Fiery Cross, Volume 4, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1925 — Page 3

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PREACHES TO ORGANIZATION KEMBERS OF ORDKK SPECIAL GUESTS CT EVANGELIST XaslnHIe Tabernacle Scene of Notable Sermon on Protestant Body in America (SpM'ial (o The Fiery Cross) NASHVILLE. Tenn., Dec. 29 The evangelist. Hilly Sunday, who has l)(en huMing a revival in this city, preached a sermon to the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in his tabernacle. I Klansmen wi-ro tho honor guests of ! the evening. j .M'in.T to llm i.cc-:slo'i, Mrs. t Airulniu A.1ut sail -Thu Ol.l Knifed Criii.s." Praixrd ll;in A ln slrpp.j )i tho platform t Itri'i't Ms n uii iini . Mr. Sunday t-ai:l "I il ui't know i;n thing alu.ut lliisl orgur-ixa Ion ni'ppi wlml I rvm In j the r, spiij.p.H. but from lh- lies! J.'Orr f II .". li.Mlt IV.', I lo.licvi tlli'.t ! tiny ti'll ;iioii: you is unt true. I: ticvcr lic.inl of the Ku Klux Klan j liavltig troiil.U, wirtl anybody who WHS lo.hlivlnu lill!f-lf. Some people unit ii, o: "Why Is It that they fr.rm . ti or'-nio.it ion th,t excludes ("atho-i Ilrs H ml Jew s'.'" I .ion t know, unless It is r..r the sa'i'.e r-asnn I hilt there ' ere c.Htioiu- niul Jewish -organizations j tlin' ilon't a'lm:; I'mti-stnMF ." The ejoe Min-y of th- cross brought j toirk the pi, lure of th.. Mipveine sac-; rlllce. ami c f the three t ro"es at i '.'iy:iry. "Ami when th-v name to' the ,lacc th o-'. they , r u. I !' ed n ; m ! I'tol lh,. malefac ors. -n.' on the riht j In. in I :iml o;-,e on the left." Luke j ""IS. si t: -1 th'il si; !'.; led h.is text'. I Altl'onuh forming history's most j trau.c eh-u-li r. tlo crosses vere used : K.i s.tul..'l.M in audition On tho left ! vns the r dih.T. Nailed (,, tit cross.! ho turned his head and revikd the! dyinjr .I'sus. sayluir: j "If Thou he Christ, save Thyself j lind us " lie di. d and passed out Into a world of darktie-s without Unlit. j Across on the rlht was the other! th'ef Suinmoniiii; strength our of i lilsd'itm 1 Traili he -isked: "l.or.l remeinl.T me when Thou roineth Into Thy Kintidom ' The answer came luirk: "This day sVi't thou be with lot i?i I'.i ri'dlse." The thief died. "The inoli howled And liien- in a few fleeting moments the erossex -of 'alary linl claimed their dead. The lory of tiie i r..s was ended." In his elosinic prayer. Mr. Sunday appealed for men who would step out nil reaffirm their faith In the principles for which that middle cross lind xlood. The service ended with more than fifty conversions. STinhoU of Mr As symbols, the mocking thief was aid (o represent the element of -lv that releets .testis Christ. That 1hif was not-m much bltne, Mr. Fundny sairf. -for Christianity then was In lis formative utaces. whUe here In Nashville there are hundreds rr persons relectlnt Hint In almost the same manner. On the rich t was the svmhol of rerent.mt society, the thief who asked to he remembered in heaven. And there was the middle rrnm with its Jyinsr fleiire. despised but dyinjr tor a orld he loved".. The world took from the lips of the dylns thief on 'he left thnse TnockinK words. "If thou be Thrift." Mr. Sunday said, "and the o,uery has ) retinitis down the atfes. arid the faithless still ask with an 'If." Mr. Sunday (hence. 1 that "if" to "Is," i-houtlnn: "JYsus is the .Christ." DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO PROSECUTE CASE Trial of First Carnegie Defendant Awaits Return of Official I'lTTSI'-Ulii;, l'n., Her. 2t "Wo 111 not to to trial until Dlstrlet Attorney Samuel H. Gardner Is present to prosecute the eases. This was the declaration of William" II. Tmpcr national Klun Investigator, foliowinif thn .postponement of the trial In criminal nourt here. of Ira fallas Ike) lr ng. Carnetjie ontahle. Indicted t,v the Alleirhenv county prand Jury on two charges, ln itlne riot and riotinp. Iivlmt Is the r.rst of the eleven farnegie persons Indicted on charges cf murder, riot and lnet;nK r0t in ronneetion with the fatal attack upon Iiaradinif KlanKrr.cn there August 25. 1923, during which Thomas. Abbott . was killed. Pl-trirt Attorney Gardner, who. Mr. Proper reports, promised him he would personally prosecute the defendants, has been occupied on n federal court ase here for two days. It Is uncertaliiv Just how much longer he w ill be detained. Mr. Proper derided immediately after tho postponement to delay the trials of all until Mr. (Jardner can fulfill his prom Ise. BIBLE STUDY URGED IN NAVY HEAD TALK Secretary Wilbur Says the Holy Book Is a Solution of Life's Problem VAKIUNC-TON, Dec. 29 Thorough Study of the B:hl was urged on the Students of the Foundry M. E. Church fchool hy Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur. "Lawyers spend years of research In unfotdlng the meaning of the terse sentences of our constitution," he said, "t'ourti ponder over its meaning and proper application to life problems. The.e men study for s life time on the application of the principles of the Declaration of Independence to human life. What a fruitful field then there la for the body of that book which deals with msft and Ms eternal destiny, with Ood and his omnipotence, with history from ths swn of creation to the last trump, "The problem of life is life Itself. s,ad the Holy Book Is a (rest factor In the solution of the problem,"

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Tho Fiery Cross Has Obtained the Serial Eights to This Most Remarkable Book. Because of Its Simplicity In Setting1 Forth Facts and the Absolute Absence of Conjecture or Personal Opinions of the Anthor, It Is a Radical Departure From the Average Run of Works of a Similar Nature. The Complete Story May Be Obtained From the Kim Publishing Company, 208 Quincey Street Brooklyn, N. Y. The Price of the Book Is $1. Editor's Note,

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rant and simple-minded for centuries. In the following installment the anonymous author tells of an Irishman, who unwittingly cursed the pope as a "dago:" "The Catholic church," says he, "is in its root prin- never can, since the limit was reached in conferring ciple, at issue with the civic definition both of free- infallibility on the pope, dom and authority." No politeness can conceal the deadly character of How It Is Done that. Read it over again. A church opposed, funda- When it was found easier and pleasanter and more mentally, to civil authority and national freedom, profitable for the church to exempt Its so-called A church declaring that no government can instituto . "fathers" from the responsibilities of fatherhood, a law, which seeks to grant liberties it denies, or marriage was considerately relinquished to the lay denies liberties it grants. members. It was even-made a "sacrament" in order A church asserting its independence of any law to emphasize the favor that was thus granted exwhich a state may pass to prevent the mental and clusively to the rank and file. As a sacrament. It physical contamination of its people, by restraining would also enable the priest to keep in closer touch, imbeciles and those afflicted with the "king's evil" with the domestic affairs of each particular couple in from matins. I mention this onlv because it was ono nis jurisdiction and see that results were satisfactory

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church, ho saya. can not rocosnize any legal restraint on the right of people to reproduce themselves, in the ordinary way, simply because they are rotten in mind, or body. lie puts it less "offensively," perhaps, but that's the position he takes on behalf of the church. Another thin?;: lie seemed to fear that, in this wild country of ours, a law might some time be passed to gently put incurable sufferers to Bleep indefinitely, and he served notice in advance, that the church would also refuse to obey that. On the grounds of murder, ho sayr! If there is any other possible reason the church has for defying the laws of a country that harbors her, it should have been given. For the greater part of her history, she has been in murder up to her elbows. Hut tho amazing thing is her foarles and open defiance of all civil law. actual or prospective, t?:at corrfHcts in any way with her own antiquated code. "The chief political problem." says Belloc. speaking of the "necessary" conflict between church and state, "has still to be solved in the new world. What the result will be, no foreigner could attempt to predict. But presented, the problem certainly will be, and in one or raore of the many fashions, stable or unstable, more or legs, tragic. It will have to be solved." Think well before you answer! Did I overdraw the picture, or exaggerate the prospect? Why is the citizenship of this country not blazing with indignation at a foreign enemy in our midst, which has grown so powerful by sapping our substance, that it flaunts its defiance of our laws in one of our leading magazines? Shall I tell you? It is because the millions at the bottom arc kept in the dark. Rome works from the top downward. In fact, those at -the top are the only ones she considers. The struggling masses, she regards as slaves. She expects them to follow. There are few of our public men who do not court her, or "tremble with fear at her frown." Already she ha3 throttled most of our daily newspapers. They vie with each other in giving prominence to whatever pleases her. or advertises her power. AVhat can the people know; and. therefore, what can they do? Follow on in that direction. Infallibility It is a matter of record, of course, but as my recollection serves me, it was during the reign of Pius Ninth, on whose death , feared a blotting out of the . sun, that the infallibility of the pope was established. . It means that since tlien the pepetthas been absolutely proof against mistakes when speaking ex cathedra. He is therefore removed from all consideration as a hun-"i being, for "to err is human." In fact, it puts him - a class by himself, from which even God is excluded. The Great Maker and Ruler of the universe is constantly changing His mind about things of considerable magnitude and letting a cog slip even more frequently, in regard to small matters. If He finds that a continent is not just what He intended, Ho rolls the sea In over it and wJpes it out. At the end of a-million or so years. He may change His mind again and push it back up through the ocean in a different form. He builds mountain ranges and then levels them. Every discord in nature is a misfit such, for Instance, as a colt with five legs, or a pig with two heads, or a pair of Siamese twins, or a baby with a hare-lip, or webbed hands and feet. These are not what Cod Intended at all. They are mistakes, or discords, in the divine plan fantastic results In the timeless sequence of cause and effect. Stationary ns a Tomb A uniform law "of change runs through all created things' barring one. Everything in God's universe changes except the rear guard of the Roman Church. The progress of the Church at the front, in its accumulation of earthly power, is constant; but once an outpost is taken by the Vatican, or Papal bull, it becomes embalmed in the doctrines, or dogmas, or mysteries of tho church and, thereafter, remains as changeless as a mummy. If making the pope infallible was calculated to see how far the credulity of. the masses could be led, the experiment musf have been highly gratifying; as, for the most part, they merely added it to the other decrees of the church and implored the saints to aid , them in believing it. Homo has never yet formulated a rule, or a doctrine, or a commandment that -has outrun the faith of its lowly followers; and it seems it

PAPER SAYS FAVORS MUST N0TBE SHOWN Toledo Leader Pays Tribute to Orderliness of American Unit's Procession TOLEDO, O. Dec. 29. "The real American, though he be a Klansman or what, will fight as strenuously against refusal of a permit to parade to a body of Knights of Columbus. Ancient Order of Hibernians or Knights of St. John as he would a refusal of the right to a Masonic order, the Odd Fellows, labor bodies or any other, and vice versa." So declares the Toledo Leader in a lengthy article under tho caption "Klan Parade Shows We're Right," in which it discusses the large Klan demonstration recently held in this city. After paying tribute to the dlgnmeu aeportment of the Klansmen the newspaper comments as follows: It Is well that there Is no law In these United States against parades. It Is a fundamental right, such as free speech, free press and free assembly. The curtailment of any of these l an infringement of tho constitution, yet they havo been denied That is regrettable. "The real Amerlran will fight just as hard to give the other fellow his constitutional rights as h would fight- for his own. That Is real loyalty patriotism Americanism, Tle regrettable thing la when one set of Americans set up for themselves rights which they are unwilling to accord to other Americans, "When all recognise and respeet that principle, we shall see no mors breaking up of labor parades, out-of-work parades, Klaa parades or any other, nor witness -such scenes as thoss at Nlles, O."

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No inconsistency is ever apparently observed by the ordinary members of the churcn in the commands that are given them to multiply as rapidly as possible, while the titled members, of both sexes, avoid everything that even hints at parenthood. If a "Mother Superior" were discovered to be a real mother, or a disclosure made which would show a priest to be entitled to the name "father," holy horror among the masses would lay hold on the scandal and smother it. Sanctimonious Trifles Oh, certainly, I am familiar with the explanations given why these family names are bestowed on the professional relativea-ef the church those in the select circle of "single blessedness"; but the fact remains that, generally speaking, nuns are not "sisters," and heads of convents are not "mothers," and "fathers" to say nothing of their "Graces" and monks - are not "brothers," and priests are not "Right Reverends" and "Coadjutors," and "Vicar Generals," and "Nuncios," and "Princes," and the whole galaxy of glittering titularies that have been elevated by Rome above the God-given impulse to have and care for a family. Let the toilers endure the hardships and responsibilities of having and raising children. It is not enough that their "superiors" co-operate with thera, by branding the youngsters as they appear and solemnly consecrating them for life to the service of the church? How else could the earthly fortunes of the church's fictitious parents, and the heavenly fortunes of its real ones be Insured? The system is perfect. A layman's belief that the church is something which it is not, logically leads him to adopt reverently the misnomers supplied to him, in which to address properly the members of its holy unmarried caste as "father," "mother," "brother," or "sister," as the case may bo. These are tho most endearing words in the language and are at once pleasing and secure against scandal. In a Xutsliell In plain terms, the spiritual texture of the Roman church is a series of declarations or doctrines, issued by it from time to tithe, each departing further from the teaching of the Redeemer and advancing regularly in the direction or greater power. It has had a few set-backs for premature, or ill-advised exercise of tyranny; yet it grows in the manner and with tho momentum of a coral" reef dead at the base, yet on top swarming with life each generation of workers' -becoming petrified as part of the structure, while out of them arises a new and larger generation in the process of growth. Never has the church lost sight of its goal; and if it can preserve the changeless pile it has erected, and keep the oncoming generations multiplying and working to enlarge the edifice, while their feet remain fixed in the matrix, its ultimate triumph is only a question of time. It is so easy to follow the obvious, that I often wander from the path. By the Wayside My experiences in Europe and elsewhere were incidental. I was not out for the purpose of confirming the view I had already acquired, in regard to the character and purpose of the church. Eut if anything more were wanting to root from my mind the last traces of the impossible dogmas, and demons and devils, which were so cruelly imposed op my infancy, it was furnished by what I saw in countries where the church is uppermost in the lives of the people. In one country I was told by the brother of a priest with whom I was traveling, far from lines of the tourist, that nearly every peasant family there had an ambition to have at least one son a priest. They could well afford, he said, to make every sacrifice to that end, as his family had done; for as soon as the eoii becomes a priest, he will repay everything expended on his education. Not only his own, but his family's future is secure. The honor of having a priest in the family is a compensation also aside from tho profit. (Continued Next Week) Thoughtful Americans will do well to give "The Dark That Failed" a second reading. This serial story which has been running in The Fiery Cross will soon be finished. The story In its entirety can be obtained by addressing tho Kim Publishing Co., 20S Quinsey St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Price One Dollar.

ORDER'S CREED USED AS TEXT OF LESSON DOVER, N. J., Dee. 29. EvanKc list Winteres, conducting services at the First Baptist church here, used as his lesson at a recent meeting the Klansman's creed. His services have been attracting unusual attention, resulting in enormous crowds each evening. CHICAGO MEMBERS PAY DUES FOR WHOLE YEAR CHICAGO, Dec. 29. While dues for 1925 are not due until January 1. hundreds of members are expressing their confidence in the Chicago Mammoth Klan and In the Realm administration by advance payment of tho atinual dues. The new card is similar In design to those used heretofore, but is different in color. WEDDKG PLANNED DAR1EN. Wis. A Klan weddlne- hv members Is planned for this-cTty. All members of the organization in Wal worth county are Invited. Tho names of the young man and woman will not be divulged, but both are members of the Ku Klux Klan. The pastor who will perform the ceremony Is a member of the great American order and the ceremony Is to be per formed In the local Klavern. Present plans call for at least three hundred uniformed Klansmen and Klanswomen In Attendance. The announcement of the event Is causing considerable curiosity in this community. Tke maw who-thinks tkat a toss; fare la Indicative of m Klansman his nadmtood th meaning of KlaawlKhness, THY DOI3IO THIS When you can't gee 'In any other I direction try looking at the fiery

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the Roman corporation have "The Dark That Failed." Fear UNIT VISIT PLEASES NEW YORK MINISTER Order Invited to Come Again Other Churches Welcome Klan NEW YORK, Dec. 29. That the visit of Klansmen to a church of this city was appreciated Is evident from the following letter, which was forwarded to the Klansman in charge of the arrangements by the pastor of the church: "I Just want to say to you how much I appreciated the privilege of speaking to that splendid company of men, who with their wives made the major part of my congregation last Sunday evening. It was an inspiration not only to look into their faces but to feel, as I did so, that these men are bound together with a common love for our country and our Protestantism. "Will you please convoy to them from me that at any time they care to come to my church, wherever that may be, either as separate individuals or as a. Klan, they will receive from me a very sincere and cordial greeting. "I wish you all the success in the work to which I firmly believe you have been called as a result of the need of the hour." - New York Klansmen are pleased with their reception and thn cordial invltationto return. The Klansmen have had nearly 100 invitations to attend churches In various parts of the city. WHAT IS A SKEPTIC 1 A skeptic is n man who closes all his windows end then blames ' the Klan because Ood doesn't send raJM;" j

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IS AIMED AT WHITE HOUSE ROM CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT PLEASES POPE Catholics of New York Can Not Dominate Another Political ConTentlon, However (By a Staff Correspondent) NEW YORK, Dec. 29. A ereat ef fort will be made by Al Smith's friends to lead him in the direction of the president's chair four years hence, according to information not now intended to reach the public ear. That they can do this is held to be Impossible because Protestant America is awaking to her dangers as well as to her duties. The Roman Catholics of New York can not dominate another convention, it Is thought, because the country as a wnoie now realizes what a sinister crimp the unyielding attitude of Roman Democrats put into the party. But Al Smith 'will not down a long as he has lungs to beir nd servility enough to listen to his Ro man master. He has set his eyes upon the presidential office and a Roman Catholic America. nd al though ha may fear that his aspirations, can never be realized, he is driven forward by a force so Imperious and an egotism so vast that he will never attenvpt to resist it. The Vatican hope has been upper most since the first president of the United States served his term to the satisfaction of the country and the glory of the flag. Every form of papal cunning and deceit has been nurtured to a single end. Every avenue of approach possible to Catholi cism has been attempted, and every cnance nas been exploited to feed the hope and the sinister possibility. The popularity of Smith with a certain section of the cast has been considered In the latest hierarchial plan, and the most has been made of this man's ability as a vote coaxer. In the secret councils of the cardinals Smith's political strength has been commented on and commended. A far-reaching effort on the part of the Roman Catholic clergy is again planned -and will be put through In duo season. And the possibilities of Smith's gubernatorial position will be used tn every secret channel of the Roman will. It now remains an evident fact that loyal Americans must not relax their efforts to checkmate the latest designs of Rome. To discount these solemn warnings is to open the land to more perplexities In the immediate future, and to make the hierarchy's task an easier one. . To "pooh-pooh" the rise of Smith power In the east Is to play Into the Vatican's hands. To refuse to take Smith seriously Is to strengthen Rome's grip on the political situation of the nation. CHICAGO REDS PLAN TO HONOR LENIN Speakers Urged to GlorifyDead Radical for Effect on Americans CHICAGO. 111., Dec. 29. The canker of Bolshevism which continues to prey upon America's worklngmen through the destructive propaganda of Imported agents and tools of Leningrad Is being nurtured to head, January 22, the first anniversary of the death of Nleolal Lenin. "The Dally Worker," official organ of the Communists and other "Reds,"' in an editorial proclamation calls upon "comrades" everywhere to join in the demonstration. The vicious theories advocated and practiced by Communists, striking at the very fundamentals of civilization, motherhood, the home, and Christianity, have been consistently opposed by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Committee Is Cautions The central executive committee of the so-called "Workers" party, William Z. Foster, and C. E. Ruthenberg, with John Williamson, of the "Young Workers' League," will not openly advocate rioting or sabotage on January 21; but when Americans recall what "Leninism" nieans, they will appreciate the menace In their call for a "demonstration," from which the following excerpts are taken: ' "We can do the greatest honor to the memory of Lenin by teaching Leninism at the meetings In his memory. Oar nlm at nil the Lenin memorial meetings must be to acquaint the worker with, the principles of Leninism which were the guide of the workers and peasants of Russia In their struggle for power. We must bring to the workers the consciousness that it in only through the application of these principles to their struggles In the United States thnt they can achieve their victory against their exploiters and oppressors. "Must Build Organization"' "While we teach the principles of Leninism at the Lenin memorial meet ings, we must not overlook the building of the organization of the followers of Lenin, the Workers (Communist Party and the Young Workers' League through these meetings. At all the Lenin memorial meetings there should be an appeal to those who accept the principles of Leninism to unite with the organizations of the followers of Lenin. After such an appeal a systematic canvass of the audiences for applications for membership in- the Workers Party and the Young Workers' League must be made. "Comrades of tbe party and the Young Workers' League! There must be a Lenin memorial meeting in every city and town in which there is a unit of our organization. Spread the news among the workers that mass meetings In honor of Lenin are to be held. Present to them the Ideas of Lenin at these meetings. Mobilize those who accept the principles of Leninism in ths organizations that are fighting for these principles, ths Workers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers' League. "WE PO HONOR " TO "UBNIN BY. AIDttJO IN BRINOINO THE5 Till UMPH OK THE PRINCIPLES OF

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CIRCLE OF CROSSES FRANKFORT, Ky. The whole clty of Frankfort watched several flery crosses Ug;ht up simultaneously until a complete line encircled the cltyThls was all done like clockwork as everything else that is planned for the good of the order, a system that accomplishes results. MEMBERSHIP ICKEASLG BARBOURVILLB, Ky. The Knox county Klan Is going down the line In spirit and In life. They hold their meetings as regular as the clock and their membership Is steadily Increasing. STILLS ARE CAPTURED LEXINGTON, Ky. The stwte prohibition office Is stepping on law violators with both feet. Three large stills and S.00O gallons of beer were taken In the Green Brier section of Nelson county and another case In Lexington caused the arerst of three men who were tried for Impersonating federal-officers, and held over to the January term of federal court, under $2,000 bonds. LIQUOR CASES TRIED ELIZA BET11TOWN. Ky. At the November term of circuit court twenty-seven liduor cases received conviction. This goes to show that the city and county officers are on the Job. They say give them the rope and they will not let a moonshiner or bootlegger enter the county. They boast of Elizabethtown as a "dry city." ALL ON THE JOB MT. STERLING. ' Ky. The local Klan organization In this county Is at work doing things. Every man Is on the Job and doing the work of his station with a system of worthiness. A big year for the county Klan is the prediction. HAVE PEPPY KLAN FALMOUTH, Ky. Pendleton Klan No. 12 is one of the peppiest Klans In the state. They have a definite program laid out to work to and are carrying it out to perfection. The officers elected are on the Job and functioning like clockwork. ORGANIZATION ACTIYE WHITESBURG. . Ky. The Letcher rounty Klan is doing much good work for the needy in the county. A man in distress on account of the death of his wife was given aid, and also a young man who was wounded while hunting was aided recently. Many others have been given aid by the local Klan. They have the Klan spirit. OFFICERS INSTRUCTED WHITLEY CITY, Ky. The meeting of the McCreary Klan No. 72 of this week was very enthusiastic and of interest to all as a state service man gave Instructions In the ritualistic and paper work and Instructed each officer In his duties. YOUNG MAN AIDED LEXINGTON. Ky. At the last meeting of Fayette county Klan, donations were made to a yo-iihg man who was Injured In a wreck, and to the Salvation Army who had been refused the permission to erect their kettles on the streets by the mayor. At the close of the meeting the Exalted Cyclops was presented with a liberal donation and asked to buy himself a token to keep in honor of the respect of his followers. TO PRESENT HOME HAZARD, Ky.- A campaign is in action in Perry county to raise enough money to buy and present a home to Bill Turner, prohibition officer, in due respect and regard for the great work he has accomplished In the county cleanup. THE SAVAGE DOES 0T READ A few sticks and stones, a rough fur for povering, and a hide for a house, constitute his. only requirements outside of the use ot his own lithe arms and legs. It Is a long jump from the savage to the man or woman of today who not only reads books but reads about books, listens to lectures about them, discusses them at club meetings and over the dinner table. To enjoy books is a mark of being civilized. It is only the barbarian who scornsxhls publio library.

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TO EUROPEAN PROTESTANTS DR. JAMES A. YAXCK, JUST RETURNED, TELLS OF DANGERS Bankmptcy and Rain, Nashville Man s Says, Arc Confronting the Chnrche There (By a Staff Correspondent) NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 29. Dr. James A. Vance has just returned from Europe with a curiously pessimistic report. He savs: "Protes tantism in Europe Is on the brink of bankruptcy. Is it worth saving? What say the Protestant churches of America? Is Protestantism worth, saving in America? If it is worth saving in America, it is not worthless in Europe. " Indeed, the situation is far more acute In Europe, for the need of that which only gospel can supply is more desperate." Among other things Dr. Vance eayBt "There Is no bigger, no more pressing matter before us in connection with helping Europe, than this which has to do with the religious life ot its people. .The Christian churches of Europe must be made solvent. They must be helped to their feet, so that they can function as a virll force for character building. They must be served in order that they may save; in order that they may minister to the spiritual needs of th people. These needs are always deepest. Our religious moods are our profoundest. What men worship determines he kind of men they become and the sort of world they build." Not the least of the matter Is the attitude of the Eeast of the ages. The plight of European Protestantism must delight Roman Catholic votaries, but the Joy will be short lived. Protestantism, as a w-orld-over proposition, is not in a sad plight, but in a healthy and growing condition. The European status is a reconstruction problem, and European Protestants at the foundation are no worBo oft than the European dupes of Rome who receive scant help from the Vatican coffers. The favorable point to observe is that Protestantism Is growing rapidly more rapidly than Roman Catholicism In communicants, and that means that eventually tho financial troubles In the European church, if they are as bad as Dr. Vance thinks, will all be straightened out. PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ATTACKED BY PRIEST Romanist Says American Institutions , Are . "Godless and Natural" COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 29. The ReT, Lawrence .P. Kearney, father provincial of the Dominican Fathers In ths United States, declared that the public schools of America are Godless Institutions in an address delivered here at the college of St. Mary's of the Springs, a Roman Catholic institution. He declared that they teach "naturalism" and that God Is never mentioned. "The first settlers," he said, "were men and women, both Roman Catholic and Protestant, who came from other shores to gain the right to rear their children fn the Christian faith. All the early schools were church schools the Puritans in New England, the Quakers in Philadelphia, the Cavaliers in Virginia, and the Dutch in New York. Today, outside of Roman Catholic activity, there are few institutions of learning In America that are essentially Christian." "Divorce Is anti-Chrlstlan, yet it is winked at in many universities, and even taught In some," declared ths Rev. Father Kearney. THEY FEEL BAD Klansman Joe says: "We nave all seen people who think they're religious mainly because they feel bad." HA in 0466 CROSS READERS STREET SALES

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