The Progress., 1894-09-15

no religious preference? But our
early cducation our ply steal tempcra- .
mcnt, our mental cOnstitut'"E, VIII
very much decide our form Of Worship
George Whitchcld was going over a
Quaker rather roughly for some Of h'N
religious sentiments and the 'lUaN"r
said 'GeOrgc, Am as thou art; am
for bringing alt mcu to TIL" hpp' q,
the gospels therefore, if thou W Ii 80;
quarrel with me about my broad hilm,
| will not quarrel with thce ahoUt thT
black gown. George, rive ne ',y
hand
IN tracing ont the religion Of he"'ar'
ianism, or bigotry | find that a great
deal of it comes from wrong cdurat'oh
in the home circle There are parents
who do not think it wrong to carIra-
turc and jccr the peculiar forms OF re
ligion in the world, and dcnounrr
other sccts and other denominations
1t is very often the case that that KIND
Of education acts ust opposite TO what
was expected, and the children grow
up, and, after while, 60 and see tor
themselves; and, looking in those
churches, and finding that the people
are good there, and they love God ami
keep his commandments, by natural
reaction they go and join those very
churches | could mention the names
of prominent ministers OF the gospel
who spent their whole life lombard,
| ing other denominations and who
lived to see their children preach the
! gospel in those very denominations.
/ But it is often the case that bigotry
starts in a household, and that the
subject of it never RECEIVERS. There
are tens of thousands of bigots i
years old
think sectarianIsm and blgotrV
also rise from too great prominence o.
any one denomination in community
All the other denominations are
wrong, and his denomination is rlgh
because his denomination is the mos
wealthy or the most popular, or the
most influential, and II is ''our
church, and "our' religious organ'za
ton, and our choir1and Our" min
ister and the man losses his head, an'
wants other denominations to know
their places. 1t is a great deal bette
in any community when the great dc
nominations of Christians arc abou
equal in power, marching side by sid
for the worlds conquest Mere ou'
side prosperity, mere worldly power
is no evidence that the church Is az
ceptable to God. Better barn WIT
Christ in the manager than cathedr'
with magnificent harmonies roll'n
through the long drawn aisle and a
" angel from heaven in the pulpit,
!, there be no Christ in the chancel an
4 no Christ in the robes. Bigotry
u often the child of ignorance.
You seldom find u man with lare
y intellect who is Il bigot 1t is the ma
who thinks he knows agrcat dea
> but does not. That man is always
u blgot. The whole tendency to educ
;, ton and civilization is to bring mi
" out of that kind of state OF nina al
y heart There was in the far east
q great obelsk, and one side OF t
Il obelsk was white, another side or I
obelsl was green, another side OF
y obelisk was blue, and travellers we
10 and looked at that obelisk. but tn
IF did not walk around it. One M
D. looked at one side, another at anot''
m side, and they came home each o
IN looking at only one side; and tn
% happened to meet, the story says; a
IS they got into rank quarrel abo
+ the color of that obelisk. One m
said it was white, another man said
ne was green, another man said 1T
a. blue, and when they were in the We
" heat of the controversy more int
IN lipent traveller came, and said, "H'
he tlemen, l have seen that obelisk, a
he you are all right, and you are
ak wrong Why didn't you walk
nd around the obelisk?'
nj Look out for the man who sees OF
vn one side of religious truth. Le
Dr. out for the man who never wa
at around about these great theories
by God and eternity and the dead.
an will be a bigot inevitably-the Il
wi who only sees one side. There is
ng man more to be pitied than he
lrl has in his head just one idea--no mt
on no less More light, less sectariani
he There is nothing that will SO soon
ch bigotry as sunshine-God's sunsh
So I have set before you what c
be- slider to be the causes of bigotry