Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-13
For TIE GAZETTE.
q Turkish Efendt OH ChristenaOm
and ASiuRl,

recent humber of Black wood, and copied in The
March number tf tho Ec,tcic, a1d Of Apple
tons Journal. 1t may we'll arrest tho thought.
lul attention CT al CEr,sttndom. 1t rurports
to HlVc Tho views Of al onlightenod, cultivated,
and phlloGoahc Tu1k with regard 10 tho two
religions, in q letter addressed to o member
elect OF the British Palljamcpt. And it may
] ho Erohtahlo for Us to look at ourselves from
th!a outsiders poiGt OF Wow. whether tho phil
| o%3Nhlc Turk b real eXlsteDc) or only a
!'!es: 80: fiction Of lho author ct tho article.
| The l9ttir touches Haan the most burning uucs
! 'icrs OF tho day. Va rive Yomo extracts in
tho hopo they Wi lead nIany 80 q thoughtful
pciuSai o.! the wholc arl c'c.
MN. DINWIpDIE.
| After careful study nf tao toaohiues OF
The great f!und2r It this religion Christianity,
| | an amazed st the distorted character i. has
assu'hed under tho inllucuc, OF tho throo gcrat
| scots into which it has bee ,mo dIvded-to wit:
| Inc Greek, Catholic, and Protestant Christiane.
! There is no teaching 30 thoroughly altruistic 10
/ lis character. nGd which, if it could bo literally
| az: e3, woull, | bo!ieye, exercise 80 dire CT
| ana beneficial IA iEtlunnco on tho human race,
as The teaching of Christ bu. ~ thcro is DO
| religious tc2chrr whosa neral STANDARD, in ro-
| gard 10 tho duties Of men togards ctch other
| 10 tho world, was SO lof y, 81 there is none, it
soeHis TO i1,C, cs 81 impartial student tho spir-
| II ct whose revelation has been more perverted
| and degraded by his followors Of all donomina-
| TONS. Tho Buldiist, the flindoo and tho Mo.
haalm:dan, though they have ali moro or
less lost tho riluenoo OF tho aill itus which por-
Vados their s cred writings, have not actually
constu,tot Q theology based upon tho inversion
ol tho original principles ct tbcir religion.
| Their lght, ntvar SO bright as that which
| lumincd tao teachings of Christ, has died
| away til but o tuiot flicker remeirs;
but Christians have developed their social
AID poIi!:c.l morolt9 out of tho very
taekoos OF tho shadow thrown by rho
| Light of tho World Hctc, it is that
wherever modern hris.ondom-which [ will,
tor tie sa ko distinguishing it from the Christ
ehdom proposed by Chrisr, style nnti Uhristcn
| don sN--cnmcs Dtc contact with tho races who
liVo under tho dim religious light Of
thNr rispccl7o revelations, tho foohlc
! rays rt tho lGttGr become tXtit guishrd
| ~ tho gTtsl darkness Of this anti
Gbll'tendHm and thoy lie crushed aud mangc,l
nndor the ITrn heel Of ts organized aud satcti-
lid 8 Iil,hocss. Tho real God OF ant;-Chsiyt.
| cnG"nl '* Ilsmn0n: 10 Catholic anIi Chrstcu
| djDI, ttmporod By lust OF spiritua! aud TOM
pofa! rtwel; III Greek anti Chrstondom, tem
! percd hy C lust OF rae, acknowledgements; but 10
! Protestant anti- Chrstcndom, reisnuesupremc.
| Tha cultivation Of tho selfish iustiocs has ua-
naturally Developed tho pur,g iuieIl ,ousl
t5cati9a At tiio cXHG1so Of tho moral; has
s'lnui&'c c}iaretitiou, aud hs7 pE3drc ID q
t9!.lh:Ga:irD Il uichaaica i1vao!io2s, palilioal
i;s ut!0a'. sid az Individual forec OF character,
asslos. which s. clila4 'hoathen' nations, whosu
cupidities and co1c:ous rropensites lie c)m
nnra;i7@!y t3tnaot, asc utterly uaab!c TO pr3-
veil.
'Ih :, o4Ii pJHeriog love OF 'tho root q ali
c7:': "!li! mo mechanics! inYcntions il .na
ahapo ci ;2lr5:ds, telcsrelAs, ivonolatls aud
ctA:r aHi':la tc2a which it bag discovered foi
lbs hcM-Guialen CT wealth, sad tho lc Er,c
illn o: ::ios: who lGlpaGH It's accumulation. eou
! S;iiGtca WIT IS called .Wcstcro Uiviliz, tiop.
| 'GonotE;es 10 which there arc no ii sa:ti:
sHia9!ics irrG:stJUa, 90 !i1aGcial o1is 81 ry
which lntiiIons ERA ruined, or Gailins gus o.
':h!ca he? IGcy 30 Eiain aIc said TO be 10 :
state q tarbar;sia, Whcn tho civilization o
-IhIi.t!Ddcin cimes iato c)ntscs with har
haysm G! this s0rt, iasttal Of lifting it Out G.
lie !a2ral e:f)7, which would ba tic c,sa if j
ae;a ttao C::il:;cudom, is almost invafistI.
-h.-tT5 i 10 i'i.cns The cln9:qlon,o ot thu
anis.i e TIC so cs:od Chf!atisn 10 .. heather
c0uuiy Is. uaG 10 brlug immorta' life, bu
physical Gld moral death. Either tho natiy
r'c'5 die out bviJra hin-as iu tho o.e
OF tho Rad lodians Of America aDL tn
Au7iTean and New H}o!sndor--or they saw
thclAs :!vos from physical decay by worshippiu
E'th ai' the ar1cr OF pcryerta TO pew religion
st tho shrl1o OF hlammon-as 10 tho Case q
4 \ tnr, lisu L
'i2a by suc rsp!d Development of tn, lneuta
iacaic1 and tho aVsric;ous Instincts as ma,
j onabla thoa 10 copo successfully with lho form
ldabie Invading ltilueuce Of auti.cbrstcn dom.
,Ix
The tSo dominant wees which charactcriz
anti chrsteedom are cuDidity aod hypocrisy
That which chiefly rcvolts tho Turk 10 this dis
guiFcl attack upon the morals of hi, people
| 40 less than upon Tie very eXisteuoc Of his en-
pre- ia that ii should bo made under tho Mo.
text OF morality and behind the flinsy veil O
humaaiarlan!sm. 1t is 10 tho nature of tn
r3'islous ldta that Just 10 tho proportion as
~ss oIlGlGa:ly penetrated with divine truth
Which has become perverted, does it eDgonde
: hypocrisy. This vas 80 true of Judaism that
when the founder Of Christianity clmo, thoug
himself o Jew, he .c>rchingly denounced th
class 1hlch ,lost loudly Yrotesscd tho rcIieio
~hIc.I they prolaIed. Bu. tho Phariseeisr
= ~ hero remarked to tho ETendi that ther
was something very offensive to Christians +
the tsrm anti Chriatendom. MS it possessed :
! peculiar sIgnincatioh in their religious belief
and reGuuated him to substitute for it som
ether word. This he declined TO do most 20,
. lively; and he pointed to passages in the Koran
, in which Aohsmmed prophesies the coming {
4 Antichrist.. As he said it was an article of b
faith that tho hntichrist alluded to by the proph
ct was the culminslon of the inverted Chris
= ianity prciessed in these lattor days, he coul
!, not 10 is7 compromise with his conscience az