The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-28
VETERAN PRAISES
CHURCH WORK OF
KNIGHTS OF KHAN
Walter M. Morris of West
Virginia Writes Article
For Fiery Cross
MUST UPHOLD SABBATH
Churchmen Who Do Not Coop.
crate With Khan, Turning
Down Best Friends

CHARLESTON w. VA, March %
Declaring that the Ku Klux Khan
may save the Christian church from
destruction and further asserting that
any church official who opposes the
Khan is fighting the church's best
friend, Walter NJ. Morris, Mount
Clare, widely known newspaper man,
legislator and veteran of the civil
war, has written a short article for
this newspaper in which he takes Sc
verely to task all church officials
who have been opposing the Klan.
Mr.. Morris, who is more than 81
years of age, is widely known in West
Virginia, having figured prominently
in the memorable session Of the West
Virginia legislature in 1918. He has
been active in politics for more than
forty-five years. Mr.. Morris is not
and will not be a candidate for any
office.
The article by the aged legislator
is significant in that he has been an
active church worker since boyhood
and that he is famed for his stand, at
all times, for right. The article is
also significant in that the Rev.
Charles Z. Slater, pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal church, Clarks-
burg, recently refused the Women of
the Ku Klux Khan the privilege of
using the church for a funeral. Al
though Mr.. Morris home is near
Clarksburg, it is not known whether
his article is directed at the Rev. Mr..
Slater or not. Mr.. Morris is not con-
nected with the Khan in any manner
Sabbath Breaking
The aged writer opens his article
with a discussion of Sabbath desecra-
lions and infidelity. He shows how
the Khan is endeavoring to remedy
these evils. The article follows:
The Christian church was built on
a sure foundation; being founded by
Jesus Christ himself upon the Rock
Of Ages and 1t will remain invulner-
able so long as it's enemies are not
allowed to undermine it's foundation
by destroying the main pillars which
support il:
'The chief pillar, upon which the
church depends for its life, is the
Holy Sabbath. Destroy the sanctity
of the Sabbath day, as certain sects
are attempting to do now, the doors
of the churches will soon be closed;
for-with the partial paralysis of the
Sabbath day is it is today, some pas
tors of the rural churches are preach
ing to empty pews, while some 9th
ers have closed their. doors for lack
of support. In using the term Sab
bath day" mean to include any day
set apart as a Sabbath, whether il be
the first or the seventh day of the
week.
World Creeps In
1.-THE church or other Christian or
CARNATIONS, which are allowing them
selves to be assimilated by the world
ly amusement clubs which do a large
financial business on the Sabbath day
had better close their church doors
than to allow Satan to use them for
his headquarters. The idea that God
will accept of hilarious worldly
amusement on a Sabbath day in lieu
Of religious worship, is a preposter-
Gus subterfuge that will not stand in
the judgment of the bar of God.
when God said Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy and de-
creed that we should do no manner
of work on that day, it is unthink-
able that He would uphold any as
semblage of persons to engage in any
hilarious, noisy demonstration, where
gambling, cursing and drinking is in
dulged in to excess-often resulting
in fistic encounters; and where hun
dreds of dollars are collected at the
gates. Our courts and court officers
may pass il on, and allow such assem-
blages to function in violation of our
statute laws, but God will not hold
them guiltless.
"Then another source of destruc-
tion to the Christian church which is
insidious in its work, is this propa-
ganda being sent broadcast by the i'm
fidel class, and emanating from some
Of our theological seminaries. col
leges and universities, contradicting
the Bible, and making some of our
weaker minds believe we are mere
animals, and our foreparents be
longed to the monkey tribe.
Church Essential
"But as what ] have written in a
previous article upon that phase of
the subject, will take no more space
at this time. But let me add in con-
clusion, the Christian church is es-
sential to the prosperity of any na-
ton. The Sabbath and the Bible are
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