Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-15

NhAh 3D. 034 -nAHLbGr We saw oIb
casting out devils in thy name M he
fOlloweth not US; and we forbade him be.
cause he fOlloweth not Us; and Jesus said
forbid him not, for be that is not against
as is on our part
AK INCIDENT IN RELATION 10 ORTHo-
DOXY
In the book of Judges we End the fol-
] lowing incident; Jephthah, one Of the
most celrbratsd OF the judges, having
with his own immediate band of follow
ers achieved a complete victory over the
Ammonitss, was sken to task by the
I men Of Ephraim for not calling on them
to participate in the conflict. Living as he
did with them, they construed his failure
to solicit their assistance as an insult. Elk
PLANTATION on Jepthahs part was unavail-
ing, and the men so anxious to be his al
lies rather paradOXically determined to
destroy him. A severe battle was the re-
suit. Tne Ephiamites though second 70 no
tribe OF Israel In strength were defeated
and dispersed. and IN basty flight re-
treated 20 the river JordOn which lay be-
tween them and home. But they were
TOO late. The enemy, at home in the
country, reached the ford of the Jordan
Ia great force before them. They came
TO the fOrds TO n Get their death.
And here a stratsgem was adopted by
the army Of Jepthah, the better
TO carry OF the work Of desth. The com
bsbants were brethren, with little or no
differences in appearances, and 50 8 test
WOrd-a party-WOrd was emp'Oyed. "Say
now ShiOb1leth," was The challenge of
the soldier on the river bank to the
frightened fugitive, who, berett Of weapOn
or BccOutr5ments, hoped TO pass over into
bis own State or tribe. "Sibboletb," re-
peated the fugitive, aud the word had
scarce died on his lips when his life-bloOd
ermsoned the waters Of the Jordan, and
bis soul passed away into eternity. That
day Isl bolsth" scaled the doom Of
thousands, A mere p70vincislism, q diff
Terence In pronunciation, was the only
test on which depended a human life.
Aud 80 the word bias become part of our
language, for 10 gives expression to a sen
tlment that has TOO often, alas, blacksned
The records Of humanity. A sentiment
deeply rooted iu human nature, which
manlieata itself In a Thousand different
IS poets. refer to the exclusive spirit of
mere partyism, that will not tolerate any
thing differing from the narrow, aud often
unimportant, tests so rigldly enforced.
II Is a dsplorable fact that We find most
trsc6s Of this spirit where naturally we
might expect its absence; for it has en-
tered the arena of religious belief and
there hOurished With rank luxurlsncs,
from the day when the Martyr
Abel was i0uliy murdered by a
brother, bscguse ofGOd's preference for his
Offering, down to the present hour,
through all Of this time we can read
THE 'aHIBBoLRTH" OF CREED
and sect loudly proclaimed in the ears of
who failed Ia matters even Of trivial
import 10 meet The views OF blgotry and
Intolerance. The creduious inhdel, point
ing to this, faneies he perceives in it 9
strong evidence against the religion OF
Christ, and rashly adduces it as reason
why he ignores Christianity; but what 3
1~iierunt lesson would he learn, hat & 1
different principle would be find inculcat- {
If be took the trouble, IS be ought, TO {
refer To the Inspired Record and listen TO Q
words OF the Master as 70 what prin- q
3iples be taught those who we're TO be his a
oilowers.
The text 4 have selected ineulcates a 3
Tsry different lesson-a lesson thati ii NAV q