The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-03
Mr.. PENTECOST'S EVOLUTION
,ur IN THE SHAPE or " CONFESSIONS
or 4 REFORMED CLERGYMAN"

u uiaeh.tons Has Cared Hln n Inst.
Hugh O. pentecost will not be sworn In as an
l..istant District Attorney Col. Fellows ar
.ivsd practically at this decision on Friday
.s,r reading extracts from Mr.. Pentecosts
..rmons and lectures. Yesterday this letter
va, made public:
an Bs. J h. n IsE,p. ntt.ir AavrN
pr,nStR: II Is due to you and to myself that
f,hould make the following statement:
For fifteen years | was a minister Of tho
eo,peL During that time my life was spent.
tor the m ost part In the secluston OF the study.
I tnev little Of the realities OF the workaday
World; little Of business or politics. never
,.red for the subteties OF theology, but loved
tbs study Of the Biblc. and became infatuated
With the personality OF jesus Christ As re-
aseted on Ills words and conduct, He became
"a me A present reality with whom lived and
moved and had my being in spiritual COM
/. munIon. His determination, His love Of
othsrs. His sympathy for tho poor and sim
hl. His willing submission to injury. His
dslicacy and gontleness touched. charmed.
and subiuod mo into devotion to Him and His
esuse. lie was TO me an ideal reality. IL
seemed to me that what lie commanded should
bo done; that as lilo had lived so should we nll
live. Ny heart burned and impellei me to be
In some small measure - others what He Ind
been.
While in this highly wrought state OF mind
,enl Henry Georges Progress and Poverty
ssnd In the light which that clever book throw
on tn, world saw teem.ng millions OF poor
paople suffering miseries which. to my mind.
as influenced b. Mr.. George. were uniustly
Indicted upon them. and which seemed to me
contrary to tho will OF the kind and gentle
Jesus
These poor poople haunted mo dnT and
night could see nothing think OF nothing
but them. Isaw them. however. only through
mr. study window. thought OF Thorn only as n
theorist. for know nothing o! them By per-
sonal contact Imagined they were all sting
ing with IL sense OF their wrongs and only
waiting for u delyerer. whom | believed God
had raised up in the person OF Henry George.
and aurg myself INTO the work OF assisting
NJ, Ge9rgS in purgng the world Of poverty
temptation of which g.orei with the relg-
ious enthusiasm OF n Crusader.
which shocked the world was thrown in mi.
eSgo. Up to that time l hal hardly heard OF
manner Of beings they were. / then began to
read , About them IN pn6iieetlo9ns, which 4niy
c!Se mem Who we're hSns:d Tor the murders ,r
committed by the Chicago bomb throwers |
them. This. narrative presented The men
Who were tried rs enthusiasts for the well
~ mind, that thoy were no. Tesponsible for
the act OF the man WHO throw the bomb. The
| is:ocitY Ia my eyes as in those Of other people.
Twas sincere dihciple Of Jesus. and the idea
sIsaso Was altos mon ssr5s ss TO me. But
h.assd had nothing to do with the bomb
aSs layer then gss elS,symsa
nmed. by the kind OF education and Mental
s%p . soneas s sasssssa ' ~ my emo
hANN
which now know Is necessary In order to dis;
cover any given fact which It requires legal
snstaEs to hang those men. hrst, because, as
disciplo OF Jesus, Cid not believe capital
sSrt ssoonS Ssssass hn peen I'D
because st% i though, the hanging Of them
deeds, Of Violence instead OF checking
lhelT discomfort. did not then know how few
Chleago aeta.ors, represented. nor how or
esriy and pSeccdble me wage earners as a
and knew nothing but evil could result from i:
,, IN ne state Of mind have iust described !
Gsb s.rchGn sermon IN the Newark cnuITh. OF
tioyal oil the hanging on substantially the
breeding grounds. but specifically declaring
claiming any sym2athy with the Views Of the
Chicago aaltators, with which did not then.
Two years later. aud moie than four years
ago from my own sunday evening lecture
banging, Tut in that lecture distinctly said
that since those men advocated violence, they
!ssl against them. It was in that lecture that
Isald that, while ! believed those men were
Eholly wrong in their advocacy OF the use OF
lotee, !, nevertheless. did not regard them as
.ommou thieves or murderers. but as revolu-
t0nisis, who :h9ughi It right 70, make war on
n9nr i9roiathers made war on England.
,h Mhea preached tho sermon 10 my Newark
snureh Thought those Chicago men were in
Recent Of tho charge brought against them
s saI did not know that they advocated the use
th, Sify tSo yer RS Iateri sssw they aSwoeHtsa
Nolehre, Dut thought they had not beeE con-
asrted by evidence with the bomb thEower. I
N.esNarl hscame convinced that IN bomb
tnhroyer was one OF their group and Judge
GSry's somewhat rerent article In the Cr't0V
nethat they hal been convicted on evidence
nncient 70 establish their guilt
| ,,All that ever said about those men was the
nnceTe utterHnce OF an enthusiast whose emo
sens. and G roo8 in1,sT'sTSd TI'a his sSmmSn
O'hsT sincere but mistaken a' " '1''
before leaving this subject Of the Anarchists
~ ss..ld me To say that oe who says nave or
s!!h those persons who advocate or practise
ss!soLierly uprlsinRs OF whatever nature
vas asqclalist or Anarchist, says what is not
Mus have and always had the same horror
.vs somO thToWers that other good citisens
.,htstIue however, that under the influence
. M them. i did arrive al what sesmeG to
tss.t 10 be q logical conclusion from those
gsISaSsulhgs that all governments established
!, 1 al ma!ntaiped BY force OF arms were con.
Vii ta W me lIes Of peace on earth and good
NJ aI laea was that II all men would do right
\ a. government would be necessary except
soS Sn as could be maintained by voluntary
Ssnar, utlohs IN lieu OF taxation. and by the
IN 80 consent and good will Of the people.
sansseeAlng lor the causes OF poverty. tgnO-
tsHt Sna AZ human misery IL seemed TO me
EoNefhment by statute law and force OF
kn1 accounted for them. and often said so,
Ia ma sSo ssld as many times that what seemed
hyanshs letter state Of things could never be
Ss pughI anout ~ revolution. but only w each
4 tbeaESs ststlnK himself morally right; Tho idea
snIv" oteIeally correct enough but II could
talnsSSs seriously propoundad by person
mn.nL IN the qnWorldly ana impraetteAble at
nv y1P pfe 10 which lived so long previous 70
LboSSuiAollc Championship Of the cause OF the
SSStansgle people And 1t has no resemblance
foSS ,F 20 the feroeious aud wicked opPosi-
BON government which eharacterizes the
thu throwing Anarchists. To rank me with
NTpil y 10 cruelty malgn ma
hstshhtualy, however. II dRWned upon mo
b1set tnl5 Is not worla OF dreams but ono OF
fteay,eaI realities and ceased 20 Indulge mr.
d I'm EUuUa. H. L.