The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-12

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lin HE living forces, 10 the equa
| or superior IN the premises. TO
bow down and worship God In hi
works and living forces where b,
is the equal or superior and at the
same time refuse to associate will
or assist him IN the relationship
where he has honored, either the
individual or nation with the supe
i riority, is to write yourself down .
hypocrite. The Spirit of the Lord
is now like Noah's dove. II car
find no resting place.. Itis driven
forth BY the rich society clubs
called churches. Their fat, slick
priests and preachers, on salaries
of from one thousand to fifty
thousand dollars per year, tell their
congregation, while adoctering the
word to suit the itching carp that
God meant a needle like an eye in
an ancient wall, when He spoke
of the rich, etc. Why did all his
| diciples in surprise, ask "who then
can be savedp So far as the
teachings ofJ esus Christ are con-
cerned any theologian will admit
that they are more in harmony
with the Peoples party than any
other party either in America or
over the seas. IF Jesus was to
visit this earth this glorious Sun
day morning and enter any of the
fashionable churches he would be
given seat up in the gallery or in
the rear end Of the church. He
would hear his. own ministers
preach exactly the reverse of what
he taught them on earth. He
would leave the church to de-
nounce it and it's teaching, to de-
nOunce the systems upheld by that
church and it's minister. He
would attack our political system
because Of its rottenness, our rail-
way system because of its mean
ness to the liberties of the poor,
our system of finance as the most
adroit swindle Of the centuries, our
land system as being just as bad
as when he died, and he would be
crucified in the public press, that
moulder of public opinion, with
more diabolical hate and fury than
when nailed to the cross. He
would find the tribe of Judas
among the editors, and preachers
strong and numerous, the descend
ants of those who raised the cross
and nailed Him to it. He would
find them in charge IF the politi.
cal machinery of the day, and those
who inspired the cruci6ctiOn 1900
years ago would be recognized in
their offspring. His teachings
are right. They live on and will
never die. They inspire the lowly
strengthen the weak and shine out
in blazing truth among men.
Many of those who sit in the edito-
rial chair and stand in the pulpit
do not know him and do not be-
lieve in him. They regard his ad.
vice as UtOpian, but for fear Of
having to 60 to work at something
else, play the hypocrite and con
tinue to call themselves Christians
though they seldom practice Chris.
tianity. IF you are Christian
cut this sermon out and take care
of it, for it will not be republished
like one of the hypocrites, Talmage
and others. There is not a
preacher who will dare to stand
up in pulpit and demand Of his
wealthy hearers to ego and sell
what thou hast and give to the
poor" few of them have the cOur-
age to even hint that "the laborer
is worthy of his hire" and none of
them will say that tine land shall
not be sold forever" It should
be the aim of the Peoples Party
TO remedy all these evils which at
Ipresent disgrace the very name of
civilization. We must not forget
that if earthly love by the vulgar
rich is degraded into mere selfish
ness and passion, it still remains
in it's purer sense the highest mys-
terry of our existence, the most
perfect blessing and delight