Editorial January 5, 1899 Issue

Per Contra

Editor with contributions from Arthur E. Jennings

By no means, however, have all the British newspapers taken sides against us. There is always a residue of fair-mindedness and cool-headedness among English as well as American people. We append some of the more favorable comments.

The Morning, of London, publishes an article by Mr. David Christie Murray, from which we extract:—

"The theory is that this is a Christian nation, that its people believe in God, and that our lives are regulated by the rules laid down in the New Testament. The facts do not fit in with the theory. The people who believe that God can cure their sick, without the intervention of earthly aid—which is pure Biblical doctrine, beyond any shadow of a doubt—are liable to be tried for manslaughter. Plain Apostolic teaching and plain English law are in dead opposition to each other. This is a point on which most people prefer to maintain a rather hypocritical silence. If you declare in favor of the law you are open to the accusation of being an Infidel and a Vessel of Wrath. If you declare in favor of the Gospel, then you are a crank and a fanatic, and blind to all the light of modern thought. It is a prickly question, but we have solved so many of its kind in England that we need have no fear in attempting the solution of one more. It will be found in the long run that the only solution lies in perfect liberty of conscience."

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