The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 27, 1922, Page 3, Image 3
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
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i order signed by His Honor, W. H.
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h on the first day of May, 1922, be
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5 April 13, 1922. 4-27-n
ORDER OF NOTICE.
" 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. Smith, Judge of the said Court
; and the seal thereof, at Charleston,
r in said District, on the 14 day of
? April. A. D. 1922.
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