Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-04-27

peace and happiness.
PREACHING BY TELEPHONE.
Mr.. Beecher preached yesterday Of
Christian love and its various manifesto
tons, selecting for his text, I, John, ILL
23, 21--"And this is his commandmen
that we should believe on the name q
his son, Jesus Christ, and love one an
other, as he gave US commandment
And he that keepeth his command
ments dwelleth in him and he in him
And hereby we know that he abideth II
us by the spirit which he hath given us.
The whole aim and genius Of religion
said Mr.. Beecher, is the eXpurgation o
hatred and the substitution of the ful
power Of love, and that Is all there is o
IT, What is meant by being Christian
In to have this ascendency of the princi
pie of love, so that it shall really b.
your whole disposition and your who'll
character. TO be Christian means tha
we should love our fellow men. Wha
then, is the relation of this marrow an(
spirit Of Christianity to the church
That is the true church which gives fortl
| the most Of spirit Of true love. Tha
is the truest church which knows how
to bring men out of bitterness, strife
selfshness and from all ungodlness, in
to patient gentleness, into mlldness
mercifuness and true humbeness
This is the country and this Is the agC
which God has taken for q stand, for the
battle, for the final battle, | hope, be-
tween the principles Of love and purity
and light, and these of hatred, distrust
and darkness. God has summoned hith'
er the nations, and they come from the
north and from the south, from the eas
and from the west, and who are they
that are flying as doves from their win.
dows, hocking every way, across every
sea, bringing here their hundreds and
thousands, each speaking their mother
| tongue, but different from that which
was their neighbors? Here comes the
Norwegian, here the Swede, the Ger
man, the Russian, the henonites, and
the Quakers, the Japanese, and men OF
all sorts who settle down in the east and
West, the north and south, vast num-
bers of them, to see If they can live to-
gether in peace.
Was there ever time when the doc
trne Of sympathy with man, when the
convictions Of the truth Of this gospel
was more manifest than it Is now; and
was there ever such an opportunity for
a sublime test Of the Christianity eff this
peoplef The question is, can we re-
ceive into this great nation this inc0m-
ing population of every nation Of the
globep and has this nation charity large
enough and sympathy with those that
have lived without God and is It ready
TO receive them and bear with them? 1t
is said that they will upset our Sunday.
All the more need Of your higher Chris
tinn love and sympathy. Why do they
comcl There never was anything like
this IN European civilization. There
never WAS such country with such IA
Cilities os there are Mt this time In our
own land, Ia there religion enough to
stand the experiments That Is the ques-
tion Of the day. There Is no religion
but this :--"Thou shalt love thy neigh
Dor rs thyself" Well, Il X not merely
this; there are peculiar difficulties that
have sprung up. We have the Indian
In our midst, not an emigrant, hut the
original pOssessor Of the land. IL II in
the power Of the nation 10 have such
sympathy as 10 obey this law of love TO
the nelghbor, and yet despoll them Of
their rlghts9 If they Ore IN the fields,
the husbandman wants their lands; If
they are In the mountains, the miner
wants their mountains; If they are IN the
North, the North finds In that a reason
why they should be kicked back to the
South. They are the apple of discord of
our political parties. Is there enough
Christianity IN this nation, | do not say
TO give them their liberty, their rights,
but to save the lives Of these aborignesl
Who shall rise up to vindlcate them
When ! think that God loves them, poor
as they are, and that he is the ayenger
Of the wronged, think that somewhere
the lightning will strike, and that some
where Divine judgement will issue,
You call yourselves Christian people
O,0OO,OOp Of men protesting TO be Chris
lians, and you cannot save pitful mill
lion of Indiana, who had the territory
aud its righte before you. II Ia ho,ri-
bic thing It Is an ignomlny and dis
grace tApplouse) We have another
class that have come in from our West
ern shores. ! need not tell you what
has been the fate of tbe Chinaman. The
Chinese have come TO do worl, that Cali
lfoinia needs They are a neat and eco
nomlcal people, and We need people
that are able to redeem the wilderness.
A spirit Of race hatred exists TO such
degree that they are shaking the govern
Incnl In Washington, aud there "a that
spirit manifested by those who are thcm-
selves omigranta, against tho Chinese,
because they have come from poverty to
aud the kearneys of Cali
rorna have demanded IN the most lordly |
manner Of the government change OF
.rcaty.