San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-18
For the FREE PRESS.
A Criticism and Review.

1t is seen in oil ages of Ecclesiastical his
tory, that the Living God of Christ occa-
sienally sent His servants with power and
authority to sift the ungodly professors
from the true possessors of religion. Even
in the LIST century the seeds of dissention
and corruption were widely disseminating
in the early churches. Opinions of men
were taken from the meanings of the scrip
lures and substituted for the doctrine of
Christ, -creeds and doctrines of devils"
Arrogance, pomp, pride of power, and
the aggrandizements of palatial adornments
of gilded thrones and priestly robes of Pa
pal monasticsm, succeeded one after the 9th
or until the mystery of iniquity" has en-
tirely displaced the primitive simplicity of
the Apostolic religion of Christ, The re-
suit is % general diffusion of false and fam
tastlc beliefs, founded on mythical and fab
ulous theologies of dumbfounded metaphy-
sicians, who have a plausible system of
mysticism, and only minds of an extraordi-
nary discriminating conception will escape.
These theological vampires, of modern i'm
port, who, by means and advantage of an
education on only traditional evidences of
Christianity instead of practical experience
in the Spirit of Christ. These philosophic-
nj dupes, through multiplicity of big words,
Greek and Latin phrases, and pharsisaical
craftneEs generally, have blinded the ''com-
mon people," and have made the Bible
book of ten-fold more system of intricate
mysticism than it was originally; thereby
making mountains out of mole hills-adul-
terating the word of God.
Experimentally I find these modern
preachers more shallow minded and surface
reasoners than any other class Of literary
men, There are few contributors to the
''Nilcrocosm" tibet are an exception to this
rule. The best minds are outside of all de-
nominational lines Of ecclesiastical litigants
but are not heard from on account the
truth standing alone, consequently the few
that love justice and equity must of necessi-
ty stand alone also.
Public opinion and tho famous and pop
uiar current of humanity are on the side of
wealth and arstocracy, regardless of the
rights of the poor and common people, who
see tho realities of existing events. We
see how few were Gods people compared
with multitudiuous nations ut all ages, who
nj ono time destroyed seven nations to save
one only few being right and millions
wrong, showing Gods people in the minor
ity. The popular majority rule" which
Al, Of
ecclesiastical. courts of human reason will
not hold in Judgment of Gods matters, as
when Paul said to the civil tribunals of
Greeceaud Rome: at is small matter for
me. p servant of Christ, to be judged of you
by mans Judgment"
God with one man is majority, and
when lie is with man this is sufficient
consider no man, hswever high his literary
ataiumonts in natural and scientific knowl-
edge equal with servant of Christ. Christ
at the age of eight and twelve COMPOUNDED
his teachers, the astronomers metophysi
clans. phvGoliglsts and little Doctors of Di-
yinity He said I'VE should be like him."
I am found fault with because l, alone,
have the indominable courage and stamina |
10 stand against and denounce the damnable |
heriSies. popular theories and dogmatical |
notions OF Filthy drcamers," called in the |
English language, Doctors of Divinity. 1t |
WAS only between the first and the third |
century that the ministers" claimed to be
RECOGNIZED rs superiors over the common
people This arrogance and egotism spread |
IN proportion as TO the inherited amount of |
wealth and domineering spirit was submit
tel 20. The apostolic injunction was: He
that IS greatest amongst you shall be your
servant
Ire idea that a small piece of flesh like
the Rope should claim to be the vicegerent
of tod and vicar general of Jesus Christ,
IS rs r~apCsterous and insolont an assertion
~ could fail from the lips Of the ''imps' Of
Iiai-s. lie i. in NY estimation. the high
,si r.,erun the earth. enthusiastically, and
Is i.a DEVILS mou;hpiece and first end man
q o., mystery Of iniquity, only for little
v.li'c to come.
JoHN 4. BEENIZER.