The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-01-29

Church give up ihe for hrman philosophy to
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OF the matter and ne world never rises 10 the Chureh
in The I'll The @ gave the
rnpted by this conduct. fantastic Christianity
the result and John Brown was lis exponent rushing
of God and man in order to destroy the evil.
We are not surprised that the Rev.
Dr.. Crosby should fall into such er-
rors. Much better men than he did
so, hundreds of years ago. Christ had
to wrestle with the same proud, sell
fish, clannish spirit. His chosen dis
eiples, with something of the pomp of
the Rev. Crosby, told the Master that
they had found certain parties casting
out devils, ''and we forbade them,"
said these pufed up Crosbys. But
what a rebuke Christ gave them. He
told them, in substance, that there
were but two sides to this question;
no matter whether these men followed
Christ or not, if they were casting out
devils, let them cast. He was not
afraid to have good done, even if done
by infdels.
Let the Rev. conceited Crosbys read
Luke, Chap: x, verses 80 to 81, and
they will find their Fantastic Chris
tianity" most fully described. The
man who went down from Jerusalem
to Jericho, is the African race; the
thieves the Shareholders; the priest
and the Levite the Rev. Crosbys, and
the Samaritan old John Brown.
Let the Crosby pecksniffs put them
selves in the place Of the slave, and
then inquire how they would desire
the Golden Rule applied. and they will
see that the Christianity of John
Brown was the Christianity Of the
New Testament pure and simple.
We have no doubt that if Rev
Crosby had been living then, and
present at the burning of Servetus by
John Calvin, he would have danced
for joy; for if a man does not believe
the Scriptures mean what the Rev
Crosbys believe they mean, should he
not be roasted both here and hereaf.
ter? Yea, verify.
1t should be most humiliating tc
every true Christian to remember thai
it was most truly said during the days
of slavery, that the Church was the
bulwark of American slavery. DIR
Crosby admits that the infdels led of
in the great work Of human freedom
and that the Church followed, and ht
seems to regret that the Church evel
ceased to be the bulwark Of slavery
Why should not the Church have beer
the leader in the cause Of liberty, anc
let the infdels follow, if they chose:
The Rev. DR.. Crosby plainly init
mates that the Church should Oppose
temperance. We have often heard i
remarked that if the Church, as al
organization, and it's members, as in
dividual Christians, would unite, anc
resolve that intemperance should stop
it would step within six months. We
believe this to be true But you
modern Rev. Crosby's teach that mo-
rality, sobriety, honesty, truthfulness
are so far below the Church, and its
ideals of religion. (whatever they
mean by that,) that they look upor
all who advocate such reforms with
the utmost contempt.
What has been the result Of this at
tempt to set the Church, and religion
(as they call it) so far above this worlc
as not to govern men in their lives
and conduct here? 1t has given the
world it's Beechers, and Talmages, and
Plymouth Churches. We never did
believe Beecher guilty of the fou7
adultery charged upon him; we do not
know; many do believe him guilty
but if he is innocent, how about the
damnable perjury that must have been
committed by men and women of the
highest standing in the Church? Not
only Beecher, but those who swore
most positively to his crime, are still
retained in the Church, in good stand
ing! Did the infdel world, even in
France, in its darkest days, ever get
lower than this? Read the evidence
in the Beecher-Tilton trial, and an
swer.
The great trouble is, the people are
becoming priest-ridden. They rarely
read the New Testament now. Even
the children are not permitted to read
the simple language of the good Mas
ter They must have it mystifed and
darkened by some ecclesiastical Evan
gelical Alliance, in the form of ma
chine Lesson Leaves.
PARsoN TALMAGE charged the
Brooklyn Presbytery with moral rot
tenness.