The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-15

MS cnurcn the price Of his convic-
tions.
When it gets right down to brass
tacks what business has anv local
cnurch or any convent or any hos
pltal in sharing the funds raised n
war relief campaigns and yet that IL
one OF the features of this war chest
scheme. 1t includes everything that
wants In and may be expected to in
clude some animal society at any time
Ehe personnel insists on it as price
Tor supporting the scheme.
This is not to impugn the motives
OF those who sincerely believe the war
chest is the thing, but merely to show
what the promoters of the scheme are
aoing and how assinine the whole
thing becomes in the effort to get
everything together. 1t really eets
down to basis where the word "warv
IN the title becomes superfuous and
might well be eliminated if looIsino
at the list of benefciaries were taken
as a guide, for it sometimes looks
IKE the war relief organizations are a
SIDE issue to draw the coin into the
chest for local consumption.
Upon man who looked at matters
somewhat from this standpoint ana
who did not wish to see anyone forcad
70 donate TO- the Knights of Colum-
ous fund whether he wished to or
not the editor mentioned made his at
tack. After series of statements
which are intended to show a meas
ure OF dlsloyalty on the part of Mr.
mullen the best the editor has to saw
Tor this fearless and patriotic preach
er is found in the following EXCERPTS
In justice to Mr.. Mullen | want
to add that IN my office within tha
past two weeks while he admittea
that the evidence l have above piven
Is substantially just what occurred
ne hastened to assure me he hag
changed his mind on war questions
one OF the elders of his church told
me more recently that it was oen-
eraiiy recognized at the church Chat
IN the early months of the war the
attitude have depicted his at ths
ministerial association was his gen.
eral sentiment but since, did tha
elder emphasize, Mr.. Mullen has
changed. He has delivered a numbers
OF war talks from his pulpit and !
service flag foats'in the church. There
Is no question about the loyalty "a
the First Christian Church. Thers
are plenty of its members who sor,
frowfully regret the possible misin-
depreciation through the actions "a
the pastor of the church,
Far be it from us to inpute evil
motives, but Mr.. Mullen has much IL
answer for. Irrespective of how Won
have telt on this war chest d,iva
hitherto, do you think, reader. now
that you know Mr.. Mullen's stand "a
last June that he is safe and trust,
worthy leader in his antagonism IA
the war chest. The other preachers.
almost all Of the Ministerial Associa.
ton, were staunch and steadfast last
June and they are by far the most
part Jealous workers for this drive
They plead with you not to be part
and parcel Of the Mullen CopperheadI
movement in our midst"
Now you see why the editor used
Memorial Day as q camoufiaee fo1.
this attack. You also see that he ia
again the tool by which the KNIGHTS
hope to drive Mr., Mullen from his
position, and make East Liverpool
untenable for him. But let us ioolr
further. What does the preacher
say?
In a letter to this Office he com.
ments on the editors attack thusly:
THAT document is, for the most
part, a tissue of lies and slander.
The statements he makes about what
| said last June are wide Of the
truth, | said: 81 shall not preach
war from my pulpit" But bv
preaching war" | did not mean nor
did | say that I would not advocate
food conservation, Red Cross, Y. M.
z. A., etc, but on the contrary said
| would be glad to do those things.
In fact said ! have been doing that.
81 publish little weekly church
paper, The Christian Oracle. Its files
show that ] had been doing the thing
which he accuses n IF not doing.
His statement that rim in hia
Office two weeks I had
changed is also Y = Of
what | told him
"our League
war chest is
"The most
lean metho ~
us. We NJ
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