The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-04-03
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1902.
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

w. Kansas conference at Arkansas
City, and he was dismissed from the
church The trial committee agreed
not to execute the penalty provided /
Mr.: Lowther would sign paper
xereeing not to teach in public nor
in private the various views which |,
have been the basis of the charges
against himj but to this he said he
declined to ecaspt, because he could !
not be honest with himself and the
cause of Christ which he represents.
Mr.. Lowther made the following
statement after the decision of the
trial committee was announced: II
am in perfect harmony with the
teachings of the Bible and all the
fundamental doctrines OF our church.
L have simply been student of ma
ture we'll as theology, and have
endeavored to clothe the thought of
the church in the language and phi
1osophy of today
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Bishop MallaIieu. while admitting
that the disbarred minister was her
etical in some points, yet the state
ment has been fully made that if the
conference wants TO split on doctrine
there are several other ministers who
ought 70 be disbarred also.
Many of the ministers wept on the
announcement of Mr.. Lowther's ex-
pulsion.
Mr.. Lowther has many sympathis-
ers where he is SO we'll and personally
known; but he believes in some doc
trines which are contrary to the Meth
Ddist creed and discipline, and per
sonal feelings for the minister do not
weigh against church unity and the
welfare of the church. The deposed
preacher viii continue to preach his
doctrine. He will preach in tents;
and be will find believers and follow
ers who will carry the martyrs flag
and cross through the wilderness.
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GIVE oppose Governor Stanley"
says the Burlingame Enterprise, @tbe-
cause he keeps in a lucrative Office
the boss poker player of the Arkansas
valley" And the Kansas City Jour
nal asks, 'sAnd who do you suppose
that is?''
A majority of the ways and means
committee of the House favor the 20
per cent reduction in the tariff on
Cuban productions. The Republicans
are divided on this question. 1t will
not be possible to always maintain
a high protective tariff in this coun-
try; and especially with Cuba we must
deal fairly. Cuban annexation is
among tie probabilities.
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The Irrigation bill provides for
state control of water rights. The
bill must favor Federal control as
originally drafted, or it Will meet the
Presidents veto. Irrigation meas
ures may be defeated altogether be-
cause of amendments diverting from
the original purpose.
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There were three charges of heresy
brought against Rev. Lowther. The
first was that in a paper before the dis
rrict conference at Frederick, Kan, Feb
20, 1902, he said ssthere Were others of the
race to which Adam and Eve belong ed
on earth at the time who had not entered
into a consciousness with God, and il
was one of these that tempted Eve. :
This the prosecution claimed was in con-
travention of the larger catechism of the
church that adam and Eve were our
first parents and the original parents of
all mankind.''
The second was on his having said in a
paper adam and Eve as first created
had no moral perception of their obliga-
zion to obedience and in eating of the
tree of knowledge did no more than
Others about them were doing" This the
council for the church held was in oppo-
sftion to the catechism which teaches that
9sGod made man in his own image'' and
4hat this image consisted of an uncIoud-