Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-04

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BOOM supplied 70 ths ecaSFsga1joa.
Rsligi0us sscts muitipiys every day. No
doctrine + too absurd 10 mako xusslySA
Ths latsst religious invsntin h Amseica
b Esoe9iw, which romiss Immortality 10
IT. to1lowsrs-immostality, tAatS alli h
doctrine Of The Esoserisb teaches thaA Rman
wss really pure, and followed The prscspts
q ths 0ospsl 10 the istsw. 10 would bscoms
inmortai. not In Paradiss, but here below.
Al ft b probable that no Christian svse yst
Rnccssded In following infinitely the precepts
Of tAs Gospel, the Esoterists may b. right
10 live forever, ay they, you have only 10
remain virtuous, even In the married statA
Cslibecy must b embraced Celibacy pure
and simple however, b NOT sufficient, for
whore there b no struggle there e no victory.
Dsvotss must Therefore marry, but In all
honor remain celibatA II you succeed IN
mastering your pasioua. no malady will At
tack you, and you win become immortal
"Brt," you win probably ny, "do the
Esotsrists nsvr der
Yea they dis-once; but, according to
them, this docs not prove the fallacy Of their
belief II they die, II dmply proves that
they have failed to attain the necessary do
gree Of perfection.
Now the Esoterists are safe to continue
with u, for either they will arrive at pcrfec-
ton and become immortal, or they viii tau
away from grace aud win have children to
swell their rankA The head of this sect,
which b - Jet only about two years old,
claims that whom tho Esoterists attain psrfec-
ton, mot only will they b immortal, but
they viii have clear insight into the future,
gift which win enable them to amaa great
richea And, indssd, the utility Of such an
accomplishment On the stock exchange, for
instance, must be apparent at glancA
Another sect prctends TO b able to cure
al diseass BY faith. Tbs faith Of thsss fanat-
ics b not shaken BY the death Of their pa
tieuta "If they had had more faith they
would have recovered"
During my stay In America, well known
evangelist publishsd . volume Of sermons
with the following preface: "God has been
kind enough to own the words when spoke
them. Ihops He willgivs His blessing to tho
book, now that the same words appear In
print"
Many books are published in France with
the remark, "A work approved Of BY Mgr.
the Archbishop Of x" Avolume, advertised
ashaving been owned and blessed by tho Lord
himself. ought to have wide salc.
A truly edifying sight d that Of the noisy,
dirty, blaspheming crowd, collected ON .
Sunday evening outside Madison Square Gar
den, New York, on the eve Of 'kx days'
go-as-you-please walking match" From Q Or
2 In the evening. there Is q betting. swearing
match outside the gates But the walking
only begins at one minute post Midnight.
Not to take the name Of God In vain, the
English have invented many euphcmisms;
some men, imagining, suppose. that the
Deity takes no cognizance Of any language
but English, venture 80 far as to say Mon
Dieu or Main Gott
At this kind Of thing the Americans are as
clever - tho English. They have invented
Great Scotti
Something admirable in all tho main re-
ligious scots Of America IL their national
character.
When I hear It said that religion Is tho
sworn enemy Of progress, especially of re-
y,,,l,l{na,S f,r%;f,,xtr,,. <,,vr &o
say to myself: "This is not true"
There u no minister Of religion, from the
archhishops down to the most unlettercd
preachers Of all the small inus, who would
dare to tell his congregation that liberty Il
not tho most precious, the most sacred Of
their possessions, and that tho republic Is not
the most admirable-tho only possibls-form
Of government for America.
In France there is much indifference on the
subject Of religion; but great deal Of in
credulity Is affected to satisfy political bias.
am certain that II, in France, you searched
into the hearts Of the people, you would find
there much less atheism than In many other
countries. Religious belief seems to be tho
appanago Of the royalist party, and other
people think they mako showiof -republi-
canism by throwing over the belief Of the
royalists The religious man is rather looked
upon as political enemy than as religious
antagonist. This is tho true explanation Of
much apparent agnosticism In Franco Il
must also be remarked that plenty Of royal
ists only Affect pisty and 60 regularly to
church a. protest against republicanism,
and that many republicans may b excused
for taking this display Of religion for an act
Of hostility towards their pct institutions.
This state Of things Il dcplorable. Both
sides are to blame for u.
In England and America, where the form
Of government Il questioned BY no one. re-
Ngion does not clash with progress and lib
srty, but Lives with democracy in peace and
harmony, - becomes faith whose grand
precept 10; "Love 70 ono another"
(Io be continued on saturday.