The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-04-24
Tlr. William Weber Takes Exceptions
TO Some Of CLAIMS" assertions and
Presents Pastor Russell'S Religious
Teachings in Concrete Form.
mo- u the Repnhlican:

To the Editor Of the Republican:
Ham 5 comments on my brief com
munication IN your issue Of April Bird is
such gross mlsstatement of facts that
| beg space to reply He quotes me
partially tOWit: Can we not well af-
ford to wish each other God speed as to
each others religious views, providing
we have the evidence Of sincerity, " ,
deliberately separating or wrenching
the statement from the qualifying re
marks contained in the same sentence,
viz, land that as a result of daily
living we see manifested in the lives of
each other the beautiful Christian
graces which our Lord exemplified and
which every devoted follower of the
Lord should endeavor to put on.
/ agree that murder, RIGHTEOUSNESS,
etc, are wrong, and so judged through
out Gods word, and vet Ham in his
eagerness to cast reflections on those
who follow not with him, will delber-
ately misquote and misrepresent fell
low christian, and seek with spirit
that Is manifestly unchristian to convey
the thought that | would uphold
wrong or evil course providing we
have the evidence of sincerity"
Hams reference to Pastor Russell's
differences with his wife are couched in
the same unchrlstian spirit, exhibiting
an intense eagerness to besmirch. Willy
and murder mans good name. He
admits that he has no personal acquaint-
ance with Pastor Russell, which is tan
lamont to saying that all of his informa-
ton has come to HIM through either
biased or unsympatheticc channels. Does
he recall how our Lord and the saints of
olden times as well as the saints all
down through the ages suffered similar
ly?
have enjoyed a personal acquain-
tanceship with Pastor Russell for many
years. as well as an intimate family az
qualntance extending over a period of
more than a quarter of a century ana
feel therefor in position TO state that
Hams conception or Pastor RusselI's
character and reputation are untrue,
biased an unkind not to say unchrls
tian. ! am willing to eXclaim with tn.
Apostle Peter, II Wot that IN ignorance
we did it!' | too have read the news
paper accounts Of the evidence sub
mitted at the rial referred to by Ham,
and can positively state that he ha~
either forgotten certain parts or he has
Intentionally withheld them | refer in
particular to the presiding Judges
charge to the jury, and certain portions
Of Mrs. RusselPs testimony on the wit
ness stand, the reading of which by any
fair minded person would completely
eXonerate Pastor Russell of the charges
brought against HIM.
Ham also attempts to set forth what
Pastor Russell teaches the whole OF
which is garbled misrepresentation,
and yet he claims to be a Christian,
which means disciple Of Christ. St.
Paul says, eff any man has not the
spirit of Christ he is none Of His. "
Rom. $50. He also says, Speak evil of
no man." Titus SO. Are not evil speak
ing and evil surmising closely aligned
with hearsay evidence, having no knowl-
edge of the facts?
Let your readers by this standard or
the Bible determine whether or not
Ham is a Christian mot questioning his
desire to be one or his good intentionsl,
in view of the character of his commun-
ications.
ANY one who has read carefully Pastor
Russell's six volumes of Scripture
Studies" and the Watch Tower, pub
lished twice every month by him, will
reaCily testify to the correctness of my
statement above. Is it not strange that
one who claims to be a follower of
Christ would want to mIsstate what an
other is calling attention to? One would