Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-01
ROCKEFELLER is ALL RIGHT
New york Baptist Minister writes an
Article COndemninE Recent
Criticisms.

NEW YORK. May The recent crit
icisms Of John D. Rockefeller. growing out
Of his gift of 800, 900 to the American Board
Of Commissioners for Foreign Missions are
declared in an article by Rev. DR.. Robert
Stuart Macarthur, pastor of the Calvary
Baptist church OF this city, to be pub
lished tomorrow in the Examiner, Bap-
tist publicat ation, to be a coarse, cruel and
perhaps criminal. and to have maligned
the entire Baptist denomination. He pro
tests against the condemnation Of churches
by these cowardly and unjust attacks"
declares that no one knows better than
Rockefeller that he cannot buy the ap-
proval Of Baptists by his millions; that
Baptists would advocate his expulsion
from the church II It were proved that he
had acquired his money dishonesty or by
means morally or socially destructive He
adds that he has Investigated certain busi-
ness transac actions which have been fercely
denounced by Mr. Rockefeller's critics and
has found them in accordance with the
highest standards Of commercial morality.
Mr.. Rockefeller, he asserts, is worthy Of
confidence, admiration and affection, and
appeals for fairness of judgment for him.
DR.. MacArthurs article is entitled The
Baptist Brotherhood Defended" and is in
part as follows:
Inc recent coarse, cruel and perhaps
criminal, criticisms of Mr.. John d. Rookie
| feller have maligned the entire Baptist
denomination. His traducers are its de-
famors. Baptist pastors ought no longer
to remain silent when their denomina tion
is made the subject of such unjust criti-
cisn. As member Of the Baptist broth
| erhood, protest against the condemnation
\ Of our churches by these cowardly and ut
| terly unjust attacks. affirm that the
| and upon Mr.. Rockefeller as a prominent
| memner OF a Baptist church are unjust.
| have known Mr.. Rockefeller for many
4 years, and my intimate personal acquaint.
ance with him convinces me that he is
! worthy Of the highest honor as a man and
| Of the fullest confidence, esteem and affec.
| tion as Christian. l have taken pains tc
| make careful inquiry regarding certain
| subject of fierce denunciation on to- part
| of some Of his critics. and ! do H3 hesi-
tate to declare, on the basis of sue. knowl-
| edge, that these transactions, when fully
| understood and fairly judged, are in ac-
| cordance with the highest standards OF
! commercial morality. My examination has
| upon hal truths, and that when the fun
| truth was ascertained these very transac-
! tions redounded to Mr.. Rockefeller's honor
| As a leader In business and as a professor
| of the Christian faith.
In so enormous a business as that of the
| Standard Oil company ii is inevitable that
| agents OF the company perform acts with
/ out Mr.. Rockefeller's knowledge and with.
| out his approval. A high Officer of the
Standard on company, intimately ac
! Quainted for nearly generation with Mr.
| Rockefeller's influence in It's counsels, in.
| formed me recently that Mr.. Rockefeller
| had always been quick to deplore and tc
! correct instances Of unjust and injuriou:
| DR.. GLADDEN., in one of his defamatory ar
| ticles. quotes the deunnciation of an Ohio
| Judge of a railroad officer for making {
Standard. But DR.. GLADDEN. forgets Il
| state that this was nearly a generation
! ago; that the Standard was never a part.
to the suit and what is most of all to tn
| point that this very contract was orderet
| cancelled as soon as II was brought to Mr.
! Rockefellers attention and before any com
plant was uttered about it. or, take tn
| case of the Cleveland widow, now becom
| celebrated. Anyone who will take enough
| pains TO read the affidavits printed and ac
cessible, but ignored and suppressed by tn
hostile critics, cannot fail to see in Mr.
Rockefeller,s conduct the generosity tn
| courtesy. the magnanimity and the for
bearance Of a Christian gentleman
| Rockefeller's critics that by his gifts {
| the Baptist denomination he has purchase
its approval, or at least its silence; 7
say that such a body of Christians could b
bought by Mr.. Rockefeller's money Is I
excite the derisive laughter and to evok
| the righteous indignation of every intelli
gent Baptist.
efeller himself that he cannot buy the ap
| proval of Baptists by his millions. Their
| are Baptist leaders Of today who woul
not hesitate for a moment TO advocate tn
! expulsion Of Mr.. Rockefeller from tn
Baptist denomination If II were prove
|
| by means morally or socially destructive
| The Baptist leaders are becoming thor
oughly Indignant at the malevolent splri
and contemplate methods OF MI ROCK
efeller's opponents.
Rev DR.. Macarthur declares that th
critics Of Mr. Rockefeller appeal TO III
passions Of the unthinking multitude an
that this is assassination Of character II
''repels Indignantly" the charge that tn
Baptist denomination has solicited none
from man whose wealth has been dis
honestly acquired points out that DR.. WI
liam ]. Tucker, president of Dartmout
college. should not be branded as a erin
inal because Dartmouth college own'
stock in the Northern Securities compan
which company the courts found to be
criminal conspiracy: says that the su
position that Mr. Rockefeller is worth
billion dollars is grossly false and that
the last two OF three years his benevole
gifts were at least twice as much as Il
! increase in his estate; asserts that he h
made a gift of high value 70 humanity
revolutionizing business methods, and a
I firms that while some men have be-
crowded to the wall in the movements
! the Standard OH company every cor
i petitor was urged TO join II on fair ar
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