Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-07-27

se'N - keoo a. the Other. Every
i"an in'iy persuaded in his own mina. .
"eorge Whitehead was roinr over n
Vnaker rather roughly for some Of his
rengio0s sentiments aud the Quaker
said; George. am a. thou arr. an,
lot bringing all men to the hone OF the
'ospcl' therefore. n thou wilt no,
quarrel with me about my hroaa
nr'm will not quarrel with thee about
my elacS gown. George. give me thy
IN tracing out the religion OF scctari.
anism or bigotry find that n yrca,
deal OF II comes from wrong cauca.
ton ins the home circle. There are
parents who do not think IL wrong 10
caricaturc aud jcer at the peculiar
forms OF religion Ia the world. aud de-
honnce other scots and other demon.
nations. IL \ very often the case that
that kind of education acts lust Tho
opposite TO what was cN pcctcd. aud the
children grow up, and. after while.
80 ana see for themselves; and. look.
ing into these churches. aud findiny
The people arc good there and ,hss
.ove God and keen His command.
ments, by natural reaction they go and
JOIN those very churches icould men.
ton the names OF prominent ministers
OF the Gospel who spent their whole
nves eom6arding other denomination
and who lived TO see their children
preach the Gospel In those very de.
nominations hut it Is often the case
mat oigotry starts In "A household. and
that the subject 81 "a mover RECEIVERS.
There are tens Of thousands OF biyot.
ten years old
think scctarianism and bigotrv also
rise from too great prominence OF any
one denomination In a community. An
the other denominations are wrong
aud his denomination is right because
ms denomination Is the most wealthy
or the most popular, or the most infiu.
entail, and IL is "our" church and
our religious organization. and
our choir. and ''our" minister; and
the man losses his head. and
wants other denominations TO know,
their places IL is "a great deal
petter IN any community when the
great denominations of Christians are
about equal in power. marching side
by side for the worlds conquest More
outside prosperity, more worldly pow
or, Is not evidence that the church Is
acceptable TO God. BETTER barn with
Christ IN the manger than n cathedral
with magnificent harmonies rolling
through the long-drawn aisle. and an
angel from Heaven in the pulpit. n
there bc no Christ In the chnnccl and
no Christ in the robes
Bigotry is often the child OF ignor-
ancc. You seldom find man with
large intellect who Is "A bigot. IL Is the
man who thinks he knows a great deal
but does not That man Is almost nj
ways n bigot The whole tendency OF
education and civilization Is 20 bring
man out OF that kind of state OF
mind and heart There was in the far
east great obelisk and one side of
the obclish was white, another side OF
the obelisk was green. another side OF
the ooclisk was blue. and travellers
went and looked at that obslislS, but
they did not walk around H.
One man looked at one side. another
at another slide. and they came home
each one locking at only one side; and
they happened 20 meet, the story saws.
and they got into n rank quarrel about
the color OF that obelisk. One man
said IL was white. another man said IL
was green, another man said IL was
blue, and when they were in the very
heat Of the controversy more inteili-
gent traveller came and said. .'-Gentle-
men. have seen that obelisls and YOU
are all right and YOU are all wrong.
Why didn't you all walk around the
obelisk?n
Look out for the man who secs only
one side of religious truth Look
out for the man who never walks
around about these great theories OF
God and eternity and the dead. lie
will be "A bigot inevitably man
who only sees one side There Is no
man more TO be pltied than he who
has ia his head just one idea--no more.
no less. More light. less sectarian-
ism. There is nothing that will so
soon kin bigotry as sunshine--God's
sunshine.
So have set be iore you what ! con
slider 10 be the cause OF bigotry. /
have set before you the origin OF this
great evil What are some OF the bale
ful effects? First Of all. it. criprlcs in
vcstigation. You are wrong, and am
right and that ends it. No taste for
exploration, no spirit OF investiga-
tlon. From the glorious realm Of Gods
truth, over which an archangel might
fly from eternity to eternity and not
reach the limit, the man shuts himself
out and dies. "a blind mole under the
cornshock. IL stops all investigation
While each denomination Of Chris s.
tiaus Is 20 present all the truths Of
the Bible, IL seems 10 me that God
has given 20 each denomination an
especial mission 20 give particular
emphasis TO some one doctrine; and
so the Calviuistic churches must pre-
sent the sovereignty o. God. and the
Armenian churches must present
mans free agency, and the Episcopal
churches must present the Importance
Of order and solemn ceremony.
and tho Baptist churches must pre-
sent the necessity OF ordinances, and
the Congregational church must pre-
sent the responsibility Of the indi-
viduaI member and the Methodist
church must show what holy eurnu-
sla.m. hearty congregational singing
can accomplish. While each demon
iuatiOn OF Christians must set forth all
the doctrines OF the Bible. / feel il is
especially incumbent upon each de-
nomination 10 put particular emphasis
on some one doctrine.
Another great damage done by the
sectarianism and bigotry Of the church