| Show Preen the ot of out outbreak of 01 ra tot In pith of dill WI spleen that theu all an he box enrOl era are hot ot I to the empire TIll The If f char It I le ot at work there II one oM let least expert It its appearance Only a few weeks lil ego ao a North Cam Caro Ilna town wu was the IC Irene of a I crime which was wat different oDI only I in de deIr Ir Ire from the tb ed III h pagan pi China Chili last lut three It U appears that during the years y a sect established itself In I thoa Creek Cherokee county end lId anted r rt I church Iq which to worship Th tol t goes that about ten days clay ago UtI a of tb the took poll sick hk liI M fused medical old Ild and nd depended t upon the pra of 01 some of his w lit fOr Ear Tho 1 wu was that tai one of there wu was arrested pronounced slaM sad In ina a fall jelt Th The spread Finally three men among whom was wa s Methodist preacher coned n mane ot of One on hundred and ancI reo Fe undid to tN the all II They were weft urged to destroy the church ot of the new sect lix of nt those refU refused t to have anything to do with this scheme ur lag IIII that every pen had bad a right to 10 worship according to his and that no one lne had bad a right to drill destroy roy his pert TIle The other ru rated d and burned the church willie while the Rev gen lIn gentleman uman The crowd passed paned a resolution warning the members of 01 the church not ot to baUd another anywhere III hi tb the county W We know not Dot what are the tenets of the sect leet It le claimed that th they teach or of Are the holy dance the dynamite tb the the nellte and nd mus many other things never herd heard of be bet t for also allO that God h has revealed things tel to them I In various wa ways such a u total abl abstinence from coffee and that this Is Ia a fair of 01 their faith I 11 hardly probable But no DO what wItt they believe ev and teach the proceedings against nt them by the mob I another disgrace to th the stale Ital Ib h which It took place and to the tl try It llo does not Dot better the caw calli that the Incendiaries were headed haded b by a ap p who like Nero Addled while Rome Reme w was burning That aggravates t the ca clue It If thus th people were pUt guilty of at aught t the Ibe law Iw tI they had a aright right to be Wed tried by law Iw It Ie not the destruction or of their church wu was simply an act of fanaticism that deserves the strongest condemnation TIle The superior of the Methodist preacher ought to I in tb the case and nd If b he I Is found guilty he II ought to 10 be promptly dis as unfit for lor tb the pulpit In II no AO other o way war can CUI that denomination tree itself from tile the stain b be has haa put on oa It Its reputation North Carolina II not the only place III hi the country infested b by tb the foul loul air of Intolerance The Ne New Tork World toll ills of 01 the of a Adventist pastor pator In New York Tork who was by br a mob whit performing the rite of 01 The Tbt W World says In part Disgraceful by between three and lour four hundred men and women attended the ceremony of Immersion b by a party art or of yesterday morning sat t the loot foot of 01 Fit ty street on the sa Bay Ridge Ridle shore bore Fer F r over twenty minutes the lain continued While the minister and hll t rt women w were eland Ing In the water he pray pra prat t or striving to pray ray profane words were wert hurled burled at him water was It splashed In ID hit his face ace he wa struck with balls blI made of sand and nd the disorderly mob all him and hi hit police policeman rambling companion t companion Not a poll mn man appeared Pred to prot protect t the peaceful little IItti party part and there w war not on one person is tilt the crow crowd with enough mn man lines or womanliness to oppose the of blackguard um A few lew deeble protests we were made but the they had no for tone e to them The pastors clothes were covered with mud mild and the women faint fainted ed from fright One of them was la in a hysterical condition after the ceremony had bd Ma hose performed and the mob w was frantic with delight at their disgraceful work It I le tar hr from pleasant to contemplate such euch occurrences in III our own country They pion ron that the than la Ie much need of missionary work at home ome Th They ate alte that the of Christen Christendom do dom I Is clot uti different from that of 01 paganism ud And the question la is pertin pertinent ent It If w we lit alt In judgment upon on one rae race for tor atrocities committed In 10 a spirit of savage intolerance shall not the God of alt all nation judge JUdIe iii unless a repent lit tl d a sin liD that II III all the more In fa tilt the more brilliant given hen hento to us Hie our government no nn po power r to cope cop with religious fanaticism and secure all the right guaranteed to them IW hr the sacred red Instrument of freedom It If not teo how can we expect tit the government to bl be iron tron cough to kelp lIP Inviolate the treaty treat rights It ba has been forced lOId alai against net lt It will to II grant t an 11 spec race |
