St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-13
false charges coming from /. source infected

false charges coming from source infected
with moral faint
These remarks are designed to introduce
brief extract from = sermon Of the Rev s.
Clifford Nelson. preached last Sabbath at the
Marcy Avenue Baptist church, in Brooklyn.
y. Y. The preacher in inveighing against
the national sin Of SANDER, made conspicu-
Gus in the political campaign just closed, by
the election OF 4 National Chief Magistrate,
who was abused, villIied and slandered 70
degree unparalleled, said:
Again. in the matter OF our speech, We sin con
unuaiy. Many people do not seem to think
that they are accountable for their speech They
chatter away. like a colony OF monkeys whose
gibbertngs are lost among the trees. They do
not realize that words slay more people than
lghtnings- that they create more misery than
sickness and the plague Yet so IL i. How.
then, shall the liar. the slanderer and defamer.
the censorious and unjust critic. the assassin OF
character, he who stans his neighbor with the
cCWa d's stiiettO Of innuendo. stand in the
judgment, Alas fer onr country, to-day the
very sunlight il darkened By the screaming brood
OF liars and defamers- J. seems as II an
Egyptian plagae were upon US, and the land
covered by uameiess. lOathsome creeping things.
never has there been more demoralizing political
campaign than the present Thank God, for the
sake Of the youth OF the country. x viii sOoc be
over Well may men tara 10 each other and ask,
How shall the national vice OF evil speaking-a
vice thar has begotten the diseased condition we
behold-be remediedt The appropriate rcp
would seem 10 be, physician heal thysell."
We are too prone 10 speak shghIingfs OF our
nsighbors. From the right Of free speech men
Daseiy infer license 10 lie, 20 SANDER and ma
!ign and to wound and torture with the tongue
How often. II not BY faisehood. have We sinned
by wounding. recklessly and heedlessly, the
sensibilii:es Of our feilOwss And ia those acts
OF de that are the external embodiment OF in
ward motive and feeling We are compelled 70
confess ourselves 10 be daily and hourly trans.
gressOrs. Let any man st down In the Quiet OF
ais home and put the tables Of stones before
him. One BY one, a. be ponders the command
ments, they fall Of until, when the last reach
ed, the tables OF stones are in fragments. We
have violated them ali. either in letter or IN
spirit. Men are denouncing with great vehe-
meme, ~ this time, the alleged violation by
prominent persons now before the pablo Of the
seventh and eighth commandments. Violation
OF these laws Of God ought 10 be denounced.
But by exaggeraiing the o1enses Of others aud
adding % them false charges based upon idle
and malignant rGmor men incur = guilt great
a. they denunnee. There i a ninth command
ment. Thou shali not bear false witness against
thy neighbor." As sinners In thought and
word and deed. the question OF the text vitaly
concerns us-"How then shall man be JUSTIFIED
with G0dgn II was a very old question. u j.
here asked on the plains Of ChaIdea under the
hghtof the stars"
The clerical vituperators Of the campaign
seem 10 have lost sight of the divine inspira-
ton; Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbour" and joined in the
interruptions and ungraeious work Of poiti-
cal partisans, in retailing scandals, exagger-
ated lies and SANDERS. False priests were
they all.
There were plenty Of false partisan, sland-
erous priests afoat during the campaign con-
fined 10 no sect or denomination, who in the
livery of Heaven were in the full ermine Of
the devil. A sanity gang OF obsequious priests
appeared in humble mood in the august pres
ence Of the Plumed knight, in the city Of
New York led By the inflated Rev. Dr.
Burchard, who in his speech of obsequious
allegiance denounced the Democratic party
as the champion OF rum, Romanism aud
Rebellion" This was the elimination Of
the CHASTITY obeisance.
'Among the damned, the most damned"
is the false priest according to Pollok in his
'''Course of Time 1" He tersely, and as
truthfully as tersely writes thus:
But the unfaithful priest, tongue
Enough shall execratei
Most guilty, villainous, dishonest mani
Wolf in the clothing Of the gentle lamb
Dark traitor In Messiah holy camp
Leper IN sanity garb assassin, marked
In virtues robe vile hypoerite accursedi
strive in vain TO set him forth.
The words that should sufficiently accuse,
And exeerate such reprobate, had need
Come glowing from the tips Of eldest hell
Among the saddest in the den OF woe,
Thou saw'st him saddest.
Mong the damned, most damned"