Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-02

resident Of this city, and we'll known and
I,;shly esteeu,el here in fact he was cnce
. pastor Of the 9TH Street N. 4. Church.
vas one Of the speakers o. the Grani Lib
ersi Christian demonstration - Crosby's
Ooera House, in Chicago, last Sunday eve.
n,ng, which me. to organize Christian
Union upon liberal principles.
What be said on that occasion will b
read with interest BY his many warm
friends in this city. Mr. G. spoke - fol-
lows
Nh Psssipsxr, LADIES AsO GgHrLSxnB
i, 10 q fact that no one has the purpose Of
coneealing, that 80 fer, ia the msin. this
Christian Union is o3np0ssd Of Cnivsrsa-
lis.s and Unitsiisus, but that there 10 not
one purpose, there 10 not enc word in The
constitution Of this Union, that excludes
any nian, or any woman, frcn active asso-
cia.ion in the body. Any man aud any
woman who Is in harmony with its spirit
sui work may not only be paying mem
Dor, but praying member OF She Christian
Union. The Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation has sphere. They number $500
members. They have done work which
should receive the sanction and uOdspeed
of every Christian man. Their work should
no, cease with to-day. There is large
population in this city who are wholly in
accord with tho spirit and work Of the
Young Men Christian Association. There
are thousands Of people why by culture, or
the lack Of culture who by conviction, or
the lack OF conviction, ere thoroughly in &C.
cord With the spirit aud work Of the Young
Mems Christian Association. There are
men in this city who will not work in any
| sanitary, educational, or reformatoEy meas
urc which is not based upon distinctive
evangelical dogma. There are men in this
city who could no, work with the Chicago
Christian Union, because Of its broad plat
form Of toleraton, and it's wide platform ot
liberty. But l wish to say here tonight
q, life member Of the Young Mems Christ
ian Association. unless have recently been
turned cut without judge OF jury. that the
work through which it has received the
popular Endorsement Of this community
the work by which they we're enabled TO
erect that magnificent building on Madison
street-was the work Of relief to the poor,
and they might have held their noon lay
prayer meetings from low till doomsday
and Mr.. Moody might have met every man
in this city, as he did . prominent lawyer
only few weeks ago, and says: My
dear sir, do you know you are going 70
hell Z" and the man replied "Mr. Moody
it's just my lusk" Laughter. But had
| they never received the countenance and
sanction OF this community, they never
could have been enabled to erect that mag
niHcent building and wish to say 70 this
audience TO night. as wish to make state
men,s whereof know, that to-day the
Young Mems Christian Association are not
prepared, up TO this hour, 20 give up the
work Of distribution to tbs poor, because,
in theE buillins, they have arranged suits
.f rooms 70 cond ict this very WORK Of cha,
It. to the poor.
lsay that tha. association has sphere
LIE, hem hold no n-day prayer meetings.
Ls. th,,n save mens 9 souls from sin if they
may b,t, whist they have . sphere, the
J Chicago christian Union has . sph re, for
there are thousands Of young men IN this
city, who b, culture, who by conviction,
who by purp.se, who by conservation u
God Almighty nd Jesus Christ, His Son,
never can work n an institution wherein
intolerance is iss creed, and bigotry is i.
spirit.
The Chicago Chistian Onion is organ
lied without crseaor dogma They as
sumo 10 invite into L. active membership
and into its warm. .hesssd, genial, and gen.
erous bosom every yoos, man in this city
every young man in IN community whc
has soul and . spi'it to- ,ork for the uu
lif,in. Of humanity aud the lovy Of Cod
3 say that the death -knell of stol ersnee ha
been sounded upon the broad kairies Of thi
new West. The new civilizaeAn will no
: brook the intolerance and art,casted bipot
t ~ OF the Young Mems Christian Associa
a tion.
al We are not hero to plead for tAota talism
prohibition, or organizing againA thes,
: things. We are not hsre to pleadsor III,
SsbSatsyisn view Of the Lords d.. O.
d against it. We are not here to say .aa
there are three personalities, nor one tr
eop.li.y. We are not here TO say that hs
qualities are equal to one quality, neither
j deny these statements. We are not hsl
to say that, in that futurity Of which Y
. know so little. there is an unending, unmi
: iysted hell Of fire ard birthstone in whie
ok tpen who do not pass through certe
mechanical process will be condemned,
to deny it. We are here simply to affir
E that religion is one thing. that theology
, another; applause ] that men who ha,
? every theology and no theology are re-
; gicut.
markabe incident in the history Of the 8
poy rebellion, when . devotee of Brshma
ism came to deserted garrison and foun
. . weeping child The heathen man toe
the child in his arms and started for q
!. nearest Epglish garrison, and - he wcn
|. he met the Sepoys, who said: "Whe
I ara you going. and what is this = but
still went his wav to the English garrison
, When he came there, he looked about an
/ said "Here is an English child" and tn
mother who was frantic, and had been wai
i, ing the loss Of her child oil the long nigh
/ came out to her friends about he
ard pressed the child t. her boscr
!, The men Of The garrison said
!. "Whas shall we give you;" and they star
!, ed sbout aud made up purse Of gold O.
: hsrded it to the old dcvotce, and he look,
= at j. and said: 'Fer what is thisy" "F
tia: great deed of love-that great deed
!, religion" Then said the Fakir: IL car
: take gold for this "Well, what shall !
= do" Somewhere where men journey, d
e a we'll :" aud he retired from their midst.
1 II was not we'll dug upon any theory
: religion. but it was we'll dug in the spin
Of religion. Il was not we'll dug up,
J. trinity or unity, but we'll dug in the 10
Of humanity. say that loaf Of bread {
poor man 10 better from bakers Ere IN,
!. wrapped up in t'set on bell flfe. fLsue
J. ter and applause. Then the Young Net
!, Christian Association, good friends, 10 Q
. gan; zed to demonstrate chat religion 10 .
u theology, and that theology is not rsligio
II Did you see, little while ego, that Il
. church 10 which George II. Stuart belong,
Il was about to ostracise himi Did you
that . meeting had bcen called in whic
that noble but mislsd man WAS to be Q
!, communicated from the church? And {
Il what! THIS same man, who withdrs
4 from the Sanitary Commission because
was net founded upon Evangelical unio
e aud 10 about, on she other hand, to
D turned out Of his church, because in I
! Young Mems Christian Association
i sang hymns TO other words than 4
words Of the psalms Of David. lie couldr
, stand up and sing: