Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-02-08

that the "cause of Christ" forbade
the publication of communications
on the church question. He under
stands full well that it is a mere mat
ter of word expression, that it was
for the real good of the church that
the articles, or article, or communica-
ton was refused publication Doubt
less his fair cheek blanched when he
realized the profanity of such dec
larat;on. The Church Processes to
have no secrets that will not bear the
light of public scrutiny. 1t is the
general belief that the Christian
Church has nothing going on within
her borders that can receive injury
by public scrutiny. The boss is an
intelligent well-read man he knows
If his vassal does n0t-that every
uttersnce that the Redeemer of man
made while among men ON this earth
was in its tendency against prevent
ing an aggrieved disciple or follower
from being turned away without q
hearing. Such was the teaching Of
Christ on The question of disputes
between mis- professed followers.
Christ lid not consider it as injurious
to tie Church TO give an aggrieved
disciple or church member hearing.
The teaching of Christ is all against
refusing an aggrieved brother or
brothers hearing. There is no
Christianity in an act of refusal to
hear men that are parties to dis
puie in a church case unless the case
has been finally disposed OF.
Christs own teaching is that even
when a brother church member
sins against you he shall be heard
and forgiven mot until seven
times, but until seventy times seven
efforts at peace and reconciliation
shall have failed shall he be rejected.
Perhaps it would be just as well for
the boss and his vassa to read the
New Testament more than they do
before they set themselves up to de-
clare SO pointedly what is, and what
is not good for the Church. The
early Church lived up to the spirit
and letter of the Divine command
many years-indeed until the doc
trines Of Christianity were changed
by the Roman Catholic religion The
boss will excuse US for saying that he
has got into the wrong church; he
should join the Catholic church, and
turn Priest, take the vassal with him
into the fold, and then get up reli-
gious Jesuitical ring and be elected
Pope. He could then satisfy the vas
sal with the spoils of the Vatican, and
confer upon him a Cardinals hat.
Bossism is recognized, to such de-
gree in the Catholic Church that it
reaches beyond this earth. The
Priests claim to have the power
conferred upon them of praying
a person into or out of Purgatory,
Just as they will it. Ambitious
bosses should join the Catholic
church, and then when writer would
Ol1tl q COLUlluult6tiOA tiIab Alei hOb
suit, they could pray him and any
editor that had accepted his commu-
nication into Purgatory. Protestant
ism is in opposition to bossism; it is
clearly in favor of the individual ex-
ercising his own conscience. The
Church, the true Church, Christian
ity, cannot suffer by publication Of
facts relative to church questions,
and that is why the Tribune in its
vulgar denunciation is guilty of a
public wrong, and private wrong
against the Sentinel and Republican
and its editor for admitting to his
columns, communications that were
written by members of the same
church that the vassal's boss belongs
to.