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Intolerance of Churches.

Intolerance Of Churches.
DIR. TALMAGE PUTS THE THUMB.
SCREWS UPON SOME PEOPLE.
Not n Pill for the Presbytery-Living
for Emancipation "A Free Ballot, a
Free Bible and Free Heavcn-Amer.
len is Enlanuel's Land.
DR.. Talnage preached in the Brooklyn Tab.
ernaclc Sunday morning IL sermon in which
he cnnphutically diSclaitncd having any refer
ence to tho Brooklyn PrcSbytery. The sub
!cct WAS "Reminiscences or federation - and
the remarks OF tho preacher were II vigorous
attack upon oil kinds OF ecclesiastical tyrnn-
ny, whether in individuals or synods. The
text was taken from Luke, TX. S-"Ie know
not what manner Of spirit ye are Of"
Christ, DR.. Talmage began, said this to John
and Jnrncs, who were very mad and wanted
the SaInaritans struck with Ii lightning because
they differed IN solne religious matters.
There have hccn laundering Instruments Of
torture in all ngnS, but the 1humbscrcw Is
comparatively delicate and bclongSto the fine
art Of persecution. You could carry 1t In the
pock't Ill unobscrvcd. Put upon the thumb
1t sometimes changed a mans opinion. The
screw was turned once apI tlre man began to
think, "Attcr AL may be wrong At the
second t'rn he thought. Perhaps my nntago-
nist may be right" But ut The third he
would cry out. stop! Stop! l think just us
you do" This instrument belongs to all ages
and to all Observation-Disclosures and
Catholics, Mcthodists. Baptists, I.utherans,
Congregationallsts, observation-disclosures
rians. In other words, there IS abroad III the
Church OF God u spirit which seems TO say,
do as do or you will have to suffer- The
Iyr.gt, x-t pri, ~ ~, ~ rrI, re- ..r klp,1ir,,a .r 7 IL
against woman,s prcnching-against all new
STYLES Of Christian work." 4 Presbyterian
looks up and says. ~ don't sec any particular
harm In woman's preaching, and / think
sometimes IL may be salutary." On with the
Presbyterian thumbScrew. In all councils, In
all conferences. in all associations, in all pres
hytcries. all the world over, there are men
who. ,nGuratively speaking, believe In the
splendid 1icrods and NcrUS. They have all
tho srlrit0f social, political and ecclesiastical
tyranny, and arc only waiting for some OPP
por;unity to display IT,. Now. mind you, /
terry OF Brooklyn. Some people are all the
time disposed to apply things to themselves.
! make no such application. disclnim that
Idea. am talking on general principles this
morning. There arc in all denominations of
Christians ministers who are by authority
held IN tcrT0rcm. That's Latin. We some
times use in the pulpit Latin to show how
much we know. ltgives one more authority.
j w Z w SpCdhN - fft ~
but as II like my mother tongue better, l will
say that there are In all denominations Pro.
teStnnt inquisitors, and If u minister have
any idiosyncrasy or halts in his obedience.
Oft goes his head enthusiastically. If he be In
the Methodist Church his antagonists will try
and get the Bishop TO sit down OIL him. If In
the congregational Church, they will cal. n
council and won't invite him. If 1t he in the
Presbyterian Church, they will try TO grind
him up between the book Of Discipline" and
the Westminster Catcchism. Thumbscrews
thuInbscrcwS!
What DR.. Talmage Has Been Wait
Ing For.
! have been waiting for years for some min.
lister TO preach q sermon Of emancipation
There are some ready for the rallying word,
but they arc 80 situated that If they move
they are in danger OF being squelclicd. To
dry, In the name of God, ! sound the knell OF
ecclesiastical tyranny, and bid all who are ut.
tempting to be free to rejoice. Stay where you
arc, and do rot cross over from one denomi
nation to another. In all there are men antag
Presbyterian Church, among other good rea
sons, because | received many letters from
clcrgymcn spying, "Stand firmly where 20,
are. You represent thousands OF us who mr.,
tired Of painful espionage and ecclesiastical
tyranny" And | felt that ] was lighting no
only my battle, but the battle Of nineteenth,
Of the ministry of the Presbyterian Church
who nrc tired or the t~utclaec and the lombard
mcnt and the lulnbcrons Interpretation OF Ut
overbcaring one-tcnth. What we want is
Stonewall Jackson's raid through the heart o
Protestant popedom. / nm not SO opposed t
ono pope, II he be 4 good lnun. as / am up
posed to these hundreds of little popcs-al
over Professionalism. two or three or four o
them In every ecclesiastical cOurt-Methodis
pnpcs, congregational popcs, Presbyterian
IpopcS-and | will FAY that in this country /
takes less timber to make II pope than in an!
other.
Let lis have a grand and glorious cqualit.
OF the clergy. Nearly all tho ecclesiastical
battles Of this day are the wars which crcle
s.aStical sticklcrs are making to keep thci
own power. They have had 1t so long tina
they cannot bear 10 give 1t up. 1t is too l;.t,
IN the history of the world to turn the whee
of progress back ward. The State free, lot tn,
Church be free. The great cry uIl over Christ
rudoin is, down with tylantS, whether OF
throne or pulpit 81. John counted lively,
gates into Heaven. but there are small-soulet
ccclesiast!cs who ant us to go I'm through ~
:lIgcr mole, and that Of their own boring
There are ccclcSiastics who decide cvcrythinj
about Il minister. Now, my young minister
do rs you please, IL your cravul be black
white. striped or brindlcd. Part your hair O,
north Side or south side, or at the equator
There ought To be enough room in nIi our de
nominations to let Il maj turn around ant
exercise his own individual taste. though /
he natural to him toindulsc q few cccenirici
ties. Let men of large charity advance. Be
cause You nrc young, that is nothing ngains
you. You Will get over that II yOu. live Ion,
enough. There arc ccrlcsiustics In this dn,
who are trying to stop the agc. saying 1t Il
going too last. You can't stop tho age. Til,
only way to do Is to keep up with ii and sc
on the box beside tho driver and help hin
control his ten galloping c0rrsrrs. In III,
harness OF The Church there is too nucl
brecching strap and not enough ,racrs-tut
much provision for holding back. not enough
to pull ahead. More liberty in the christian
Church.. Some one says, "Mould you no
curb fanaticism:' Why. my dear brother
| IL, M tri1, dina nf [ pulf a,n l..,. t...
II n thing DO not wisely Christian. 1t has IN,
elements OF destruction But If it be OF Coz
caricnturt il. dcnOunce 1t. l~cgislatc against 1t
but you might us well try TO abolish the ctcr
mites,
What Has Intolerance Done2
Intolerance never put anything down. ]
puts II up. What has intolerance done in tn,
Presbyterian Church What has ii lone lu
the Methodist Church? Prosecuted every
where she has her mel in places OF Icligiuu!
and secular trust. The Mayor Of our city,
MetlouiSl; X. u. Hayes, the PRESIDENT, Il :iclh
"dlst; his predecessor, Ii Methodist and Som'
Ray his SUCCESSOR will Dr Il Mctliudisi, lnlOl
cIancc against Mrtliuulslu lifted ii up. Lei III
have Il division Ol work. Let Sutan 40 all tn,
WORK OF persecution. He Is lI.cly and ucliv,
and industrious, and understands Nil rccirsi
iStlctI law. lie will attend 10 that. ii YOU
Ind anything in ecclesiastical matters tina
are wrong argue against tSscin, reason :tgtinsi
them, but don bling THREAT or VIOLENCE o.
ar III INV YAH W llllSltthCl III llC lIlUIID
SCREW. am not afraid 10 trust the people
Put into their hands Il free Bible. Il free ballot
n Tree Church, Il free conscience and Il fire.,
Heaven.
Here we are in tho evening of the Fine
tccnth century, III Il lund where religious lib,
crly ought to correspond with civil liberty
Between these Two oceans, In our day, or TIT
day on our children, is to be demonstrate
whats man may be ii his religion is unIno
Tested. The cradle OF the human race was TIT
1igrc-Euphrntes basin. The cradle OF It's re
generation will be this continent, 1 think
Gruut Britain and ireland are too small. TIT
10 unity. The climates Of Asia and Africa nrt
unpropitious. Here in America ! believe TIT
work Is ~ begin. Plenty of room. Enough
riSors In our cline to enerSize the people anl
enough Of The b,lsamic TO make everything
genial. No earthquakes. No famine. Astul
wart race made out OF all other races. There
arc many Christian people Il think tina
christ is going to come OH earth again ,nt
reign personally: II He does come l b.!ievs
He will set Il? His throne between the ALE
glianies and the Rocky mountains, and thai
He Will walk the streets Of our great cities
Would that the heavens might open to-day
session OF this contipent! How We woult
rush out TO greet Him But. whether Il,
comes IN person or BY His spirit, MS I am rath
er disposed 10 think, this Is to be Immanucl's
lund-the mountains, tile valleys. the lakes
the rivers. the cities. In that millcnnial day
there Will be one denomination Of Christians
far ahead Of all others, II not having swallow
ed them NIL up. Would yon like 10 know
what denomination it will be? I will tell
you. 1t will be that denomination which Ia.
worked the hardest, trusted the fullest. loved
the migllticst aud eclipsed all others in the
spirit OF Christian liberation. No thumb.
screws in the millennium.
Anderson Moving on Charleston.
Three delegates, Gen. W. w. Humphreys