The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-01
Calumet. Aug. LIST 1914

Calumet. Aug. LIST, 1914.
Editor News:-In your issue OF las
Monday there was communication
| from a person who signed himsel
Fair-Play \ name no one else woul,
give him. He evidently loves 10 writ,
and see his productions in print. h,
Is full OF Conceit. IL is bubbling GU
| from every sentence he writes. Permit
me- a plain working man, who has bat
| little time 20 write. 10 puncture IN,
bubble OF his conceit a little 70 SEE
what it contains. To see what his creed
| is. First l see in him a disregard fol
! the moral law as contained in the ter
commandments. II he believes in any
Of the commandments he makes Sc
| lection Of those that suit his own fancy
and that DO not conflict with his de-
sires. He rejects the fourth command
ment Remember the Sabbath day 10
keep il holy, etc unless in his esti-
nation auto races. aeroplane flights
fishing and baseball games are holy
when on sunday. Again he evidently
rejects the Biblical record Of Creation
and no doubt accepts the evolutionary
theory that he is descended from the
monkey. Well, il he obtains any COM
fort from that theory Of descent l will
not deprive him OF it. But as for my
self and others whom | know we prefer
the Scriptural account of our creation.
His creed is negative so far as religion
is concerned and positive regarding
worldly musements-"Thou shalt not
believe the Biblical record. Thou shalt
not love ministers. Thou shalt not go
10 church on Sunday But thou shalt
90 90 auto races, TO aeroplane flights,
To baseball games, and encourage all
worldly amusements on Sunday They
are good for the health of the body"
They may be, but they are damning to
the Soul. And you Mr.. Fair Play will
discover that one day. You do not like
the word criminal" as used by the
ministers in their protest. What is a
criminal? The dictionary says, "One
who has committed an offense pun
ishable by law \ criminal act is IAN
Illegal or sinful act" To have run the
automobile races on Sunday as was
contemplated would be an illegal act,
for it would be violating the law, civil
and divine. Now what is the name
given 10 those who commit the illegal
act and who countenance the same by
their presence? Draw your own con-
clusion Were the country made up of
men like you, Mr.. Fair Play, il would
soon fan into moral decay and become
intolerable as a place of residence.
obedience To the law Of God is the
safety OF any land and where the mass
OF the people are obedient the land is
safe. The righteous are the salt of the
earth You have the gall to criticize
men who are devoting their lives to the
betterment and elevation of the race
and who are making sacrifices of
winch YOU know nothing. You may rest
satisfied that these men dislike TO have
10 appeal TO the law for the protection
or the morals of the people. that il is
their ultimate resort. They prefer
moral suasion, but when men refuse to |
come within the influence Of their
moral suasion their love for the people |
ana desire for their welfare will con-
strain them to appeal to the law. Were |
II not for their efforts and those asso- |
GATED with them crime would become |
and the place unfit To live in. |
nat sacrifice Mr.. Fair Play did YOU
ever make for the moral welfare of the
people. You will trample underfoot the
commandments of God for the gratif-
'ation Of your fleshly desires. What an
example to place before the young.
Yes. the followers of the Nazarene
must protest by word and act against
Ill evil or they will be unworthy the
laf.e Chrstian.-A. t. b.