The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-23
HHiT THE MINISTER'S SAID.
some offered Prayer That Disaster Might
lie t,crtcd and Lives saved

This is great news said the Rev Dr.
Charles II Porkhur-t las, night Heaven
knows it sicIien. me- to hear Of thousands
being shot down. but II is blow in the
face Of liberty. for which Russia autocracy
wlii pay dearly
1T means that the Gar will be forced 10
grant constitution TO his people. Had
ne not turned his Cossack hloodhounds
loose on the citizens the uprising might
have been checked by polite. meaningless
entirely Russian promises and eraslOns.
Now the tide has set and no man can tell
how far il will 90 Prof. Goodwin smith :
remarlts on the mistake made by England
IN failing TO appreciate the temper OF her
American coouists apply exactly 10 the
-tuDid lack Of appreciation Of the peoples
feeling Of the Grand Dukes ana the
bureaucgats
i believe that uprsings will follow in
every large town now that the Cossacks
have turned a riot INTO revolution The
Gar will be forced 10 how 70 his people.
because no nation can carry on a fore gn
and a domestic struggle Of such proper
tons The Car il weak "A wateg. and the
real rulers are either stupid or crimlndlly
set on devilish persecution. J can see but
one end Of this fearful trouble, lineraized
Government.
III C=lyarv Baptist Church IL + n. evening
the Rev Dr II : Macarthur prayed that no
lives should be sacrificed in Russia When
told after the service of the massacre which
had already taken place, he said
"a had predicted this very outcome vet
must saw expected no such awful slauRh
ter Russia il the last resort of tyranny
left. and believe II at Russia must now
grant the demands IN l,e or return TO me
difpvalism. God l. in tins movement and
will lead Russia to a gceater civilization
The Rev DR. C. Y. Jefferson, pastor OF
81, TIL, @ N ut
street. had offered PRAYER IN has church for
the peoplo of Russia When he heard the
news afterward, he said
1t Il awful. but ! am an optimist and
believe 1t ia all for the best Some great
man will arise among the Russian people
and lead them TO a better civilization
Inc ReV Dr. George X Van De Water.
rector Of ST Andrews Episcopal Church,
said:
Injustice and oppression continued for
wears will bring about a retriOutlon. The
Russians must change their entire system
of dealing with the people Had they lis
tened to the advice Of Tolstoi the Govern
mcnt would have been better of All we
can do is 30 pray God 10 bring Russia 10
her Senses.
Tho Rev. c. L. Goodell. pastor Of the
Cavalry NJ. r. Church. said: This is the
crisis in Russian history. She must now
accept modern methods of government
rather than the principles oil medeval
barharisin
Father Duccy at the close Of his sermon
in ST. Leos Church yesterday morning,
asked his congregation 10 pray for peace
in Russia and that tho dangerous cond-
lions threatening in that country by reason
Of avarice and greed might not result dlsas-
trousy.
The oppressors.- he added. will find
that tho people will have their way
The Rev. Or George ! pentecost OF the
Madison Avenue Baptist Church who
recently travelled ~ Russia and the East,
said
"Svmpa thetically and practically hoped
this massacre would not come. But practi
cally / an, glad that II has come. II IL only
through the blood Of Russia's martyrs
that the autocratic Government will be
overthrown and liberty will come 10 l?5.
O0oOOO people. oppressed by n heartles-
and pitilcs4 ohgarchy. My observations in
eastern Russia. Japan, China and Corea
lead me 10 believe that the present war
is the divine rloughshare for opening mp
burrows for the seed OF liberty and better
civilization.
The Rev Or r p Johnston Of the Fifth
Avenue Baptist Church said The Rus
SLAMS are paving the price any people has
70 pay for liberty This growing spirit
~ liberty the Gar can no more throttle
than he can press full grown eagle back
| into the shell from which II grew