Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-09-14


in the world and denounce other sects
and other denominations. 1t isvery Of
ten the case that that kind of education
acts Just opposite to what was expected,
and the children grow mp, and after
awhile 20 and see for themselves, and
looking in those churches and find
ing that tho people are good there,
and they love God and keep his COM
mandmcnts. by natural reaction they go
and Join those very churches. l could
mention the names Of prominent minis
tiers Of the gospel who spent their whole
life bombarding other denominations,
and who lived to see their children
preach the gospel in those very denomi-
nations. But it is often the case that
bigotry starts in q household, and that
the subject Of it never RECEIVERS. There
are tens Of thousands Of bigots 10 years
old.
I think sectarianism and bigotry also
rise from too great prominence Of any
one denomination in a community. All
the other denominations are wrong, and
his denomination is right because his
denomination is the most wealthy, or
the most popular, or the most infuen-
tial. and it is "our" church, and "Our"
religious organization, and "our"
choir, and "our" minister and the man
losses his head and wants other denomi-
nations to know their places.
1t is o great deal better in any COM
munity when the great denominations
Of Christians are about equal in power,
marching side by side for the worlds
conquest. Mere outside prosperity mere
worldly power, is no evidence that the
church is acceptable to God. Better a
barn with Christ in the manger than
cathedral with magnificent harmonies
rolling through the long drawn aisle
and an angel from heaven in the pulpit
if there be no Christ in the chancel and
no Christ in the robes.
Bigotry the Child Of Ignorance.
Bigotry is often the child Of ignorance.
You seldom find a man with largo In
tellect who is a bigot. 1t is the man
who thinks he knows a great deal, but
does not That man is almost always a
bigot. The whole tendency Of education
and civilization is TO bring man out
Of that kind Of state Of mind and heart.
There was in the far east great obelisk,
and one side Of the obclisk was white,
another side Of the obelisk was green,
another side Of the obelisk was blue,
and travellers went and looked at that
obelisk, but they did not walk around
it. one man looked at one side, an
other at another side, and they came
home each one looking at only one side,
and they happened to meet the story
says, and they got into rank quarrel
about the color Of that Obelisk. One
man said it was white, another man
said it was green, another man said it
was blue, and when they were in the
very heat of the controversy a more in
telligent traveller came and said: Gen
tlemen, l have seen that obelisk, and
YOU are all right, and you are all wrong.
Why didn't you walk all around the
obclisk"
Look out for the man who sees only
one slGc OF a rc!lslous run LIN -.. ouY
Tor the man VINO never "''iH' az a. IN. .i1
about these great 'He,Ilc > u IN UoI =, ''l" -
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one side There is no man more to be
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the elor;ous realm Of Gods truth, over
which an archanccl might fly from eter-
nitv to eternity and not reach the limit,
the man shut, himself out and dies, a
Hind mole uudcr q corpshock. 1t stops
all INVESTIGATION.
wasted Ammunition.
Another great damage done by the
sectorianis,a and bigotry Of the church
Is that II di,custs people with the Chris
tian religion. Now, my friends, the
church Of God was never intended for q
,yor barrac]z. People are afraid of a
riot You 20 down the street, and you
see an excitement and missiles flying
through the air, and You heal the shock
of firearms. Do you, the peaceful and
industrious citizen, 60 through that
street? "Oh 10, you will say III
go around the block" Now, men come
and look upon this narrow path to heav-
en-, and sometimes see the ecclesiastical
brickbats flying every whittier, and they
1av: "Well. l guess III take the broad
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