Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1902-03-28

that while We have what we consider to
be we'll defined ideas in relation to the
great political issues of the day, and for
the last quarter of century have en-
deavored conscientiously to act in har-
mony with our political faith, yet we are
not so ignorant of human natute, nor so
blind to the facts Of history as to sup
Hence the Enterprise will not be 4 polit-
cal paper, in the sense of being the tool
or slave of any political party Of faction
believe he ever conducted his paper
on that principle. Those Of you who
heard his address upon ".The Advant-
ages and Disadvantages Of journalism,
given Oh this platform i few months
ago, remember his speaking Of the deli
cate and difficult duties an editor often
has to perform in deciding what shall
appear in the columns Of his paper. He
said, in these very words, as near as !
can recall them, u nave always made it
4 rule, and have 50 instructed the boys
Id the office, Though | do not know that.
sumo your pastor hero may not always
do or speak lis he would like) but this ii
the rule Of the Post: ".If the publication
or amy article would do anybody any
good print IL, il not knep5it out
But this is not the time and place to
1 discuss and weigh this mans secular
achievements. his successes and his fail
ures.
4 Friends and citizens. here lies tho
dust that but few hours ago contained
a man who had wrestlcd with the prob
loms of life it's really great problems, n
mean. not the simpler, shallower prob
\ lemS OF the markets, how to buy and sell
and get gain but deeper problems Of
4 the whence and the WHITTIER Of human
ity. Man, God, and their mutual rela-
tion we're themes Oh which he thought
quite as deeply and earnestly as on dem
ocratic or republican policies OF govern
ment And he held clearly defined con-
vlctions on these great themes, though
his opinions We're subject TO change ac-
cOrding as he could obtain light from
amy real source Of knowledge.
Nothing was true to Mr.. Anderson that
did not meet and satisfy the deepest de-
mands Of his intellectual and moral ma
i ture. He respected, he loyed the church
Q But the church was not the ultimate
authority to him, as to what he should
believe. He reverenced the bible and it
= is now one Of the best known character
: istics OF him that he knew that book as
= few ministers know it, and could quote
4 It almost by the chapter. He believed
that book contained revelation Of God
! ms being OF infinite love, Of never fail
$ ing compassion for all His children. He
h believed that Jesus OF Nazareth was the
a Son of God; that Ills life and death and
y. teachings constitute tho chief redemp,
: tive forces Of society today.
II la short, | think | may say that upon
g distinctiyely moral questions the bible
s was authority to him, but not upon mat
ters of science
When the bible says, or seems to say,
that the sun stood still and the moon, he
G did not accept it as authority.
D OF course he did not mean to imply
J, tfat the bible is deceptive, but he be-
!, lievcd that ii the writer Of that passage
g was correctly understood we should find
d that he did not intend to teach that sun
4 and moon stood still And in this he
J, held the opinion of the best biblical
g scholars.
It Mr.. Anderson was theologian. He
q got his theology from John Wesley,
n whose works he read in preparation for
il tho ministry. He was al ardent admirer
s. Of that great son Of Epworth and fonnd-
q er OF Methodism. | think lie could go
+ with Wesley as far as any in his procla-
70 nation Of redeeming love- In the theol-
= oSy - JOHn wesley nc dcIlplIed 10 feaO,
Is and in the hymnology of Charles Wes-
's ley, loved to SO sing:
Jesus, lover of my soul,
# Let me to thy bosom fly:
While the nearer waters roll,
Is While the tempest still is high.
Hide me, q! my Savious, hide,
y Till the storm Of life il past
Safe into the haven guide
U, receive my soul at last.
n But when it came to consigning the
- mpenitent portion Of the race to ever
y lasting torment, Mr.. Anderson could not
= go with Wesley and the orthodox church.
a. TO him there was something irreconcil-
:, able between the tender, compassionate
- father, revealed in the teachings of
Z Z Jesus, and the being who could consign
u u any human creature to eternal burn
- - ings. And yet, let no one think that he
:. = drew no distinction between good and
u bad, virtue and vice: that there was no
:. = place in his theology for the wrong
= :: doer to meet his just deserts.
= To his mind, God is holy, and God is
), a. love. Always, everywhere, here and yon-
- der. If a man chooses an unholy life he
=, =, must suffer the consequences just as
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