, 1879-04-28

WHICH s1at rang through the molcrn world, 40
,"asa{,. WHIT h. sfnss have been committed y Thy
nngo has been wrought
Upon thu. peaceful, forgt9tng, non.resssttng
doctrines q Christ, His Children engraftctl re.
Church Of 1lm who snfd Resist not ovil .
stood for many centuries n peculiar friend Of
inc1t. lhe sword wa. :. always dawn,
pscted Of ths trloolhouse. 1t WA unknown.
The printing press was unknown. The common
missionary vas unknown. Navter had not bccr
born. No aunda5..school taught tho lltt'e otlca.
Tho sword was she embIe'r Of Of advancing
Church, nfa:hnrhArtan, and Molammeaan, and
Juw, a,ld hcsetlc ufl nny form, was suddenly
convertcd or suddenly sont out Of this earthly
Kingdom.
80 late rs the sixteenth century, ali tue lead
ORA In the nav Protestantism freely held to the
a1pn that persons wlo should siubbosnly retuse
to 10 converted should b. putto death. Luther
and hls companions believed In religious ean-
III uur cfa, tho landes. OF tlss Gospel cn,lse
spread their dDnlnin Just rs Epsnr extended lhc
li'nlts ot tho Isoman E,npirc. Thomas Aqalnas
sAld that, !" ii thu Stats puts to Heath men whu
lsHlie eodnterfett nonoy, much moro should
those ba pitt to tlcnth WHO lssuc fnlse
religion" Ills argument elsewhere wus that
inasnleh ~ u hcfetle is causing ie
sts11at s oo a9n. q 4 n:y ay sS .%s sna Soo
Sas The fnyorftu tearlng OF ihn eainte for egcs,
I'M! that they actca up TO their theory nh rsnlcr
oil history will deils. Thu Laternn Council, ns-
| Runlb1ed iu l9l5, passed d general order "that
all leaders, Il they desired to bo cstcclnG faith
full must take u,tts(tc oath TINT they would, to
tho full extent OF their towor, externlnatu from
their .loIn'nfons alI tllosc who wers branded MS
| lcrcttcs by tlIe Church.
Thus I'll the house Of Ills friends the Chrtst
who would not haze wounded the 'eullnga Of
even mn enemy was t.,nde TO stand as the cctl-
,ral nuthor Of religion WHICH out1t0 ruEan-
Catholic md Protestant both made tLo meek
anu lowly Jesus put aside Ills Infinite loyo alll
stalk tip ami down IN tho lArl Will! sHurd In
Lii hand and with flames Of otcrna1 tire iasuIng
from uis mouth, from th9ao lips which Ind o,co
spoken thu bcasituues. For almost 1860 years
| Christ was permitted to appear III ftis
true character, but lie, rim through
tLc generations lit a most tcsriblo disguise. This
nov. proves to bo great calamity, for NOW rhcn
mofgFn lnldels Wlsll to urge tle ducttlne uf uni
Yurssl humanity they are not s'telIvetl by tile
apectaelu Of Christian love reaching back o7er
n" mighty past bns ,, 1sy are e;n, .astaied w,
history whose phgcs are sprtnkled all over with
! Tho tcars pud blood Of men. Gould tho trte re-
ileion thu Savior 1asc radfntcd forth from Ills
tomb tu ait fts tralshi,ilness I'd the SUMS rays
encrsu cach morning, the SAME, from their
| rhanLDcs, could mon In power mud III humble
tiGo only havu received the inmost soil Of tl,at
spritual etltics, We should NOW be nbIo to point
the inldol to religion whose whole carcer were
| ono long deep river Of charity. But ns this
| 1csus wns compelled once to Uchl nnA take
| heavy cross from the hand of Ills enes!les, 10
] afterwards Ho bad to bow ngRin mud receive upon
| his shoulders, from the hnnds vt mstakcn
friends, cr1W Of most oppressive weight.
This crue. nno !, htrsover, only ouu OF tho
heavy tni!-stones which thu religious cnthuai-
asts attaehed 70 tho tho neck OF our Lord: They
did not permit Him to 'noye forward In The
name and beauty Of only Ills own teachings ntll
example, but tho Church has stcnt,ilY compelled
Him To bear tho temporal i1ens VI Moses md
David, and havo thus joined to polyRsmY. mil
slavery, and foYeneo, n,tl the sub1u9asion of
women, Dalng who Wora no qunlitv Of tho
Mosaic or Sol0nonic character. At loaat Lis
| was not rrspensibto for tile past. lle came In
perfect individuality, and tat JUDGED descended
ro io r1s but 9ny as 1qF era wy osoyeq
arc indebted to Chaucer md shakespeare, but We
tte not to he held hs doy0tccs to the faith n,d
prnctlco OF these lncti. We c!nl1n q personality
md persona! rlQ!str AMI We allowed them.
! Bill tic poor Nnzhrcttc has been granted no such
Individual freedom, but 1le has been compelled
to tnovo forwnrl with the I, ,0o0 Hebrew ycars on
hts Shoulders and with anv quantity of horrible
CIlststlan ccnturlcs added to the burden. Could
liz 6nly fnYo been Bet lrco from these, what q
race He would hayo run III Lis own sinless ami
divine nnillc.
TaTio human character sucl as John Quincy
Adatns 0r George Washington, md they aro
held responsible for only their own actions anu
peculiar policy Of tho Church has made Him
bcar ail tic miscellaneous opinions rcach.ng
from Adam alld Eve to Jonathan Etiwnrs,s.
Gnss Chr @ s" @ 1Ss" 1ssa 81 satsa M m y .at TGaGs m GEs M
wars IN old Canann,. and the poetry Of the ftn-
predatory psnuls. The temporal. the human,
tI'c dreams Of families, thc legends mud fables,
a,Ml tl's oFeata! poGtry q als oId cilsdean ana
epoch, havG oil becu woven together md placed
upon tlle ono forehead. making 1t wcar second