Evening journal., 1910-08-30
"RED NECKTIES FOR
PASTORS '-WHY NOT
Official Methodist Paper Re-
plies tOCritiCiSmS Of
Engliyh Minister
THAT'S THE COLOR OF
CHER, IS ALLEGED

BALTIMoIE. Nd. Aug. s0.-Minis-
ters of the Gospel should wear red
neckties-evn yellow. pink, blue and
green ones-4f they want TO. Red is
the color Of cheer, and there is no
reason whyithe minister should be
confined to be garb of mourning, the
sartorial appointments OF grief.
Thus talkseditorially the Baltimore
Methodist, IL official organ of the
Baltimore Annual Conference of the
Methodist Etscopal Church. in reply
TO the criticFm of American church
life by the Rev. DR. J. II. Shakes
peare, OF Lodon, England, who is
said 70 be tn greatest living Baptist
preacher. Dt Shakespeare was in
Baltimore in May. at the Southern
Baptist Convection. and upon his re-
turn in Londo recently published an
article in With it is said he was
astounded to fid" the American min
lister sdorning lis front with "ties Of
all colors instei of the conventional
back In its titorial the Baltimore
Methodist says, a part.
Suggests C0stun for Fourth,
"Will some on please tell us what
the color OF a lsn's tie has to do
with his callingbr the effectiveness
with which he pes his work? A
stylishly dressed linister was a reve-
lation to the broter from across the
sea. The boy vo had been blind
from birth was gen his sight by a
surgeons skill SOB years ago. One
of the first thins he saw was
bright red bed quiland he broke into
spontaneous and ,lighted laughter.
Red is the color of Deer. Why should
a minister of the goel be confined 20
the garb of mourng. the sartorial
appointments of griR Is Christians
ty a philosophy ofhopelessness Of
grief and wailing, ois it a message
of hope, of good che, OF happy con-
fidence In the perpeity of life and
the eternity of the hhan ego?
Speaking of red. vat more appro-
pirate for a Fourth tJuly costume
than a blue and whitshirt adorned
; with a red necktie-- combination
this writer saw lastrourth? But
then our Brother Shakpeare has no
Fourth of July. hence cannot ap-
preciate the tri-coloreapparel He
is frank enough, howevs TO say that
he admires the healthy nd inspiring
freedom of our religiousfe. This is
not surprising in a liberuoving peo-
pie who have always keltheir state
and their religion separad.
Can't Succeed as Reelusl
Again, he says the Am3an minis
ter Is hail fellow well n and the
idea Of a vocation has ge.' If BY
vocation he means that aiinister is
, in a class apart, set asicunder a
, glass cover to be used or for the
services of the sanctuarywe NAV
! we'll be proud if it is gone. The min
/, lister of to-day ~annot suced as A
I, recluse. He must-be hal few with
{ all whom he meets Fie Isl take
/. his place in the world-movent and
/, do his work in a mans way
= Americans as a class havno use
for the 'dilettante' A minisr who
! meets the needs of his peoI who
: measures. up TO the present " op-
> portunities and masters the for
: Christ. must be vastly more an a
: piece of bric-a-brac. DR. Skes-
peare deplores the fact that the are
= no such ministers in America dav
! as Beecher and Brooks. Cited
: that this is true. We ask. are Are
any in England like Spurgeonlor
Punshon?
Altogether Dr.. Shakespeare's h.
: icism sptly illustrates the follybf
u undertaking TO discuss a subject alt
which one has only a superfil
,, knowledge" D."