Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-01
LOCAL MINISTER'S WILL TAKE NO ACTION

to any tribunal to be allowed, as each one must follow his own pri- vate judgment.
 His repeated declaration that reDudiate Protestant marriages iS untrue and absurd The Catholic church regards as valid the n+. iiages of those outside her :old. except in the case of g ma 'rIa.st aeainst nature. as father tei daH@3}~ ter, of against a divire law, as divorced person. nhe marriage laws are strict fo! her oNr ehil- dren, but not for others and the world at large is gradually incor- F. ating them in eis;z codes, The tA 'olic church is probably more liberal about the marriage of tr 1eetants than they are tn -n,- g., ..
 Mr. Cline mentions as heavy weight argument at the end of his letter that a Catholic priest wrote an article for the North American Review of Jan 1, 1907, which sub stantiates his assertions. The article in the North American Review was signed anonymously by "A Catholic Priest" The identity of the man is generally known to the Catholic clergy as that of a renegade priest who was eXcommunicated from the church for cause. The Arch bishop of St. Paul, Minn.. John Ireland. replied in the Review in scathing letter, which Mir. Cline does not seem to remember All fair-minded people will naturally accept statement of the doctrines of church and whatever relates to her from an authorized official of the church. rather than from renegade
 But all this augmentation is away from the point at issue. The general public of Pine Bluff, and especially the readers of The Graphic. do not care for discus sion of the doctrines of any church. They do not want any religious warfare. If the ministers of any church wishes to discuss the prin- ciples of another church and will do so with due courtesy, no objec- tion can be raised in the press. The objection to Mr. Cline's meth ods. are his vulgarity, his blas- phemous language and his coarse ridicule. It is my contention that a minister in his pulpit on Sunday should not use language such as would not be allowed in court of justice, the halls of a legislature, or an ordinary debating society, none of which would tolerate for one moment the utterances of Mir. Cline. If 1 were to draw on a large blackboard at my pulpit a life size picture of Alexander Campbell. the founder of the Christian church, according to ordinary his tory, and snow him forth in a ridiculous pose, with lust and ap- propious titles marked on his body, it would be generally considered that 1 had gone too far and had in suited a body of Christian people.
 If had also spoken in loud and blasphemous language of special doctrine that was very dear to the hearts of the members of the Chris tian church, and held up to public scorn and ridicule their most sacred object of veneration, would be called a monster. The Eucharist in the Catholic church is the most cherished article of faith of her people, Her interpretation of the words of Christ at the Last Supper and her methods of honOring the Eucharist are shared by many members of the Episcopal and Lutheran church, by the Greek and Oriental churches, making a com bination that includes three-fourths of those who profess the Christian faith. MT. Cline does what he can to hold this doctrine up to public scOrn and ridicule.
 The question before the public and the only one in which they are interested is whether a minister of the gospel of Christ shall indulge in vulgar abuse fin the pulpit, employing such language and man. ner as are regarded by the mem bers of another church as gross insults? That is the only question before the public have been presuming that the people of Pine