The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-21
GOD GETS THE BLAME
But R:H Mr.. R under Thinks He Doesn't
Deserve II.
AS TO THE BIG EXPLOSION
Tho Eccentric Preachers Taber-
nacle Was Badly Battered but
He Found a Place to Hold
His Sunday Services.


of last Tuesday night. 1t passed through
the first explosion all right, but the Sec
ond explosion raincI down fusillade OF
big iron bullets, pieces of pipe and rabble
heads. Every window on one side of the
tabernacle was smashel-on the side
nearest the warehouses. There were two
big holes in the roof as we'll, and the tab
ernacle looked Wednesday morning some
what as though it had been through
threshing machine. The attention of the
relief committee was called to the dilapi-
dated condition of the Rounder taber-
naclc, but the committee refused to even
go down and take look at the damage
| to the structure. As the windows of the
tabernacle were not plate glass, the panes
were easily replaced, especially as tho
! Rev. Mr. Rounder managed to stand oil
| Charles Schatzlein until next month. But
! the two big holes in the roof could not he
SO easily repaired, as the carpenters could
not be stood off. and the special contribu-
| tons for the purpose of repairing tho
! Rounder tabernacle had not yet begun to
| come in.
| Those who went down to :he tabernacle
this evening to attend the usual Sunday
evening service found notice posted on
| the door to the effect that owing to tho
| dilap dated condition of the tabernacle
the service would be held this evening at
CaplIce hall. As n consequence the audi
| encc who heard Rev. MIR. Rounder this
evening was not so large as usual. many
| not caring to walk clear over to Capllce
hall even to hear so distinguished and en-
ter;aining a clergyman as the Rev. MIR.
| Rounder.
Before the service began Rev. Mr..
u a a.. Of fn
small subscriptions from various parts of
the country toward repairing the taber-
nacle. lie had also received check for
$50 from Senator Tom Carter, but had re-
turned it To the sender as he could not
afford To get the A. Il. 4. down on his
church. lie hated to lose the SD, but he
didn't want to get his church involved in
any religious controversy. lie considered
too much religious fanaticlsm just as
runious as too much politics, and as far
as possible he considered II safest for the
| Rounder congregation TO steer clear of
| both religion aud politics. So long as the
former has apparently become productive
| of curses, dlssensIoDs and quarrellng
| among old trends, divisions among citl-
zcns of one republic, and followers of one
flag. and often even of bloodshead; and
so long as the latter has become SO cor
| rupt that an honest politician Is laughed
at il was best TO beware of too much of
either.
On motion of Mr.. Pincus committee
| was appointed To circulate a petition
| among the citizens of Butte demanding
| of the relief committee that they repair
tho Rounder tabernacle without FUR
ther delay.
Rev. Mr.. Rounder then announced as
his text for the evening:
| "NHEREAS. Ii has \. c1scd the Almighty
God, the Ail-Wise Ruler of the Universe,
To remove from our midst our beloved
comraie and brother, p. j. Morning; and
| WHEREAS, etc"
Ihe clergyman said: "My text is taken
from one of the very many sets of reso-
| buttons that have been passed during the
| last few days. many of VIII ch resolutions,
like the ono / have taken tor my text,
| shove off the responsibility for this crime
onto God. | wish, IN such feeble manner
as may be able, to appear rs defender
| of the character of God. / wish to deny
that God was pleased at the removing
of the victims of Tuesday nights on rage.
| may not he entirely orthodox. but | am
not prepared TO accept that conception OF
God which makes of Him a bloOdthlrsty
monster killing of innocent men as n
pastime. TWAS not God that set fire to
that building. IL was not God who stored
tons of powder in most peril
Gus place IN order to save
the few dollars of expense nee
essary to cart up the powder from
the powder house. Ii was not God who
violated the law. The horrible death of
brave men, the angu sh of bereavcd wo-
| men and children, ihc terrible suiferiugs
of the wounded, the killing of 80 men and
the Gripping for life of as many more,
these are the works of mau-not of Cod.
Il cannot accept that conception of the
| Father of the Universe which would lead
us to regard Him as the responsible party
when "A locomotive engineer gets drank
and wrecks "A world far passenger train,
killing and manning hundreds OF innocent
and happy people. That Is the crime of
man, not the act Of God. ] do not cons
| slider that II was God who removed w.
j. Pcnrose on a dark corner i'm the streets
of Butte three years ago. do not con-
slider that il was God who killed Police
Officer Jordan while doing his duty two
years ago. | do not consider that II was
God VINO made a physical wreck of Con-
ductor Bcager, or that performed numer-
Gus other crimes in this city. Ii is cow
ardly on the part of humanity To seek 10
| escape the responsibility of pun shlng
crime 10y throwing the responsibility OH
God. God Is not pleased with these
acts. He cannot he pleased for they are
contrary to the word and the spirit O. the
law which he gave man TO follow. The
Bible does not advocate murder nor does
il excuse dsobedleuce of the law.
God is blamed for crimes and ills
| which in most cases can bc traced directly
| To the lahlN al illaUs y lllNti COMES warm
and heated from the mime, and without
taking proper care of himself goes down
town, gets drunk. catches cold and the cx-
posture brings pneumonia. In four DAYS
he Is dead. That Is not the fault OF Col.
Had he taken proper care of himself he
would be living yet. The engineer VINO is
ont all night with the BOYS aud thinks he
can handle his tram during tho day - re-
I sponsib.c for the accident that cnsues. 1;
| is not the fault of God. Had the engineer
been m shape To attend To ms work there
I would have been no accident. Had the
owners of the warehouse or Warehouses
not been led 10y cup.dlty TO dIssoey the
| law there would have been no accident
and hundreds Of families now mourning
! and dcsolatc. would still toe happy.
"How can 10 be expected that The com.
I mon pcople will respect the law whlcl
the rich people d.sobcs Ii To save a few
dol ar- a rIcu man can place the lives ol
/ hundreds ln peril m opcu dlsohcdieucc 81
| the law. who can pun IN the humber mly
/ who breaks the law hy hrea KING lu.D Z