The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-09-19
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!. The attempted assassination of
President Mckinley has been the
cause Of some very foolish ex-
pressions by ministers during their
ministrations in the pulpit. The
presiding elder of the Washington
Cd. G. J district advocated lynch
law in such cases, saying also if
he had beet present and armed
when the attempt was made upon
the life of the president he would
have shot the assassin dead. Rev.
T. Dewitt Talmadge (Presbyteri-
am made also the same declara-
ton; and III the southern church
a Macon Baptist minister; Pres
byterian pulpitur, of Atlanta, and
an Episcopal Bishop have been
guilty Of some very injudicious
and improper talk in the pulpit.
In striking contrast with the
fulminations of these reverend
gentlemen, how dignified was the
calm command of the upright VIC
tim OF the assassin's bullet: "Let
no one harm him. President
Mckinley has the true spirit of
the Christian ruler and wise
statesman, while his would-be de-
tenders are themselves imbued
with those sentiments of anarchy
which they 50 strongly condemn
III the presidents assailant; for
according to their own assertions
lynch law, and treating citizens,
no matter what may be their
views, as mad dogs" is the es-
sence of anarchy.
These same northern preachers,
when some pure southern woman
lost, by some negro fiend, what
was dearer than life itself, did
not have words in their vocabu-
larry sufficiently strong to express
their adherence of the "barbar-
tiles" of the south. We have had
lectures galore on the necessity of
preserving law and order, but
when case Is brought home to
our censors we find that neither
the anarchist-murderer nor the
negro assailant of white women
finds any more consideration at
the north than at the south. In
view Of similar actions at the
north and at the south to make
short work of the destroyers of
the home and of society, it does
seem that there is large element
at the north which is inherently
hostile to the south and is per-
versely blind to our real motives
and purposes But an awakening
is taking place. The Spanish
American war started all era of
good feeling, and the recent at
tempt upon the life of President
Mckinley in which the dlstin-
guished sufferer has as much SYM
pathy at the south as at the north
has drawn still closer the bonds of
union between the sections and
has caused each TO take a more
sympathetic view of the problems
of the other.
But however much we may de-
plore the dastardly assault upon
the president, our sympaUhies for
him should not be made the occa-
sion of extolling him in the church
es and dAcrying the evil that led
to his attempted assassination.
The churches are spiritual and
nothing but subjects of a spiritual
nature should ever be discussed in
them. Prayer, however, for an
individual or nation in distress
is fully warranted by the scrip
ture; and it was therefore emf
nently proper that the churches of
the land should have sent up on
the Sunday succeeding the Buffalo
horror their united supplication
for the recovery of the republics
chief executive.
According to the Macon Tele- |
graph the Macon preacher alluded |
TO above took as his Sunday morn
ing's text the verse relating to the |
betrayal Of the Savior by Judas |
(Luke, y, Az. The Telegraph |
quotes this minister as follows:
"The minister made it clear
that he did not intend to compare
the president with the Savior or
the assassin to the betrayer, for
Judas was one of the twelve, but
he showed a striking analogy be-
tween the two incidents in that
the betrayer came with a kiss and |
the assassin with a covered hand |
feigning friendship. In both the
deception was the same. -
No matter what this preacher
may have said as to his intentions
In making this declaration, the
words he used speak for them