Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-04-18
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The mos, Ant people iaIheis orld
are not invariably the most bagotsd, but
the most bigoted are always ths most
iutolcran,. Tho coneeited asS whose
learning has only confirmed him moro
and moro in the idea that his W pecu-
liar views and opinions are the only
correct ones, audthat necessarily every
body else must be wrong who do not
agree with him is held strictly account:
able, and will some day have to answer
for the wilfnl misuse of the reasoning
faculties given him by a benehcsnt
Providence. God created man in his
own image, or at least we read that he
did, but that image has become sadly
distorted since the days Of, Adam, in
many instances very slight traces Of the
semblauce of anything God-like being
perceivabie as remaining.
But the human race really does seem
10 be progressing n little, and even grow
ing better in some respects, especially
in liberality Of ideas and general 'toler-
anee, Tho number, Of those bigotsd
fools who 80 fnatically insistthat theirs
is the only true and acceptable line Of
conduct, theirs the only road to heaven,
and therefore all the rest Of mankind
must DO in the wrong, is growing grad
ually and beautifully less, aud We are
becoming more charitable, one towards
the other, allowing, especially in mat
tiers Of religion, each to believe what
ever their W conscience teaches them
is right and good. Why should we con-
denim our follow man for not thinking
precisely us We think? The same God
created us both, and gave unto each his
reasoning powers. Shall W. claim that
a creative partially was shown in our
favor? that God created us in his W
image and pronounced a, good, and not
u brother2 Shall we presumptuously
consider His work imperfect in that re-
spect.
We should condemn no man for not
thinking rs we think, but invariably
accord to him the free Inherent privilege
given him by the Creator, that Of think
ing for himself; the same privilege we
so tein~aciously clsim for ourselves.
Allow every man to freely use his own
judgment, since all, like ourselves, must
eventually account to God. Prosecute
no one in the rcmotest degree for his
adverse opinions. Argue with him il
you choose, and he is kind enough to
listen, but never attempt to force your
opinions upon him, or coerce him to
ysut'way Of thinking. You may have
occasion to change your W theoretical
ideas and opinions tomorrow, for we
should all be open TO conviction on any
subject at nh times, otherwise we al
simply conceited, ihtolerant, biSoted
noodles. Coudepn nothing as a "hum-
bug that your imperfect, undeyeloped
miad will not as yet allow you to under
stand, for the very principle which, you
thus recklcssly, blindly condemn, may
sometime become to you a clear rs the
MONDAY sun, if you will only ~judieious-
ly make use Of the reasoning faculties
which God has given you. Let those
who are etsrnally preaching and parad-
ing their own theoretical ideas, and pre-
sumptuously demanding that everybody
else listen and swallow bliudiy whatever
they may say, SO and listen to Others,
aud without fear Of contamination, for
uothing they may hear a make them
more mulishly dementalized than they
already are. The greatest fools In the
world are those who aress wise'in their
own concoit," and the most painfully
assauiue blockhead is he who has be-
come Inherently convinced that be
"knows,i il ALL" and that what be docs
not know is not worth knowing.