The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-11-28
Still, PROSECUTING REV. d.
G. MORRISON.

consequences, that tne on'ion N
charities Of the NJ. f. Church oon'n' +
come places, are still prosecuting ,
Raw n G. Morrison, the Holiness
evangelist; and it seems to us ,na'
,b;s has ,,,ached the point OF jealous
;uterf.rsnce. In our opinion ana "e
h.lieve the average fair minced per-
son will concur il the opinion noun
inc but harm to Method'sm' an'
especially the Southern branch OF ~
can come FIR, m this attempt OF so'ne
presiding elders, pastors ana ol,l''a'
boards, to dictate Just how o'het''
equally as competent as they, an' !"
many instances moro So soall pre'0''
'.' ,an n some instances, to legs
into tho very manner of expression
and the order IN which the exercises
shall be conducted.
, The latest exploit against MIR, Nor
, ,;.on com from Dublin, leA"S'
. where the presiding elder, pastor IL,
. charge and others, heavily oof'e'e'
for the stability of the doc'rlue' p'o
: tested against his coming ana pte"op
ing; though he came at the 'nVl'"''oT
al
), of large numb'r ESQ 1t Is "l'eseo,
r. o,d ,nouvb he was not t., and ana
not use the Methodist church, o'ei
which they had jurisd'ctlop' az al :, ,
:" This objection will no d'ao' uu''
!" rather peculiar to those people "o1
bel;eve this to DO free couhtry, aho
n Tim, our vrest constitution guarah
ar t.ss the freedom of rpeech--not o
to an iucondiary or anarchlcal character
And these same liberty loving Tree
man will no doubt be still create
- surpr,ued, and no doubt real 'nd'g
r. mt when they learn that theS
,ts s,u,a ecclesiastical zealots, this pre-
tn siding elder, the pastor o'ho'al' 0o'i
actually preferred charges sg"'a'
AZ, M,rr,,ou aud sent them 70 IL
conference. because he refused
obey their unnolv behests. 1t WI
certainly cause manly aud woman
Dur Me,hooists to pause and serious
10 think over their own positions
oo' memb, r. of this great branch OF u
laf' church, if presiding elders and pe
1867 1867 tors-in- charge eau, without rebu
~ from the higher authorities, arrog'
=" 10 themselves the right and power
ny control the actions of other preach'
who may wish to come into the "a
,ose city, town Or community IN Wh
way tbey are located, and preach. Ii
rhis could, wl'h equal consistency u
with the same authority, dem'
that's Presbyterian, Baptist or !
Urn. other preacher Of aAy denolnlna.'
ana snail not fill All appointment to b
s6 meetingsin q place to which he
con- beeifinv.ted
'h'k, What harm has this evapgt
donel Does his crime lie IN pref
VI, lng TOO high standard OF living
F,,st Theses Christian objectorsY ID
" ed. envy the large congregations w
ten hang on his words with wrapt at
eeble ton? Are they displeased becau'
the large number which turn
,,l;ng the old way aud seek "The way,
thew truth and the Iife9' Is 1t mad
more ing to them to see how many re-
VARIES. the necessity for nobler life
,se, to that which they have formerly
, the and under the guiding light OF
blame mans holy experience, thems
grasp the great truths and com
from umoug even those who are
lug III tent to stand to-day and fall to-
Gun . row? Alb, men Of God brett
wherein lies the wrong of this
before whom thousands have
ont OF stood and drunk il the deep dra
's'ohed OF spiritual grace which he told
rowing of, and sighed for more, ever INC
But il seems to make no cifft
archant TO these self-appointed censo,
line OF ministerial action, that this Il
pst up heritical doctrine comes but
he pub earnest request OF the very best
same. bers Of the churches oyer which
, never presiding elders and pastors
rect, jurisdiction; that the member
1--we closest to the doctrine anG
10 pr'- cipline are generally the one
want these Holiness teachers to