YOUNGSTOWN MINISTER GIVES REASON CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT AFFILIATE WITH ORDER SAYS, CHRISTIANITY MUST BE FOR ALL (Special to Louisville Leader.) Youngstown, Ohio, Dec. 7.--"Zeal without knowledge," is how Rev. F. F. Reade, pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian church. characterized the ardor of the Ku Kluxers, in a sermon delivered Sunday morning. He enumerated the reasons why a Christian should not affiliate with the Klan as follows:
"They have a zeal of making converts to their religion, if it is truly Christian, must have a universal appeal.
"The claim is made that religion of the Klan is Christian. 'It (the Klan ritualism) unfolds a spiritual philosophy that has to do with the very fundamentals of life and living, here and hereafter.' Again: 'At every lodge meeting Jesus Christ is lauded and his teachings expounded and the constitution and regulations of the order set forth that the living Christ is the Klansman's criterion of character.' (A B C of the Ku Kluk Klan issued by the Klan press of Atlanta, Ga.) Edward Young Clark, Grand Wizard pro tem. says the Klan is "a secret organization sworn to....perpetuate Christianity."
Must Be For All.
"Christianity, if offered at all, must be offered to all. No agency was ever empowered by Christ to offer His salvation to one class only. "To the Jew first," said Paul, "and also to the Greek." Christ's command was, "Go ye therefore, and take disciples of all the nations." The offer was always made on the basis of a universal appeal. The first Christian society ever organized consisted of Parthians, Medes, Elamites, etc., as well as Jews, Romans and Libyans (descendants of Ham..
"When one of the apostles became a bit clannish he was rebuked both by fellow apostles and by a vision from God which informed him that he had no right to make distinctions where the Holy Spirit had made none.
Yet, the Klan makes its offer to a limited class. The Imperial Klokand, W. J. Mooney, says, "This is a gentile organization and as such has as its mission the interpretation of the highest ideals of the White Gentile peoples.' That, of course, shuts out the Jew.
"Again, he says, 'This is a white man's organization, exalting the Caucasian race and teaching the doctrine of white supremcy.' That, of course settles the case of all colored races.
"Again, only those born in the United States, who are '100 per cent American,' can become members of the Klan. That cuts out all foreign born peoples, including your humble servant who chanced to be born under the British flag.
If the Klan wishes to be a close corporation, that is a privilege it has. But let it be done as a purely social organization, or a purely political organization. Let it not be done as a religious organization. Let not the Klan assume the prerogatives of the church while it bars, at the same time, from membership, those whom the church has no right to shut out, provided they be confessors of Christ. Any spiritual organization that that refuses to propagate itself through the Christian universa l appeal must be anti-Christian.
Racial Prejudice
"Secondly, they have a zeal for magnifying the white race, whereas the Bible teaches that men are of one blood. Ancient Israel had somehow gotten the notion that they were the favorites of Heaven and destined to rule the world, and they had a zeal for religion based upon this narrow conception. Christ and His apostles disabused their mind with references to any such beilef. The Klan seems to be obcessed with a similar conception with reference to the white race, whose superiority and supremacy, as the representatives of Christian chivalry it insists upon. Part of the Ku Klux Klan reads as follows: 'We shall ever be true in the faithful maintenance of white supremacy and will strenuously oppose any compromise thereof in any and all things.' The Imperial Klokard adds, 'This is a white man's organization--exalting the Caucasian race and teaching the doctrine of white supremacy....All of Christian civilization depends upon the preservation and upbuilding of the white race.'
"One thing I would like to inquire is who, in the opinion of the Klan authorities, constitutes the Caucausian race. Students of anthropolgy include in this classification some who are dark skinned as, for example, the Hindus and certain inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula. But Klan spokesmen have insisted that there must be no compromise with black, red, yellow or brown. Perhaps they would limit the appellation to the Japhetic peoples, thus relegating to the class of inferior peoples the descendants of the other two sons of Noah. That would, of course, cut out the Arab and the Jew, who are Semitic people. If that be the purpose, what shall be done with Moses and Isaiah and David and John and Paul--men whose influence upon the race for eternal good is unquestioned--to say nothing of Jesus Christ who was also a Jew?
"Another thing I would like to know is how we, if our church should take the Klan position, can expect to carry on successfully our mission work Continued on page 8)

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