Christian NCigA-
Dor and the Peace Society. Comment
mo on an unfortunate homicide that
recently occurred in Iowa, the shoot
iu~ of one Palmer by Rev. D. ". Hci-
mick of the Methodist Church, ne
says: i,
i.If the statements are true, and the
verdict Of the Coronc's jury correct,
Mr. HelmicIz is to be justified III the
shooting bI the law OF the land and
we believe, by the rcnciples of the
GOSPEL. Certainly ita man assaulted
the editor Of this paper upon his own
premises in the night, he would not
hesitate to defend himself by the use
of any weapon which would disqual-
ifv the opponeut for further hostile pro-
ceedinrs. 1t would be Il painful thing
TO do and to remember, but it would
he more painful to be done to death by
q villain upon ones own premises.
sThat he was justified in carrying a
revolver. if his life had been threaten
ed. we also believe. During the dis
turbances attending the enforcemen1
OF the law prohibiting the sale OF IL
auor in the town of Stamford, Conn.,,
about twelve years ago, when the ea-
for of this paper was the Chairman OF
the Executive Committee of the Socle,
ty for the Prevention of the, Illegal
Sale of Liquor, he was twice threaten
ed with assault. A detective, OF the
most reliable character as such, 1ur-
nished the Committee with full details
of a plot to seriously injure, if not as
sassinate, him and the witnesses en-
ployed, and by the advice OF the EX-
ecutiye Committee, representing the
best citizens-Democratic, Republican,
Protestant and Catholic-the said de
tectiye was within call, armed, with
instructions to defend him at every
cost. and the writer himself carried a
revolver, which, in cas- OF necessity,
would have been used unhesitatingly
with all possible accuracy of alm."
Our Northern brethren " no engage
in controversy with an editor who en-
tart.ins such sentiments as the above
wonld do we'll to mind how they cross
their t's and dot their is. railing 10
convince with the pen, the EDITORS re-
volver might be called into use ,wlth
all possible accuracy of aim. ."-South-
ern Christian Aarocdte.
Suppose the NE1GHBoR adds one
more Rev. G. P. Nickens OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church is in pris-
on, charged with the murder OF one
Rev. Carnutt, all ''irregular" Baptist
nreacher. The indictment was by the
grand jury of Madison County, Az
kansas.
The killing of that irregular" Bap-
fist preacher by regular Methodist
preacher may not so differ from the
Helmick- Palmer homicide as that the
two may not be classed together and,
according to the moral ethics OF DR..
Buckley, the killing in each case, spe-
cial,y that of Rev. Mr.. Helmick, Justl-
fed by the "principles of the gospel"
He gives his endorsement to the con-
tingent shedding of blood by preach
er of the gospel, also to the carrying OF
a revolver with intention to use 1t
"with all possible accuracy of aim."
These views about killing and carry
ing deadly weapons are the sameas the
notions held by the majority of men
who have not the Spirit of Christ and
make no pretension to Christian dlscl-
pleship. -.
IT would not have been irrelevant lfI
the gifted and learned Doctor of Divin-
ity had supported his belief by some
one or more quotations from the Chris
tian Scriptures. 1t is not too late to-
do so yet, provided he can find any
thing in the teaching of Christ or the
Apostles that would clearly support
what he affirms and believes concern
ing deadly weapons and killing men.
When for his two hundred thousand
readers DR.. Buckley writes and prints
that he believes that the killing of
Palmer by Mr.. Helmick was or is JUS
titled "by the principles of the Cos
pel,n how much like "a nail in a sure
place" would have been even one verse
from the New Testament to substanti-
ate the declared belief.
However accurately, hard and often
Brother Buckley may hit that nail on
the head, it will not hold without
clinching. Clinch, Brother, clinch,
and then, if you must shoot somebody,
crack away.
At present this is as far as the editor
of the CHRISTIAN NE1GHBoR would
presume to "take in hand' the editor
of the NeeU York Advocate. Whether
in our brief criticism on the belief of
DR.. Buckley we have implicitly been
handling also the faith of the editor of
the Southern Christian Advocate we
are unable to say. He is neither un-
able or afraid to speak for himself. I'll
he is of the same "faith and order"
with BROTHER Ruckley and has o mind