New York, 1895
George C. F. Fisher, of Newtown, formerly a clergyman and at one time a lawyer, was acquitted in the County Court at Long Island City on Tuesday, of the charge of falsifying a certificate of nomination in connection with the spring election last year. The certificate was that of the citizens and tax-payers party. It was charged that Fisher, who organized the party, added twenty-five signatures and also the names of certain candidates.
Town Clerk John T. Robinson testified that when Fisher filed the certificate he had added the names. Charles J. Sneller testified that he saw Fisher writing the names.
When the verdict was brought in Judge Garretson declared that it was palpably inconsistent with the evidence.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 22, 1895, p. 1.
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Sermons In A Few Lines
1900
The Church — The church shall have life and it shall grow. Growth is life and the growth of the church is the natural result of the life which Christ has given it. — Rev. P. C. Yorke, R.C., San Francisco, Cal.
Indifference — Arouse yourselves from the lethargy of indifference and be earnest in the fight for good. Insist that the public billboards shall be decently clothed. — Rev. Dr. Frohock, Methodist, Akron, Ohio.
Reform Society — The only way to reform society is to reform the individual. Slavery has been lessened, but the sweat shop remains, and politics is not free from corruption. — Rabbi Krauskopf, Hebrew, Philadelphia, Pa.
Higher Civilization — The people of Great Britain have ever been imbued with the idea of their mission to establish the higher civilization, and they have pushed on with confidence. — Rev. Dr. Carson, Presbyterian, Brooklyn, N.Y.
The Bible — The Bible presents a great combination. It is the union of Christ with the believer. By that union we become partners with Christ in the great divine "trust" for the glory of God. — Rev. C. F. Wishart, Presbyterian, Allegheny, Pa.
In God's Hands — We have no right to do as we like with anything, unless we like to do right. No man's life or death is at his own disposal. Our times are in God's hands. This is good morals, good law and good sense. — Rev. Ira Billman, Evansville, Ind.
War — The war spirit has transformed Christianity. Jesus Christ proclaimed himself the prince of peace and on earth established the kingdom of peace. Christianity in its pristine purity was peace itself. — Rev. Dr. Wylie, Presbyterian, New York City.
Inconsistent — In religion, as in most matters, we are strangely inconsistent. We run to one or both of two extremes — we are often over particular about minor matters and utterly careless about great things. — Rev. N. H. Lee, Methodist, Denver, Colo.
The Church — The church shall have life and it shall grow. Growth is life and the growth of the church is the natural result of the life which Christ has given it. — Rev. P. C. Yorke, R.C., San Francisco, Cal.
Indifference — Arouse yourselves from the lethargy of indifference and be earnest in the fight for good. Insist that the public billboards shall be decently clothed. — Rev. Dr. Frohock, Methodist, Akron, Ohio.
Reform Society — The only way to reform society is to reform the individual. Slavery has been lessened, but the sweat shop remains, and politics is not free from corruption. — Rabbi Krauskopf, Hebrew, Philadelphia, Pa.
Higher Civilization — The people of Great Britain have ever been imbued with the idea of their mission to establish the higher civilization, and they have pushed on with confidence. — Rev. Dr. Carson, Presbyterian, Brooklyn, N.Y.
The Bible — The Bible presents a great combination. It is the union of Christ with the believer. By that union we become partners with Christ in the great divine "trust" for the glory of God. — Rev. C. F. Wishart, Presbyterian, Allegheny, Pa.
In God's Hands — We have no right to do as we like with anything, unless we like to do right. No man's life or death is at his own disposal. Our times are in God's hands. This is good morals, good law and good sense. — Rev. Ira Billman, Evansville, Ind.
War — The war spirit has transformed Christianity. Jesus Christ proclaimed himself the prince of peace and on earth established the kingdom of peace. Christianity in its pristine purity was peace itself. — Rev. Dr. Wylie, Presbyterian, New York City.
Inconsistent — In religion, as in most matters, we are strangely inconsistent. We run to one or both of two extremes — we are often over particular about minor matters and utterly careless about great things. — Rev. N. H. Lee, Methodist, Denver, Colo.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Protest Against Hanging
Iowa, 1909During the recent trial of the negro Junkin, in Centerville, for a capital crime committed in Ottumwa, a sensation was created by the publication of an appeal to the Christian sentiment of the people to prevent the hanging of the accused person.
This appeal was on high grounds — the thought that the taking of human life is not a proper function of government and is in violation of the command to not kill. The appeal was signed by William R. Benkert, as chairman of the executive committee of the United Christian party.
There was much criticism of Mr. Benkert for this action, but it was entirely consistent with the principles advocated openly and courageously by the organization of which he is the head. That party has a platform which is not at all original and doesn't claim to be a new thing. In fact, the party might be open to the charge of plagiarism, for the platform entire consists of the Ten Commandments.
The United Christian party appears not to have attracted national attention, but that has not prevented the party going ahead and holding national conventions, maintaining an executive committee and engaging in the distribution of literature, Mr. Benkert is a resident of Davenport.
The last national conference of the party was held in the famous Watch Tower on Rock Island in May, when plans were laid for organizing the various states and this was left largely to Mr. Benkert. He has the very great advantage that his wife, Mrs. Katherine Benkert, is secretary of the committee, so that there is not to be any friction in the workings of the organization. In fact, he is quite ready to concede to the secretary leadership in the good work and to accord to her more of the credit for that which has been accomplished than he takes to himself.
—Humeston New Era, Humeston, Iowa, Aug. 4, 1909.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Ministers Hit Ford and Bryan
Illinois, 1916
Kind of Citizenship Not Desired, Says Dr. Jenney
DEFEND UNCLE SAM
Decatur Pastors Think Force Should Be Used
Some of Decatur's leading ministers in sermons to their congregations Sunday declared that the United States is justified in its course of intervention in Mexico. They urged that Uncle Sam continue to use all the force necessary to secure a lasting peace in the country south of the Rio Grande.
Rev. C. E. Jenney, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, struck the climax when he attacked the stand of Henry Ford, who recently declared that any of his employees who joined the National Guard would be without jobs on their return. Mr. Jenney said he thought Mr. Ford's ideas should not be emulated by the people; that his kind of citizenship is not the kind of citizenship to be desired.
Rev. E. M. Antrim, pastor of the First Methodist church declared that a "Good Spanking" is what Mexico needs, and is the thing which will bring law and order out of chaos.
Rev. Frank Fox, pastor of the Congregational church, also took a rap at Bryan and Ford. "Impractical pacifists like those two men should go with their families and live on the border for a while. They would then learn by actual experience the terror of night raiding bandits."
PEACE ONLY ON RIGHTEOUS GROUNDS
The Mexican situation was discussed by Dr. T. Harley Marsh at the First Baptist church Sunday night. He used Matt. 10:34 as a text. Dr. Marsh spoke partly as follows:
"When nations come into the realm of righteousness there will be peace, but Christ says between that time and the present there is much to be hoped for, and prayed for.
"The advancement of the human race has been made largely by struggle, and peace of whatsoever description, industrial, political or social, has been purchased at the price of war. There is more talk of peace, and less peace, than the world has ever known since Jesus Christ left the earth. Some of the talk about peace has become hysterical in character. I am in favor of peace whenever peace can be obtained upon righteous grounds. Paul says, 'As much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.' The world is not yet ready to enter into a perfect and universal peace. The mistake we are making in these days is that peace is a matter of treaties, of legislation.
"Christianity carries a banner of peace, but behind it is the army of omnipotent power, and the conditions of peace, as far as wrong is concerned, are unconditional surrender.
"We have no selfish motives in our relation with Mexico. There can be no peace until the last bandit gang has been run to earth, and Christianity and education have taken the place of superstition and ignorance. As long as there is any hope of a nation saving itself, it ought to have the honor and privilege of doing it, but when there is not, the laws of humanity, the laws between nations, and the laws of God declare these conditions should cease. Whatever this country does for Mexico should not be done selfishly, but to bring the blessings of national health and national sanity, and honest rule and fair dealing to her. The world will never improve upon the method of the Cross. God save us from war, if possible, but above all things, keep us true to Him, and the ideals of our Nation."
—The Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois, June 26, 1916, p. 9.
Note: Pancho Villa and revolution were a major thing in 1916. At Wikipedia there's an article on Villa. And just a comment on Henry Ford, it's amazing when you look back how radical this guy was, and usually on the wrong side from what the mainstream would be and even common sense. Getting up into World War II, all the stuff with antisemitism, etc., he didn't seem to have much sense.
Kind of Citizenship Not Desired, Says Dr. Jenney
DEFEND UNCLE SAM
Decatur Pastors Think Force Should Be Used
Some of Decatur's leading ministers in sermons to their congregations Sunday declared that the United States is justified in its course of intervention in Mexico. They urged that Uncle Sam continue to use all the force necessary to secure a lasting peace in the country south of the Rio Grande.
Rev. C. E. Jenney, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, struck the climax when he attacked the stand of Henry Ford, who recently declared that any of his employees who joined the National Guard would be without jobs on their return. Mr. Jenney said he thought Mr. Ford's ideas should not be emulated by the people; that his kind of citizenship is not the kind of citizenship to be desired.
Rev. E. M. Antrim, pastor of the First Methodist church declared that a "Good Spanking" is what Mexico needs, and is the thing which will bring law and order out of chaos.
Rev. Frank Fox, pastor of the Congregational church, also took a rap at Bryan and Ford. "Impractical pacifists like those two men should go with their families and live on the border for a while. They would then learn by actual experience the terror of night raiding bandits."
PEACE ONLY ON RIGHTEOUS GROUNDS
The Mexican situation was discussed by Dr. T. Harley Marsh at the First Baptist church Sunday night. He used Matt. 10:34 as a text. Dr. Marsh spoke partly as follows:
"When nations come into the realm of righteousness there will be peace, but Christ says between that time and the present there is much to be hoped for, and prayed for.
"The advancement of the human race has been made largely by struggle, and peace of whatsoever description, industrial, political or social, has been purchased at the price of war. There is more talk of peace, and less peace, than the world has ever known since Jesus Christ left the earth. Some of the talk about peace has become hysterical in character. I am in favor of peace whenever peace can be obtained upon righteous grounds. Paul says, 'As much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.' The world is not yet ready to enter into a perfect and universal peace. The mistake we are making in these days is that peace is a matter of treaties, of legislation.
"Christianity carries a banner of peace, but behind it is the army of omnipotent power, and the conditions of peace, as far as wrong is concerned, are unconditional surrender.
"We have no selfish motives in our relation with Mexico. There can be no peace until the last bandit gang has been run to earth, and Christianity and education have taken the place of superstition and ignorance. As long as there is any hope of a nation saving itself, it ought to have the honor and privilege of doing it, but when there is not, the laws of humanity, the laws between nations, and the laws of God declare these conditions should cease. Whatever this country does for Mexico should not be done selfishly, but to bring the blessings of national health and national sanity, and honest rule and fair dealing to her. The world will never improve upon the method of the Cross. God save us from war, if possible, but above all things, keep us true to Him, and the ideals of our Nation."
—The Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois, June 26, 1916, p. 9.
Note: Pancho Villa and revolution were a major thing in 1916. At Wikipedia there's an article on Villa. And just a comment on Henry Ford, it's amazing when you look back how radical this guy was, and usually on the wrong side from what the mainstream would be and even common sense. Getting up into World War II, all the stuff with antisemitism, etc., he didn't seem to have much sense.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Rev. Tom Jimison "Fired" Himself
North Carolina, 1924
Lumberton Robesonian
Rev. Tom Jimison, who is better known as an agitator and politician than as a divider of The Word, was told by Bishop Denny at the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference at Greensboro last week that his political activities made him unacceptable as a pastor; that he could not send him anywhere where he would be acceptable, so the Rev. Tom asked to be located, which means that he was not given an appointment.
Jimison issued a statement in which he said that "if religion is to be unrelated to the great questions which are agitating the world today, then I do not care to be a minister of religion. If I must sacrifice my liberties as a citizen in order to be a Methodist preacher, then I do not care to be a Methodist preacher."
Things seem to be sadly jumbled in Rev. Tom's head. He is a preacher who seems to think that the salvation of the world lies in politics rather than in religion, while politicians who have attained the heights of statesmanship concede that the salvation of the world depends upon religion rather than politics. There are hundreds of preachers in every denomination who "relate" religion to the great questions agitating the world today, but who make preaching the gospel their chief concern and who never dream that they are sacrificing their "liberties as a citizen" in order to be a preacher.
The Rev. Tom is candidate for the Senate on the LaFollette-Wheeler ticket and advised third party headquarters after his connection with the conference as an active pastor was severed that he was "free as a bird" and said he could now devote his time to canvassing the State. Wherefore it seems that he is and has been a stranger to the freedom that makes a man free indeed. He seems now to feel much like the school boy who rejoices that the hated restraints of school are ended.
Of course effort will be made to make it appear that Mr. Jimison is a victim of persecution because of his radical political views; which, of course, had nothing to do with it. No man has any business in the active pastorate who shows by his activities that he is more concerned about some other line of work than he is about the ministry.
The Rev. Jimison "fired" himself.
—The Landmark, Statesville, North Carolina, October 27, 1924, page 2.
Lumberton Robesonian
Rev. Tom Jimison, who is better known as an agitator and politician than as a divider of The Word, was told by Bishop Denny at the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference at Greensboro last week that his political activities made him unacceptable as a pastor; that he could not send him anywhere where he would be acceptable, so the Rev. Tom asked to be located, which means that he was not given an appointment.
Jimison issued a statement in which he said that "if religion is to be unrelated to the great questions which are agitating the world today, then I do not care to be a minister of religion. If I must sacrifice my liberties as a citizen in order to be a Methodist preacher, then I do not care to be a Methodist preacher."
Things seem to be sadly jumbled in Rev. Tom's head. He is a preacher who seems to think that the salvation of the world lies in politics rather than in religion, while politicians who have attained the heights of statesmanship concede that the salvation of the world depends upon religion rather than politics. There are hundreds of preachers in every denomination who "relate" religion to the great questions agitating the world today, but who make preaching the gospel their chief concern and who never dream that they are sacrificing their "liberties as a citizen" in order to be a preacher.
The Rev. Tom is candidate for the Senate on the LaFollette-Wheeler ticket and advised third party headquarters after his connection with the conference as an active pastor was severed that he was "free as a bird" and said he could now devote his time to canvassing the State. Wherefore it seems that he is and has been a stranger to the freedom that makes a man free indeed. He seems now to feel much like the school boy who rejoices that the hated restraints of school are ended.
Of course effort will be made to make it appear that Mr. Jimison is a victim of persecution because of his radical political views; which, of course, had nothing to do with it. No man has any business in the active pastorate who shows by his activities that he is more concerned about some other line of work than he is about the ministry.
The Rev. Jimison "fired" himself.
—The Landmark, Statesville, North Carolina, October 27, 1924, page 2.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Many Influential People are Sons of Ministers
1912
NOTED SONS OF MINISTERS
On Every Line They Have Been Widely Known in Public Life in America.
It is probable that ministers' sons have exerted more influence in the United States than in any other country. Among teachers, lawyers, doctors, scientists, men of business and in the church there are a great host who have been the sons of ministers.
Of the more notable men in our history who were sons of ministers we find in political life Cleveland, Clay, Buchanan, Arthur, Quay, Morton, Beveridge, Hughes and Dolliver; among jurists, Field and Brewer; among educators, Woodrow Wilson, Faunce, James, Carroll, Lunsbury; in history and literature, Sloan, Parkman, Bancroft, Holmes, Emerson, Henry James, Lowell, Gilder, Van Dyke; in invention and science, Cyrus W. Field, Samuel F. Morse and Agassiz; in the church, Beecher, Alexander, Hodge, Abbott, Potter, Jonathan Edwards; in philosophy, James.
In the Hall of Fame 51 famous Americans are honored. Of these 51 ten are the children of ministers: Agassiz, Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Clay, Jonathan Edwards, Emerson, Lowell, Morse, Bancroft and Holmes.—Popular Science Monthly.
—The Daily Commonwealth, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, December 17, 1912, page 2.
NOTED SONS OF MINISTERS
On Every Line They Have Been Widely Known in Public Life in America.
It is probable that ministers' sons have exerted more influence in the United States than in any other country. Among teachers, lawyers, doctors, scientists, men of business and in the church there are a great host who have been the sons of ministers.
Of the more notable men in our history who were sons of ministers we find in political life Cleveland, Clay, Buchanan, Arthur, Quay, Morton, Beveridge, Hughes and Dolliver; among jurists, Field and Brewer; among educators, Woodrow Wilson, Faunce, James, Carroll, Lunsbury; in history and literature, Sloan, Parkman, Bancroft, Holmes, Emerson, Henry James, Lowell, Gilder, Van Dyke; in invention and science, Cyrus W. Field, Samuel F. Morse and Agassiz; in the church, Beecher, Alexander, Hodge, Abbott, Potter, Jonathan Edwards; in philosophy, James.
In the Hall of Fame 51 famous Americans are honored. Of these 51 ten are the children of ministers: Agassiz, Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Clay, Jonathan Edwards, Emerson, Lowell, Morse, Bancroft and Holmes.—Popular Science Monthly.
—The Daily Commonwealth, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, December 17, 1912, page 2.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Hard Shell Creeds
1922
By DR. JAMES I. VANCE
It was in the smoker of a Pullman car. There, if anywhere, men speak out their minds without reservation.
We had talked long enough for reserve to vanish, when I said: "Gentlemen, what about politics?" The replies were like a machine gun in action. "Politics is ruined. It is gone to the bad. The country can't be saved by politics."
Then after a moment, I said: "Well, "what about religion?" There was a bit of silence. Then one man said: "Religion is a beautiful thing." Right down the line, each of the others repeated: "Yes, Religion is a beautiful thing." "But," added one, "there is one kind of religion I don't like. It is the kind which says that if you want it, you can't get it, if you get it, you can't lose it; and if you lose it, you never had it." "What kind of religion is that?" I asked. "Hard shell!" I could not blame him.
The creed of the hard shell is not a beautiful thing. To try to feed immortal souls on such a religion is like offering a diet of ground limestone to nursing babes.
It is the creed which puts dogma over life, and sacrifices the welfare of humanity to the interests of party or sect.
—Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia, April 7, 1922, page 13.
By DR. JAMES I. VANCE
It was in the smoker of a Pullman car. There, if anywhere, men speak out their minds without reservation.
We had talked long enough for reserve to vanish, when I said: "Gentlemen, what about politics?" The replies were like a machine gun in action. "Politics is ruined. It is gone to the bad. The country can't be saved by politics."
Then after a moment, I said: "Well, "what about religion?" There was a bit of silence. Then one man said: "Religion is a beautiful thing." Right down the line, each of the others repeated: "Yes, Religion is a beautiful thing." "But," added one, "there is one kind of religion I don't like. It is the kind which says that if you want it, you can't get it, if you get it, you can't lose it; and if you lose it, you never had it." "What kind of religion is that?" I asked. "Hard shell!" I could not blame him.
The creed of the hard shell is not a beautiful thing. To try to feed immortal souls on such a religion is like offering a diet of ground limestone to nursing babes.
It is the creed which puts dogma over life, and sacrifices the welfare of humanity to the interests of party or sect.
—Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia, April 7, 1922, page 13.
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