The "Evangel's" Last Wail.
By Editor
THE efforts of Dr. Kalloch in behalf of religion, purity in politics, and the Baptist denomination, do not seem to be well appreciated. The Evangel, the organ of the Doctor, has expired. In its last issue are the following words:— “On the 23d of April preceding the meeting of the Convention in Sacramento, Rev. I. M. Kalloch, the son of Dr. Kalloch, and assistant Pastor of the Metropolitan Church, put an end to the miserable and infamous life of Chas. De Young. This brave and necessary act was such a technical violation of tardy and inoperative law, that it gave an opportunity and excuse for the old and devilish elements of envy in a few rival churches in this city to show their long-slumbering vindictiveness and ferocity.” That this was a “necessary act” in behalf of tardy justice does not to us appear, inasmuch as the trial of De Young was set for May 3—about ten days subsequent to the time of his assassination. The above extract is quite in keeping with the tone and spirit of most of the articles in the last number of the Evangel. After this indorsement of a premeditated and atrocious crime committed by the pastor of the “Metropolitan Church,” we think the Evangel can well be spared from the list of “religious” papers.