East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-10-13
CAMPAIGN ON
To PAY Debt
SERMON ON "SQUARE DEAL"
URGES SUPPORT.


With sermon last evening by the
pastor, Rev. T. F. Weaver. the local
! Christian church entered upon a cam
! paign to raise money with which to
meet the debt outstanding against the
! church.
In his address Rev. Weaver said in
part:
/ Text: "And He saith unto them.
whose is this image and superscrlp-
ton? They say until Him, Caesars
! Then He saith unto them, Render
therefore unto Caesar the things that
are Caesars and unto God the things
that are Gods" Matt. 22;2O. 81.
My friends, your presence on this
occasion is an expression of your in
terest in a worthy undertaking being
launched for the moral and religious
welfare of the entire city and com.
munity. No man has right to be a
parasite in any community: to re-
ceive the benefits of the church or any
other public organization which exists
for the public good without contrib
uting to its support. No sane man
would expect to receive the benefits Of
{
al government without paying them
tribute for their protection God has
demanded that this should be done.
But behind every good government.
behind our public schools, libraries.
! sanitariums, hospitals, orphans
} homes. insane asylums. free presses,
!; freedom of speech. and every chari-
able and benevolent institution, stands
. the church, the mightiest fortress that
has ever been erected. 1t stands
against slavery, oppression. injustice,
disease, sin ana death: and as the
greatest promoter, the first advocate
Of every other movement, institution
or organization which exists for the
= highest development of man and for
, his greatest happiness. You have rem.
e dered unto the government the things
{ that are the governments Render
now therefore unto God the things
; that are Gods" Give the Lord and
n His church a square deal.
= The churcn cana 1 SPEAK of it in &
= general sense) is either bad insti
v tuition or good one. If it is bad
institution every citizen in the com
: and use his influence with the gov
ernment to wipe it out of existence
This ought to be an easy thing to do
: II it is a bad thing. for we could coun
: on all dishonest men. infidels. harlots
anarchists, drunkards, vice keeper
= and promoters, thieves, liars. and al
the vulgar and licentious element L
start with, and then if the good peo
II pie would drop into line behind then
we could fire or dynamite tn
churches. erect houses of vice, pros
titution and murder in their plac
y "for the benefit of our children" an
on election day vote 1t out unanimous
~ and celebrate the occasion with
baschanalin feast and a riot will
bloodshed. You could also count ol
all fools and towards for they Away
Il tag along with the crowd. Business
of course, would pick up in Pendle
ton, especially would the police courts
the doctors and lawyers be kept busy
on the other hand. If the church 4
e a good institution. IL Is entitled to tn
support of all the people. 1t is en-
q titled to square deal. l grant tina
It has made some mistakes on accoun
of the Bible being withheld from tn
D people, and because some bigots crep
In, and on account of the mistake
d made by its union with the state II
the time OF Constantine when barbar
ians and heather were admitted int
:, its membership without being proper
. Iy taught and regenerated but Christi
A anity has never made mistake. tn
q church and Christianity are two dis
ls tinct things but Christianity woult
a never be promoted without the churcl
l. notwithstanding its mistakes Tn
n church Is only a means to that emo
II is the pole that uplifts the Christ
% The pole may have its imperfection
0 but the Christ 1t uplifts to the world
l. and its ideals advocated by Jesus ar
absolutely perfect. No man has eve
q been able to find any fault with Jesus
PLATE said, IL find no faudt with thi