Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-09-14

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man said 1t was white. anoih r man sal
yas green. another man said Il was blue,
and when they were IN the very heat o. the
controversy more intelligent traveller came
and said ''Genilrm"n, | have seen thu
olelisE, and yoa are all right. and you are
all wrong. Why didn't you walk all around
thu ohelisky'
Look out for the man who only secs ono
side OF "A religious truth. Look out for the
man who never walks around about these
great theories %. God Hni eternity AMI tho
dead lie will le bigot incvitRa'v-tuo
man VINO Onlv sees one Siie. lnere Is no
maj. more to To pitlel than he who has Ia
his head just one idea-no more, no les.
More light. lcss sectariansm. There Is noth-
ny that will so soon kill bi;otry as sunshine
Gods SUNSHINE.
so have set before you what ! consider
20 bn the cause OF higotry. | have set be ore
you the origin OF this great evil. What arc
.ome OF the baleful eiTectsl FIRST OF all. II
.r,pplcs Investigation. You are wrong AMI
am right aud that settles It. No taste Tor
exploration. no spirit OF Investigation. From
he glorious realm OF GOfs truth, over
which nm urchHngel might fly from eternity
o eternity and not rracI tho limit, the man
shuts himself out AMI dies. a blind mole un-
lrra cornshock. 1t stops all investigation.
Another great damage donc 10y the s"ctar-
Anism and biso ~ OF the church is that 1t
lisgusts people from thu Christian religion.
Now, my ir!cnis. the church OF Col was
lever intended for "A war barra'k. People
ire afraid Of a riot. You 90 down the street
and you see an excitement and missiles n.y.
ng through the air and you hear the shock
of firearms. Do you, the p nc"lul and IN
lu~trous citizen, 20 through thct strcet2
'Oh. no." You will say; an 90 around the
Jlors.' Now. men come AMI look upon this
narrow path to heaven, and sometimes SEQ
he ecclesiastical brcSbat flying every
whittier. AMI they say: "Wcll, | guess I'll
AXE the broad road. There il so much
inarpshootinG on the nrrrOw road guess
tn try the broad roai :!
Francis | so hated the Luthcrans that he
vail that II hs thought there was ono drop
II Lutheran blood IN his veins he would
,uucture them aud let that drop out. just
Is long rs there Is 80 much hostility between
denomination and denomination, or between
)nc urO'essed Christian AMI another. or be-
wrcn one church m another, so long men
will bo dsgus,ei with the Christian religion
Ini say. III that is religion. | want none OF
t.
Again, hIgotry AMI sectar.anism 40 great
iamage In the fact that they hinder tho
riumph OF thu gospel Oh, how much
wasted ammunition. how many men OF
splendid intellect have given their whole Ito
% controversial disputes when, Il they Ind
gwen their life to something practical, they
might have been vastly useful SuppOs",
while speak. there were common cu"mv
coming up the bay, AMI all the forts around
n" harr or began to 'irr INTO etch other, YOU
would cry out: National suicide! Why
IOn't those forts hH2" away in one direction,
and that AGAINST the common enemy And
vet | sometimes see IN III" church OF tho
Lord Jesus CGrst a str ny, thing going on
'hurrh against church. minister against
minister. denomination against denomina-
ton firing away into their own fort. or tho
fort witch ought To bs on the same side in
stead OF concentrating their energy and CIV
ing one mighty and everlasting VOllry against
the navies Of darkness riding up through the
bay
What dil intolerance accomplish against
the BAPTIST Church, II laughing scorp aud
TRADE could have destroyed the church 1t
would not have to-day disciple left. Tho
Bpp.ists were hurled out ot Boston IN oldcn
TINES. Those who sympathlzed with them
were inprisoncd. and when a petition was
offered asking lrnirncv III their behalf all
the men who signed it were indicted. Has
Intolerance stopped tn" Baptist church,
The Inst stats in regard TO II showed
q, coo churches an I 3, 600, OOO communicates
Intolcranc" never put down anything
In England "A law was made against tho
jew. England thrust back the Jew and
thrust down the Jew AMI declared that no
Jew should hold Official position. What
came OF 1t? We're the jews destroyed? Was
their religion ovor;hrownf No! Who be-
came prime minister OF England? Who was
next ID tue throh"' VINO was h'Hhet thhn
the throne because he was counselor and
ADVISER bisrarll' jew. Nhat were we
celebrating IN all our churches rs wei ~
sNnngoEu"s onlya few years ago. Inc one
hundredIl birthday anniversary OF Monte
More, the great Jewlsh phlIhhthropist In
tolerance never yet put down anything.
Ent now. my friends. having SHOWN you
the origin oil bigolry or sectarianSm. and
having shown YOU IN" damage II does, J
want brieny 10 snow you now We are 10 Wal
against TINS terrible evil, ana tGihN w
ought 10 began our war by reallziEH cur Owl
weakness ana our ltNperIrcuohS' II We
make so many MISTAKES IN inc common al
lars OF HE. Is II not poSsihle that we may
make mistakes IN regard TO our rellSlou'
nuhlrst small "" take man ny the throh'
or by the collar because ne cannot see re-
lGious truths Just rs we doE In the lGht o.
eternity II viii he iouni out, TANK, ther'
was something wrong In all our creeds anl
something right IN all our creeds. But since
VIZ may make mistakes In regard to thing
OF the world not let us be SO egotlstc ant
so pulled up as to nave an idea that we can
not make any mistake In regard TO religious
theories. And then, think, We Will do
great deal to overthrow the sectarian iron
our heart nnd the sectnrinnlsm from the
world by chiefly charging IN those things il
which VIC agree rather than those in when
We differ.
Perbaps might torce!ully illustrate this
truth by calling YOUR attention to an incl
dent which took place about twenty years
ago Ono Monday morning at about 2
o'clock, while her 900 passengers were sound
asleep In her berths dreaming OF home, the
steamer Atlantic crashed into Mars Head.
Five hundred souls in ten minutes landed in
eternity oh, what a scene. Aconized men
and women running up and down the gang
way and clutchng for the rigging, and the
plunge Of the helpless steamer and the clap
ping of the hands Of the merciIess sea over
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