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Abilene Christian UniversityDigital Commons @ ACUHerald of Truth Documents Herald of Truth Records7-1968Dr. Martin Luther King...and Some of Our BrethrenHerald of TruthThe Christian JournalFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.acu.edu/hot_docsThis Editorial is brought to you for free and open access by the Herald of Truth Records at Digital Commons @ ACU. It has been accepted for inclusionin Herald of Truth Documents by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ ACU. For more information, please contact dc@acu.edu.Recommended CitationHerald of Truth and The Christian Journal, "Dr. Martin Luther King...and Some of Our Brethren" (1968). Herald of Truth Documents.Paper 240.http://digitalcommons.acu.edu/hot_docs/240Page 2 THE CHRI STI AN JOURNAL EDITORIAL • • • "2)r. marlin ofutker _}(;,ng ... AND SOME OF OUR BRETHREN" Th ree mon ths ago Dr. Mart in Luther King, J r. was lowered t he American flag to ha lf-mast in hono r of Mr. m ur dere d . T he deed was cowardly to say the least. King; bu t t he same sc ho ol did no t pay the sam e re spect Million s of peop le, an d certa inly all Christians, dep lore th is a nd hon or when recen tl y on e of ou r own gr eat Negro law less act comm itte d agains t a fellow citizen· of th e preac hers, MARSHAL L KE EBLE - sound in the fa ith , United St at es. fruitful a nd law -abidi ng - passe d this life . Thi s sch ool Now t hat th e initi a l emot iona lism has sub sided it is low ered t he fl ag for a Ba ptist preac her, but not for a gospel proper t hat a few obs er vation s be made .. . especi all y in pr ea ch er . view of the evident influen ce th at Mr . King had on many While it is t ru e tha t t he President ord er ed t he flag . . . including some in the church . flo wn at halfmast on all NATIONAL PROPERTIES and It is not eworthy to poin t out that in the pe rs onality of INSTALLATIONS , congr ess did not pass a la w demanding Ma rtin Luth er King, there wa s the combina t ion of som e this of PRIVATE citiz ens and PRIVATE institu t ions. It ve ry puzzling contradictions . He set hims elf forward as a was a matt er of choice - not a law to be obeyed . relig ious minister, yet he did not believe the Bible. As a · Another one of our schools cond uct ed a memorial minister he was supposed to "pr each Christ " yet he did not accept the virgin birth and the deity of Jesus Christ . service wherein Dr. King wa s eulog ized. Maybe this is Early in his life as a minister he adopted the philosophy what is called a "Liberal" Arts education . It should go of India's Ghandi more than he accepted the principles of without saying that our Christian Colleges should teach Christ. (National Observer, December 30, 1963) respect for law and order ... patriotism ... and good Martin Luther King hailed himself as the apostle of citizen ship and not hold up a self-admitted lawbreaker as non-violence . Yet , everywhere he went he sow ed the seeds a subject of praise and honor . . of violence and so often violence followed. Actually, he was a lawbreaker , although a pretended "non-violent" one . From the West Coast comes an official news release He vowed that he would obe y only the laws th a t plea sed from another of our Christian Colleges stating on a certain him. In Memphis he announced , "Th ere ain't no in junc t ion date one of our young and dynamic radio evangelists woul d going to turn us around." By word and geed, he has been talk to the student body on the subject, "THE CONTINU-a most effective force for lawle ssne ss in our country. ING MESSAGE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING." If there U. S. Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia stated was ever a message that needed to be DIS-continued, it is in a speech before the Senate, as recorded in the Con - the message of Martin Luther King . gressional Record, "Why cannot our people revere and respect and obey the laws of The church is in danger of suffering irreparable harm the country which irave most of us birth and which we all should love?" if those in positions of leadership, be they r adio evangelist July, 1968 MARSHALL KEEBLE MARTIN LUTHER KING ' 'There is a lesson to be drawn from what happened in Jlemphis or college professor, persist in taking the church down the and from what has been happening with increasing inten s ity through- road of ultra-liberalism . .. the first step having always out the nation in rec ent years That is, that mass protests, mas fil been to break down respect for the Bible ... constituted demonstrations, and mass marches and the like - whether labeled non - and delegated authority. violent or otherwise - can only serve to encourage unrest and diso_rder , ·--===============:::::===================== ===== ====-__,. and to provoke violence and bloodshed. And, in the end, those who ad- r voc:ate such methods often become, themselves, th e victims of the forces they themselves set in motion. ''This, in a .itanner, is what happened to Dr. King. He usually spoke of non-violence, yet violence all too often attended his actions. And, at the lpt, he himself met a violent end." Mr . King explained his ideas on civil disobed ience in t erms of just and unjust laws, and how they are to be broken , during an interview on March 28, 1965, "Meet the Press" : "I do feel that there are two types of laws. One is a just law and one is an un just law . I think we all ha ve moral obligations to disobey unjust laws ." As properly stated by Justice Frankfurter, "If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chao s, t hen tyranny." The Apostile Paul said in his epistle to the Romans, "Let every soul be subject unto higher powers." To Titus he said, "Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers , to obey magistrates .. . " Thus, the Apostle Paul admonishes all to obe y the law and to respec t authority, and those who refus e bring on serious risks and consequences. Have we so soon forgatten that our forefathers came over from the old country to establish a de cent society? Yet, there are seemingly al ways present those who would destroy it and in so doing des tro y t hems elves . It is beyond comprehen sio n ho w any, especiall y some of our own bre t hren , could support the pr incipl es that guided the life of Martin Luthe r King . But such is evi -dently the case . One Chris tia n College in We st Te xas 

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