The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-08
DIXON or: SHEPARD.
some of the sermon of the Young North /.
CarOIinian.

some of the sermon OF the Dung Norm
CaroIiniaB.
The following from the New \ orb Even
ng Commercial contains some Of the rc-
marks made last sunday 10y the Rev. Thorn
a. Dixon. formerly of North Carolina. and
now pastor of the Twcnty-third-strcct Bdp-
fist Church:
The Mail and Express 50 dist0ris and
ialsihes the facts ~ % make IT appear that
the only nag 10 Dee seen was the Confederate
flag This was done with the deliberate
purpose of deception. II deal, in Niiupera-
ton, abuse, epithcts. The words traitor,
rebel. and such. are ever ready for use;
they are ridden 90 death. such D. the
resort of small natures. Think Of Abra-
ham Lincoln. whose life meant "chariy
toward all and malice toward none.
Think of him. and then think Of this foul
TRADE Of abuse. 1hink of General Grant.
Hear the message that he sends from
Mount McGrcgor: II have witnessed since
my sickness lust what ! wished 10 see ever
since the war harmony and good feeling
between the sections shall yaudals de-
stroy this harmony and good feeling: The
man who would seek 10 destroy il i'm the
face of this message Of peace and Of fra
ternity that comes 10 us from the lips of tho
great chicflain is unworthy Ol the inherl-
lance Of such man. and for such rcNiler
10 dare to pay tribute 10 the grave of Grant
is the height Of sacrilege.
such paper assumes a piOus whine. maui
seating i'm the extreme, and poses as rep
resentative of Christianity. II could not
live without the assumption of some moral
force: il would not b. tolerated. and so it
steals the livery Of heaven. I'm the name Of
God and OF truth. Of honesty and Of intcg-
rity, |, for one, repudiale this sO-called
newspaper rs M any sense representative of
Christianity. The God that presidcs over
the editorial Office OF the Mail and Express
and such papers is not NV God. | do not
know him, never knew him. do not want
TO know him. About as near as ! can make
it. his God is the devil. whom ! tight and
fear, with this exception. that the devil is
hreWdor and more artistic in his methods.
Applause.
Here this 1londam editor shrek for an
army of million men Ia march on Rich
mond. For what? To rob the dying Of the
memory Of the dead. such men are neither
brute nor human; they are ghouls. Twon-
ty-iiye years have rolled away since those
awful days Of the war. Peace and pros
perity onward flow over mountain and
plain and sea. And now in the midst of all
these things this little tin soldier wakes up
suddenly and wearies the ears Of heaven
and earth with his little Tin horn. APP
lause.
Keep such papers from your homes as you
would pest. II YOU want vicious litera-
ture. Use the bald yulgarity of swift or the
naked realism of Zola. 1t will De less dan
ger0us than the hatred and bigotry and ma
lice and ialsehood Of such a sheet wrapped
up in scripture text.
Men Of the North and men Of the South.
we are brethren. Let us hear to-day the
voices Of The heroic dead. They all speak
for peace and for harmony. The brave and
true never fight after the battle is closed.
The time has come for us to take each other
by the hand and crush those influences that
seek 10 perpetuate strife for base. ignOble
purpose. God help MS that we may have.
in decd and truth, one glorious, united ma
ton.