The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-06-06

To THE EDITOR or THE REGISTER.
1t seems to be again necessary for
me to have something to say to DR.
Hall in public. This contrary to the
Doctors advice, but it cannot be
helped.
| am accused Of mot meeting the
case" | am towering" / will
"alight''.
Concerning the first paragraph OF
DR.. Halls letter, in which the First
Unitarian church Of Minneapolis is
dubbed "a place of amusement', let
me say: 1t is unbeComing to a decent
clergyman to stoop to that kind OF ar
gument, as he did in his pulpit. |
did not see the advertisement referred
to, but presume the fine auditorium of
| Mr.. Hodgin's church was to be used
for some entertainment "A recital, lee
ture, or something OF the sort. Or.
Halls church, OF course, is never used
for such purposes, Would It be hitting
! to call the NJ. Z. Church a lunch room
because OF the church suppers which
are served there? Mr.. Hodgin's church
is a place where men 90 to worship
| God. They do it IN a different man
ner than is done in Or. Hall church.
| 4 ICI CcIkdlIIN Atd. ulIlfItLl ScEIlOLc
several of which, by the way, have
been read and appreciated in Brook
'ngs. II DR.. Hall will agree not to
take a section OF i: and incorporate it
n one OF his own ermon without
giving credit, ! will give him a copy
OF Mr.. HOdgin'5 inspiring sermon on
1.-THE Christ Ideal, but ne must not
do with it as he did with a portion Of
A. u,-sa..- III D. NLANfA, T,A@a-,A~
on "Things Fundamental". Those
who heard DR.. Hall two weeks ago will
remember the beautiful passage about
Christ and his disciples by the Sea OF
Gallilee, and the unseen presence by
the shores OF the Mediterranean and
by the Atlantic
submit, after the above depression,
that it is unkind, unChristian and in
decent for a minister of one church to
publicly attack the organization and
members of another church. The
other ministers OF Brookings are so
busy preaching the simple gospel of
the Man of Gallilee and telling u how
out OF their way to attack any other
religious body-and they are too gen.
tlemanly to do it anyway.
AnGOIC WIZ Will NC IIlC bLOdblC ~
look it up may verify my statements
as to the religious beliefs Of the per-
sons whose names | quoted in my
communication. 1t is a fact that
Daniel Webster was a communicate
of the Brattle Street Unitarian Church,
Boston, and owned a pew there for
about thirty years. From what We
can learn of the character of Webster,
he vas no great credit to any religious
body as far as his character was con-
Cerned, but il DR.. Hall wants to take
him from the Unitarians he is vel
come to Webster.
1t is useless to argue with DR.. Hall
about the belief of the great men and
women whose names | quoted but
those who read this letter know the
facts and that is enough. | made one
mistake in the list OF names which
have corrected in last weeks issue.
DR.. Hall evidently regards as ''Inger-
sole" my references to the loitier
conception of God now held by 50
many intelligent people in ail churches
If this belief in God which ascribes to
him the highest conception OF power,
righteousness and love, and repudiates
the conception One held by barbariC
tribes that he was an Infinite man-like
person, %wreaking vengeance, eternally
prDlonging suffering and absolutely
lawless-if this be "IngerSOliC," let
us have more of it. But it isn't
"Ingersolic." 1t is simply humane.
Let the matter OF Evolution pass.
DR.. Hall has so thoroughly convinced