The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-10-17
HUMAN SLAVERY
AND THE CHURCH,
CONTINUED from End nag. ,
CSy. i ~ 10 the slavery Of creed. No,
Ohr'stism, but Churchism ia the

~ L.. ."'ey- the emOOdIm me Mt
nsn I'VE sno His attitude towards His
fhUp'e - one OF love; and that creed
churches into divisions. where then
noid themselves a separate and d;.,;ny
tnlng from one another "A n thsy ILL.,
airad OF catching the small nov 80
each other, is born OF the b"na nvn
Snat 10 in the Church; not born 20 'hs
spirit Of Christ. "a TIC
rms spirit that leads Christians .s;a.
IN the same church and encour.m ae ~
division Of a wife and husba nd q, ~, .hs
sacrament has no place in tn a o. .ns
Oh Jesus Christ. These thin0s .,s 80
OF humanity, unrighteous 6umsn;tv.
the selfishness of human natnre wh;y,,
washed, unregenerated humsn;tv
nerever the spirit Of God il - as ~.
good old Baptist sister said. when she
forgot herself in the Methodist meet
ing and went up to take the sacrament
ana another sister said to her: aThis ia
d Methodist church." and sbe s.;do
wen, all right, there are good peonle
mere and l am going up there anv
way. That was right.
But the result Of these differepcos
porn In the dark ages and living VET
III the nOOntide glory of the pineteenth
century, have resulted in a rivalry
mat mas been death to discipline. and
therefore the Churchis filed with men
and women !"
VINO AXE GODDESS AND CHRIsTLEss.
now Is IL! When the Baptists are on
dead run for great numbers. the
Methodists are on run for great num-
bers; when the Methodi=ts are on a
great run for social position, the Bap-
tists are on great run for social posi-
tion. Here is Mr.. c., a $4,000 mem
Der. If the Baptists are too straight
ne Will walk out and we will get him !:
and II We MethOdists are too straight
ne Will leave our Church and go to the
EplscO"al Church, where he can do all
tnose things. We must bear with these
things, and thus this spirit of rivalry
mas resulted, and what seemed to be
little thing has developed the I'M
cody position of the Church in the
nineteenth century.
DO not think. my friends, that it is
any JOY to me to thus speak; it has
oIten hlled me with deep regret that
That these things exist. Yes, | have
sned tears over the condition of the
churches. To-day the Church is
NV i've LII tHC WCdICUI0T ones the
pulpits are under the influence of the
money god. 1t is sad fact; a sad
fact. How do l know? What right
have to make this utterance This
my friends: that a rich man is
NEVER TURNED OUT OF THE CHURCHES
or very seldom; the richer he is, the less
| danger there is of excOmmunicatinp
| him. Why is this? Because we have
got to that age in the world when the
spirit of rivalry manifests itself in q
pride OF the most costly churches, and
costly churches mean that rich mer
must give and great costly temples are
| built.
OF course it won't do to denounc,
from the pulpit
| A MAN WHO GIVES HIS MONEY.
| The Church takes it for granted tina
it must not turn him out. Bring Ou
the money; let it come from whiskey
let it come from cigarettes; let it com,
from gambling; no matter. it is not Oul
business to see where the money come
from. We will take it (as one of TIN
best men l ever knew said) and maxi
good use of it. l challenge any maj
in the Church to- day to show singh
passage of Scripture for
| TAKING THE DEVILS MONEY
and consecrating it to Gods use.
challenge it. God told Abraham no
to take so much as shoe latchet from
that old king that he whipped. Di
old Abraham say, l guess l will tax
this gold and cOnsecrate it to good use
God told Israel in all her wars not t
take anything from her enemies, les
they should say that Gods cause wa
getting rich by them that Israel nigh
, be ever independent of her enemies
, and forever dependent upon the God Q
her salvation. God does not desire tina
men who Cypress the poor should brin
, a penance into the Church. They ma
, turn to the churches, but they can
turn to Christ. The Church says, W
; will take your great gifts and endO,
our colleges and build our magnificen
churches.
Do you remember how Zaccheus cam
down from that tree and how he cam
to Christ? He was publican and
rich man. He got to Christ by restOl
J ing all that he might have taken frol
| others by false accusation or Otherwis
3 They may make money
81 BY CRUSHING THE POOR
and then come and atone for it by occr
q plying the high places in the church!
And what has been another result
Ignorance. Ignorance is slavery
not Ignorance merely of arithmet
. and grammar and geography, but ie
norance of God. The rich men com
and build up the fine churches and tt
poor people will not feel at home
these churches, and they stay ava
e and don't get the gospel and therefor
y they are in slavery. God never inten'
n ed for the time to come when the rit
man should worship on the front sire
and the
POOR MAN IN HIS LITTLE CHAPEL
down in the corner of the city. &c
f intended for some men to be rich an
v some poor, but he never intended Il
8 him to get off there and fold his ham
and kneel while the poor man W
v turned off to find his gospel where
= could. No, God never intended Una
j. And this slavery is increasing evel
" day among the great manufactures
the North and in North CarOlll
II with the building of every new cote
, factory. That is the truth, II "
q think over it.
% The people who are getting tt
~ most ont of the educational fund
North Carolina are the cOlOred Peep
"a All over the State white men thil
# that they are benefiting the poor
r giving them work in the cotton ia
r. tories, but the negroes get the educ
$ ton and the white people are failil
70 to get it. l have seen it in every co
a prepation that / ever served and
a. know the fact to be that under the
70 prevail of the Church by its sile'
" against
II THE wICKEDNEss OF WEALTH,
ID they are allowing this slavery to ere
These things should draw every m
of God, every child of God to go on
knees and lift his voice In condemn
ton of these things.
know that l am held at dlstan
e, by men of wealth, simply because OF
I'd pOsjtion take, but l thank God tina
60 am saved by the Grace OF God Hlms: