, 1869-04-18
WENDELL PHILLIPS Oh CHRIS
TIANITY.
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m1tho3oeI 1n1u ~ Rome wonld hays faiien long
hcfnrr K dM hsd il not been tnfnitef1
hettes than oi1npux Rei,eion, he claimed. ~
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&c s1hs y, Tra -,S9,iv.iton ~ s,,i1 asya
80 one M NJ easta Of sntmaI 1osemscy~af,l1tsnt,
hn1 .rnTt iired nd n NJ; hennS forNari true re-
tan 9t detelnnrn n n'7 not beeaase Emo
tsnee afnni N re war T1riIizat1on fy mol msans
foserea ue - re1is.o1s culture. For o yeaEs Tie
in Erope Athens Was brilliantly intellectual, bui
its ciytlixaslop was something 20 corrupt that in
lie presence Of hosn sexes i could not bs desco-
ea T. feas 81 Tod na
rnn,e eY1tnct
out of q world xreeped IN general ignorance OF
eailed Cnustiantrys II Tas the oatE7owth Of the
nsyruvest and most DEGRADED tribe Of human
beings. It had no ioeutnea Yon could not bulld
arrcJ out of the New Testament by any process
Of torture Of the uuc meaning. Tne different
hects make II As1.Ine u many and yArted forms a.
the tuggiers napkin, but the substance = Always
Therc arc mo Wars Of Judging Christianity: By
ta records IN the Bible and By trBctng the history
Of Europe under tho progress Of Christian innn-
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utterly ignored b. most Of thoae Who calf them.
principle Of seIezac1tace Al other religions allow
tnas the Btrong have IN nndisputabe right
70 uso the weak for this pulp pose;
that The world belongs 70 TIC 1anog And great
Carlyle tepresents that eiement 10 modern Us
,e2 yoGise m sne seFSans oi your .s" The Old srate
elicsted from one OF Tue beren VIE men, q ne
ulymptan games, is applicable here What hsa
God been doing always since the world began =
i. Dragging down the naughty md e1nl,.a9 the
ionly." God, In his prudence, TO which Chris,
gave rs the key, haa always done and always VII
Another peculiar principle q Christianity "a ~
endeavor 70 reform me wo5la " ideas Thele Z
no other such attempt In me history o. me num3r
mnd. but aggressive on that point The grea1
19ttator Of the centuries Is Jesus Chrtst. whe
founded n: power On & a. w. Christianity doe.
@ or dtseiptiae some save .sia .41s ~ as she t een
descenson Of the lof1iest wlsdom to the low tg.
noranee." More than that i selected tne loves
10 the inst1ncts Of the race It did not Affect The
schools The evidence OF its divinity Ia that II
sesesy successive ; fast md nsvsaopmen. @ 1 Of a1
too j. the highest attatnable. In all tines this
rule holds The ievc! Of mans spiritual life !:
exaetly tn proportion TO the loftne-s Of his ldea
that the black woman Of the South held in hel
hanIls the social and moral reconstruction Of hal
the Union, and the succesa she met With would
man placeI ner: Christianity gives woman he1
place ~ the spiritual tdeal Oh which man han95
hts future. VIII The age outgTow Christianity
No. Shakespeare aud 11ato oatranr all intellect
as ret tut Chrtst'e Intellect WIN tower shove
them ior ever. And II Ills Jewish boz Christ eye1
invented a religion with elements 70 III above
those Of all The other greatest hu nan tnteIIccts
the miracles he wrought could not begin to e1usj
the miraclc he Wns For an intellectual critic,
Nr. Pniliips sid. II WIS greater cfeiIsT to be
ueve thut Chrtst os1c1nated his religion ihan thA,
! higher yrtxtf5rn worked thTnuch him etarnJv
forcing him aCaInst the shirt Of his aye.
4 large class Who discuss radical religion specu.
Late to0 much on the u5turc Of morals Hud st-on
Got. etc, Not one lIne In ten IN the New Testn.
ment touches on anJ such thing; The buik d
ChFIsts reaching Is on the re!ation Of man tr
man. II IoeA not botner with futnro lie. hui
Vtth thr nrnhien,s that nnnit nm tre acciety nf u.
1aT Chr1stiani1V "a neaTrr n vnitsire han ht
strnrI1ed to seense free,jom of speeeh. taan e
.IercmT rsr1nT Th.n Re mite iNoiV1 EV1no
Rs.r1ns. feT human imnerfectjons T8nns
PsIne Was mnrh more iikeiT to be recetyed Titf
sWell Bone rpoi ana fai,hful. etc.. than mauy !
Bishop Who has died under an English lpltfe. 7ht
making man ii this life better Is Christianity. ".
must suder to do This, aud look bacS to ouf Gene
| M. Cur Cnrtst, who siways opposed the ep,rtr O.