Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-08-01

defy any American citizen, oul
brother included, to show to the
contrary.
The brother says our argument
sis erroneous, far-fetchcd, and d
gross misrepresentation of the NJ.
+. Church, South and after
wards says, 81 hope the Doctor
will take this in the spirit in
which it is written. - But no:
the Doctor does not take it in any
such captious spirit. We read
the Chicago Champion, one of the
most ultra liquor papers publish
cd in America, and now have q
copy of it before us for compar-
ison, and about the only differ
cncc we can find in it and the ar
ticle of our brother is that the
former deals somewhat in argu-
mcnt while the latter deals eXclu-
sively in assertion. But we have
long since learned how to make
allowance for men who pin theil
faith to the sleeve of another. and
merely quote or state the posi-.
tion of a bishop to show that the
argument of brother who hap.
pens not to be a bishop are ''fa.
naticism, purblind, and pharis
aism, unadorncd. As the broth
er SAYS of ours, this transcend.
anything we find in that prince OF
liquor sheets, the Champion, ano
we suggest that our brother fol
low it up with a book on the log
ic of history. The infallibility o,
church dignitaries has been pa
raded before the world by subor
dinatcs before, and sad us ha.
been the result of such man-wo
ship, our brother could have com
pany had he lived in any Other
age of the worlds history. HI
would have been at home among
the Sanhcdrim that CONDEMNED
Christ Il hero among those who
chased Martin Luther over Ger
many Il SPARTAN among those
who piled wood around Ridley
and Latimer when they were
burned at the stake ; and Il loya
leader of royal Christianity
among those who prosecuted JOIN
Wesley. What Il sad thing it il
that he missed all of these gran(
opportunities by being born il
the ninteenth century when hi
only opportunity for distinction
seems to be to help the liquo,
men preach temperance, and Il
the same time fight Prohibition
lists.
Our bishops are now engaged
in a discussion of the possible mis-
takes of their own past work il
the routine matter of appoint
mcnts and if mistakes are posi-
bic in their every day life worl
that monopolizcs almost their en-
tire time, what may we not eX
pect of them in matters politica
to which they pay less attention
than almost any other class O
men among us.
He says that, ''The Church il
Il spiritual institution for the spir
itual uplifting of the race. > l.
that all ! If so, we must cXpung'
the general rules of our discipline
for they deal with the every da,
life and conduct of individual
members. He says ours is g;
non-political Church.' Does h'
mean by that that the member
of our Church are not to vote il
political elections We thinl
most of them do vote, and woule
not be surprised if he sticks in
ballot himself sometimes. Thcl
what does he mean by saying
ours is not "a political Church :
Is it that there is no moral re
sponsibility attached to man
vote, and that Il processing Chris
tian honors God and benefits hi
race just as much when he vote
for men who advocate the licens
ing of the liquor traffic as whel
he votes for one that opposes it
just so he Joins in with his Churcl
and helps to pass windy resolu
tion against it He says, "Chris
was no politician No, nor die
the race from which he sprans
have any politics in his day. The,
were the subjects of another na
ton, or government, as the race
had been on former occasions an(
has been ever since and as sucl
Christ advised them to be subjec
to the powers that be, saying
"Give unto God the things tha
are Gods and unto Caesar th'