The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-12-01

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thcm He who tells all he knows ard
expresses all he thinks on all cc'":!c!is
and III all places without rcfcrcNr" 70
tbe rropric,ics is boor CT Il crank
and of 10 practical Servlc" either to
church or stare.
Complete Unity.
Undenominational journalism is alb
solutelv necessary to demonstrate the
nnitv of the Christian wCrld. Wide
and desperate attempt Is made I" STOW
that the religion of Jesus Christ Is only
a BATTLE-GROUND of sectS, and the cry
has been: IF you want us to accept
vour religion. agree, gentlemen. as to
what the christian religion really l..
This denomination says few drops or
water dripping from the end Of the fn-
gers is baptism, and another demahuS
the suhlncryencc Cf the entire body.
This one pravs with book, and that one
makes eXtempOraneOuS utterance. Ire
rector of one delivers his sermon III q
gown, while the backwoOds preacher
IF another sect addresses the people III
his shirt sleeves. Some Of your dcnoml-
nations have the majestic dominant III
the service and others spOntanclty.
Some cf you think that from all ctcrnl'
tv some wee prcdcStinat,d Il to be saved,
and that from all eternity others were
doomCd.' Now, it Is tic business Cl
Young Men : Christian associations and
tract societies and Sunday chool unions
and pronounced undenominatlonal Jour
nails to show the falSity Of the charge
that we are fighting amcng ourselves by
gathering all Christian denomluanGns
on one platform CT launching the unit
ed sentiment Of all ChriStCndom from
one style Of religious printing press.
Unity! Complete unity! Never was
any other amy on earth so thoroughly
united under one flag and inspired by
one sentiment and led by one command
er as is the church militant. Christ
commands Ill the troops Of all denoMl-
nations of Christians, ard they are go
ing to shout together III the final VIC
tory when the whole world is redeemed.
But we have in all our denominations
got tired of trying to make other people
think as we do Oh all points. The here
sv hunters in Ill denominations are
nearly all d cad, thank God. and we are
learning that when men get wrong III
their faith instead Of martyrlZlng them
by arraignmcnt we DO letter to wait for
the natural roll Of years 10 remove
them. Men die, but the truth lives Oh.
We NAV no. all agree as to the number
of teeth in the jaw with which
Samson slew the IhiliStinCS, or agree
as to what was the exact colur OF the
foxes which he set on fire to burn up
the ccru shCckS, hut on the vitalS OF rG-
hgion we all agree
If we colld call into one great con-
vention the 645, ,566 Epi>copalianS, the
1920. 9O5 Luthcrans, the l.4G0, BIG
PrcsbyterianS. the !, l53, 81 BaptlStS,
the !, ,653, 2S9 Mcthodists, putting unto
them the following questions, we would
get unanimous answer III tie atlirma-
tive: Do You believe i'll a Gcd, good,
holy, just. omnipotcnt: Do you believe
in Jesus Christ as Il Saviour: Do you
believe in the CCnvicting, converting
and Sanctifying power of the Holy
Ghost: Do you believe that the gospel
is going to conquer all nations: If you
should PUT these questions to those assem-
bled millions on millions, while there
would not lie Il solitary negative, there
would be an aye, aye, aye. loud enough
to make the foundations Of tic Garth
tremble aud the arches Of the heavens
resound Let there Ec platforms, let
there he great occasions, let there be
undenominational printing presses to
thunder forth the unity of al Christcn-
dom. One Lord One faith. One bap-
tism. One God and Father One Jesus
Christ. One cross. One heaven.
Liberty Against All Oppression.
So also there is room for I; religious
journal that stands for liberty as
against all oppression. No authority,
political or eccleSiaStic, must be per
mitted to make us believe this or that.
Liberty of the Armenian to worship
God independent of the Turkish GOV
ernment. Liberty Of Cuba as against
Spanish domination. Liberty Of Hawaii
as against all monarchical authority
which it has thrown off. Civil liberty.
Political liberty. Religious liberty.
The religious journal on whose sew
enth anniversary preach has had for
its owner and publisher one who i'll his
ancestry experienced just the opposite.
His father, an exile from his native
land because of his opinions, his prop
erty contiScatcd, his life imperiled,
landed on American soil berctt Of ev-
erything that foreign oppression could
rob him of. Naturally his sen knows
right well how to appreciate liberty.
The most Of lis are descended from
those who imperilcd all to gain their
natural and religious rights. Let the
type and the printing presses and the
editorial chairs be OverthrOWn which
to put On the shacklcs. The movement
has started for the demolition Of all the
tyrannirs of church and state. Rcli-
gious newspapers must stand shoulder
10 shoulder III this mighty march for
God and the worlds rcScue.
Again on this seventh anniversary l
say there is room for a religious paper
charged with old fashioned evangelism.
Other styles of religious newspaper
may Go for advertising purposes, or fer
the presentation Of able essays cn clah-
crate themes, but if this world is ever
brought to God it will be through un-
qualified. unadultcratcd, unmiycd IN
mistakable evangelism. ltwas aStcUTd-
ing that the Lord Almighty should
have gone iuto great bereavemcntS, sub
mitting To the loss of his only Son, that
Son stepping off the door>ill OF heaven
into Il darkness and an ahy>m that 10
plunmct has ever yet been able to ii;ith-
ON. and through that funeral cf The
heavens life is offered to cur world, hut
how to get the tidingS to al people,
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