The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-01
LOCAL PREACHERS
DENOUNCE Greed
OF PASTOR RUSSELL
HATTIEsBURe MINISTER'S ALSO
ATTACK PERSONAL LIFE OF
NEW LEADED.
HIS Influence COMPARED
With that OF INGERSOLL
The Rev. DIR. Christian Cites in
stances Where Court Records Show
He Has Been Guilty Of Adultery
Other Pastors Attack Him.

From the pulpits of several of the
most prominent churches of Hatties.
burg yesterday Russelism was de-
nounced as an organized attack on the
Christian religion parading under the
form of religious teaching. The men,
tion was made from the pulpits as the
result of an agreement last week
among the pastors in their association
meeting. 1t was provoked by the open
ing here of series of moving pictures
and illustrated lectures under the aus
pices of the International Bible Stu
dents Association of which Pastor Rus
sell is the head The pictures are called
'Creation" and are scheduled to run for
several weeks.
Rev. E. d. Solomon, pastor of the
Main Street Baptist church yesterday
made the comparison between Inger
sol and Pastor Russell. 'Ingersol,"
he said, was a wolf; Pastor Russell
Is wolf also but he is in sleeps garb.
While claiming to be a teacher he is
really making an insidious attack on
the Christian religion. He Is wrong
on the fundamentals. He denies the
divinity of Christ, and his own life, the
courts have said, is impure"
He says he thinks the people should
know what is back of the movement
before they go to see the pictures.
The Rev. John T. Christian, pastor
. of the First Baptist church said in
regard to RusselliSm:
II do not often go out of my way
to speak of others of their work, in my
pulpit. However, I feel constrained to
say at this time few words.
InfideIltty Always Exists.
"Organized infidelity, in some form,
has always existed among the Ameri
can people. At the very beginning OF
our country French infidelity prevailed
in this land. Almost every public man
was either an avowed infidel or was
skeptical. The great revival of the
year 1900 almost swept every vestage
of infidelity from the land.
"Some twenty-five years ago Robert
Ingersol was a powerful inf1del lectur.
er. He was eloquent, specious and had
the organized forces Of evil behind him
At length he died and his death was
so horrible that no one has attempted
to take his place.
"Since then the infidels have Joined
the church. The higher criticism and
the lower criticism and the balance oi
, it all goes under the garb of religion
Must at this time the prevailing form
4 of this kind of thing is Russellism. II
= denies the foundations Of evangelical
religion and of the evangelical faith
It's evident purpose is to undermine
and attack the Christian religion.
They have representatives here II
the city at this time running picture
low in the interest Of that cult II
the Auditorium. I would not be dis
posed to say much about this only |
attacks the Christian religion at
% place where our civilization is particu
larly sensitive, in our homes.
Court Records Against Him.
"The court records of his own cit
are against him. His wife obtaine'
q, divorce from him on the ground o
adultery, and there are most seriou
charges preferred against his mora
character. All of this and much NOR
was charged by the Brooklyn Eagle
and when that paper was sued by MI
Russell for slander the courts sustain
Al the newspaper.
sT know nothing Of the people wn
ate running this show. say tnis muo
today only for the purpose Of inform,n y
the people of this congresa.ion ol - :,
s.,,re q, the show at the Auditorium
and u people go there they may kno'
49, nature of the thing they are pair
niz,ng Beyond this at this time
have nothing to say ..
stav Away, Rev. crisIers Advice. !. :.
Tho rev G. W. Crisler, pastor q =
ihS go. -. poga FOuf.l