Oakland sunshine., 1915-09-04
GREATER NEW YORK CHURCH
UNION CONDEMNS LYNCHING.
Murder of Will Stanley Arouses In
ffuentiaf Religious Organization.

New York - Ministers Of fifteen
churches, members of the Baptist
Church Union of Greater New York.
at its regular meeting for August,
adopted the following resolutions con-
demning mob rule in the south and
with special reference to the recent
Iynching of Will Stanley at Temple.
Tex.
The resolutions follow:
Whereas, We have observed from the
columns of the New York daily papers
another unlawful innuman and f1endish
crime committed by the white citizens
composed of men, women and children In
the public square of Temple. Tex. of the
unlawful taking away from the officers of
the law, as prisoner, a colored man by
the name of VIII Stanley, charged with
the murder Of the three Grimes children,
thereby defeating the ends of the court OF
justice in its mission and the unlawful
taking Of human life in the most savage
way known, thereby robbing the prisoner
of all the civic rights decreed to him un-
der the constitution Of this country; and
Whereas, We believe that this and other
similar, unlawful and inhuman acts Of
any people are steps backward in the
progress of Christian civilization in this
age and country; and
Whereas We as law abiding citizens
positively and unreservedly condemn crime
of whatever nature by whomsoever 1t
may be committed regardless of race or
color and while in years gone by we have
looked to our white friends who professed
superiority for higher ideals in society and
religion, we are panied with regret to say
that our hopes have utterly failed, and
now we conclude "our only hope is In
God" when we note such unpleasant hap
penings as this which blot our civilization
and places our Christianity into Ill re-
pute However, we still believe some way
or other that 1t is our bounden duty to
trust and protect the government, to
which We have proved our loyalty and
fidelity by pouring out our life's blood on
every battlefield and in every war. Not
only that, but in every class Of service
we have been called upon to render from
the time our forefathers landed here un-
til now, and we are as willing now to do
as ever if we are treated and protected
like other citizens. We believe confidently
that the majority Of the people of this
country are willing to accord to us those
rights guaranteed to us by the constitu-
tion and that is all we ask and all we
want;
Therefore, Be it resolved, that we, as
Greater New York, pastors of fifteen reg
ular Baptist churches composing this COM
pact, do in general mass meeting assem-
BILE and unanimously agree to petition to
the chief executive of the nation, Hon.
Woodrow Wilson, the president of the
United States in whose generous unbias-
ed and impartial judgment we believe and
in whose Christian principles we have
faith, asking that he will use his inter-
est in behalf of the millions of defense
less colored people who are at the mercy
Of Just that class of people who unlaw-
fully took from the officers VIII Stanley
who was burned and shot to death in
the public square at Temple. Tex. Re
spectfully submitted,
THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREATER
NEW YORK.
M. B. HUCLESS,
President
H. ARTHUR BOOKER,
Corresponding Secretary.