The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-12-16
INTOLERANCE.

The Rev G E. Gordon, Of the First
| Unitarian Church. Milwaukee, occupied
the pulpit of the Unitarian Church,
in this city, last Sunday The Rev.
gentleman introduced the services by
saying. "God is a spirit, and thos who
worship him, should worship him in
spirit, and in truth. He read from the
Persian, Buddhist and Christian Scrip
! lures, the lessons of charity so beautifully
given in each
His tex is o be found in the Gospel
according Luke, chapter IS, verse Il.
I"God, thank Thee that I am not as
other men are"
Man is naturally aristocratic, and this
shows Itself Ia many ways-in morals as
well as in the other ways of nanifestiug
mans nature. There is aso sort OF
humility, that is characteristic, as well
as degrading. We often hear professed
christians saying they are the Chief Of
slEners-mis erabIe Sinners all
who hear them, feel that they are not
ldoing themselves justice There was
fpno Of these self-accusing ones, who had
come 10 the eenclnsinn that, such was
not the case ; and in one efhis relations
Oh experience stated that he was growing
better becoming more like saint.
To this his pastor took exceptlon-such
doctrine must not be tolerated-"w are
! all poor wicked snners, thank God"
This is not done with desire to deceive
others or to degrade oneself in the eyes
OF others ; but, as we see in Paui's writ
lngs, it is an oyerfuluess of expression.
1t IS better that we speak of ourselves
as best we can, in truth but still we
can seldom do so without comparing
ourselves with others, and then we are
very apt to say we are better than he GA
the north corner-or that we are not so
bad as the one living south Of the SQUARE
In these comparisons the Pharasee is apt
to stand forth--that quality which made
him think himself better than sbe rest.
The publican was She reverse of this
he MADE no comparison, only saving.
"God, be merciful TO me, q sinner !" and
there he had the better of the Pharasee
Ii is seldom that we are willing to fell
the truth about each other, AID tbis'ls as
true OF national as of individual expert
ence. How seldom we hear anvthino
good spoken of the Turk or the Jew
and there is good in them, somew here.
D1sraeli was one day tainted by ma
tive of Great Britain, because Of his
Jewish ancestry. D'Israeli replied, that
he was JeW--that his ancestors were
princes who walked in and through the
temples of God, at a time In the mast. |
when the Briton's ancestors were painted |
savageS, fleeing in fear from the tige,
and the wolf. The word I}riton means |
painted savage and the word Israel
means, 'who prevail with God" win
the time ever come when ration will |
treat nation as they ought; taking them
as they are--plaking due allowance for
their circumstances Let us have that
charity that teaches ua that tolerance
which looks upon the bright side of each |
man. We must take meD as they are /;
and better them if we can. but take them
rs we find them. There are diff rences
in men-in the minds Of men, We cap-I
not expect men to think alike. when
they cannot even walk alike Men must
differ as everything Goes. Men differ in
their explanations of the Bible !; as if
the bible lad been pusposely constructed
SO that different modes of explanation
might be adopted without reason to