The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1873-09-05

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u'e.lusine s'ssn tn shr Iulrisl and ,hea
when u svts atss action, II IA With rr.
rafi ~ saallss. .nl y~stmenss anl
rites and eetmun,,s ,aas have 40 mufe
,itsl relation y The rrtemr,inn II IMAM
ki,fl anil thu sefsiee ~ tied than They
have 10 the ruliee u the c1sr In Tur.
key II II supposed that men II com.
n,u,i ~nse Il. MT and cannps soc through,
III llis stuff and npnsrnsry runr hun.
,lrrl " these elefe,men have jus, pv,i.
iiied fr what lhcy call .sacramental
eo,itssion" Drifting toward l,omnn.
IN Trasring after now and oil lnachin.
cr., busted onl, with huskr and human
inventions. qaarrcling over baahlcs, ex.
communicating their own free thinkers
asl FREQ speakers. obscluionr 10 world.
llysrandcnrs, minpling III politics, frown.
iit upon non-eoniormis.s nv social In.
faiors, tho great majority Of tho En-
9Th clergy arc doing what they can 10
mnuactnrc inli'lels out u all English.
NH who 10 their own thinking.
Ana here In America. how much bot.
, tclarc We doing. VIZ ffttor away
on energies aud waste nur substance
inpnil,ling costly churches fur tho rich
innul,, plying seets aud keeping up
III difference between them, and la
nrig tho wrctcl,c,l religious foolcrics
othc Old World. Our organization
III, d hundred religious sceta amounts
!, tdhc disorgani1aiion of Christi ianity.
Tire arc thousands of towns lying 70.
lIpurly ,lcai to-day brcause there Il
NJ Christianity enough III them 10 unite
! obtaining tho services uf minister
w has brains enough 10 teach thcm /;
nnA ~ rule, there arc from three u
ak llipinua societies in all these towns
---rirvclins chnrclcs--tnomonts only
to Il ambition Ut tho scots which they
rcpreltt. Tin world iooks on and
scoiI 'lhc world looks on and rccog.
" ni1e 10 lack u power III Christianity,
J Or oiuch Christianity M II rccs, u
J unifyhc church In feeling nnl caor,
" aud learns unly contempt for H.
: Ever pulpit, \. arnle. II patty pal
y pit, Every religious presr " 4 pnft,
y pruss- published Ia tho interest of a
!" sept al supported BY IT, 80 unusual
|" Ia tl,cpcetaulo " various bodies "l
!" of chatain. coming together ior tls
y ACCOMPLISHMENT u common Christian
y purpea that II Ia noted m something
remar.ble, anl pointed II with self
!. :. eomplan. boas,iag, Wo have tarhio'
able clrcl,er. anil churches made at-
Y trac.i, by music that cosss enough Il
u suppo, Christian teachers In lalf .ln.
!" xun b1en districts aud enough VI III,
y exhibition " 4 worldly spirit - show /.
y koenluLscrsing outsiders that III.
: chririin spirit u sclf.sacrilieo aud III.
= Ghris,in faitl, In tho hereafter aro mol
: In us-arc hardly In tho hest of ~.
: Mwoull ~. bc harsh. but w NIX
Q III alexander. II there Ii mt In ever,
y Ghrissin country enough In thu aspect
: u chS,ain reallo 10 make tlDr rcliT
lon 200, i hollow prctonse, thing
! wllhoutyi.al power. syrtem not bal,
. believed, By lhuse who profess It, Doe,
y mt the wrli lind M unarreling about
y noneasen.il things, striving for scctar'
y ian prccsinee, and practically ignor.
: iag ,l,eacl TINT ,h9 world needs 70 b.
saved .lro,,ul, simple faith In and fol
= lawine I Jesu. Christ neally. when
J .,u sciagir. mud tho tho naturalist
: e'me. Mh their senlpcl1 and erulciblc,
md bloypipes, and toll " they will
believe y nntlitnR thcy eaiii,st SOC atie
!, vcigb N measure, there II but littl.
: ldt iur Num ~ 10. Whose fault N Il
: thy indthcir work - cany7 Why Il
!" Il e,nt here Ii such i auttcr when they
: 1pe1k, Except that those WIN profc.s T.
be l1Eini,,s 10 not half believe N
Y fchrikjni.y. and have ~ rational COM
! prel,e)on VI tho basis 81 such belief d,
!. :. The, pse'.G
ii Tvo,hings must como before skcp.
4 .ici.n VI DO oyor,hrown VIZ. Ut. 4
!. perfect tllingnc~ 10 a. into an exam.
i nation dci,istianity for tho truth,