The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-08
couRTENAY CASE & oRAvELLE COMPANY BUTTE MON.
is by no means impassive as he watch
es the progress of the case.

Is by no means impressive as he watch
es the progress OF the case.
1t strikes me that there are a great
number OF people who hope that Rev.
Mr.. Gibson will be found guilty of
the crime. / have heard some people
talk who I really believe would rejoice
IL Mr.. Gibson could be connected with
the crime, and they talk as though
they want to believe Gibson guilty and
are going to believe him guilty, wheth-
er he Is or not. / am unable to dis
| cover any reason for this state of
things, except the fact that Mr.. Gibson
happens to be a clergyman. They
seem TO think 1t would be a terrible blow
to Christianity II this crime could only
be traced to Gibson. of IL he could
only be connected with 1t in some way.
They are willing every American cit
lien should have a fair show except
minister of the gospel. The people
who take this stand are those who talk
ioudest about freedom of Thought and
equal rights and justice to all. / be-
lieve that even a minister is entitled to
the same show on this earth as any
other man. AS for holding Christianity
responsible for the murders here, Chris
tianity would be dead issue long ago
IL Ii were to be mortally stabbed every
time a Sunday school superintendent
robs a bank, a church member cheats
in business, a minister elopes with an
other mans wife or some professed
Christian proves that he is the very
opposite of Christian. II Christianity
could die that easy IL would never have
survived Judas and Peter. Until IL
can be shown that the teachings of
Christ authorize lust, outrage, murder,
Christianity cannot be held even re-
motely accountable for these murders.
1t was not Christianity but the lack of
IL that caused the crimes. The man
who murdered the two girls murdered
also the Emmanuel Baptist church of
this city, but the people who exult be-
cause the crime was committed in a
church will be unable TO find any fur
Their effect on the church of Christ.
l must, however, find the church of
Christ guilty of one thing, and that is
of being too lenient in the matter of
allowing hypocrites in it's membership.
There seems to be nothing to prevent
any one from using Christianity as a
cloak for sin. as a lever to make crimes
more easy. 1t is true that IL church
membership were limited to those who
try to follow the precepts and nearly
succeed, the church lists would be
greatly diminished, but those left on
the lists would have the satisfaction of
knowing that they didn't have to par
take of communion or attend prayer
meeting in company with murderers,
thieves, defaulters or rape fiends. l
don't think every villain should be rec
ognized as a Christian because he says
he is one. How can we safely allow
our daughters to go to Sunday school
and Christian Endeavor meetings If no
more discrimination is to be shown
than in a skating rink or ball room2 |
1t is just as easy for a fiend to get into |
one place as into the other. 1t is true |
that Christ said Judge not that we be |
not judged" But I don't believe that |
he meant by that that we should wear |
dark Q1aGGaG cant discover
black sheep when IL gets into the flock. |
The silver statue of Ada Rehan is |
here. IL is a little dilapidated and |
frayed at the edges, but still shines. |
1 have the promise of the left ear and |
part of an arm towards my tabernacle |
in the great day when she comes to be |
melted up. l understand she is COM
ing to Butte soon to be exhibited in |
one of Butte's dry goods stores. There |
are premonitions that she will be held |
up on the way there. Very respectful
ly, j. FOUNDER.