Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-06-01
TUE PREACHER AND THE BIBLE

The Richmond, Va, Times-Dls-
no+cb in its issue of the 1st instant
published the following;
II Obscene Texts Are in the 6ioie-
They're Lawful
There may be obscene passass &c &C
the Bible, but the public reaaing %
Il does not constitute VIOLATION, u
the law, Justice I. Gray nao''0Ai
rmIed Yesterday in Police Court.
After Policeman G. W. b1rruss
recited that ne had arrested ". -.
Simmons, elderly Negro, Tor us ing
had language and, worse-1roIn the
officer's standpoint-retusing 10 ue-
S;st when ordered by Burruss TO 90
co simmons unfolded Bible, placed
II on the Judges desk, and sara:
sSYom Honor, took my text from
Tho 22nd chapter of Revelations. :,
The Judge pondered over the goou
boot read the verses in question:
and dismissed the case: -
StTf a man reads Bible ana IN
dacencv is there, can't do anything INN
e6out it, the court stated. Inc
" "biof If notice. who issued the per.
NH has discretion in the matter ouV
nv hands are tied. rros-
The Police Court record Tor tues
aav. April 80, 1929, showed ehe 101-
loving enS Simmons C. Sc Preacher,
VIZ indies 1913 Turpin st. On
m w. Did unlawfully be dlsor-
SerIv in the public street; p.;o,.or
Wit w. B. Burroughs, A. brlcAer'
The following is an extract from
the records of the Hastings 00Uf' -
this city:
The GRAND jurors of the Common o. =
Inc " Virg;nia in and for the
WI weS,' of the City of Riehmond, ou ;S
po~y y, oned to and now attending sat'
s SUM On their oaths present, thaV
Oour WvS Al B. BURROUGHS 4so
=" ~ - dav of August, IN the
vear one thousand nlne .n aC City of
twenty-eight, at the S"'o and there
P;chmond, being then anu to-wit ::
armed with deadly we"p Ore James
= pistol, in and upon 10i 0% Wi
Sbarpe. unlawfully, telon ilo,,.a5;fat n
fuIIv. deliberately ana pt tSnnSbt 9td
" and of malice atoreS"t tSe neace
I'm and murder agains1 Sne ,,1eaith
a dignity of the Oo"l'"0''"
of Virginia. or5 sent by the
Court to the Grand Jury "
dence:
Eiiiah Henderson,
FLEMING James,
MILITANT Branch,
Dr F. T. Hill,
w. A. Perkins,
Matte Gerrien.
.ui., was set for October %,
Inc tr ','h;cb Officer Burroughs was
i.1o' of first degree mG iIsss the
acg 2l gTTimes-Dispatch misspeileT !n :,
~, - name. At the heaSaas
p0"G pa~ G, A. Simmons, VINO wa, was
OF o ltT at Brook Avenue and MOI tha
arrested a a. IN the Police Court the
roe 'orod attorney, J. Thomas He~ nn
e~naared for Simmons with 'HI What
appeat oJ satisfactory result. Wnae
no. the late Rev. John Jasper nav. aoS
WON a,,+ This action? He was note0
s sOr his ardor and ability IN pc
mo i from the Book of Reve!a'lo 1S II
II of all the persons in the W0Flu las ~
VI "'l us that Burroughs was
s aSout the last one to SPECIFY ,., suss
what what passage of the SER Scrlpt foIts
M wa he read to the colored 10'N'
of his city. .;4h;r his
r;abts and he seems to have knU ,!s
s;s rigbts. We cannot for the NE
nfrs understand why Walter b, Bur
ro,gbs in view of his anapa'hy ~
ao,ored folks, better known 10 M"
~ ",,iggers., should have been as
s;gred to a colOred nelghoornooU'
,,.Io~o be would come in direct con-
+oct with this class Of people II
49,, have been that he could not
1900 the prickings of his own con-
sc;opce He could have moved on
70 the other place on his beat' eSpe-
ciallv in view of the fact that' as
Judge Haddon says, the matter came
directly under the supervision OF MS
own superior officer, Chief r. b.
Jordan. 81,
We hope that it may be possible
to transfer Officer Burroughs TO an
exclusive white neighborhood. But
what about that 22nd chapter Oh
Revelations? 1t is one of the most
sublime parts of that Book Of Books
Here it is:
And he showed me pure river
Of water of life, clear as crystal,
proceeding out of the throne OF COO
and of the Lamb. :.
2 In the midst of the street OF IL,
and on either side of the river, was
there a tree of life, which bare |
twelve manners of fruits, and yield !
ed her fruit every month: and theI
leaves of the tree were for the neal
ing of the nations.
8 And there shall be no more
curse: but the throne OF God ana
of the Lamb shall be in it; and his
servants shall serve him:
And they shall see his face; and
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