The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-07-27
THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF THE xxx.
By REV. w. SMITH HARPER, D. d.

THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF THE XXX. X
By REV. w. SMITH HARPER, D. D.
The knights Of the Ku Klux Khan is a Christian or
ganzation.
This great movement of Protestant men not
hastily t.jumped-up" affair.
t is the product Of deliberate, mature thought.
The man (Willam Joseph Simmons) who is re-
sponsib it. idea more than twenty years
ago For years he thought prayed studied and worked
When establishing the principles of the organization
the founders chose as the first and most
believe in the tenets of the Christian religion"
as being the worlds most important book The central
character in the Bible Jesus Christ and the theme of His
4 life-work unsefsh helpfulness.
The Bible contains the fundamentals of our civliza
Thomas Jefferson said: IT have always said, and still
say that careful reading of the sacred volume will make
better husbands and better wives"
you might still be poor but could will you the religion
of the Bible could make you all rich"
life and every public document is dated and owes that date
to the historic fact of Bible The dates upon the
Of the Bible O' .e''' '~>1 ~ '''S'OS
The book announces the laws that became the founda
ton of all civil law "Thou shalt not STEAL thou shalt not
KILL thou shalt not commit adultery and thou shalt not
e are on the statutes Of every civilized nation No
president of these United States has been naugurated
who did not promise before open Bible whose leaves he
had Kissed to enforce the Constitution of the United
Should Be Text Book
This wonderful book should be in public schools
quote why it should be the text books of
every pupil:
/. It is the only book that gives correct standard
of morals
2 Because it gives a revelation of Christ that is
spiritual guide to ALL
g. It has personal message to the Individual
well history of his past.
f. 1t gives correct account of Gods dealings with
His chosen people and prophetic view of the coming King
and kingdom.
s. Its friends the friends of public schools and
of the Constitution.
g. It will successfully combat the attempts of any
The only enemies of the Bible in the schools those
who generally found to be unfriendy to the public
schools and to America The Protestant forces the
real friends of the public schools and need foreign die
tator to guide their endeavors
This organization believes it is the business of
American citizen to be the kind of citizen God intended him
to be in this great, free America.
The organization does not interfere with mans
Christianity but is rather help to be good Klansnan
is to be better Christian, and good Christian makes
good Kansman.
Solomon said: "Let us have the conclusion of the
whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments:
for this is the whole duty of man." :.
Jesus said in summing up responsibility: The first
and great commandment is to love God with all
powers and the second like it, Thou shalt love thy neigh
Dor myself upon these two hang all the law and the
prophets.
The Apostle James up mans duty by saying:
Pure and undeed religion before God and the Father is
this to visit the widows and orphans in their affection and
to keep myself unspotted from the world"
The Knights of the Ku Kux Khan believe in these high
and noble principles and teach it's members to observe
them, mot for self but for others