Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-12-20
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have sent you statement showing IN
what particular any statement OF any
reporter was wrong. l am sure you
would gladly have published it and
offered an apology. The failure OF an
intelligent man to do this, seems 10
ne to indicate that there was no way
to show it. 1t looks like an admission
that there was no successful dispute
to any statement of any reporter, and
that most regretfully, he fell into
the error of denunciation and abuse.
This satisfies unthinking people only.
Thoughtful people are still thinking,
and thinking" makes them wonder
why the pastor did not make clear
cut denial of at least one of the
reporters statements. Other persons
with whom l have talked think, as l
do, that it would have been better
| for him to have maintained an abso-
lutte silence.
Your publications were of things
which happened, and statements
which were made in public place.
Both the statements and actions were
public property before your publica-
| ton of them. Rev. Parham's quarrel
| is with his former wife and not with
your reporters.
She publicly charged wife No. 2
with breaking up her home. All OF
| us know the charge has been publicly
made. 1t must stand until at least
denied. A minister is supposed to be
an example, his wife a model Chill
dren unconsciously initiate their
examples and models. For their sakes,
pastor should be above reproach
and his wife above even the intima-
ton of suspicion.
AS for your reporter, j. Henry
James, the Amplifer, whom the
pastor so specifically denounced, it
seems to me that many pastors would
do themselves credit to preach
sermon as meaty and as instructive
from a biblical standpoint as the
article which so fired the pastor.
Amplifiers subject was Divorce.
His theme was that "men, and GER
tainly preachers should go slow in
divorcing their wives, and he stuck
| to it.
Manv a case has been won In court
where the lawyer did not quote one
half as much legal authority for MS
nosition as Amplifer quoted OF bloll-
cal authority for his plea of "less
| divorce" r.
Judges. even up to the justice OF
the Supreme Court are bound TO
| respect temporal law when quoted to
them regardless by whom it is quoted,
| and 7 thought that ministers OF the
| Gospel were bound and compelled to
| acknowledge and respect biblical
| law or injunction as taken from the
gospels, and that they knew all OF
| this so we'll that no outside person
needed to quote it to them.
Since the main part of Amplltiers
article is composed of quotations
from the gospels, apt quotations,
I! quotations bearing directly on the
question of divorce which was his
| subject, I am closing this article with
certain quotations taken word FOR
word from the Amplifiers article and
trust that the pastor concerned will
give his version of these quotations
to a waiting and much concerned
public.
cart thou bound unto wife? Seek
not to be loosed. 1 Cor. 1921"
Let's turn to Saint Mark 1O:l1.
"And he saith unto them, whosoever
shall put away his WIFE, and marry
another, commiteth adultery against
her." When Christ came on the scene
| everything was seen thru different
eyes. We are his followers, therefore,
we should go by His teachings which
are found in the New Testament.
When He (Christ) came He brought
light, hope and love; and He came to
fulfill and bind US closer together
rot to separate US. There is absolute
| ~ too much separation and DIVORC-
ING done-too much, too much. Let's
see what Saint Matthew says about
it: But l say unto you, love your
enemies, bless them that curse you, do
good to them that hate you, and pray
for them which despitefully use you,
and prosecute you. Matt. 5:44. We
often act too quickly. We should Take
that which we have and ask the Lord
to make what we want.
And unto the married I command,
yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the
wife depart, from her husband. Cor.
I'll.
We are just sore and sick of
preachers failing to practice what
they preach. l do not think very
much of people divorcing their wives.
IF you have wife and she doesn't do
as she should do, don't put her aside,
pray with her, plead with her, ask the
Lord to change her, and make her
what He would have her to be. A
little more praying would have made
everything alright. God can change
anybody. I thought this pastor be-
lieved that prayer is the key to
heaven and faith unlocks the door?
All, see, he did not pray to the Lord
TO change his wife No. 1? He prayed
for another wife, No. 9?
"You need not be surprised at me
telling the naked truth. Some of our
nulpits need to be cleaned out; Of
Ycourse we can not clean them, but we
must not assist in covering sin. Let
The truth be told.
Which of these quotations makes
Rev. Parham say: "any man that
would do the thing that he (Mr.
lames) has done would steal the
Fhroud from his dead mothers back?"