The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1897-12-08

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But wo havo ii n all our danofDina
/ tions. got tired of trying to make otho,
people think AS We do on all points
i The heresy hunters in ALL denOinina
ticns are nearly all dead, thank g cd
and we are learning that when mon
get wrong in their faith, instead ot
maftyrizing them by arraignmont ws
| do balter to wait for the natural roll
of years to remove them Men sdie
| hut tho truth lives on.8 Wo may no
all agree as TO the number OF tGkth ii
! the iawbone with which Samsok slew
| the Phillistines, or agree as to what
was the exact color OF ths foxes
which lie set on fire to barn up the
corn shocks, but III tho Yitals OF reli
giOn we allIsgrse. u
| II we could cell into one great con
| vention tho G45, 566 Eoiscopalians. the
| 1920, 905 Ln.hcrans, tho 134GO, 34t
Presbyterians, the A, 153, 857> Baptists
the 1858 239 Methodists, putting unto
them tie following questions, we
would get unanimous answer in The
ALTERNATIVES: Do you believe in God
good, holy,just, omnipotent2 Do YOU
believe in Jesus Christ az a S,viol,r7
| Do you believe in the conyicting, IN
vertine and sanciifying power Of the
Holy Ghos!2 DO you believe that the
gospel is going 10 oaqner all natione'
Ityou should put those q lastious TO
| those assembled millions on millions,
while there would not bs s. solitary
negative, there would be AN aye, eye,
aye, loud enough to mako the fonn
dasionS OF the earth tremblo aud the
| u. l, 4
there ba platforms, let there bo great
occasions, let tnsre be updanominH
tional printing presses to thundol
forth tho unity OF all Christendom
Oae l. I'd, Ono faith Oae baptism.
Ono God and Father. Oae Jesus
Christ Oae cross. One heaven.
| So also there is room for, q religious
journal that stands for liberty as
against al oppression. No authority,
political or ecclosiastic, must 4 bs per
mitted TO make us believe this or that.
Liberty Of the Armenian to worship
God independent OF tho Turkish gov
ornment Liberty OF Cuba as against
Spanish domination. Liberty OF Hs
wsii as against all monarchical au
thority which it has thrown of. Civil
liberty. Political liberty. Religious
liberty.
The religious journal on whose sev
enth anniversary preach h1s had for
its owner and publisher ono who in
his ancestry experienced Just tho op
posito, His fathcr an exile from his
nstiye land because Of his opinions,
j Ills property coniiscnted, his lilo i'm
periled landed on American soil be.
reft OF everything that foreign oppras
sion could rob him OF. Naturally his
son knows right we'll how 10 appreci
ate liberty. rho most Of US arc de-
seconded from those who imperilled
all to gain their natural end religious
rights. Lat the type and the printing
presses and the editorial chairs be
| Overthrown which dare to surrender
TO any attempt again TO put on the
shackles, The movement has started
for tho demolition Of all the tyrannies
of church and state RELIGIOUS news
papsrs must stand shoulder to shoul-
der in this mighty march for Goa and
the worlds rezcue
! OLD FASHIONED EVANGELISM
Again, OH this seventh anniversary
sey there is room for religious pa.
| per charged with old iashionoi evan
gelisn, Othor styles ofrcligious news
| paper, may do for advertising purposes
| or for The presentation Of ablo essays
| on elaborate themes, hut if this world
is ever brought 70 God il will be
| through unqualified, unadnlteratad
unmixed, unmistakable evangelism.
II was astounding that the Lord AL
mighty should have gone into great
| bereavement, submitting to the loss Of
his only Sop, that Son stepping of
tlo doorsill Of heaven into darkness
and an abysm that 40 plummet has
ever ye! been able TO fgthom, and
through that funeral Of the heavens
| life is offered to our world But how
to get The tidines 10 all peoplo and ia
such an attractive way that they will
take hold Of them is tho absorbing
question. The human voice can travel
only fow feet away, and tho world
wants something further and wider
reaching, and that is the newspaper
| press, and as the secular press mus!
| pecessarily give itself chiefly To secu
| lar affairs let the leligious nawspap pnrs
give itself to the pyosent and everlast
ing salvation Of ell who can read, or
if not able to read, have ears to hear
others read. II there be an opportu.
| nifty higher, deeper, eraudor, than
that offered TO newspaper evangelism,
| name ii and guido US to it, that we
may see lis a(sars, its pillars, its
domes, lis nliaiiude.
Again, on this seventh anniversary
OF Tho Christian Horald / notice there
is room for q reli.ions paper thorough
ly humanitarian. The simple fact is
tha maioritv 'f,f tha human rarn bayn
| not enough TO cat or wear. Tho ma
jority Of the human race are in trou.
bic. How to multiply loaves of bread
and increase the fuel and heal the
wounds and shelter tho homeless are
questions that Christ met equally as
| soon as he did spiritual necessities
The first heart to respond to The cry
| OF sufferers from drought or flood or
earthquake or cruelty should be tho
Christian heart. Therefore let the
pages Of religious journalism spread
out the slory Of al such woes and
collect relief and disburse a'fos all
around our sulfeiog world. Religious
journalism ought to become the a9uc.
duct through which the Christian
charities OF the world should pour uu.
til thcre is no more hunger 10 he fed
and no moro ignorance to be educat
ed and no more nakedness TO be
! clothed and no more suffering to az
suage. In trying 10 do that practical
thing the religious paper whose ami
versary celebrate has, during the
past seven years, raised and diatribu.
ted over $400, 900 for the relief OF ply.
sical disiresses.