A Salvation Army Brother by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 29, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 39.

A Salvation Army Brother

By Editor

A Salvation Army brother writes us from Pasadena that the authorities have warned him to go a little easier in his denunciation of crime, or it will go bad with him. He says, “I tell of the innocent women and children murdered through the legalized saloon and the harlot house, of the gambling hells and pool rooms and cigar stands; and I told them I preach against crime according to God’s Word;” but he was told, “People won’t stand that now.” The incident bears its own lesson, and is a worthy topic for at least a little reflection. The brother may have been unwise in his denunciations; we know not; but are we not in a land of freedom of speech? None need to hear him unless they wish. Oughtn’t he to be given as much freedom as the evils he denounces?