The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-10-10
THIS WAS MAN


the attention OF the people to a clause
in an interview with Bishop John p.
Newman and takes the reverend gen.
tleman to task. But the World. herald
is not severe enough. Following Is the
language used by Bishop Newman, Us
published In the New York World:
When he Bryan frat embarked on
his congressional career felt that
great things were In store for him, but
events have so shaped his public life
that ! fear that it will be as short as
tt has been brilliant His personal life,
as far rs | know, has been blameless,
but il does not follow that, because a
man worships God in his parish church
every Sunday, keeps mis- command.
ments, refrains from cursing and
swearing and leads a pure life. that he
Is a good man.
The above are not the sentiments of
an anarchist or a dynamiter Bishop
Newman signed his name TO the inter.
view and therefore it will not be rcpu-
dated. 1t does not follow that q man
who leads a pure life is a good man,
says the bishop" Does the bishop
mean to tell us that man may lead
an impure life and be good man, II
he only does as the bishop wants him
to? II a man worships God, keeps his
commandments and leads a pure life,
and ia still a bad man. will the bishop
kindly explain what constitutes being
a good man? Are we to understand
that a man may revile God, break all
the commandments, leads an imp0re
life and curse and swear worse than
Our army in Flanders, and still be o
good man, IL he will advocate the gold
standard? Bishop Newman says that
Mr.. Bryan leads pure life, aud then
accuses him ef arrogance aud insin.
cerity. Can an inhincere man be
pure man? Perhaps the good bishop
will point ont the way. This cam
paign has brought out lot of insin-
cere men who would delight in know
ing that their insincerity was mark |
of purity. Bishop Newman Gays Mr.. |
Bryan is arrogant and insineere, says |
that his election would be a mortal |
blow to universal suffrage, that he Is
unfit for the Office, that he Is n danger
ous man, and that he ia stirring up |
strife and envy. Did the good bishop
over read that little passage in the
good book which says "blessed are ye
when men shall revile you?" Did he
ever read that other passage which
tells him to Judge not lest he be
judged?" What does pure mean, bish.
op? Can anything spotted be pure?
What does the good book say Is true
and undefiled religion before God aud
the father? Doea It not say that
among other things IL is ito keep un.
spotted from the world?' Can a man
who keeps the commandments OF God
10 wrong?
''ln order to bolster up his defense
of the gold standard, and do the bid
ling OF those whe traffic in the toll
and sweat OF human endeavor, Bishop
Newman has invented a new theology
has given to the world new confes.
lion Of faith. has set at naught the
wisdom OF the fathers OF Christianity
md denied the biblical definition Of
purity. Bishop Newman is a great and
shining light in denomination that
IA bean 'h pioneer in western civih-
.ation. lts countless churches in
Amer hav mostly been built by the
weat and sacrifices OF the poor The
iumbla hJdist church has always
'een one Of the signs on the outposts
II c.viliz ltion. The men who have
lone the most for its upbuilding have
oeen poor men in purse but right in
ambition. The men who have fought
he battles OF Methodism along the
'front.' Of the bowling wilderness are
the men who have sustained it, and
hey are the men who are today among
he chief sufferers from the effects of
he gold standard so ably defended by
Bishop Newman. So earnest is he in
iefense OF It that he asserts that a
nan may worship God, keep His com
lead pure life and still
be a wicked man because he advocates
free silver
THAT kind OF religion would empty
Methodist churches, paralyze Metho-
list finances close Methodist colleges,
tarve Methodist preachers and turn
pack the on-reaching tide of Christian
civilization. II would sing the requiem
'ver the dead glories OF one Of the
,randest armies that ever fought the
'attles Of the Lord Of hosts, and heap
he cold clods upon the caslet contain
ng the cherished ambitions OF the best
men grand religious body ever gave
10 defend free country"
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The Last Hopes middle-of- the-road