The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05

we OuSHl W w away With biAV oO-SdAlCA
preachers, he says. Man is too corrupt
to be led by man. God is the teacher of
mankind; l do not go to man Tor lnstruc-
ton" Here are some of mis- striking say
"Jesus called his twelve disciples to-
gether and gave them power and authority
over the devils and to cure disease. is
there so-called preacher to-day who can
do either? He sent them to preach the
word of God and heal the sick, and He said
unto them, Take nothing for your journey
neither slaves nor scrip neither bread nor
money, neither have two coats, and into
whatsoever house you enter there abide
and thence depart
'Win any Of the so-called preachers of
to-day walk from house to house and carry
nothing with them? viii they walk two
blocks if they can ride? Can they cure
single headache without the assistance Of a
doctor? Can they prove that they have any
more power than Chinaman?
They all fall back upon the excuse The
lahorer is worthy, of his hire but they
house remain, eat and drink such as they
give you, for the, laborer is worthy. of his
hire And into whatever city We enter and
they receive you, eat such things as are
set before you and heal the sick that are
therein.
will the so-called preachers Of to-day
eat such things, as are set before them?
Try them on diet of stale cornbread and
water and see the result. The preacher of
to-day lives on the fat of the land 1 have
lived among them. Twenty-Five years ago
here in ST. Louis 1 used to write sermons
for them and they preached them as their
own.
The laborer is worthy of his hire Let's
see II he IS worth the hire he gets. The
high-priced preacher works three hours or
so on Sunday. He wants from S. to 500 per
hour for his labor.
HIS MISSION ON EARTH.
God has called me, like Saul, to confound
and destroy these wolves. He has called
me to warn the people against the danger
of the blind leading the blind, lest both fall
into the ditch Chase is right, but was
preaching the same doctrine long before
Chase was ever heard of. Think of the
preachers accepting salaries of from $50
to $4,000 a year, while millions Of Gods
creatures are suffering from lack Of the
bare necessaries of life. Christ tells US to
neigh borS?
They collect millions of dollars to con-
vert the heather. The Bible tells us to first
take the beam out of our own eye before re-
moving the mote from the eye of our broth
er The St Louis papers of Aug. 13 told
OF elght persons dying of starvation in ten
Gays IN New York; right here, in land of
plenty, Gods creatures are crying in vain
for bread While their brothers are sending
pagan. The worst kind of paganism is
among ourselves. He that provides not for
his own is worse than an infidel.
John says, If man say j love God and
nateth his brother, he is liar; for he that
loVeth not his brother whom he hath seen,
how can he love God, whom he hath not
seen?
They claimed to convert Hindoos by the
carload. There is no man living who can
convert Hindoo 1 have lived in India
ana nave come in contact with every tribe
and caste in Asia, and / know what / am
talking about There are low caste natives
who pretend to embrace Christianity for
their own purposes, but real conversions
| there are none. The missionary reports tell
| In glowing language of the number of con-
| squeeze money out of their dupes. iii tell
| you what | have seen, though, in India. l
have seen the missionary resting at his ease
| IN covered palanquin the bamboo poles
| OF which rested on the shoulders of nearly
naked Hindoo bearers, the blistering sun
beating down on their heads and bodies.
while they kept at jog trot to carry the
sahib to his destination. l could not help
thinking that. sympathy with the poor mis-
Jesus Christ or His disciples riding around
in such elegant ease to preach the gospel?
BELIEVES IN ST. PAUL.
"St. Paul says: Though speak with the
tongues Of men and angels and have rot
charity, am become as a sounding brass
and rinkling cymbal. And though 1 have
the gift of prophecy and understand all
mysteries and all knowledge and though 1
have all faith so that 1 could move noun
tains, and have not charity, am nothing
$50 it appears that chin music, without
charity is calculated to pay very large div
idends in the interesting ultimately; that
with prophecy and chock-a-block with
knowledge and redolent of religious mys-
terry; that he may leak sanctifcation in the
musical accents of an angel and still be
nothing a pitiful hole in the atmosphere,
chimera, circulating in a vacuum, and
foolishly imagining itself man. But what
is charity? The people who have prayers
and Bible readings before breakfast, while
their hearts vibrate between holiness and
hash. between Christ and the cook, should
But it's dollars to doughnuts that they
don't; they probably imagine that when
they present their out-of-fashion finery to
their poor relations then wait for a vote
of thanks, or resolution of respect, that
when they permit tramp to fill a long
felt want with the musty victuals in their
cupboards, which even the pug dog dis
dams, that the recording angel wipes the
tears of joy from his eyes with his wing
feathers and gives them page, while all
heaven gets gay because of their excessive
goodness. That's because their religious
education has been sadly neglected. If they
would read the Bible and study common
sense with more care they couldn't make
such mistakes
Again, And though I bestow all my
goods to feed the poor and though L give
my body to be burned and have not char
ity, it profiteth nae nothing. The two mites
cast into the treasury by the poor widow
overshadowed the gifts of those who gave
of their abundance, and a cup of cold water
may carry with it more true charity, more
of the spirit of the Prince of Peace, than
the largesse of the proudest plutocrat.
I'm the parable of the lost sheep the
shepherd leaves the ninety and nine to
search for the one which has gone astray.
Do we seek that one till we find him or her
and bring II back to the fold rejoicing?
Or do we wait till the poor wanderer with
robe tattered and soiled Of sin, comes stray
Cling in, and then administer such q whip
ping, right before the others, that he will
never dare lift up his head again? No sect
contains all the children of God; His
church does. Therefore the church of God
is not sect. 1t is very easy to say, All
/ have belongs to the Lord. Just let Him
call on you Tor some of it, Then your
neighbors can tell all about your consecra-
ton.
SECTIANITY AND CHRISTIANITY
There is a vast difference between sec
tianity and Christianity. Sectianity, world
like; Christianity. Christ like.
There are preachers who preach who re-
mind one of the gold ring in hogs snout.
1T is hypocritical to claim peace with
God when we are all tricked out with par
aphernalia of the devil.
Put yourself in his place is motto
that salared sect preachers seldom think
Of
1--WE are told that contentment comes
with goodness, for we brought nothing into
this world and can carry nothing out of it,
and having food and raiment let us there
fore be content.
The modern preacher is not at all con-
tent with food and raiment. He must have
the cart wheels jingling in his pockets, too,
and the almighty dollar is his gcd
1.-The preacher breaches to a congregation
of believers the same people, Sunday after
come to save, not the righteous, but the
sinners TO repentance. The modern preach