Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-15
On THECREEDS
HE GIVES HIS oPimoN IN ANSWER
TO MANY QUESTIONS.

~ the Remedy.
BROOKLYN, June A. DIR Talmape dealt
in his sermon this morning with the very
timely topic-thc Battle Of Creeds After
so long and exhaustive discussion in
clerical circles ais! IN the secular press
there seemed nothing more to be said on
the subject DR. Tatmage, however, has
his own way OF looking at all subjects, and
even people who thought they knew all
that could be said on both sides received
light from the fresh and original contribu
ton which he made to the controversy
His text was taken from Proverbs XVI, II.
He that passcth by aud mcddleth with
strife belonging not 20 him is like one that
taketh n dog by the ears"
Solomon here deplorc3 the habit Of rush
ing in between contestants; of taking part
In the RntagonismS>Of others, of joining in
fights which they ought to shun They do
no good TO others ana got damage forthcm
selves He compares it to the experiment
OF taking n dog by the ears Nothing 80
irritates the CANNES rs to be clutched by
the lugs Take them by the baCk Of the
neck and lift them and 1t does not seem to
hurt or offend, but you take the dog by
the ear, and he will take you with his teeth.
In all the history of kennels no intelligent
or spirited dog will stand that Now
says Solomon, you 20 into quarrels or
controversies that are not yours and you
will get lacerated and torn and bitten.
He that passeth by and meddlcth with
strife belonging not to him is like one that
taketh dog by the ears -
THIS Is TUE AGE or CONTROVERSY.
This Is n time Of re3ounding ecclesastic
nj quarrel Never within your memory or
mine has the air been so fun Of missiles
Tho Presbyterian church has on hand a
controversy so great that it finds it pru
dent to postpone its settlement for ut least
one more year, hoping that something will
turn up. Somebody might die or new
general assembly may have grace to han
die the exciting questions The Episcopal
church has cast ont some recalcitrants, and
its digestive organs ARE taxed to the ut
most in trying to n8similate Others. "Shnll
women preachY cor be sent as delegates
TO conferences are questions that have
put many of our Methodist brethren on the
anxious seat" And the waters in some
of the great TAPESTRIES are troubled wa
tiers. Because of the controversies through
out ChristenGom the air is now like an
August afternoon about 5 o'clock, when il
has been steaming hot all dtT, and clouds
are gathering and there are lions of thun
der with grumblng voices and flashing
eyes coming forth from their cloudy lairs,
and people are waiting for the full burst of
the tempest. am not much Of weather
prophet, but the clouds look to me mostly
like wind clouds 1t may be big blow,
but hope it will soon be over In regard
TO the Battle Of the Creeds, am every day
asked what think about it, want to
make it so plain this morning what think
that no one will ever ask again
Let those who ARE jurymcn in the case
! mean those who in the different eCclesi
astical courts have the questions put di-
rectly before them-wegh and decide. Let
the rest of us keep out The most dam
aging thing on earth is religious contro
versy. No one ever comes out of 1t rs good
man rs he goes in. Some of the ministers
In all denominations who before the pres
ent acerbity were good and kind and use
full, now seem almost swearing mad.
These brethren notice always open their
violent meetings with prayer before de
vouring each other, thus saying grace be-
fore meat. They have a moral hydropho-
bia that makes us think they have taken a
dog by the ears, They never read the i'm
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