The courier-index., 1920-12-03
LITTLE ROCK LETTER

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 Little Rock, Nov. 29.-One of the most startling and revolutionary hooks every issued, considering the source. has come from the pen of Inc Rt. Rev. William Montgomery Brown. former Bishop of Arkansas. For the past ten years Bishop Brown has been a resident of Gallon, O. Since leaving Arkansas he has been gradually developing into a social revolutionist as well as religious ;conoclast. He has just issued a new book embodying his new ideas, volume called Communism and Christianism, the motto of which is "Banished Gods from Skies and Capitalists from Earth" He insists that it is a radical, but not essen tially a socialistic publication. In his introduction he refers to him. self in the term "Episcopos in par tibus Bolshivikium ct Infidelium." ]" This title he says, has been bestow- ed upon him by some in jest and others in reproach and he accepts it from both as a compliment. A free translation is Bishop of the countries belonging to the Bolshe- wiki and the Infidels." In his book the former Bishop of the Episcopal church for the diocese of Arkansas takes the most radical stand on matters of doctrine.
 He denies the existence of a per- sonal God.
 He denies the existence of heav- on and hell, taught by the Chris ton religion.
 He denies the immortality of the soul and conscious existence after death.
 He denies the divinity of Jesus Christ and even doubts that he was historical character.
 He denies all miracles and all supernatural phenomena recorded in the Scriptures.
 He declares that Karl Marx is the greatest prophet of humanity the world has ever known, greater in many respects that the traditional Jesus.
 He declares that Russian Bolshe- vism is the hope of the world.
 He asserts that Jehovah and Jesus have no more personal existence than Santa Claus and Uncle Sam, all of them being only symbols.
 He brands the church as it is now known as an instrument of capitalism for the enslavement and oppression of the people.
 He declares that lying super naturalism is waning, robbing cap italism is falling, saving laborism is rising and leveling industrialism is coming"
 Notwithstanding this advanced op- position, because of which he has been called reincarnation of Tom Paine and other of the worlds greatest Free Thinkers, Bishop Brown insists that he is "a Christian of the highest type and that any accusation which is raised against him because of alleged disloyalty to any essential of Christianism is an injustice" He says, my brother, Jesus and Uncle Sam have no more to do with my life than the Man in the Moon."
 One of the striking assertions of his book is that eff the government of Russia holds it's own, it, rather than that of the United States, will become standard to which all gov ernments must measure up or else go down." He insists, however, that he is not advocating for the United States an employment of the bloody tactics for gaining pow CT which the capitalistic press of America persists in describing (for the Bolsheviki of Russia) and, as 1 believe falsely"
 While revolutionary in it's doc trines, of the establishment of a new social democracy to supersede all existing governmental agencies and denominational or church au- tthorities, Bishop Brown insists that ne IS not encouraging crime, sabot- age, violence or unlawful methods o1 terrorism as means of accom- pllshing the industrial or political reform. He says
 Wherever 1 have spoken of Mar Kan socialism as being essentially pacific, I always had reference to it after it's victory in the effort to oanlsh the capitalists from the earth and the gods from the sky. Tri- iumphant Marxian will be pacific, put persecuted Marxism has been "SlllStIeHI.
 In conclusion Bishop Brown says: ', Marx though dead yet speaketh. He IS speaking more widely and persuasively in death than in life. Russia is the megaphone from which ms voice goes out through every lahd and over every sea. Never man nor god spake with as much power as he speaks. His gospel is 70 the slave, and this is it's thrilling appeal workers of the world unite, ana this it's inspiring assurance you have nothing to lose but your ehalns and world to gain"
 There is revolt in Little Rock against the excessive prices that are tselhg charged by the restaurants of sne city It is contended that the maintenance of postwar prices is te;uWar1ranted in view of the redue- Taa h..e. f.