Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-27

nal, referring to the fact that Bishop
Henry c. Potter, of New York, at the
close of the recent church congress in
Richmond, played the host to Bishop
Ferguson negro missionary bishop
to South Africa. There would natur-
ally be a disposition on the part of the
newspapers of the south to overlook
the faux pas of Bishop Potter in in
wiling a negro bishop to dine, socially,
while the New York prelate and his
wire were themselves enjoying the
hospitality of the people of Rich
mond," continues The Journal, were
it not that the blunder appears to have
been so deliberate, and there seems to
be so little regret on the part of the
offender" We are told further that 1t
Cooked very much like an Intentional
affront to the people of the south" and
that the incident is the more to be re-
GREETED since ut could not fail to at
tract attention on wo hemfspheres, and
to precipitate a controversy which
certainly will contribute nothing to the
cause of piety and religious fellow
ship"
Once more. not at this time to dis
cuss any phase Of color question, this
fact stands out: If we are not a Chris
tan nation. there is only one side to,
this endless debate. Unless the col
ored man is our brother he has no de-
mands on us On the other hand. If he
is. our duty is plain The social status
of the negro we can easily settle when
we decide the religious part Of the con-
troversy The free thinker has decid
~ Il r,F ,rtr,Iy ant hon
we insist on having lin God we trust"
on our dollars, and act as we do to-
wards one of Gods creations, made
black. Our treatment of the Indian,
since the day our pilgrim fathers land
ed, requires a tremendous trust in God,
if our God is a God Of justice.
A press report dated Philadelphia,
Pa, Nov. II, tells us that an UMPIRE
cedented action was made by the Rev.
e. Buckley Burns, pastor of the Union
Methodist Episcopal church and it's Of
fetal board yesterday in conveying en-
enlargement and sympathy to Andrew
Jackson Detch for the killing of Harry
F,erree, whom he shot thru the door
of his Wife's room.
At the morning services the pastor
offered prayer for the prisoner, aft
erward the official board adopted the
following resolutions:
"Resolved That the combined Off
cial boards of this church express I'M
/ feigned sympathy with our brother, A.
]. Detch, and his family in their trou-
BILE and anxiety We assure them OF
our esteem and confidence, and Chris
tan love- and stand ready to be of any
! service as we may be able to rem
| DER
The church is one Of the largest in
/ the city
| Now the unregenerate world has a
way Of applaudng a man that kills
another under such related circum-
| stances. The much abused catch
words, "unwritten law" are of barbaric
| origin. altho it found favor in Old
Testament times. Still, chou shalt not
| kilI' is a commandment supposedly
from the Creator And pastor that
offers a prayer in favor of murderer
| and a pastor and congregation that
passes such resolution, must have an
| Overwhelming crust in Cod" In dark
est Africa such deed under such cir
cumstances, is given the approval of
all of the tribe, but they omit, to place
on their money tokens any signs or
words that express their trust in
God"
Only one thing saves us from incon-
| sistency in our motto I'VE trust in
! God" 1t is this: When the Almighty