The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-05-03


follosers Of Hin ~ho ssids Cast oul
hLsi The beam out Of thine ovn eye, etc.
The cburch is weak because wicked
, There are vas, combinations called Trust,
| call them Frauds There Is compsn,
called the slsodard OIL Company. -Four
! Of i.s leading men are mcmbsrs in Baptist
churches. They give Thousands Of dollars
every year TO Christian and benevolent en-.
terprises Connected win oee Of our
Theological Seminaries there b . Hall
named after one Of thess men. have
read that there is : contract 10 print be
tween this company and tAs railroad in
which an agreement 10 made that the rail
road shall double the frsisbn 10 every
shipper Of oil and thea gtss rebate o.
one dollar barrel 10 the Standard Oil
Company for each barrel thsy shipped and
dollar barrel royalty for Zach barrel
shipped by any competitor. 4 mora high
handed outrage against The siekss ssd In
terest Of others could not be conceived.
This Ia bnt specimen Of what Is being
done by those who are in the church o.
Him who said As ye would that others
should do to you do 70 even so TO them. In
the dark ages Barons robbed the rich
aud spent their money freely among the
poor In our times robber corporations
rob the poor and spend part OF their i'll
gotten wealth 10 giving to the rich. They
buy law makers and executive officers.
They debsuch the Christian conscience
and silence the Christian press and pulpit
by their great gifts to the church.
There is giant OF evil settling over
against the Christian church the drink
habit. Old topers, hsbitual drunkards.
occasional drinkers, boys and young men,
60, 600 going to their graves yearly. And
now We Lave got something new under the
sun. II is SO called temperance meas
ure, Que that suits the liquor seller and
those temperance men who want TO kill
mad dog OF iniemperance little at time
because the dogs friends object to killing
him at all. 1t is High License aud we are
told how much money it will bring into
The public treasury. How many low rum
holes it will shut up, And temperance
man who will support this measure is
treated as il be had ''clean gone DAFT
But wait. Some want TO know how many
boys it will save Alas. none Under
he monopoly created by high license the !
lend who now gilds his drink palace with I
ilver can giId it with gold. Can throw
n more free lunches. more music; and :
will have more money to spend in making
customers.
o make the whole traffic .one giant mo
opoly and demorsllze the public cen. h
cience with the blood money paid into n
he treasury. What can We do9 Get
light ourselves on every question touch. q
ag the kingdom Of Christ Place our ii
elves where Christ would be. Get where \,
70 can meet Christ without fear and with a,
ope. man or woman who gets right .,
semselves (often far more than is realized ;,
y the individusD makes the world brigh. a,
,r and better. Unite with others iu st
the right In union there is fr
,reDgth. "One shall chase thousand st
yo shall put ten Thousand 70 flight. Of
, all religious and moral enterprises it is at
ecessary that the good stand together. b,
ook to God for help and then go against m
Ill 10 the name OF the Lord. Have faith
the ultimate and speedy overthrow Of
rong. 10 the dark days Of slavery while
frederick Douglas was delivering lee.
re he seemed to have lost all hope and
present only the dark side Of every "
ing. An old colored lady in the sndi 10
ce, 'SoiourDer TRUTH arose, aud, ~
'inting her long bony finger at him, said: ~
Frederick, is God dead ?" 10
Right is right since God is God. " p
ust in the promises and look for the re 'o'
rds OF God