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entered the meeting during the recess. After recess the Council reassembled and the Chairman laid before members a Resolution introduced by (Government, The Resolution reads: Colonial Council Bill No 38. Second Session 1920-21. RESOLUTION. Be it resolved by the Colowial Council for the Municipality of St. Crowx in Session assembled: That tnhe Goveraor be and he ils here- by authorized to sell the iot No. 10A. sit- uated on New Street., Chnstiansied, St. Croix, V. 1., for the sum of $75.00 or Three Hundred and Seventy-five (375.00) Francs. introduced by Government [t was put to the vote and carried that the Resolution be furthered today and passed at one Discussion. The Chairman remarked: Tre stunicl- pal Committee has viewed this matter. It seems that the adjoining iot to the iot in question was purchased and by mis- sake, a tfoundation was buiit on this lot. The Maunicipal Committee after viewing the circumstanczs recommends that the lot be sold to the appilicant for $75.00. ath Apnointed Member (Blackwood) remarked: Mr. Chairman The appli- cant for the purchase of this lot claims that he madea mijstake by building on this lot the Municipal Committee investi- gated the maiter and found out that he owns the adjoining lot. As a corner lot this lot is more valuable, and as he has alrea vy built his foundation on 1t we thought it best to recommend that the ot ®e sold to him for $75.00 To be vontinued. MARRIED last evening im St. John’s Church by the Revd. H M. Pigott, Mr. W. KTHELBERT MESSER, Assistant to the School Direetor, to Miss DAPHNE LANGE, both of this town. To the young couple we &eg to offer our congratula- tions and st wishes for a long and happy .union. The Industrial Band rendered a popae- lar concert on the wharf last evening. OFFICIAL NEWS. ' June 30, 1920. Governor Oman Issued an order yester- day to officers and men of the Naval Service that no firing of fire-arms or use of fireworks will be permitted to be en- gaged in by the men on July 4th and sth, within the limits of Charlotte Amalie. This will practically limit the use of fire-works by persons in the Naval Ser- viee 1o the Municipal display that is being arranged and is following the practice adopted throughout the Statesof endeav- oring to avoid fire and injuries and to makea safe and sane 4th of July. S 1. ULI X ANID & Correspondence. (,Jhristzanst*},‘)une 30, 1920 Editor St. Croiz Avis™= [ have today’s-is Sue of the Avis before me, and as a subseriber and one inter- ested in your paper. [ can not forbear writing you a few ‘lines 1n reference to that piffle signed ''Friend'’. 1 venture ~ to beiieve that you understand the spirit - whiceh actuates me to denounve the con- . tribution 1o question and I trust the . writer will be advised and never Impose . on the literacy of this ¢« mmunity with | further such rot ] Now. first of ail, whoever in your pa- \ per said they wanted light on whether | marriage is or is not a sacrament? | Sometime age [ wrote rather showing up that marriage is not a sacrament and | hag never heen so regarded by the Pro- testant Kpiscopal Chureh of the United i States, and practically challenged the | advoeates of the new theory that it is, | to come forward and defend their posi- | tion. So far, only one signing himself | A.T. made any move in the matter, and | what he wrote was such a dismal failure | that the subjeet dropped, and the old | adage ‘‘silence gives consent’’ has been | applied to the attitude of the high chureh L Bahiolais. who, it iz alleged weuld not l stoop toreply. In fact, it has been said l that if any one expected to see an an- swer from the clergymen concerned, that . anticipation vould not be realized. Per- " haps in this enlightened age it has be- come to be regarded as contrary to cleri- cal ethics to write in the newspaper, if even in defense of the truth, or what is represented as truth. Howgver, some of ' the most eddifying contributions that have appeared in newspapers in these islands have emanated from the pens of ~ clergymen. Many still remember the ' Lutheran clergyman, Mr. lLawaetz, cer- . tainly a man of letters, who would not coolly permit any wisrepresentation [if it be misrepresentation in the case in . mind] to be ascrib?d to his position. The - late Canon Watsgn, a good and popular ~ man who truly ghowed what is called a Christiawn spirit, Has honored the St. Croix ! Avis with writings that ‘‘glorified’”’ the . man. I would like to refer the advo- ~ cates of parsonic silence to an issue Os the St. Croix Bulietin of November 1915 in which Canon Watson, finding 1t ~ expedient to defend a position, wrote i what was considered one of his abiest . contributions to the newspaper; and ' that in answer to a pseudonymous letter ' to boot. Other learned clergymen in ' this town have written in defense | of their position apd will, doubtiess, do so again, if oceasion requires; there- fore, so much for whether siience 1s in any way creditable after ali. The purpose of today is to inform '‘Friend’’ that nobo- dy has askgd. in the newspaper at least, i fora de?vftion of the sacredness of mar- ' riage, nor has anyone, t¢ my knowledge. attempted to disparage marriage which I maintain 1s one of the most important and sslemn cwwl contracts into which hu- wan beings can enter. That this sub- jeet is to be taken up in the Lutheran Church as ‘‘Friend’’ informs us, does not alter the faet that if marriage is a sacrament, it will remain one. and 1f it is merely @ civil contract (which every ~ thinking person knows 1t is), its charac- acter will not be altered ~ne iota by any- | thing that may be said at the special . service to which ‘'Friend’’, apparently ‘ without ‘autihority, invites us. | What people §shouid appreciate 18 that i they ought to respect the opinions of : those who differ with them, especially . on matters concerning which there is no [ indisputabie aurhority. In the guestion t of marriage (whether sacrament or not) . my position, like that of those taking i sides with me, 18 that it is not a sacra . ment, but itisnot for us to prove that . it is not a sacrament, for ours is a men- | tal conclusion arrived at in the absence . of justifiable and logical affirmation to ! the contrary. In other words, we have { ‘no proof that it is a sacrament and be- | lieve it is not. When proof is forthecom i ing we may change our belief. Therefore, | the burden of clearing this matter rests | with the supporters of the sacrament ! theory; and as regards previcus corres | pondence on the subject in the Avis, | that was directed at the Protestant | Episcopal Church of the United States, ’ only. t FOLLOWER PROTESTANT EPISCO. | PALUOHURCHOF 1.8, ('hristiansted, St. Croix, V.11.U.5. A | 30th. June, 1920, r ’ Edator of the St. Croix Awvis, s Dear Mr. Kditor;— ' A correspondent in your e¢s- | teemed paper of even date is encourag- | irg attendance at the lLutheran Church . on the evening of the 4th. of July to ' hear a sermon con the ‘‘sacredness of | marriage’’. [ have been married the ] last sixteen years and my wife and I . are very devoted to each other and have ' the highest regard for the bonds of ~ur union, although we do not believe mar- l raige to be a sazrament. We would like to hear the sermon ail the same, and if the pulpit of the chureh, which is now never used, 18 to be the platform from | which the marriage sacrament is to be | preached, we will go. Please find out | and let us know. l Y()UZS | UPHOLDER OF SOUND DOCTRINE. i 5 S R es ek 5 ! | APPLIED ANATOMY. ‘ ! ““The human anatomy is a wonderfuy] | bit of mechanism,”’ observed the Sage. | “Yes,’’ agreed the Fool. ‘'Pata man | on the back and you’ll make his head ' swell.”’—Cincinnati Enquirer