The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-25

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estant church. It's philosophy, is
Christianity. And its pattern and
ideal for life is Jesus Christ. Can any
man charge justly that it is either un-
Christian or undeserving of the
heartiest support and cooperation Of
the Protestant churches of America :?
If he do SO then must he also charge
the church of wrong ideals and an
unsafe gospel, and stamp st. Paul as
one who preached a gospel which was
incorrect. 80
Let US look now at some of the
ways in which the Klan is seeking to
make these ideals materialize in the
individual and national life of our
country. We hear a great deal about
the large part the church had in max
ing our country dry. Very few min
listers but what had at least some
voice in the great temperance move
ment because they believed it right
and part of the business of the
church. The church has done itself
credit in doing so. And since the
eighteenth amendment went into eff
feet we have spent much time and
speech on the subject of law enforce
ment.
No Protestant church that is
American will allow one spoken word
from it's pulpit against this amend
ment. We give as our reason that it
is right and part of our Christian
duty as being loyal to the interests
of the kingdom of Christ.
Where the Khan Stands
What then, are the things the Khan
IS advocating along this same line
and what is it doing? Again let us
look at the principles to which the
Klansm n subscribes:
"Just laws and liberty; the up
holding of the constitution of these
United States; he much needed local
reforms; law and order"
it is ferreting out the "bootls 3
ging joints" and demanding that the
boot.egger be dealt with according to
law, believing that any judge or Of
fce1 who fails here is untrue to his
oath of Office and disloyal to the
American flag.
It is insisting that every officer,
ION the lowest to the highest, clay
clean game or be removed from Of
fire. And because of its fearless,
clean, Christian and American stand
on these things it has been instru-
mental in doing more to clean up
corrupt communities than any other
body of men and women.
Khan Does Not Parade Its Deeds
True you don't hear all abou, It
because it believes in mot letting
your right hand know what your left
hand ish about" Neither does it
stop to blow a bugle of false notes
every time it does its duty as Chris
tian and an American organization.
Should the church oppose an organ
ization which is determined to en-
force law which was passed large
ly through it's own instrumentality?
In other words, the church passed
this law because it believed in the
protection of the American home and
of American manhood and woman
hood. The Klan is helping to enforce
it because it believes in the honor of
the Protestont church and of the
American nation; and holds that
every nah ought to respect that hon.
or either voluntarily or by compul-
sion.
The church has been making a plea
for bette~ moral conditions in our
American life. Denunciations have
come from preacher and layman alike
of the corruptness that has crept into
our homes. our schools and our So
ciety. We deplore many of the con-
ditions which we are compelled to
face today and are longing and hop
ing for some means by which we may
right them. Yet in the very face of
the church and it's splendid efforts to
combat with these things we find
what were once Christian homes be-
coming homes of sin and adultery
through the intrusion of un-Godly
men and women, who pave the way
to the divorce courts for these hus-
bands and wives.
The American Home
And with much amazement we note
the rapidly increasing number of d.
vorce cases in our courts until it is
now claimed that America leads all
other civilized nations in the number
of divorces granted. At the very cor
nerstone of America, the home, where
there ought to be things righteous we
find all kind of corruption, discord
dissention, and things which despoil.
Like a thief in the night has crept
the enemy, a wolf in sleeps clothing,
into the very fold of the church it.
self and stolen that which is, not only
the rock upon which stands the
church, but upon which stands all
that is American, the Holy Bible, un-
til today the Protestant church and
beloved America must stand with
heads bowed with shame as they read,
"Out the back door Of the school
houses of four-fifths Of Americas
cities has gone the Bible; kicked out
by certain hyphenated citizens"