The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29
CHRIST Is HIS MODEL.
PROF. WHEELOCK DAZES OLD
TIME PREACHERS.
Believes That the Teachings .of Jesus
Should Be Made the Law of the
Land-He Is Consequently Hated by
the Plutocrats. .

Mr.. Spurgeon nee said that a SER
mon which neither converted nor an
gered any one was a failure. 1t is evil
dent from the number and earnestress
Of his critics as we'll as the number
who rush to his defense that Prof.
Heron, the great philosopher of Iowa,
is doing good work. DR.. Josiah Strong
says he speaks like one of the old
prophets, and the intensity with which
packed houses in Chicago hang on his
words veriies DR.. Strong's statement.
1t is not to be expected that a man
who speaks like that will please every
one. The history Of prophets is identi-
cal-stoned by ignorance, by Mammon
n by ecclesiasticism; welcomed by
common folk and sainted after death.
1t is well that prophets do not liyG for
ever. 1t is well that truth does.
Here is a nan who from a poor boy,
earning his living on the streets and
later earning his education with his
W hands, has come tt be a public
teacher, greatly beloved by thousands,
n who actually takes Jesus teach
ings seriously and dares to demand
that all the affairs of human society be
organized and conducted in accordance
with those teachings. ellis PROPOSE
ton has dazed many old-line preach
ers.)
Prof. Herron's critics are found in
the usual classes. but a surprising ig-
norance characterizes them all. Many
of them know him only through the
echo which pervades any community
where he s~peaks-nearly all have heard
him little and read him less, and some
have only the %mishappen report of a
religious weekly.
A Kansas preacher pitches into him
for defaming the church-a thing the
professor never did-and for wearing
a good coat-which every man might
do if the professors teachings pre-
vailed. This minister evidently got his
report of the professors speech at sec
ond hand (probably from a Chicago
paper), and is certainly ~unacquainted
with the professors everyday clothes.
Trustee Meyer of Prof. Herron's col
lege uses nearly two columns in what
is intended as a savage attack, but
which in reality speaks loudly in his
praise. The professor could hardly
have a better recommendation than
the distribution of Mr.. Meyers letter.
If he really teaches the things which
Mr.. Meyer says he does, then he should
be heard from one end of the land to
the other. Mr.. Meyer says much about
the college being congregational, but
little about it being Christian. He
goes into the professors fnancies and
tries to make him out as something of
a plutocrat with his salary of s. $500,
and falsely says this is increased by
his lecture work. If he knew as much
about Mr.. Herron's work as he should
he would say that a large percentage of
the salary is used up in the expenses
of a voluminous correspondence from
all parts Of the world. Furthermore,
instead of his lecture work adding to
the professors income, it is a drain
on it, for he refuses to take pay for his
lectures, and often does not receive
enough to cover his expenses.
It is we'll known that Prof. Heron
does not cost Iowa college a cent, as
his endowment went to the college
with him and for him, and it is safe
to say that the college is better known
through his work.
Mr.. Meyer goes into statistics to
show the baleful influence of Heron
ism" on Iowa college. He shows that
during the five years ended with 1898
the college lost t~hirty-five students
from its average for the preceding five
years, which, however, was $50 greater
than the average had ever been be-
fore. If this is the case, and Mr.. Meyer
is of course authority on the statistics
of the COLLEGE, it proves "Herronism"
to be a strong influence for holding
students. Scarcely a college in the
land has lost so small a percentage of
its students during the last five years
of hard times. Mr.. Meyers entire let
ter is such a labored plea from a pure
ly dollars-and-cents standpoint as to
make it evident ven to outsiders that
Iowa college needs a change of at least
one trusteeship more than the profess
sorship of applied Christianity.
Mr.. ]. V. Farwell also had a criticism
in the Record. We must give Mr.. Far
we'll credit for sincerity and for writ
ing less Unexpectedly than some of
the other critics. I am amazed at his
ignorance of the meaning of the terms
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