Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-12
LETTER 10 EDITOR
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friend containing views oil 81 much
public interest that am going to
publish them. together with my reply
This gentleman IS an Episcopal liam.
Your tribute 90 that typical Wes
leyan the letter runs vas enthus-
iastic. whatever else may be said In
view OF the fact that be is one Of the
most uncomprnmising antagonists OF
the Roman Catholic church. and of all
churches claiming Apostolic success
sion lbut the Roman church especial
~ Your attitude would seem TO be
shining, up-to-date object lesson OF
the fulfIment Of our Lords injunction
to love your enemies Apart from
the fact that Mr. Burgan II. and has
been for long time, d high -salarted
Official and propaganda Of the Anti
Saloon League, which undertakes to
reflect invidiousIy on our Divin Mas
ter and consequently on ALI who pro-
TESS and call themselves Christians
your commentator Of one who insin-
yates that SO saintlE q Christian as
Cardinal Gibbons Ii insincere and an
upholder Or vice. Ii to say the least.
! case OF ultra-altruism. which His
Eminence. or HIS Holiness Pope Bene-
dict. might and mysterious even be-
yond their sacerdotaI ken
Or Garner, who Ii frank agnos-
tic. smoOths You down BY purringIy
referring to you III commendatory
terms, evidently with the intention of
spiklng any guns Of criticism on your
part. and creating the Impression that
you and he are on the same side and
thus to camouiage his thinly yelled
attack on your church and on its di-3
yineIy appointed representation in.
America James Cardinal Gibbons.
In other words, To place you III the
position Of an enemy to Cardinal Glib
hons. to Pope Benedict, to the Roman
CATHOLIC church and TO its founder,
our Lord Jesus Christ Read ST Luke
VII.34 The Son OF Man cometh eat
ing and drinking and We say behold a
giuttonous man. and q wine bibber. a.
friend of publicans and sinners
At the marriage of Cana or GaIiIee our
Lord showed what His attitude was
toward sociability and conviyialIty.
As the Lord of the vineyard In the
parable OF making the last equal to
the first He showed His estimate OF
the wine making Industry, not grape
juice AT the last Supper He blessed
the cup the cup Of alcoholic vine
tnot grape juicel and hallowed 1t for
all time by making 1t the emblem of
His shed blood shed for your sale.
forBurgan's. FOR Gamers. for mine.
for w u Bryan's, for Billy Sunday.
for Cardinal Gibbons. and even for
those who nov proclaim Him wine
Ebibber Or topper and drunkard He.
blessed the wine who shall dare
to curse what He blessed He was a
drinking man, an habitual drinker, ali
ways teIneprate. took Ii with His
meals as He took bread at the Last
Supper mentioned only two viands.
bread and wine. one as much mat
Ter of course as the other
To all this replied as follows
My attitude is that OF free lance,
TO render justice and criticism where
ever justice and criticism Is due. /
maintain this principle, whether. I
gain curses or praises. am not seek
ling popularity and unpopularity has
no terrors for one. All who know me
are aware of that. DR.. Garner knows
me, therefore he was not trying to
spike my guns; he knew I'd open fire.
IL chose, whether was 'smoothed
down or not The few general re-
marks made BY DR. Garner entertain
ed food for reflection The churches
are to blame for great deal, and as
sectarian interests and squabbling
long as they go on furthering their
lover creeds they have nothing to offer
agnostics. Jews. or the heathens at
home and abroad, nothing to offer the
boys who come back from No Mans
Land is DR. Garner a frank agnos-
ItIcg That's better than being a cam
outage Christian! can sympathize
with him, for have wandered In the
desert myself strayed there from
that maze or creeds called Protestant
ism, and no doubt DR.. Garner did the
same. perhaps he may yet find as
did. the oasis in the desert, but that Is
his own interior problem and very.
very hard one, only TO be solved after
blood and tears AS to his views on
the prohibition amendment, everyone
knows that is an exaggeration, II has
yet 10 be proved 4 moral victory: leg
islation will not make men temperate.
but let US hope for the best. This is a
subject that has been discussed So
much that there Il nothing. new to say.
Everyone knows the rational attitude
or the Catholic caurch and It is not
necessary TO repese II because Dir Gar
ner expresses his personal opinion OF
prohibition don't think they read
the Capital at the Vulcan and If some
heartless person should send the pope
copy OF DR.. Gamers letter doubt
| II HisA, Holiness would culver very
much under his thinly yelled attack :
III don't think II would age Cardinal