The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-03-31
Canon Farrar has small respect fo

Canon Farrar has small respect for
sacerdotalism. In recent sermon
he said that "the name ofpriest is not
so immaculate or beneticcnt in the
worlds history rs to make us regret
that the New Testament knows moth
ing Of any mere human priests except
among the pagans and Jews. Who
ridiculed lsaiah?-the insulting priests
of Judah. Who smote Jeremiah?-the
priest Pashur. Who threatened A.
mos?-the priest Amaziah. Who
would have torn Paul in pieces?-the
priests of Jerusalam. Who killed St.
James?-the priest Annas Who
crucitie'l Christi the priests Annas
and Caiaphas-lawful priests observe,
and acting in spiritual tribunals.
With mercilcss historical knowledge,
Canon Farrar grapples the demand of
the ritualists for what they call spirit
ual courts, and shows from the exam
pies Of the Sanhedrim Of Jerusalem,
the Synod of Ephcsus, the 1nquisition
of Spain, the ConsistoIy Of Geneva,
and the High Commission Court Of
London, how prone are courts CON-
posed Of priests to indulge in cruelty,
injustice, and observation-disclosures
oils Spectator.
Good for Canon Farrar. Thunder
away at them till every honest man
and woman sees them as they arc and
have been. the cruclcst, the bloodiest,
the nar:owest, the most devilish set
of men who have ever cursed the earth.
Not that there have not been trueand
good men among them in all ages and
nations, but that the body of them
have instigated the bloodiest wars,
the cruclest prosecutions and the worst
forms of slavery which have cursed
the race. In every age and among
every people the priests, whether hea-
then or Christian, have been the enc
mics ofprogress and Of human liberty
They have always resisted every adj
vance in science, in politics, in philo-
sophy and religion. They are respon-
sible for the Strengthening offifty mill
ions of people in Europe alone for
opinion sake, and yet "they look so
modest all the WHILE" They appear
SO sleek and meek, while they are
shedding blood and riveting the chains
on the human mind. Out of the light,
yc priests, nor fling, your dark, cold
shadows on us longer"
Cincinnati is y great city, mainly de-
voted to Journalism, music and pork.
A little girl OF that city had Il spinal
disease. so that her head hung on one
side. Her mother gave some bread and
coffee to Il starving tramp, and he rub.
bed the child'S neck while he uttered
some incoherent words. Tire child was
cured. The tramp dissar peared.
luth Tribune
Yes, and what did the regular Doc
tors do Immediately afterwards? Why
they got together, drew up bill to
punish all such Irregular doctors with
fine and imprisonment and worked all
winter to get it through the Legisla-
ture. These ''regulars'' reasoned that
if every tramp were allowed to rub
necks in that way, their profession
would cease to pay. If that were allow
ed, all sorts of tramps would he going
about curing WY neckS and other dis.
eases for nothing. The great SO, called
''Medical Profession" was in danger of
being undermined. If ignorant people
were allowed to cure ignorant people by
natural methods. why natural igno-
rance would come into competition
with medical and professional igno-
rance. and natural ignorance would be
in a majority. Hence these professional
tears and scares. Hence tramps mustn't
lie allowed to come to the polls and tam
per with the medical ballot box 10y any
such ignorant voting, so to speak.
Therefore the Irregular" profession, the
.'regn'ars. mind yom, of the Great
State of Ohio, got into a ferment and
irSjSteu that the State should protect
them from the ruinous competition Of
the tramps.