Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-04-11

MIS-. Simmons 81 Les Arc, mother o
Mrs. Joseph Kinch. ssisiting tho lat
ter ut this place.
| Reverend Lowe of ST. Louis Is to as
sist Bro. Humphreys of this Circuit il
a Sc res OF meetings. to begin Monday
ierehing after the second Sunday in this
month at this place.
j. j. Francis was in town one day
last week.
..Crux" has been the recipient oil
some peculiar literature yesterday and
to-day.
First came a paper published in the
interest of the Seventh-Day Adventists.
called the American SeattRei. Then
a friend handed me a copy of the St.
Louis Post-Dispateh of Sept. 18th. 1894.
containing an article from the pen of
r. G. Ingersoll in answer to criticism
of his assertion with regard to suicide.
Another friend handed me copy of
7ae True American, an a. P. A. organ
published in st. Louis.
The Adventist paper was accompan-
led with an admoniton to read careful
ly, which did, and while don't agree
with the friend Tor Brother. as he
signed bimselD, see no reason why
he should not observe Saturday as the
Sabbath if he so desires. As / have
often remarked, it looks to me about
this way. If two men were on the
way to a fire and one had tin and the
other a wooden pail, and they should
get into an argument and stop to fight
over which was best to use in extin-
gushing the flames, the buildings
would be liable to burn down. So it
is with Christians. The fire of power
ty, hunger aud distress, of crime.
shame and degradation, is consuming
the souls of men and women. Great
social problems now confront the world.
Thousands of men roam the country in
a vain search for employment. The
social evil. the drink evil. and the
finantial ills of the country, demand the
thoughtful attention of all good citi-
zens. Brothers. are you going to
stand and quarrel over the isms and
dogmas of your different creeds while
the fire of sin destroys the world?
1 have always been an admirer of In
gersoll. read his sayings and writings
to the last word and hunger for more.
l am a Methodist, but when a man
tells me that GAN the languages of the
world are insufficient to express the
filth of polygamy," say, Amen!
When he says The home where
virtue dwells with love Is like lily
with heart of fire, the fairest flower
in all the world" am almost touch
ed tn tears nv itS bcautv
Such words are pure gold. and could
not emanate from an evil heart. Christ
said of the one who cast out devils in
his name, no one can do these things
and lightly speak evil of me-"
Now as to my friend of the A. P. A.,
if he will read Curwin's letters to Chief
Justice fancy. which read more than
25 years ago. he will find that l am
pretty we'll up on A. P. A. literature,
but can never favor religious intol-
erance, and what l would oppose in
/ could not favor in Pro-
testantism.
and State should be forever divorced,
and any attempt on the part of either
Catholics or Protestants to reunite |
them should be met with resistance.
What has become of the party of
over Jealous Protestants who have so
long wanted God in our Constitution?
Are they not as guilty of desire to
reunite Church and State as our Cath
Ollie brethren who favor parochial
schools?
No religion or religious order should
be recognized, encouraged, or discour-
aged, by the State.
Let them stand or fall on their mer- |
its. But above all, my brethren, re-
that all religions feed on per-
secution. So, if you want to unite the |
Catholics of this country, if you have
all them to Professionalism
that you want. if you want to build up |
that church and enable it to reclaim |
all it's lukewarm members, and make |
it a power in this land of the free and |
home of the brave. go on with your
A. P. A. scheme, and you will accom-
plish all this, II not more.
April 7th, 1895. CRUx.