The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-03-03

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Christianity cannot be sstxfhnasa -
Christ The bloody history a tAs ~
ditionA church h ncs Of CARA Al
this 10 pcrvcrxion of the trusA tanxAA
by Christ Does any man Who knows
the Christ believe that hs corA hsy~
been present and consented 10 tAs burn
ing Of Brunos Il 10 possible 10 euuc>fvs
thss ths Man ot Soxrows who slnGxsssa
up the rugged sleeps of Galway, hssr>
ing tho cross Of . world ana dyng II
shame and agony the dsafh of martyr
that be could have b4su rsspsasiAas
for tbs perpstrasion et such dssdR O.
any man who Knows Christ a0at tha1
he IL rusponsihls for ths tcstsrtAg -
Calico. fr the burning a Ewvsem,
for the rnAasacrss By MvA IN ths NstAsr.
lands. or the horrors of The inquiit1m,
All these are Of tho anti Chsisk Thsy
are themselves tho cnntradicxtso a
q Christianity. In % far = Sha prufsMe6
church did these things. Shs rsfsd
church was q ths devil, nce e. o.
Christ Let ~ agafn smpAae9D %
fact thst The C1ristianity d Chrht b
one thing, tbs Chr1sfisnity q hstcgy
and traditions and cxssds made a p.psr
another thing. We certainly cannnce
charge 70 Jesus Christ the prussaioospck
Christianity which We 80 today.
JESUS I'M SOCIALIST.
Soppose that Jesus Christ In TIE f9b
Of carpenter. worn with toll and dnsaV
with his work. should enter Q fAsASouAhls
church In Nsw York city today and
should speak the kutA WITH sunh snpAs-
sia and cleaxne@ - hs did 10 - 0ESibo
and PhArisses anfhypoczitss Of Jud<a h
the days Of old. an afraid that th6Ee
arc some churchas that wodld not only
put him out the doer. bot would hsvshia
arrested and pat b m insane asyhn-
Suppose this sama lowly NasarsssshSaN
enter some Of our churches ct our scciL
gatherings and should publicly dsnosncs
the respectable ins u this century, . h
did the respectable sins Of The century n
which he lived. Jesus said fsw hArsA
things about The drunkard. the fallsn
and tho waywaxd, but WITH mercilsa
hand he Laid bare the sscrsh of pgids and
eovetousness and Hypocrisy and Phazi-
seeism. Whist would some nen who
have high seat In tbs synaeoges today
and chest their neighb0J tAsough tas
week-what would they sAy 10 thiS mAn
who should speak such revolutisnazy
doctrines7 They would denounce him =
crank, rs an anarchist, q . socialist, .
q man who sought 10 destroy The foundA-
tious Of society. They would put him
out and they would instruct the sexton
not to allow him 10 enter again under
any conditions.
TEST on HKxxK1.
Do we. charge Christianity wieA sucA
perversions Of truth taught BY ChrisA
Il h absurd. Two children re<urnsd
from church tho other day, and The boy
Of seven remarked that ho ''would lie
to know Whist the sermon was for any
how" His little sister replied. "Why.
it's to give the singers . rest, Of coarss.~
II you should enter such . church - this
and there are such ehurches-woQA
this be Q fair test OF the work Of ths
sermon IN Protestantism! Coald ~
Judge Of Protestant Christianity by such
. church, A true Sermon = wosshtp,
for it Is the proclamation and reception
Of truth. What may be considered
worship BY ono man may b perverted
by another into the very antithests. For
instance, teacher asked . class of chill
dren the other day the question, what
does the word worship mcanY' Nobody
answered. She asked one boy IN par
ticular II be did not know. He said, II
dunno" "Why," said tho teacher, 'why
are you 20 dumb Do you not know what
your father does every night before he
retiresT' "Oh, yes," saiA tho yoangster.
II know now. Hs goes into the pantry
n takes drink out.n hk bettle." II you
should SEQ this performance In . pro-
fessed Christian homs, would It BE- fair
to say that Christianity causes men 10
go into . pantry and take . drink Sefsrs
retirings Such = process Of nsaaoutng 3
the height Of sbsurdtty. A man believes
what he practices, not Whist he pso1sases-
KARAT AID RoBxsPIxRxx.
Can we charge to liberty the crimes
committed in the name Of liberty Lii
erty is Colonel Ingersell's god according
to his declaration. say. without the
fear Of contradiction, that more blood
has flowed and more dark crimes hsvs
been committed In the sacred name Il
liberty than in all other names under
heaven. In the sacred nazne Of liberty
tyrants have placed their iron hesb On
the necks Of millions and ground out
their lives without mercy. In tho sacred
name Of liberty Mime. Roland was ere
cuted. In the sacred name of liberty
France was drenched In blood y . Dan
ton, Marat and Robesptsrrs, antil The
soil OF France was drunk with tie blood
Of her children. Then In the sacsod
name Of liberty Napoleon turned ID
guns down the streets, swept them with
shot and shell. death and blood, ascend
ed the throne Of an empire end ruled
them with o rod Of iron l. liberty 10.
sponsible for all the erimes cpmmtttsd
in her sacred nsmes II 30, thsn liberty
Is the one curse Of cufses thst has filed
the record of the race with hceFue I'm
measurable, incalcuhble.
What Is Christianitya Il - that heart
faith that eznbodies itsslf in life ol
love-love to God, and love 10 God
through love TO man. Out of this sub
lime truth which Jesus cams 10 teach
grew the principles Of human liberty
Out Of this grew of necssstty tbs tKut2
Of the common priesthood u bsIitvsrk
LOVE scoRND DDdAEB.
Love knows no caass o. eli4ue, vhea
love has embraced a manktnG JeDu
faced Jewish oaxistocsscy w1tA I'D
doctrine OF election ana special dfvln
favor, ana ne saugnsrnem tnAs 0od ~
. spirit and they that worship him mus
worship in spirit and IN truth, and tia!
God would raise up ok The STONES q
earth children unto Abeaham and c.
them Of a unworthy unle0 they werv
true TO this spiritual Nsal. BE tsugh,
them that God was no rsspectsr q pr
sons. Growing ous Of ChTistisnity ~
the second great principle Of frsedcu
that institutions are made for man, no
man foe institutions. The void Va
bound By the iron4lassRy ofinsttztao1sv-
sacred and secular. Jesns broke d,
Judaic Sabbath VIII impmtty. bscsns,
he taught the hw of lore q tie suprsml
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