Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-08-11
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bolts and swing open the gates.
Now. I ann In favor Of the greatest free.
dom Of religious thought and discussion.
would have rs much liberty for hctero.
doxy ms for orthodoxy. III should change
my theories OF religion ! should preach
them out and out, but not in the building
where am accustomed to preach, for that
was erected by people who believe In an
entire Bible, and Il would be dishonest for
me TO promulgaie sentiments different
from those for which that building was
put up. When we enter any denOmina.
ton ~ ministers Of religion we take
solemn vow that we will preach the senti.
mcnts Of tina, denomination. II we change
our theories. rs we haye right TO change
them, then there Is world several thou
sand miles In circumference, and there are
hundreds Of halls and hundreds Of acade-
mics Of mnsic where we can veniilate our
sentiments
remember that in all our cities, In time
Of political agitation there are the Rcpub-
lican headquarters and the Democratic
headquarters. Suppose ! should go into
one Of these headquarters pretending 10
he In sympathy will, their work, at the
same time eleciioncering for the opposite
party. would soon find that the centri.
fugal force was greater than the centripe.
tai. Now, II man enters dcnomina-
tion Of Christians. taking u solemn oath.
~ we all do. that We will pr0mulgate the
theories Of that denomination, and then
the man shall proclaim some other theory.
he has broken his oath, and he Is an out.
and.out pcrjurcr. Nevertheless. declare
for largest liberty in religious discussion.
] would no more have the attempt TO rear
u monumcn, To Thomas Paine intcrfercd
with than would have interfcrcd with
the hfling Of the splendid monument TO
Washington. Largest liberty for the body,
largest liberty for the mind, largcst liberty
Tor the soul.
/ Now. want To show you, rs n matter
Of advocacy for what believe 10 he the
right, the splcndors Of orthodoxy. Many
have supposed that its disciples are people
Of flat skulls and no reading. and behind
the age. and the victims of gullibility. I
shall show you that the word orthodoxy
stands for the greatest splcndors outside
0f Heaven. Behold the splcndors Of It's
achievements. Al the missionaries of the
Gospel the world round are men who bc.
lirvc In the entire Bible. Call the roll Of
all the missionaries who are to-day cndur-
ing sacrifices in the ends Of the earth for
the cause Of religion and the worlds bet.
tcrmcnt. and they all believe in an entire
Bible. Just rs soon rs u missionary begins
Ia doubt whether there ever was Garden
Of Ellen. or whether there is any such
thing n future punishment. he comes
right home from Hcyrout or Mcdras. AMI
goes into the insurance business. All
missionary societies Tins day are ..oiliccrcd
by orthodox men. and are supported by
orthodox churches
Orthodoxy. beginning with the Sand
wich Islands, has captured vast regions Of
harharism for civilization. while hetcro.
doxy has tn capture the first square inch.
Blatant for many years in Great Britain
and the United States, aud struttiEg about
with peacockian braggadocio, II has yet
tocapiurc the first continent. the first
State. the first township. the first ward,
the first space Of ground rs big rs you
could cover with the small end of sharp
pin. Ninety.nine out Of every 100 of the
Protestant churches of America were built
by people who believe in mn entire Bible
The pulpit now may preach some other
Gospel, hut II Is a hcterodox gun on an
orthodox carriage. The foundations Of
all the churches that ARE of very great use
in this world to-day were laid by men who
believed IN the Bible from lid TO lid and
If cannot take II in that way will not
take II at all just rs il received letter
that pretended To come from friend, AMI
part Of il was his and part somebody clsc's
and the other part somebody else's and il
was a sort Of literary mongrclism, I would
throw the garblc,l sheets into the waste
basket
No church Of very great influence to-
day but was built by those who believed
in an entire Bible. Neither will a church
last long built on part of the Bible. You
have noticed. suppose, that rs soon rs a
man begins to give up the Bible he is apt
Ia preach In some hail. and he has an aud.
fence while he lives. and when he dies the
church dies. II ! thought that my church
in Brooklyn was built on n quarter Of
Bible, or halfa Bible. or thrce.quartcrs of
II bible, or ninety nine one hundredths Of
u Bible. would expect il To die when !
die hut when know II j. built on the en-.
tire Word of God, know II will last 200
years after you and sleep the last sleep.
oh the splcnd0rs of an orthodoxy, which
with 10000 hands and 10000 pulpiis and
10000 Christian churches. Is trying to save
the world.
TuE 0I.D TRUTHS STiLi LIVE,
In Music Hail. Boston. for many years
stund Thcolt re- Parker lni ling Ortho.
doNy. giving Il. rs some supposed at that
time. H. death. wound. lie was the most
fascinating man ever heard or ever cx.
pee, Ia hear. AMI came oui from hearing
him thinking in my boyhood way: "wcll,
that's the death of the church" On that
same street. and not far from being loppo.
site, stood Park Congregational Church,
called ly its enemies "licllirr COrner."-
Theodore Parker died and his church died
with him; az, u Il j. in existence. II Is So
small that you cannot see II with the max.
r,l eye Park Congregational Church still
stands an Hell lire Corner" laundering
away the magnificent truths of this glori.
ons orthodoxy just as though Theodore
Parker had never lived. All that Boston.
or Brooklyn, ar New York. or the world