The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-12

the inconsistent dogmas taught from the
pulpit
Don't Think Mr.. McCready said,
that have anything to say against go
ing to church. It's a very good thing to
do for anyone who enjoys it. 1t Is a very
hypocrite of himself and only pretends to
enjoy it. It's good thing to worship
God, to fill your soul with admiration for
the glorious harmony OF the universe,
and you can do it just as well in the open
air as inside a church.
God made the earth and made 1t good.
He breathed into the universe the breath
of his life, and set the whole glorious ma
chine to moving In matchless harmony.
God saw that it was goOd-good enough
to last. From the dawn OF creations
morning to this very day not one single
change or amendment has been needed.
Natures course has been unbroken.
"God made man and made a mess of it,
SO the preachers say. He made him to be
the owner and ruler and subduer of the
earth; made him with mind to know,
with soul to enjoy, with strength to
harness the lightning, to put birdie on
the winds of heaven, to compel all the
forces of nature to do his bidding made
him lord of all the rich treasures of the
earth, made him in His own image, and
this is the dead fHilure He made after all.
So dead a failure shat of all the creatures
born into this world man has the very
hardest time Of all to make a living. If
we are to believe in the old creeds, we
must believe that God doesn't want man
to be comfortable In this life. He wants
him to suffer and to toll Jesus Christ
preached gospel that / believe is a
gospel that Is full of glad tidings for
humanity--a gospel that these preachers
of the modern Christianity tell us is utter
nonsense He preached a gospel of high
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peace and plenty for all mankind He
didn't go to church very often, except
when He went there to scourge the money
lenders and the artstocracy."
Mr.. McCready tAen went on to give an
eloquent description of the pure and
simple life. OF Jesus and the Gospel He
taueht, which was the grandest Gospel
ever set before men.
God means for all to be happy in this
world. He has given you a perfectly
inexhaustible storehouse of wealth and
asks you to do nothing but to go to work
and use it to your hearts content The
Gospel that Christ preached when He
was here on earth was a Gospel of high
wages. Because 1t was Gospel of equal
justice, of brotherly love, of doing to
others as you would have others do unto
you. Let other people see that you do
understand it, Let the preachers in the
churches see that you do understand it.
w nell hcu really unuCTSbduu lLdD OOQ
made this earth for living men to use, and
not for some men to hire out to other
men, then indeed Christ's gospel of high
wages will be fulfilled and Gods kingdom
upon earth; His kingdom of equal OPP
portunitfes and equal freedom will be
near at hand.
Once Rabbi, Now a Christian.
Mr. George J. Lindner, once rabbi and
now one of the missionaries engaged in
winning his race to the cause of Christian
ity, delivered an address at the United
Presbyterian Church, on Barrow street,
yesterday afternoon. About one hundred
were present
The speaker said that the Jews had
been bound down by prejudices.
They were held by tradition and
blinded by the sophistory of the Rabbis.
Their religion was OF the stomach, not
like the ChriEtion religion Of the heart.
He described theis fasts and peculiar laws
relating to the use of dishes and edibies
Meat and milk or butter cannot be eaten
at the same time. Woman, he said, is de-
graded in the Jewish faith. They have
613 commandments for men and only three
for women He said, however, that the
Jews were noble race, and he hoped
that the scales of prejudice and jealousy
would be removed from their eyes to
enable them to see the truth. He spoke
of the power of prayer, and urged his
hearers to pray that his people might be
converted to the truth.