The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-19
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DR.. Ta1msse's Eloquen. Pies for Christian
Tolera,ion.
BROOKLYN, Sept. 9.-Rsv. d.. Tai.
mage, who is now in Australia, whence
he viii shortly sail for CeYlon snd lndls,
has selected as the subject for todaY'a
sermon through the press Communion
OF Saints, % the text chosen beng Judges
xii, 6: "Then said they unto him, Say
now shibboleth, and he said sibboleth,
for he could not frame to pronou1cs it.
right. Then they took him and slew
him at the passages Of Jordan"
Do you notice The difference OF pro-
nunciation between shlbbole!h and $40.
boleth? A very small and uoimportant
difference, you say. Aud yet that dit
terence was the difference between life
and death for great many people. The
Lords people, Gilssd and Ephraim, got
into a great fight, and Ephraln was
worsted, and on the retreat came to the
fords of the river Jordan to cross. Or
der was given that all Ephraimites com.
ing there be slain. But how could It be
found out who were Ephainltes? They
were detected by their pronunciation.
Shibboleth was 8 word that stood tor
river.
The Ephrsimites had q brogue Of their
own, and when they tried to ssY ''sh!b.
boleth always left out the sound OF the
Ssh" When Il was asked that they say
shibboleth they said sibboleth and were
slain. "Enen said they unto him, Say
now shibboleth, and he said slbboleth,
for be could not frame to pronoaace 1t
right. Then they took him and slew him
at the passages of Jordan" a very
small difference, you ssy, between G!-
LEAD and Ephraim, and yet how much
intolerance about that small difference!
The Lords tribes 10 our time-by which
I mean the different denominations OF
Christians magnify very
small difference, and the only difference
between scores Of denominations today
IS the difference between shibboleth and
sibboleth.
The church of God is divided into
great number of denominations. Time
would fail me to tell of the Calvinists,
and 4ee- -Arminians, and the Ssbbatari-
sans, and the Baxterians, and the Dunk
ers, and the Shakers, and the Qaaksrs,
and the Methodists, and the Baptists,
and the Episcopaians, and the Luther.
ans, and the Congregationalists. and the
PresbYterisns and the Spirituahsts,
and score of other de-
nominations of reGgionists, some Of
them founded by very good men, some
of them founded by very egotistic ,uen.
some of them founded by very bad uen.
Butas I demand for myself liberty Of
conscience I must give that same liberty
to every other man, remembering that
he no more differs from me than I differ
f1om him. 7 advocate the largest Ebsr-
ty II all religious belief and form Of wor-
ship. In art, in politics, in morals and
in religion let there be no gag Law. no
moving OF the previons question. no per-
secution, no intolerance.
You know that the air and the water
keep pure by constant circulation, and
think there is a tendency in religious
discussion to purifcation~ssgEttd moral
health. Between the fourth and the
sixteenth centurjes the church proposed
tomake peopk think Alright by prohibit.
ing discussion, and by strong censorship
Of tbs press ard rack and gibbet and hot
lead down the throat tried to make peo-
pie orthodox, but it was discovered that
you cannot change a mans belief by
twisting of his head nor make a man
see differently by putting an awl through
his eyes. There is something in mans
conscierce which will hurl eff the noun
tain that you threw upon it, and, ua-
singed of the fire, Gu! Of the fame will
make red wings on which the martyr
Will mount to glory.
In that time ofWhich I speak, between
the fourth and sixteenth centuries, peo.
pie went from the house Of God into the
most appalling iniquity, and right along
by consecrated sltars there were tides OF
drunken ness and licentiousness such as
the wo1ld never heard Of, and the very
sewers of perdihon broke loose and
flooded the church, After awhile the
printing press was freed. and it broke
the shackles Of the human mind. Then
there came large number of bad books
and where there was one man hostile to
the Christian religion there were 20 men
ready to advocate it. So have not any
nervousness in regard to this battle 60
ing on between truth and error. The
truth will conquer just as certainly as
that God is stronger than the devil. Let
error run if Yon only let truth run along
with it. Urged on by skept!c's shout
and transcendentslist's spur, let it run.
Gods angels of wrath are in hot pur-
suit, and quicker than eagles beak
clutches out a hawks heart Gods ven
gearcs will tear it to pieces.
propose TO speak to you Of scctarian.
lsm-lts origin, its evils and its cures.
There arethose whoawould make US think
that this monster, with herns and hoofs
Is religion. I shall chase 1t to its hiding
place and drag it out Of the caverns Of
darkness and rip cf its hide. But I want
to make a distinction between bigotr =
and the loWful ton6ness for peculiar re-
ligious belief and forms of worship. I
have no admiration for nothingarian.
In q world ofsuch tremendous yicissi-
tude and temptation, and with soul that
must after awhile stand before throne
of insufferable brightness, in day when
the rocking Of the mountains, and the
flaming Of the heavens, and the upheaV-
al Of the seas shall be among the least
of the excitements, to give account for
every thought, word, acton, preference
and dislike, that man is mad who has no
religious preference. But our early ed
ucation, our physical temperament, our
mental constitution, will very much de-
eide our form Of worship.
Astyle of psalmody that may please
me may displease you. Some would
ike to have minister in gown and bans
and surplice, and others prefer to have