Daily Republican., 1888-08-20
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pecsed but . small audience, he would
ttry and "giye them something good"
The q ict OF this Was that members Of
Scott ". u, Church with their usual
politepess and Christian nesl, which
makea that body so much liked and
respeated 10 their community, invited
tnelE friends to the feast and large
oongregAtion listened to one OF the
RrAndest tributes 10 Intellectual and
Christian oivil-freedom.
His text Was IAAtAh XXI, II, IL, "The
burden OF Dumah. He oalleth TO me
out Of Soir, WStohman, what Of the
nIEhI2" eio,
The generally OF the prophecy gave
the widest SCOPE for pulpit topic, and
the preacher, after setting forth its his
toEiO yer oAtion with Gods people fol-
lowed with n most interesting inquiry
and oheorful exposition Of the progress
Of ohFistiAuity and its civilization.
The children OF Israel had requested
10 pass through the high ways Of EiOm,
in o direct aad comparatively short
journey to Oauan, promising compan-
sAtive should any dAmAge be done 70
gro wing crops or Otherwise and had
been refused, which necessitAted their
journeying 200 miles further In the
| Wilderness.
The prophet proclaimed his distant
vision Of the ''Star Of Jacob" the
"eospter Of Israel" &c his eye ranged
over the distant mountains OF 8elr, the
home Of the Edomites, and predicted
their punishment. Although "a thou
sAud years with HIM are - one day"
and God 10 seemingly 10 mans vision
aomstimes slow, He is infinitely sure in
oil His promises. The EdomiteB were
subeeQuently sufferers from war, and
lby their captivity, God could have
called forth ali creation ut once By
word, but be took time to do 1t stey by
step. He could have sent mans deliver
Immediately after their fall into dlB0-
bsdieuoe, but took 1000 30 slow has
been mAu's progress towards God that
even civil liberty is less than hundred
years old. That originally obscure son
OF che common people, Napoleon Bona
pAEte, did great good for civil freedom
Il when he arose In the zenith OF his
power, and By overthrowing kings and
SOverelRns destroyed mankind's slayish
belief In the "Divine right OF k!ngH."
II Ia only Is years since American
slavery, by q four ears crash Of arms
between brothers Of ono nation, through
the lose Of millions OF treasure and q
Imultltude OF killed and wounded, kGs
settled in this country that All men
should be free. This freedom originated
not in the selfish nature Of men, but
Iuroves the progressive Influence OF
I5N,,.'- nifty. The Saviour said to his
S1IL.aoiaiss. uI o., yo1 friends." Ohris.
t,an,ty tsacSss .ha brotherhood OF mag,
Clvll liberty leAts to christian liberty.
There are twenty-five things that
Metho1ists alike believe. On other
points there may be thousand oi1er'
ent opinions among them. They nave
wonderful freedom. This is In striking
contrast with any ecolusiasticlsm thAt
pFeBcrIbeB for a m altitude Of RdherentB
what they shall declare they believe on
either multifArsous or all topics, and
makes IL dangerous ior them to declare
any belief outside Of the prescription.
Why should millions OF people be In
lntslleotuAl bondage TO day, when 1t Is
nsArly 1000 years sinoe John and James
t-sometimeB called the 'soDs OF than
der,'-pEoolAimed the christian truth
and freedom.
"Tha Spirit and the btiis say come,
Aud whomsoevsr will lot him
take the water OF life freely" II the
Son therefore shall make you free, ye
shall be free indeed"
Yet even John said: "MRster, We
saw one casting out devils In thy name
aud we forbade him. beoAuse hs follow
eth not with u.s."
"And Jesus said unto him, "Forbid
him not: for he that Is not against us, Ii
for u.s." Thus the Saviour taught In
ielleotual freedom.
Freedom of press and speech are In
Indispensable to Christian progress. Thii
4 L. EnHn af1H IA m T.
eiate the evil that is mixed with tht
good. II there were nOt popular free
uOm TO proclaim error, there would bt
none 10 preach the truth. The mus
ders, AdulterieB and divorces, burg
lAties ,em and other degrAds
tion and rAsoAlitles In a days news
paper are enough to make pure mar
} sick ct hsAFt, aud he skips the worst oi
1t And yet truth will vat quish erToi
IWhere intelleotuA. freedom is eni oyed IL
Christian civilization. Half'a dcz9r
Christians on fire with holy zeal viii
: by free speech vanql lish whole mutt
tnde of inhdels.
Look at the license sustained saloone
and yet popular opinion now establish
ed through intellectual freedom ls Buct
that men sneak behind Ecreens Pro
hibihOp 10 p mighty All reaching IN
tiuenoe because ol Christian tntelleetua
freedom. We have millions OF ladies
and gentlemen in GhTistlAn churches
/ and organic stlons in whose presence
you could hardly expect an intelligent
| man D take drink and claim to be
gentleman.
Men who are discouraged and think
the world lie going TO ruin because oi
what they read In the daily new sRaperi
, should take also good religious news
paper.
Except suoh as idle psupars, crlmi
nats aud anarchists there Is room TO
the great number Of emlgrants to TIL
eountry. But It becomes duty, 10 pro
mote education and Christianity among
) them.
THAT war is national slH is seuti
msnt that is rapidly growing In pub!it
opinion.
Argument is neither necessary or pro.
fitable on God Heaven and Christianity
Christianity is fact. All that is ned
ed is perfect intellectual freedom every
where in the world to declare Its fact
. and truths.
/. Tns writer in tummsrying Is no. abli
to fairly report the above referred 4
able sermon of the pastor OF beots nj
ilE Church. It WAS truly . c imp
meeting ieast OF home, and naturally
lsuSsested the query, why does not tht
church pnah It's most learned Aolesl
and most modest and Plus preachers t
the front. Whoever spoke yesterday a
: Brand y wine Summit camp the seVerA
Thousand hearers there must have los
muoh because one preacher was absent
IThs ohesrful spirit iu which Mr.. Collin
pres cues is As remarkable by CONTRAST
las 10 IL delightful and captivating to ht