The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-21
THE RELIGIOUS WAR.
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ONWARD !


it. The stars sing it in the
oratorio Of the spheres. All
Nature lin2s with ii i'm the
Anthem of the Universe. Life
sreaks 1t. Death proph 'sies 1t.
These are the 70 .tprints of
God who walked with man in
the cool of the morning OF
creation. They are so many
index fiusrs that point to Him,
who has gone on before, as the
goal toward which we move. 1t
Is an old fight. Those who
fight against this upward look
and onward sweep of the race
fight against "the stars i'll their
Courses" The fate of Sisera is
sure to be theirs.
AGAINST TIE isIBLE.
2. 1t means human dogmatic
assertions against the religion
of the Bible. The men who
maze this fight make no intel
ligent appeal to the Bihe. They
simply Use the Rible as
bludgeon. With the bighess of
the type and paper and ending
they try to beat out the brains
Of those who refuse 20 bow
down, to Il little god they have
created, i'll their own way.
Prof ssor Briggs appeals to the
Bible, and says, Come, let us
reason together. They appeal
| to human doglnaties, and
propose to try him by standards
made by human hands, and
crush with sheep binding and
the solid paper Of the very
book to which he invited their
attention. Keep this fact in
constant view Of tue champion 5
of rheumatic traditiDnalism
who assaulting Professor Briggs,
swear by Dognatic theology
and with all the vehemence
of their souls repudiate and
hate Biblical Theology. They
propose to try him for heresy
for undermining the Bible, at
the same refuse to confine
themselves to its teachinge
for the standards by which TO
cOn6uct the trial.
Is PAPER DIVINE?
; 1t means a paper creed
against h vital relig.O The
real centre Of the fight is over
the the supposed divinity of a
paper creed made hundle eds OF
years ago by weak human
hands. The day for paper
creels i'll gone. Men have
persisted in tea thing that the
paper was divine. But those
who love Jesus Christ have
come to believe that only those
really love him who keep His
commandments. They have
come to believe that a paper
creed has nothing to do with
mans salvation or damnatiOn
bnt that what is in his heart
determines the question Of sal.
Walton. Not for paper creeds
with traditional comm hts, but
living epistles, is the aspiration
of this school represented il
part by Prof. Briggs. The religi.
on that cannot stand the test Of
lite cannot be saved by all the
paper cree Is now tinkere6
together by the sacred cobblers
OF all the ages The papel
. creed that does not thfob with
the divine life of Christ as HI
walks among men today car
only be a Elockery to the church
that with lips processes it. The
question is, were the Greco
cohblers fthe fifteenth century
T infaliiblc, and did wisdom die
, in the sixteenth century? \
l curious question to put in this
age.
SLAVERY vs.. FREEDOM.
= 4. It means Slavery against
? Freedom. Shall men be allowei
to think, or shall they be hound
= in the shackles Of dogInati'
5 idiocles and forbidden to think
: under pain of death? Is it ;
crime to think -? Shall th'
' church i'll this age of schoo
houses say IT, her chosen pro
phets, Cursed is the man wh'
S thinks? ," II 50, the days o
; that church are numbered
q 1t Lays superhuous on the stag,
/ of a new world, with no power
y of adjustment to the necessi
!, ties of a new life. Do yOI
II believe in slavery or liberty
Z. Do You wish to be taught b,
r slaves, bound and gagged ant
y paid to teach like a parrot on
thing under pain of death 0
T. DO you believe in a living God
5 a living Spirit, who is come t
E guide into all truth ? Or ia
It dead God, dead Christ. an
Il bound and gagged inummies a
l. His ambassadors This figh
Il means reason against stupidity
e miscalled faith. Faith is
q moral act of the soul, and
y utterly foreign TO the piou
u stupidity which rejoices
20 swallowing dosmatic contrai
Ii lotions and absurdities.
70 This fight means a battle f.
rs tho uorrr l;fo nf GhrISfia NJ 1