The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-09-12

nd the Holy Ghost your teachers.
lake truth flrst-hand. Drink It the up
,er fountains. Thousands Of minis
srs are destroying Their powers for
IsefulnSss secondhand Be free. IF
he Son shall make you free, ye hall
" free indeed Be As free xs the sum
,eams, the ocean Haves, the storms
oar, the earthquake tremble: be as
rec ~ nature. God can and will in
pire men to-day il they will only
brow themselves in the current Of
His power and purposes. Truth and
;andor, young men compel me to say
hat the old ministers Tow on the stage /
II action, are failures. eThey have
,een weighed in the balance and found
wanting No generation Of minis
ers ever
MADE MORE SIGNAL FAILURE
han the old ministers now in the ar
ma. This 10 not mere opinion, but |
stern historical fact. Bishops Hardin |
md Simpson and men Of that day, |
both north and south, gave as a heri- |
age to this nation, one Of the blood
lest wars Of all history.
While in Georgia, in 1862, Bishop
w edding witnessed at an auction the
op rode up as close as he could ap-
proach in bis sulky and for some time
the scene. Husbands and
wives who had grown old together,
parents and children, brothers and sis
probably forever. The most affecting
scene of all was
THE SEPARATION OF MOTHER
from two children. 1t was q scene
such As his eyes never witnessed be-
fore, and it moved his whole soul from
it's very depths. The bishop felt SO in
dignant that he spoke to a 1 northern
friend on the ground and denounced
the outrage. A few days after this
scene had TRANSFERRED, one of the preach
ers came to the bishop and told him
that his remarks to the northern
friend had OccasiOned great excite
ment, and advised the bishop
ToBE CAREFUL WHAT he SAID
upon that subject The bishop did
not think it unwise to follow
the cOunsels of his brother preach
er. This is sample Of what
mean when l say that not
only the old preachers on the
stage but those OF. the last genera
ton, were and are failures.
For a bishop of the Methodist Epis-
cOpal church to witness such a scene
as this, and for FEAR OF POPULAR oPIN-
ION, TO SMOTHER THE INDIGNITY IN
HIS HEART FOR TWENTY YEARS AND
NEVER PREACH A SERMON against the
great monster, slavery, is an illustra-
ton of moral cOWardice that not only
cursed the last generation, but is ours
ing this one also. If the ministry of
the past had been true to the right and
not SO Obsequious to the slave power,
the war of the rebellion would never
have occurred
See what the bishops, editors, elders
and old preachers now on deck have
bequeathed to US. They have left to
US desecrated Sabbath; an annual
DEATH HARVEST FOR PERDITION
of about one hundred and fifty thou
sand drunkards two hundred and
fifty thousand saloons; patri-
Otism almost dead, expiring;
four million tramps; the rich
growing richer, the poor growing
poorer: the rich in power, controlling
the navy, army and government; the
general government the
MOST CORRUPT THE WORLD EVER SAW
two saloons running full blast in the
capitol OF the worlds republic. These
are only few of the conditions that
a compliant, cOmplacent, obsequious,
time-serving and man-pleasing minis
try have left to this age for solution.
And amid all this degeneracy and NOR
al disintegration, these old brothers
of ours are not turning over hand to
save or reform the age. They are so
busy with the saloon men. gamblers,
ETC., 'redeeming" the State, that of
course they have no time (?) and less
disposition to spend their time on
trifies. 1t would never do to neglect
such weighty matters as "redeeming"
Sabbath, and manhood and justice and
right 60 to perditlon.
Such ministry as this never blazed
out new highways for progressive and
marching humanity. A ministry that
will protect
RICH ROGUEs IN THE CHURCH
and support corrupt Republicans in
office can always be depended upon as
"Redeemers"
We have not "a bishop nor great
preacher to-day that is laundering
against sinners and. corruptions that
are Overturnlng our homes, the church
and nation itself. Our great preach
ers to-day are
PREACHING FOR BIG SALARIES
fine mansions, and sumptuous living:
and they are getting them.
Our bishops and great preachers are
bObbing along to eternity on the high
waves of riches and fine mansions, and
"fOwery beds of ease" while millions
are hungry and poor, and are sinking
beneath dark, cruel waves of inhuman
wrongs that these "redeeming' bish-
ops will not condemn.
Young men, you may and you may
not, have a good time on ''tlOwery beds
of ease," but of one thing be sure
You cannot help this old world to a
higher plane from fine mansions and
large salaries. You cannot help hu-
manity and be
In saving the nation and the age you
will have to lose your life and strike
the popular sins, and in striking the
pOpOlar sins you will strike the popu-
lar men and institutions.
Young men, see how world-serving
the church is becoming. The world
flooding spirit is rising to high point
of influence. When the Denver Uni
versity SO far forgets her high and di-
vine mission as to insert in her cata-
lOgue such notice as this, it is time
to thunder halt: "Training for the
concert stage, and for operatic stage
by actual performance in OPERA
When Methodist schools are as adept
in fitting men for the stage as the pull
pit, we cannot wonder if we find their
chancellors in convention controlled
by saloon men, gamblers and scarlet
women.
This Is grand age for men of con-
victiOn, courage and heroism. Those
who will stand for the right regardless
Of consequences are men who will
solve our problems. But of one thing
want to assure you: You cannot be
true to Christ and yOur fellou.mon