The Detroit times., 1908-02-26
n ouId You Care For
Confessed HypOcrite
For Your Minister?
No7 But, How About Newspapers?
% You Sanction Hypocrisy
In the Preacher Of Your
Daily sermon7

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There is much sympathy minister In his town. and 1t Is
probable that he will remain pastor of the church
Should back into the fold and permitted 70
oecupy the pulpit there agan9
What would have been your attitude you member
n ~ his church,
ood upright ves-a kind of life he not living himself on
Eweek days.
pulpit the card table and there proved
earthly gain precedence with him desire tor the
spiritual welfare of his congregation.
He preached the commandments and told them
sey while breaking another himself which begins
Thou shalt covet"
Can minister who has proved himself once hypocre have
1veieht n with his hearers3
Could anything might said the evils Of gambling
subject regain his In the pulpit at least tor
recital
a his case7
We believe newspap1r win that this min
er has and that there Is nothing
y gained through his further in the pulpit as spiritual
adviser
In other words proposition up them solve they
would decide quickly abused his calling. and that he
would step down and out
They could endorse a hypocrite In the pulpit
But known these people are endorsing
Hypocrisy every day of their lives
ministers perhaps but In other agents whose pur
poses originally intended for good but which are tar
from It. we ne certain newspapers
newspaper should be to though in broader sense
what your minister is
Il il daily preaching you tending both spirit
and pointing the straight way for Others
II editorial pagefrom the pulpt-but on Its
other pages policies the majority of cases. as far removed
breaches the poker playing OF the missouri
minister from his prayers support of the commandments
And vet the pubcthe public would throw out the hypo-
critical preacher chucsupports such newspapers without
question.
4 not hypocrisy newspaper tells In its col
ns quick shark has stolen the funds OF widows
and orphans makes the shark the subject OF singing
another while on stn another IS acting as the
ii advertising before the of other widows and or
rhans whoever his victims may be9
Does such appear much In the same ens 20
!. does the caught poker checks and deck OF cards
s. his pocket7
Does the sermon newspaper breaches to appeal to
M = strongly as might light of the fact that its convc
hons may be purchasable as its advertising spaees
We dislike the has departed sadly from
S1hnt Il shculd be-
~ bsr desire for gain stands out conspcuousy this age
~ the newspaper with duscoveed tho standing
T same lust for gold that led divine of the
ri v,lev ont Of the field where might done good
eat d gambling put pack Of cards In his testament
saeAst
= ~. largely matter Of dollars with the pious
rzuuber Of the church from whom he borrowed
How much would tho preachsr have had to deliver
noer church before he had made good IN imam
s.. sen.sa
Money. money. money!
You can reinsa yourself and acquire most anything this SIDE
- ssst in heaven nowadays II you have money.
newspapers have mentioned cit IN guilt with the
7G1cc1nced minister at the shrine Of gold.
go far quest Of spiritual advice from such
nmfnister
Nsxher would you
Neither does newspaper with the standard
rnapr The Times itself and seeks to attain
You agree the kind of minister but as to news
krpern--are alone2
that this Christian republic is
PEOPLE.
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