| Show cl clerical erle edie 1 Of fences the recent I 1 lapse apse or to more cone otly reia rela relapse re la lapse apse of the rev bev M L P Thomp thompson son gon D D of the buffalo bumm Buff malo maio presbytery arom irom vii wil vil virtue tue furnia furnishes hes another 11 strong trong argument in favor of the substitution ofa modicum of common sense and justice for the mistaken lenity which usually the pro ce edinge of ecclesiastical bodies in their dealings with clerical offenders dr thompson at one time occupied the pulpit of the second presbyterian church of cincinnati where bis his elo eio quence and learning vindicated his bis right to stand in the place once filled by his hig predecessors lyman iyman beecher and dr samuel fisher he was a man considerably advanced in years a devoted student a ripe scholar and possessed of the divine gift of eloquence hla his congregation idolized him aud and he won the respect of the entire population tion tIOU of cincinnati but wit with all hlis hiis rare rara abilities and attainments he was as aa paul says a man of like passions with other men I 1 and allowed hla his lecherous instincts to rule and ruin hira hina the extent of ef hig hib trespasses sEes in cincinnati will probably pro bally never bb dle dib closed it Is ia enough to bay say that they became so flagrant nis fis grant that he was subjected to 10 deburen discipline dieci pline and driven from the pulpit in disgrace he professed i penitence and after a short probation ba tion tiou was wag restored to t the he church and ministry ry and now we have the information has been convicted and condemned a second time for libidinous practices by the buccalo buffalo presbytery in our comments on these frequently occurring cler cieri cil loil irregularities we bave have used i orne oine severity of language in the hope that we might impress upon tl ti 0 various churches ebur cheis the absolute necessity of a more stringent method of dealing with the mou meu who dla dim disgrace grace the midi ministerial calling catling lenity I 1 is mis placed in huoh cafek out cut ea and mercy where guilt Is ia shown is mockery we cheak for the fathers and brot bro brothers ners hers whose UP wives ves daughters and sisters are placed in the most intimate relations with uhe the priests and preachers of the various churches in demanding that those who abuse their holy office to minister to their luata shail ahall be unsparingly exposed and denounced in this we seek to fx ex pies ples pie s the public opinion upon a suba ct of the gravest importance society h nas las a profound iti in the pre preservation I 1 on of the pe personal honsl purity of the clergy and when we see a tendency on the lne part of the churches to cover up or palliate their flagrant vice vlee we would be false to our duty as journalists if we failed foiled to sound the alarm the recent case cases of robertson Robert son don of louisville and dr Thomp thompson aoi at a jamestown are signal signs illustrations af f the outrageous folly of dealing tenderly with buch sueh scoundrels both of these nieu iuen bad beell beull detected before and with a lull knowledge of 0 the facts their churches gave them new license to practice their th ahw man be he tle minister r or layman who will undertake to defend the church nu au th that lend encouragement to thise hse in clo cio clutching thing has a vv ors irs fotunato not fot of the character of cf the sacred ulee ulce nice of a christian minister missouri democrat |
