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read Jour editorial In last uerAS CAu-
cAsiAN, headed DIR. Thompsoo and
the Church You have done s6e Church
good service IN showing ap III char
acter of the partisan prvsa and iss OBJ
lects in attaching Dr. Thompsou and
In running To the defense Of she
Church
In this connection permit me TO ssy
that the statement Dr. Tho@pson
made about the Church mot Christi
anityl sounds harsh To many, but it 10
. good time for us TO see hou the
Church stands. I ask In all serious
ness, docs the Church to-day live sp
70 the teachings Of Christi know
DIR. Thompson, and know that be b.
lieves In the Ten Comma admests and
that he 10 Christina. don't believe
that there 10 . single man Who has crit
icited him, who comes any nearer Iiy-
ing up to then In letter or spirit DR..
Thompson 10 not only Q believer in
the teachings Of Christ but me 10 q
supporter Of those great and divine
principles Of correct living. Bus Dr.
Thompson does not believe the Church.
as an organization, is living up TO the
teachings Of Christ.
This Is the question in controversy.
Can those Who disagree with br
Thompson show that the Church. a. an
organization, is living up TO Christ's
standard.
The teachings of Christ are great d.
vine truths aud principle. Of correct
living.
The Church 10 simply an org.ni.a-
tion Of men. This organization of men
claims To work TO advance doth by
teaching and exampleD the teachings
Of Christ. The men who make up
these organizations are the same men
who are prominent in politics, in bank
ing, In merchandising, In farming and
in nearly every other business in our
midst.
Now when members of the Church
do things that are wrong, immoral or
dishonest and the Church either silent
" endorses II, or N least winks at such
wrongs, 10 the Church living up TO
VIC oi SuTleNs ueu pIOui-
| inent members Of the Church steal
votes or steal from widows and orpha ns
Or from any ybody else through dishon-
est bank management or in any other
way, and the Church does not severely
condemn the crime, Is the Church on
Christ's side or against Christi
Christ drove. the money changers and
usurers from the Temple, but does not
the Church to-day cloak and magnify
some, il not many, Of the same kind
Of men! How often do preachers
avoid discussing and cOndeming the
wrongs Of men Of this kind In their
community, while they get in the pul.
pit and preach against some othel
wrongs that will not meet with Opposi-
tiOn from the members Of the Church
Too often does the modern none
changer and usurer, pay the bulk o.
the preachers salary; too often Othel
members Of the Church tolerate sucl
men because they put up the money Il
run the Church. Who will undertake u
name the Churches that are entirely
free from this sin? When the Church
is run this way, is it for Christ Ol
against CHRISTI
The influence Of such Churches 10 to
day used on the side Of Single gols
standard slavery and against human
freedom and human prosperity, ant
such Curches Dr. Thompson no dOub,
had in his mind when he made tn,
statement.
A CaURcH NBMBKR.