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NO CHRIST IN THE PACT. Christians Protest Chaplain's Peace 1 Conference Prayer. ? The Rev. W. S. Abernethy, pastoi of Calvary Baptist church, where President Harding worships, has admitted in a letter to a fellow-Baptist says a Washington letter, thai he v was requested to delete the name ol Jesus Christ from his prayer opening the Arms Conference. Copies of his communication and others tl.at follov are now in the hands of five or sii senators. ' "Had 1 been left to my own initi ative, I am ver/ sure tbat I woulc f have offered the prayer that I did ir the name of Christ/' declared Mr. Abernethy. "I was reminded, however that Che conference was not a Chris tian body, that there would be Budd hists and Confucianists present, anc , was told that it was the feeling tha a simple recognition of the Dut: would fill the requirements. I re znembered that the prayer that Jesui taught, and which repeated fron * Sunday to Sunday did not contaii his name, and yet it had the spiri of Christ in it, as we all agree." "Better Than Jlfo Prayer." . "I felt that it would be better t< offer a prayer of recognition of Go< Almighty and a petition for guidanc< than to have no prayer at all. therefore offered the petition as i was published in the papers. I d< not believe I crucified my Lbrd, as ] have been accused of doing. "I am sorry that my brother minis lers nave apoKen as iney nave. 1 very sure that if they had known ev erything they would not have judgec me as harshly as they have." >( * Ever since the opening of the Arms conference, preachers and others hav< criticised Mr. Abernethy for leavinj out all reference to Christ. Efforti have been made to ascertain the trutl about the report that he had beei asked to make no reference to Jesus A week ago a local paper printed ai alleged statement from Mr. Aber \ nethy saying "there was absoiutelj no censorship of the opening prayei at the Washington conference on th? limitation armaments. No one o: the high officials connected with the conference attempted to dictate ? policy." It was this statement that startec senators digging for facts. During the t debate of the Versailles treaty one o1 " the arguments against the pact was that it nowhere referred to God anc no prayer was offered at the confer ence that brought it forth. President Wilson was charged with neglecting his duty to the Christian Church be cause he did not insist on a prayer ai the opening of the Paris Peace con ' ference. f The spirit of Mr. Abernethy's pray -. er is shown by the beginning and con elusion <jf it, which are as follows: "Almighty God, we thank thee foi the coming of this eventful day. Wt have seen it from afar and now we rejoice that it has at last dawned. May it bring forth untold blessings to a troubled world. O thou, Omnipotenl One, today, as in other days, we be lieve that thou dost guide in humai . affairs. Thou hast made of one blood all nations that dwell upon the earth and though we are of many races and many tongues, yet the interests of th< - few are the interests of the largei number! "May we walk softly and humbly .before thee this day and throughout the fateful days in this great conference. May we be intent on knowing thy will; and knowing it, may w have the courage to do it. And may it be that the findings of this conference shall be wise, so far-reaching and so beneficial that all mankind may take new hope and fresh cour age. And to tnee snail oe tne praist and the glory forever and ever. Amen." The entire correspondence over the ' Abernethy prayer has fallen into the hands of Democratic and Republicar senators. For a week or ten days most of the talk in the cloak rooms has been over the claim for Mr. Abernethy that this prayer was not censored or dictated and the letters writ ten to him about it and his answers. A prominent Baltimore business man wrote tov Mr. Abernethy or January 6, saying in part: "On the morning after your prayei at the opening of the Armament con ference many ministers, including mj own pastor, Dr. A. C. Dixon, criticised the omission of all references tc Christ in the wording of your prayer Other Baltimore ministers expressed the same thought, and this has become so generally a subject of discussion that I am taking the liberty ol asking you whether your omission o] all reference to Jesus Christ was accidental or intentional. "If it was intentional, was it due tc any suggestion or request to that effect? And if so, by whom made. 01 if you decided of your own volition to omit all reference to Christ, was il because heathen nations whe do not recognize Christ were in attendance upon the conference?" This letter brought out t'he admis sion of Mr. Abernethy. In the way o1 explanation he said: "If I could have the opportunity of talking with yot on this matter face to face. I am sur< I could convince you that T did no have it in my heart at all to dishonoi my Lord Jesus Christ in the oiferius of that prayer at the conference. ] have been very severely criticised foi it by people from all parts of th< 1 country, but they did not know the background of the situation." 5 On receipt of Mr. Abernethy's reply the writer of the original letter ] wired: "Questions raised in my let- } ter of January 6 are so vitally importJ ant I am compelled to ask that you ] give me the privilege of publishing j your reply of January 9, for sooner * or later facts will inevitably come out , and I am sure it is better that they ? should be published now. i cannot 5 conceive that the Christian people of this county are willing at the re* quest of any one that the name of Christ should be omitted from an opening prayer at a World's confer* ence merely because there were at 1 the conference representatives of nonChristian hands. ' Calls It Insult to God. "The request to omit the name of Christ could only, it seems to me, be ^ construed by Heaven itself as an insuit to Almighty God. If the omission r of all reference to Christ has been accidental^ would have been regretta3 ble and the country has hoped that 1 that omission was accidental, but that 1 it was not accidental, but purposely 1 done at somebody's request, is a startling and amazing development which this country must consider. I 5 beg, therefore, that you will wire me ? - ?? -1*- - ?~ ~ v ? * collect tue privilege ui puuiiauiug 8 your letter." 1 In response to this Mr. Abernethy wired: "My letter, expressly stated } that contents were confidential. Can1 not for a moment agree to your proposal that it be made public. I be" lieve you will not betray my confi1 dence." This wire was followed by a letter 1 in which Mr. Abernathy said: "I believe, that I can pray in the name of 3 Christ without mentioning the word. 3 It was in that spirit that I offeted he > prayer I did.. I am willing to bear 3 the entire resposibility for it my1 self." 1 Notwithstanding Mr. Abernethy's insistence that his reply be held con1 fidential, it was given to senators and ; became the talk of the cloakrooms, j ' Reference to the matter was made in r debate by Senator Watson (Ga.), 3 Glass (Va.), and others. The regular monthly meeting of the board of county commissioners was held Monday. No business of \ any importance, aside from the regu' lar routine, was transacted. n IW| m Too Much to Expect. We note that Secretary of War Weeks has put the official O. K. on ' the new Pershing cap, for officers. Bit how is a second lieutenant going to ^ get a mere Pershing cap on his head? ?The Kansas Legionaire. Habitual Constipation Cured in 14 to 21 Days "LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially. prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual } Constipation. It relieves promptly but [ should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days r to indude regular action. It Stimulates and L Regulates. 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" UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. 5 EASTERN DISTRICT OF SOUTH 1 CAROLINA. * IN BANKRUPTCY. . In the matter of Rosa M. Krawchek, > Bankrupt. I On the 14 day of April, 1922, - on reading the foregoing petition, it is, ' Ordered by the Court that a hear f ing be had upon the same on the 26 - day of May, A. D. 1922, before said Court at Charleston, in said District, > at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice thereof be published in ' The Bamberg Herald, a newspaper i printed in said district, and that all t creditors and other persons interestt ed may appear at said time and place i 'and show cause if any they have why the prayer of the said petitioner . should not be granted. . And it is further Ordered by the Court that the Clerk shall send by 3 mail to all known creditors copies t of said petition and this order ad3 dressed to them at their places of , residence as stated. Witness the Honorable Henry A. r M. 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