The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-02
NEED TOLERANCE
IN REFORM WORK
DIR. Maclachlan Pleads for Chart
table Judgment of Opinion
i'll Forthcoming Fight.
BELIEVES IN STATE WIDE
But He Has No Right to Say
That Local Optionist Is Allied
With Liquor Dealers.

II Charitable Judgment OF the opinion.
or others was thu Keynote OF tho SER
mon delivered last night BY the Rev
I IL. ID. c. Maclachlan. ID. u. pastor OF
Seventh Street Christian Church AS
m application Of the principle he
preached. DIR. Maclachlan said. TT has
| been held that newspaper owners who
publish whislScy advertisements are no
I better than the snloonkcopcr. That Is
1 too sweeping a statement. 1t IS only
4 partly true bellows IL to 10 wronr.
Y but | am not willing. while public CON
science is IN the making to excommuni-
cate my brother 10 will awaken.
Il The mills of the gods grind slowly.
but they grind exceeding fine and
/ brother. even IN tho intercets OF
truth
\ lpr. Maclachlan's sermon was on The
Need or Charity and Tolerance In All
Reform Work" and III the beginning
he took the ground that every ono &.
entitled to his own opinion. md that
| no man should be hnrshly Judged o.
condemned because hs opinion was
not I'm accord with the viewpoint OF
Others. There are two views on the
question OF temperance he said
| local option and Stute-wide prohibit
ton.
Principle Of Charity mt stake.
II believe III Statewide prohibition
| II is an experiment we owe Ia the
moral s"nse Of tho State. and 10 those
small places supplied With cheap
whisky 10y Richmond and other
cities. Rut that is no reason why !
should cNcommunicate my brother be-
cause he believes in local option. /
have no right 10 say that the local on
ZIONIST Is In league with the liquor IN
terests. The principle of cnnSity IS Mt
\ stake. and We are taught that We
should be charitable la all things
I There is II new tyranny abroad to-
4 dag. ]; IS the tyranny 81 public opin-
ION. Now, the many arc apt to tyrar-
nizc over the few. but, properly edu-
Gated believe that public opinion IL
the voice Of God Himself II that Is
not what is But sometimes 1t be-
comes superh"a;ed. and IN. law Of
charity Is violated. and the conscicnc.
of our brother is hurt Public opinion
doesn't always speak the truth Il,
was public opinion which handed the
hcmlocl1 to Socrates /; was public
opinion that crucined Christ, and II
drove -. Peter TO fear.
'DoEmatism and intolerance arc
dangerous things, and 1t Is usually the
least Informed people who arc the most
doEntatic. one Very common error Of
public opinion is 10 indulge in broad
concentrations about human character.
Only God can do that. and when man
attempts II. he violates the principle
Of charity and INJURIES his brothers
conscience.
spirit Of Intolerance With IN.
The tolerance of others opinior.
, Is one Of the finest fruits OF character.
lSut the spirit ri intolerance IS SIN
with Us, Let rs fight our hrorher
fairly. Intolerance always reacts. and
drives our brothers into the camp Of
the enemy. You cannot drive the
Anglo saxon. You only make an
enemy o: him IL YOU attempt H. But
! by fair words and rational argument.
YOU may bind linn to your side.
we are living In an age OF reforma
ton. We arc on the eve OF n great
, conflict. 10 make Virginia dry. The
time - splendid with promise. and 1
believe we VIII win. ltu, there IS dan
Her especially in the country districts
where personal differences arc ant TO
generate duarrcls. where there is tho
Gans"r OF family being against family.
friend against friend. Let us not inn.
pute sinister motives to our brother
VINO does no: agree with us Let us
bear with him and If hand things are
/ TO be said let tho other side d tho,n.
Let our temper he sweet ana ,5,.r l,a.,
mcnt charitable, lest In winning ona
/ battle wc lose another"