The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-06-19

LnaL paSSeth by ana LnSddIeth with
strife belonging not to him Is like one
that taketh a dog by the ears" The
preacher said:
Solomon here deplores the habit of
rushing in between contestants, of tax
ing part in the antagonism of Others OF
joining in fights which they ought to
=shun- They do no good to others and
get damage to themselves. He com
pares it to the experiment of taking a
dog by the ears Nothing so irritates
the. CANNES as to be ciutched by the
Jugs Take them by the back of the
neck and lift them and it 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 go into quarrels or controversies
that are not yours and you will get
Iacerated and torn and bitten He
that passeth by and meddleth with
strife belonging not to him is like one
that taketh dog by the ears"
This is a time of resOunding ecclesi-
7asticai quarrel Never within your
memory or mine has the air been so
full OF missiles The Presbyterian
church has hand a controversy so
great that it finds it prudent to post
pone its settlement for at least one
more year, hoping that something will
turn up. Somebody may die or a new
handle these exciting questions. The
Episcopal church has cast out some re-
.calcitrants, and its digestive organs are
taxed to the utmost in trying TO assim-
:ilate Others ''Shau women preach?''
= -''Or be sent as delegates to conference?''
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 waters
Because of the controversies through
out Christendom the air is now like an
August afternoon about 5 o'clock, when
at has been steaming hot all day, and
clouds are gathering, and there are
lions of thunder with grum bling voices
and flashing eyes coming forth from
their cloudy lairs, and people are
waiting for the full burst OF the tempest.
Il am not much of a weather prophet,
Lbut the clouds look to me mostly like
= wind clouds 1t may be a big blow,
but hope it will soon be over In re-
gard to the battle of the creeds I am
every day asked what 1 think about it.
IL want to make it SO plain this morning
what think that no one will ever ask
again. The most damaging thing on
earth as religious controversy. No one
ever comes out of it as good man as
he goes in. Some of the ministers, in
all denominations, who, before the
present acerbity were good and kind
and useful, now seem almost swearing
always open their violent meet
-ings with prayer before devour-
ing each other, thus saying grace
before meat. They have a moral
-hydrOphObie that makes US think they
have taken dog by the ears. They
never read the imprecatOry psalms of
David with such zest as since the
Briggs and Newton and MacQueary and
Bridgman and Brooks questions got in
to full swing. May the rams of the
ssheepfold soon have their horns sawed
off. Before the controversies are settled,
"a good many ministers will, through
what they call liberalism, be Landed in
to practical infidelity, and others
through what they call conservatism,
will shrink up into bigOts tight and
hard as the mummies of Egypt which
got through their controversies 5000
years ago.
This trouble throughout Christen-
dom, directly inspired of Satan
He saw that too much good was being
done. Recruits were being gathered by
hundreds of thousands to the gospel
standard. The victories for God and
the truth were too near together. Too
many churches were being dedicated.
Too many ministers We're being or
.dained- Too many philinthropies were
being fostered. Too many souls were
being saved.
What smazes me most is that all peO-
PIE Go not SEE IEt+5 tiAe en- TIRE movement
at this time all over Christendom is
satanic. Many of the internal attacks
are sly and hidden and strategic and
so ingenious that they are not easily
discovered. But here is a bold and IN
covered attempt of the powers of dark
ness to split up the churches, to get
ministers to take each other by the
throat, to make religion a laughing
stock of earth and hell, to leave the
Bible with more respect or anthem
ITCHY than an old almanac of 1922,
which told what would be the change
of weather six months ahead and in
what quarter of the moon it is best &c
plant turnips- In word, the effort Is
to stop the evangelizatiOn OF the world
It seems to me very much like this
There has been a. railroad accident and
many are wounded and dying. There
are several drug stores near the scene