The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-15
Hancock Department
REV. RAYMOND JOHNS IS SCORED
BY HANCOCK M. {. CHURCH PAST0|

To attach much importance TO the re-
ported utterances of DR.. Alfred Raw
h"hd johns at Flint the other day. If
he ~ not mlsrepresented in the re-
p"fls mat nave reached us. ne has
SIMPLY lent his influence i'm Flint IN
'h' element represented for the pur-
pose OF personal exploitation.
Expresses Indignation.
Niter consultation with several OF
the brethren of the district | express
the regret and Indignation that we
iee' mat he diev Johns) should lend
ms influence to spread abroad such
transformation and such falsehoods as
10 actual conditions here and we com
mend the good sense of the people of
fIlht when, after the eloquence and
distortion of Mr.. Johns. and his fell
low speakers to the whole of which
ne lent his sanction by his presence)
thty only parted with S26O4. | can
not voice this morning all the express
SONS of hot indignation made BY var
iou9 ministers and Christian laymeu
OF me copper country, but after the
necessarily hurried action of yester-
day, our association will meet for more
deliberate action and see To il that the
matter Is put before the public in its
true light
Christianity the Solution.
christianity ever seeks To reconcile
dillorences, and the application of it's
fundamental principles would quench
the long standing fued between capital
and labor. 1t condemns alike the
usurpations OF one and the depreda-
tons of the other, and in it's new
commandment says, Whatsoever We
would that men do unto you, do We
even so unto them The church says
'he law should he obeyed, authority
maintained and that the officers of the
law are the ministers of God to attend
To This very thing. Whoever there
fore processes allegiance TO the church.
and is true in that profession, must
stand today AT any cost or personal
sacrifice against this anarchy, which
away all that as "a nation we were
born to preserve and all that makes
life worth living.
Must Stand Together.
"a common interest in face of
common danger demands that we
stand together in defense OF what is
left of American law, and intelligent
freedom. our action ought not to de-
pend upon whose OK is being gored,
or what law is being broken but now
and forever declare our high and un-
changing purpose 20 maintain those
laws and principles under which we
have come To leadership among the
nations.
But having said this i'm a defense
of ;he church and in the hope that il
future, we with faith in God. conf
denre in the final integrity of things
turn To q consideration of the local
situation. The situation perplexes us.
hut we are not in despair now that we
know that the slumbering public con-
science has been awakened, and men
and women realize with what desper-
ate forces we have To grapple. Law is
only supreme in this country when
the sovereign people determine that it
shall he.
And it can only he supreme when |
the people see To it that their elected |
public servants carry out its require
ments. The appalling revelations dur |
ing the past week show that the local |
court has had To he Cudgelled into |
proner action by the Supreme Court. |
People have been threatened with con-
tempt VINO know what the law itself |
has held in contempt for months past.
How long, - Lord. how long shall II |
be- to the end of these wonders" has /
been the cry OF anxious hearts and
he Almighty has answered them by
way Of Lansing, ana the Supreme
Court Let me remind you, however,
L is the voters of the people that put
men in positions here, so that much
" the responsibility is yours and
mine
Pledge Co operation.
I'VE must continue to tell our pub
lis servants what we expect of them,
md then Loyalty back them in their
aw enforcement work. Any man OF
sense and character woulo rather have
he approval of the moral and law
abiding element of the community, II
he could be- assured Of it, but this class
has often been the slowest To offer and
afford such support and then the first
IN criticise Tor any seeming delln-
Iuency. 10 these officers let as pledge
his day our loyal cooperation ana
NOT shrink from any duty that de-
,oIves upon us. Let IA continue 10
.how as we showed on Wednesday to
he men who repudiate the Federation