Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-12-23

by Johann Most. Dmma Goldman "i
Borkman. AS Jesus called Hcrud Il
fox so We Call these *. X. *. s
"crnckers."
This is vitriolic language And
again:
III the writer were an unregencruiC
, back man, there would we'll up in his
; soul, one eternal damn" against Il
perverted white civilization. such II.
one constantly sees in the South, anu
alas. III many parts Of the North
whcro the hellish lcavcn OF the Souu,
; crn pharisecs is working!
We believe that if tire Saviour came
TO earth again that He would cry
against the Southern pharisccs much
rs lie did after those Of His day: eye
SerpcntS,. yc generation OF vipcrs, how
can We escape the damnation of hcl?'
ANA If Jesus did not know Of any way
ior 'hcir escape. we can assure Won
mat we do not. AS true us there is Il
God III Heaven, we SOlcmnly affirm
'hat they shall be forever under tho
curse OF Gods eternal damnation. AS
inc! nave made Cor consented that
olhers suffer. so they shall suffer,
rhat there are fully-saved Christ.
lhhs III the Southland, of the white
raco' who deplore these diabolical act
IONS OF the crackers" as much as we
no. we have ample reasons to believe,
rms does not apply to them, for they
are free from guile. and consequently.
from race prejudice.
But to those reached by this article
who lfarbor these damnable prejudices
we urge you to delay not one secon,,,
put to pray the God of love to destroy
the hellish thoughts, forever Danish
ing them from your soul. then you, IL
otherwise in harmony with the divine
pam. Will reign with Him forever and
ever. othcrwise you will be cast into
outer darkness where there will be
weeping and gnashing OF teeth.
1t tells of the exclusion of three col.
ored communicates from the Newark,
OHIO Seventh Day Adventist Church,
wholly and solely OH account of their
race and color. It says:
something has happened in tho
free state" of Ohio, III the state OF tn,
underground railways" in the state
from which thousands of the bows in
hluc went to die for the liberty Of
their cnslavcd black brethren in the
southland. And it was one of the most
damnaE!e things ever done in the
name OF Him who casts none out who
come to Him. 1t was the exclusion
from the membership OF the Newark,
tOhio) Seventh Day Adventist Cllurcn
OF Mis-. Dorsey. Mrs. Guy and Mrs.
Merchant. For this tho entire :. ID. A.
denomination stands imnCachcl,
j, matters arc not Immediately rcctl,
fled. \ sect which repeat Cdly closes
the doors Of local church buildings
against even its own members can by
lis action or inaction demonstrate
whether or not the ungodly action of
the Newark church is Gin harmony
with tho S. ID. a. body" Conf. Pres
Ashton, said to have been present II,
:Ec final act in this unlroly drama,
VAS written to hy us month ago and
given opportunity 10 say what went
on ct this near-midnight session, and
asked If provision had been made FIR
the excluded sisters in accordance with
llcD. 40, anu COI. IL 20. mo ~
ply has been received.
The least cuts had been laugh. FIR
many years that the S. D. A. was the
Invaluable church, outside Of which
there was no salvation. Mrs. Dorsey
pow 50. accepted the Advent truth"
under Elds. Van Horn and Gates. 10
years ago, while Mrs. Guy and Mrs
Merchant have been members Of til
Newark church for IS years. Because
they We're black. the Church turned
them out, paying no attention to their
pi,eous cry: where shall we go?"
Let the sisters read John 9:34-3S,
and be comforted.
coloured man once approached n
white church applying for member.
ship. He was sent back three times by
the committee and told to pray over
the matter. Being asked what the Lord
had said, he informed the committee:
"I1e said for me not to he discouraG
cd, as He Himself had been trying for
riany years to get into this church and
had not been able"
Does the reader think this applies to
the Newark church?
1t would seem that there Is more re
ligion in the First Presbyterian church
at Richmond, Va, the alleged hot-b1d
OF racial intolerance than there is in
Newark Ohio, where President War
rcn G. Harding is supposed to hold
sway. We published in these columns
Il case Of an humble colored woman
who had been a member OF that church
for twenty years. Although Il co:oreu
Presbyterian Church, under a ,Nlore,
, rector had been established in this
} city, this colored woman was above"
to retain her membership md whe,
+ she died, her remains were carriel
, from her squalid surroundings to this
aristocratic white church. The service.
were conducted in the main auditor
ium and the white choir rendered sui