, 1881-02-27


Now, rust.tng down the aises in pride,
They toss bright smiles on every side;
Hor does she know what hurts such fair looks
hide
Acd still she sits, with tear-wet face.
is loath to leave that sacred place;
The orHan, with quick thunders riyen,
Lifts her sad. trembling soul to Heaven;
She feels sense of bissful rest,
Her bony hands across her breast
Eheclasps and lowly signs: &C Cd kn oWeth bestr'
One dar, within some grander gate,
Where Kings and Ministers mus. wait,
While she hopes Eunlhly for low place
Far from the dear Lords shining face.
Abore tbs chant Of heavenly choir
These words may sound with gracious fire:
SWELL done good, faithful servant, come ur
BIGCTS AND BIGOTRY.
porH ouT OF PLACE IN THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY.
Tie .iUinnee
language is as nlaly-slded as human nat
ure itself, whose servant and index it is, and
the study Of some special words or phrases
softentimes is suggestive and helpful as a
good play or opera, for We see man at his
best OF worst through this medium. In
words We see him in his grave or gay. mel
Aacholy or humorous, pathetic or joyful
moods, and bring before the mind the his
tory, the literature, the virtues, and vices of
past ages and peoples. In imagination we
ZEE them filing across the fields of time, liy-
Ing again the life and enacting the scenes
that made them famous for good or ill. One
has only to take down his dictionary and look
Up the etymology Of some wor,l or phrase,
with its different Synonyms and correlatlves,
toancap an almost inexhaustible mine of
Information.
To specialize the derivation Of the word
bigot or hypocrit IS 4 nrn1ane one The
word Itself is species OF French eNpletlyc
which uses the name Of tie Deity in vain
way and signifies excessive prejudice, over
poSlt:veu.S>, unreasonable and obstinate de-
yotltsl to !. particular religious creed, opln-
Wn. nr practice. It was originally applied
. the Normans in France, and has come
down through the ages rs q reelection OF
nct.::tyallsnl. mirror Of the larsllneSs, the
erllel;ieS, and religious and social osttaeisms
Of the dark ages. 1t is Il selt-tietnitive word,
s9t" speak, for when one hears Or speaks it
hNlts out into the ai1 with yirlllty and
force Of effectiveness that almost makes one
shuddcr at the SCENES of ignorance, cruelty,
and deriliS1n which it conjur up. It has
duality, for it is both mental aid physical, and
plysicalism is its dominant quality.
Tint was when Ignorance was defensible
by reason OF lack ofin1ormation: but, as that
condition Of society in civilized lands no
longer exists; rs the printlng-nress, the
telegraph, the railcar and steamship are
daily dilfuslus ideas, and us books, papers,
periodicals., and other literature are
corporate part Of civilization, Ignorance Is no
hnger eXcHsabe-
Bisotry was a good word for popes, III
euisitlons. and maleyolent re1igionsts, but it
Is :elic OF the past. 1t should be relegated
= the times whence it came. 1t is out of
place with the spirit Of the nineteenth cen-
ary, and should find 10 place either in the
fIr If ar 1frf1f feAHR
IRIS apparent, however, that this medieval
: spiit OF persecution does exist to-tsy both IN
ne religious and political language and life
e;our own and other countries.
far as Christianity and science have pro-
plled man away from the savage and the
Gute and towards civilization, which is sim
pg the development of man and nature, they
ta'e not einlinated,the bisot quality from
sany. Stctariauisln in religion and party
tsele spirit. There is class Of religionists
saoare shark-like: they are vorlcious rather
! nan Seracl0us, and 4:hercsy" is the staff
q lie" On which they wax fat and kick.
1aey mourn over fancied departures from
ts5 na Historic beliefs, and extract comfort
orthodoxy, furnish them with their princi--
El claim TO public attention. Cnnceiving of
!elglon as 4 force outside of humanity
sey dehumanize it and are capable of
noWth only through accre:ion-as rocks
nkoN-by additions to their surface They
sase no inner, propuisiye power whereby to
vow christianity. 1t cannot be otherwise |
M1a those who make OF Christianity what |
~ ~ founder never made or intended it should |
.s-aallely: system OF speculative doctrine I
~, which mere mental assent is necessary to !
aAl'aoon. That were TO make it proselyt- |
". p1oscrlptive religion in place of what it |
-. - religion both Of the heart and mind, a
EEal!!ment and hcEtfaction, life to be |
as'eo; an Immortality inausurated this side |
W. W. crave, the pronis. Of which immortality !
isetaa spa ~ tils il1s was made sure by the leS9r
esAoa VI the Christ from the grave and its /
~ nntet. The sectarian blrternesses that have
.Swag ..s dlssraced religion are self-condemna.
~ and sectarianls1n will yet wear itself
.i;aee iihen there is the class Of relieionists to
o:SoaI Ending as Christianity Calvinism and
t.ssf ~ human additions to and pcryersions Of
e. tSsazarene's religion. They are super
~ m their knowled se and bigoted in their
;sssIseat IT, AND conclusions. Their assertions
Il ~ christianity is "a sect and the mother
,s:na 4o! m"nk!:ld,H and thut christianity and
f1lsafe *: ar: foes are us Illogical As FALSE
Iii: l:is:all ~ substance. is Tie burden ct lnger-
~: ,s.i, ~ and it betrays its incNcusab1e ignor-
4 ,'. ~ tne NATURE OF the religion it assaults
1<s. assln$ ~ Such absurd statements. We sup
st,.s.
Ii ~! n!!lr ignorance of it, or else their will
tr;,sn'ss ,sMn'ssFepresntat:on Of historical facts. is
A.Iesaalt II they wish Information about
la!sI;su.'tt will they consult john
tsr'nns, Institutes 70 ascertain wllak Mo-
!.1lhass !1dhu!s? taug!t' VIII they read and study
EqddHhl, IL order 10 become acquainted with
tIfs;nl tIf;sllsla: sn Nanlfcs,ly. the right way to
;sec,sat,f ;s,a reliable information If q system Of
sldss ds.t ~ Or knowledge Of a religion, is to
liz ~ nt isie and teachings Of its founders.
ASts s night Of uEfarness 10 represent the
EsoI itlrors, misconceptions, and iallibie
baeis i' OF the disciples rs being the truth
FtH ,Soos y the ulaster Of such disciples;
sih heSe r. leonoclasts were to study history
adesrsa atcent regard for the facts aud ev1nce
kepid s. 70 further the cause nf truth. they
suna o 9e desirable factors in the elimination
,eut eutaMeES;1ltion ~ a1ld unreason from religion.
lla1 ~. H. Is they are blind leaders Of the
tSsfi;t> va ~ little 10 commend them to that
asi s,nsd, VI which your thoroughbred blgot
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