The San Francisco call., 1908-11-27
FNDEAvORERS GIVE
PRAISE FOR HEN[Y
Higher Ups Are Urged 10
Public Confession of Their
Guilt in the Plot
Thanks Are Returned for De-
Iiverance of Prosecutor to
Continue His Crusade
Petaluma, Nov. "a,

To the Editor of The Call: Because
it is desired that any expression of
the Christian Endeavors of California
be as widely extended in source as
possible, and to gain this large and
Overwhelming assurance, these are the
only reasons why the California Chris
tian Endeavor society was not early
in the field with its great sympathetic
heart, outraged and horror stricken
though it was, at the first news or the
attack upon our superb leader, Mr..
Heney, found at the time OF trouble. at
his post.
The work of the Christian Endeavorers
is a peaceful one, and yet there is often
the wisdom of God in the assertion that
when one is ready to strike down evil,
then it is that evil is most surely
quiescent. So, though our weapons are
love, and the common wish for the gem
eral welfare, the hands that lead
against wrong in any guise are the
ones we most steadfastly uphold.
We have long since claimed the
divine hand In the plans which are
surely working out the regeneration
of the human life. and so, though Mr..
Heney has not been formally registered
as member of the c. E. union. though
doubts and dubious aspersions have been
hurled Heneyward time after time, the
CHRISTIAN EndeaVor society is proud to
consider itself unit in the support
given Mr. Heney in the great work of
lifting the weight of corruption and
degradation from the limbs and lives
of the citizens and city organizations
of our beautiful state.
We recognize his leadership as God
sent; we humbly thank Almighty God.
| with him, for his deliverance from
death; we bow before the righteous
will of the Creator, whose it is to give
and to take life; and again we pity
the poor unfortunate criminals, vet
living, and most of them in San Fran
cisco, who have so persistently opposed
and insidiously plotted against the
truth
Why men, with so much at stake.
will deliberately overlook the path to
happiness and consistently strive to
plunge themselves deeper into the
muck and horror of elf-condemning
conscience and hopeless futures, in the
face of widely known and deeply de-
tested guilt, and why others, with
nothing to gain and much to lose will
stand in high places and give protec-
tion and release ofttimes to these
guilty ones; why these things are so
is among the mysterious perversions of
the human soul. God grant that the
appeal to the purer minds among them,
those least cursed by poison of con-
science which deadens and destroys all
holy impulse, and to the others a
merciful justice will protect them from
the evil genius of the accursed machie-
vellians who seem to be dominated by
some hideous devil of the night and
who are most to be pitied of all.
Again voicing the spirit OF Christ in
these times of civic unrest, we should
say to stricken Francis J. Heney, to
his beloved and also stricken San
Francisco, which arises now, so belated
in it's genuine praise and admiration of
the lofty mind the pure impulse and
born genius of its fighting and sue
cessful leader, we say: Take my yoke
upon you and learn of me. for my yoke
is easy and my burden is light; and to
those others who struggle in vain we
would say also in Christs words, 'sY e
know not what ye do, and with the
spirit of pity and love for these, the
blessing of God upon all and the hope
of the unborn thousands for righteous
land in a beautiful future, where all
California shall be in truth golden"
state, we beg to be yours very sin
cerely, 6. Il. BAUGH,
Supt Citizenship Dept, Cal. c. L. Union.