The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-09-12
CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION.

we had the best crop ever raised in this
county.
CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION.
Beecher, in his lecture on the "Wants
and Burdens Of Society,"" said:
Civilization was rude, and course, and
cruel, and cOwardly. The household is
the only christian institution III the
on the globe. Christ is yet babe in
this world.
And yet what continual Qualification
there is of "Christian civilization"
Centuries ago tie churches shut their
doors in the face of Christ and have
ever since depended upon organization,
warfare, persecution and blgotry to ex-
tend-what? Not the gospel Of Christ,
but their own power and the glory of
the particular church which they are
interested in extending. Theology is
everywhere preached instead of the gos-
pei, and the world has advanced not
because of the churches, but in spite of
them. The priests and the church Or
CARNATIONS have opposed every step in
human progress until the people took
the step in spite Of their religious teach
ers, and then the churches found it
necessary to take the new step them
selves. The organized churches are, as
Il prominent politician said of a great
party, like Il man riding backwards in a
rail-car: they never see anything until
they lave been carried past it. They
have acted us brakes to the train of hu-
man progress, but never us the steam
or the force which has carried the train
forward. OF course, it will lie said that
the breaks are useful and even neces-
sary to the train, and we admit it, but
our complaint of the brakesmen, or the
priests, is that they have not contented
themselves with applying the brakes at
the right time, but have continually
applied them and compelled the cars to
drag heavily and often to come to a
dead stop.
III what we have said, we must not
be understood us denying or ignoring
the noble work done for the freedom
and salvation Of men by hundreds of
Christ's own, who stood connected with
the church. But they have done their
noble work in spite of the theological
errors and the hampering manacles of
the creetl-bound churches. III humid
reds of instances they have been driven
from the church by their bigoted bretl.-
ren, and in hundreds more have been
burned at the stake or hunted like wild
beasts from place to place.
Tie world owes little or nothing of
its progress to church organizations
and creeds, but much to the spirit of
Christ which still lives III the homes of
the people. Out Of this gospel among
the people will come the overthrow of
priestcraft and monarchy, and Il new
church wherein dwelleth righteous
ness.''
'Out Of the light, ye priests! nor fling
Your dark, co. d shadows on us longer,
Away! thou w.'rldw wide curse called king!
The Peoples step is quicker, stronger"
The Worthington ADVANCE is get
ting to be quite theological paper.
Besides the usual column on free
opinion" published each week, Bro.
Miller theories editorially on religious
matters III general. 1t is our private
opinion publicly expressed that the
ADVANCE would make splendid Sun
day school paper, and if Bro. Miller
will come down with satisfactory
pecnniary inducement didn't intend
to use so many big Words we will
undertake to introduce it. AS an in.
ducemen5 to the Sunday schools to use
tie ADVANCE we will offer IN original
and taking" chrome, highly c0lored,
of the Paramount Sentinel and Worth.
ington Journal men shying paper wads
and wind pudding ut Senator Smith
who will be quietly Smoothing Oh the
other side Of Il stone wall, with bun
die of Window Reporters for a pillow
and entirely unconscious OF what is go
ing OH around him. AS background
other newspapers in the district, moi
mentioned above, will be represented
sitting astride the stone wall takin;
notes and waiting to see which wa,
the cat jumps.-St. James Journal.
We can furnish the ADVANCE t,
Sunday schools. in lots of ten, at til
rate of $1.25 Il year, payable invariabl
in advance. This is 25c less than "
furnish it to the ''world's people" il
i clubs of ten. But we want to sprea
- the truth among the rising generation
and will throw off a quarter on eac
copy.
EXORBIIANTF REI0HT2
;, We understand that for some tim
. there has been a good deal OF dissatis
e faction with the lumber dealers G
d Minneapolis and Saltwater, because G
q what is considered exorbitant charge
made by the st. Paul Il Sioux Git
Railroad Company for CARRYING lun