The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-04
j. CULPEPPER WRITES J
OF WAR AND REL

| Editor Advertiser: I've been keep
ing notice Of the war in the East,
skipping as much as possible the names
| of men and places. Even in dog
| fight I am likely to take sides. and.
| usually. my dog gets whipped. Really,
down to old age I'm afflicted with a
Twas ever thus from childhood s
| hour" disposition to give way to my
better Judgment and Amer feelings and
| side of every question and be wrong.
You see even my faiiings
lean to virtues side" and
very often find myself prac-
tically in unanimous minority. In
this disturbance in the East ] am in
| sympathy with the Russians and near
ly all my neighbors are the other way.
! can't understand how so many peo-
ple will be wrong in this matter since.
as we are frequently boastingly inform
ed. we live in land of Bibles. 1t
may be Il can't say) that the teach
ings of the Bible are not intended to
regulate our conduct towards people
| SO far away. And, 1t may be, too, that
the teachings Of the Good Book are
not meant to interfere with our de-
sire to enlarge trade. 1t may be that
Japan's success means more sale for
our manufactures, and less prices than
| lead to a Congressional Investigation.
| mercial way and many of our people
may be benefited in adding a little
| mere to their pile. Perhaps. IL I
could see little money coming my
way I might lay aside my Baptist for
awhile and send up few petitions
for Japan. But. take another view
of the matter. Many and many d
time have "chipped in" little money
to send Missionaries to Japan tc
"straighten 'em up" religiously.
cont think I've ever been taxed TO en-
tighten Russia. Indeed, my understand
ing is that Russia is a Christian ma
ton, more or less. I think profess
| sion of Christianity kinder" ties me
to sympathy with Christian Russia
| against heather Japan. and / think IL
| the little wretches continue to fight
our brethren we ought to withhold
| missionary money and whiskey from
'Cp. because they are liable to use them
improperly. Now. I don't know exact
ly what kind of Christianity they use
in the Russian State Church but hear
that they use much water" in bap-
tjsm. That suits me. as a Baptist to
a t. I reckon all Baptists are in SYM
pathy with Russia for we believe in
thorough washing. All other Christians
should align themselves with Russia
on general principles, where they can't
exactly subscribe to the water cure. y
Besides the Car seems to be a peacea-
bly, disposed gentleman. He seems to
have the turn the other cheek" quail
ity of a Christian and it really looks
like he chastises the Japanese more
in sorrow than in anger. I want him
to go on and finish EN- up in good
stvle and take the whole burden of
civilizing them on himself. Not that
think their Shintoism and Buddhism
outrageous but think, may be, our
money and whiskey can be better en-
ployed on our own heather and. now
and then, on some poor ola Conteder-
ate Veteran.
| like the Jews and was sorry some
OF 'em got hurt in a part of Russia, but
it has frequently happened that Chris
tians have acted in an unbrotherly way
towards them. but there's a vast diff
ference between Jews and japanese
hes then. Anyway. I'm inclined tc think
that we ought to hang with g
Christian nation against a heather one
even If the said Christian nation stands
with us Baptists in the water business
or not But, a disagreement on that
question used to be a casus bell
among Christians. When I was a
boy the very mention of water was
: enough to break the peace of the
neighborhood. We had two kinds OF
Baptists and several Protestant
Churches in the vicinity. We had a
. Free VIII Baptist Church which be-
lieved in clean feet and a generous
hospitality. my fathers early min
istry was in that church and when he
quit 1t the members had a good mind
to give him a beating. but he gave
, 'em to understand he wasn't prepared
to take it,
When Wilson'S raid came through
our neighborhood a Minister of thai