Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-12

biblical Interpretation will all of them
end in atheism, if they live long enough,
and ] declare here today they are doing
more in the different denominations of
Christians, and throughout the world,
.sr damaging Christianity and hindering
.s cause Of the worlds bettqrrnent than
five thousand Robert Ingersolls could do.
That man who stands inside castle is
far more dangerous IL he be an enemy
than five thousand enemies outside the
castle. Robert G. Ingersol assails the
castle from the outside. These men who
pretend 10 be advanced thinkers In all
the denominations are fighting the truth
from the inside, and trying 10 shove
back the bolts and swing open the gates.
Now am in favor of the greatest free
dom Of religious thought and discussion.
| would have as much liberty for hetero-
doxy as for orthodoxy. II l should
change my theories Of religion l should
preach them out and out, but not in the
building where i am accustomed TO
preach, for that was erected by people
who believe in an entire Bible, and it
would be dishonest for me TO promulgate
sentiments different from those for which
that building was put up. When we
enter any denomination as ministers of
religion we take solemn VOW that we
will preach the sentiments Of that de-
nomination. If we change our theories,
as we have a right 10 change them, then
there is a world several thousand miles
in circumference, and there are hundreds
Of halls and hundreds of academies of
music where we can ventilate our senti.
ments.
| remember that in all our cities in
time Of political agitation there are the
Republican headquarters and the Demo
cratic headquarters. Suppose i should
go into one Of these headquarters pre-
tending to be in sympathy with their
work, at the same time electioneering for
the opposite party. | would coon find
that the centrifugal force was greater
than the centripetal! Now, if a man
enters a denomination Of Christians, TAX
ing solemn oath, as he will do, that he
will promulgate the theories of that Dc
and then the man shall pro-
claim some other theory, he has broken
his oath and he is an out and out periurer.
Nevertheless, declare for largest liberty
in religious discussion. would no more
have the attempt to rear monument to
Thomas Paine interfered with than |
would have interfered with the lifting Of
the splendid monument TO Washington.
Largest liberty for the body, largest lib
erty for the mind, largest liberty for the
soul.
Now, | want to show you, as a matter
Of advocacy for what / believe 10 he the
right, the splendors Of orthodoxy. Many
have supposed that its disciples are peo-
pie of flat skulls. and no reading, and be-
hind the age, and r.ie victims of gullibl-
ity. shall show you that the word or
thodoxy stands for the greatest splen-
dors outside of heaven. Behold the
splendors Of the achievements. All the
missionaries Of the Gospel the world
round are men who believe in an entire
Bible. Call the roll Of all the mission
aries who are today enduring sacrifices in
the ends of the earth for the cause of re-
ligion and the worlds betterment, and
they all believe in an entire Bible. Just
as soon as missionary begins to doubt
whether there ever was a Garden Of
Eden, or whether there is any such thing
as future punishment. he comes right
home from Beyrout or Madras, and gOes
into the insurance business! All the
missionary societies this day are differed
by orthodox men, and are supported by
orthodox churches.
Orthodoxy, beginning with the Sand.
wich Islands, has captured vast regions
of barbariIn for civilization, while
heterodoxy has tocaptuTe the first square
inch. Blatant for many years in Great
Britain and the United States. and strut.
ting about with a peacorkian braggado-
clio il has vet to capture the first conti-
nent. the first state, the first township,
the first ward, the first space of ground
as big ms you could cover with the small
end Of a sharp pin. Ninety-nine out OF
every hundred If the Protestant churches
of America were built by people who be-
lieved in an entire Bible The pulpit
now may preach some other Gospel but
IL is hetcrodox gun on an orthodox
carriage. The foundations OF all the
churches that are Of very great use In
this world today were laid by men who
believed the Bible from lid to lid, and II
| cannot take il in that way will not
take il at all: JUS as II / received letter
that pretended % come from n friend,
and nart of Il was his and part somebody
else's. and the other part somebody clse's,
and Il was a sort of literary mongrelism,
/ would throw the garblcd sheets into the
waste basket.
No church Of very great influence
today but was built by those who be-
Iievcd in an entire Bible. Neither will q
church last long built on part Of the
Bible. You have noticed, Isuppose, that
as soon as man begils TO give up the
Bible he is apt 10 preach in some hail.
and he has an audience while he lives,
and when he dies TIE church dies. II
thought that my church in Brooklyn was
built on quarter Of Bible, or half
Bible, or thrce-quartcrs Of a Bible, or
one-hundredths OF Bible,
would expect il TO die when die; but
when l know IL is built ON the entire
Word of God. I know il viii last 200
years after you and l sleep L." last sleep,
Oh the splendors Of an orthodoxy
which with 10000 hands and 10, 600 pull
pits and 10000 Christian churches, is
trying 10 save the world
In Music Hall. Boston, for many years