Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-19
REV. w. p. WASHINGTON
Replies to the Open Letter of Jan. 70, of
REV. j. A. BROCKETT.

inspired is, first, the bible declares,
1t is diyinely inspired End Peter l;2I.
Second, Because. the writer's of the BIZ
BILE, told of their bad life, as well as,
their righteous life. | do not believe
In ministers singing mud at each 9TH
er, but | do believe, if there is man
among US, purporting to be a man of
God (Minister) and we know, or have
reasons to believe that he is a grand
rascal. and we sit, and let that man
butcher up our churches, without
warning them of that wolf, then
think the blood of that people will te
required at our hands. If Mr.. Brock
EFT had been under the influence of a
divine guidance when he was writing
the story tof his life, both public and
private, he would have written of the
trouble he created in Cairo, in the diff
ferent homes, and how he made so
many trends to become enemies. who
are enemies till this day, on his ac-
count Mr.. Brockett, the above state
ment, did not appear in the Christian
Advocate, nor was it clipped from an
other paper by the Illinois Anchor, nor
do we have to go to heaven nor he'll, to
get the evidence before the public.
Sir, your relation from frateraal
standpoint, only fits you in a position,
to make the white race recognize you
enough to recommend you to the best
people OF our race, to get off of their
hands, knowing that most Negroes, will
go to he'll, on white mans advise,
and pay his own way there, rather than
to go to heaven on the advise of his
own race. and have some one to pay
his way. See? The men you associa-
ted with, and them who licensed you,
and them, who ordained you (''That is
quotation mark Mr.. Brockett") D. w,
Wisher DIR. Thomas Armitage, Bishops
Turner and Flipper, and others, does
not make you look any better to me,
nor does it make you any better, unless
your advancement is found in the prac-
tice Of your life of sacrifice, and SER
wise. Judas had The approval of
Christ. as well as His association, and
the company of Jesus, is better than
the company of Turner. .Flipper, Der
rick, or any other human heing, but
Judas was devil just the same. Sir,
Since your heart is not right, your Ed
ucation only prepares you to fool the
peple. for it takes an Educated man,
Il speak from standpoint of the let
teri to make lie look like the tuuth.
See?
Sir. II your word is worth anything,
| feel that | have done some good by
curseing your your blood. THAT is
quotation marx Mr.. Brockett. | am
about to speak of what is claimed for
you, we will not call the names, but
rumor has it, that you declare that the
reason you do not, and will nst have
anything to do with the association is,
one of its benefactor's is convict,
and another is a murderer, together
with the ignorance of the leadership
Of these District Bodies. You have
staid away from US, and too since you
have been in Southern Illinois, you
have looked good to me in the back, but
you say you are coming to my town,
and will look me up, if you have to
use lantern at noon-day, come, after
showing you your Sin, and warning
you, | am clear, come, after warning
the churches of a wolf, and pointing
him out am clear, if have made
you my enemy, | am sorry but come,
you will need no lantern, live at 239
Is, ST., come, after doing my duty, /
am ready to let you know that love
you, come, you shall have bed, you
shall have bread, and if you are broke,
you shall have your fare back to the
only wife (Woman) you ever knew,
will do all of this, and more for (ene-
my) you, but you must stand out of
the sunshine of the Missionary Baptist
of Southern Illinois. or we will feed
you, then fight you, and with the or
ders we have received at the foot of
Olive, to preach and teach, together
with the message sent to us from God,
by the mouth of the Apostle Paul, to
keep the ordinance as delived to us, we
will win out on this line. We are not
Educated we are unlearned fishers,
but since we know God has called US,
we will go up against the enemy as did
David against the lion, and David con-
quered the lion of the forest, so will
Gods called men, conquer the un-
called Lions of the Universities.
w. P. WASHINGTON.