Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-09-02

when the pcnltent comes up out OF thc
river, his garments dripping with the
waters of n baptism which signifies
the washing away of sin. Let either
have his own way. One man likes no
noise in prayer, not Il word, not u
whisper. Another man, just as good,
prefers by gesticulation aud exclama-
ton to express his devotional aspra-
tions. One man is just as good as the
other, Every man fully persuaded in
his own mind.
George Whitefeld was going over n
Quaker rather roughly for some OF his
religious sentiments, aud the Quaker
said: George, am as thou art; am
for bringing all men to the hope of the
Gospel; therefore, if thou wilt not
quarrel with me about my broad brim,
| will not quarrel with thee about thy
black gown. George, give me thy
hand"
In tracing out the religion of Sec
tariansm, or bigotry, | tiud that a
great deal of it comes from wrong edu-
cation in the home circle. There are
parents who do not think it wrong to
caricature and ieer the peculiar forms
of religion in the world, and denounce
other sects and other denominations.
1t is very often the case that that kind
of education acts just opposite to what
was expected, and the children grow
up, and, after awhile, go and see for
themselves; and, looking in those
churches, and finding that the people
are good there, and they love God and
keep His commandments, by natural
reaction they go and join those very
churches. could mention the names
of prominent ministers of the Gospel
who spent their whole lives lombard
! ing other denominations and who lived
to see their children preach the Gospel
in those very denominations But it is
often the case that bigotry starts in n
household, and that the subject of it
never RECEIVERS. There are tens of thou
sands of bigots ten years old.
| think sectarianism and bigotry also
rise from too great prominence OF any
one denomination in community. All
the other denominations are wrong,
and his denomination is right, because
his denomination is the most wealthy,
or the most popular, or the most influ'
entail; and it is "our' church, and
'our" religious organization, and "our'
choir, and ''our" minister; and the man
tosses his head, and wants other de
nominations to know their places. II
is great deal better in any communi
ty when the great denominations o.
Christians are about equal in power
marching side by side Tor the worlds
conquest. Mere outside prosperity
mere worldly power, is no evidence
that the church is acceptable to God
Better barn with Christ in the man
ger than a cathedral with magnifcen
harmonies rolling through the long
drawn aisle, and an angel from HeaveI
in the pulpit, if there be no Christ IL
the chancel, and no Christ in the robes
Bigotry is often the child of igno
rance. You seldom find a man will
large intellect who is a bigot. It's tn
man who thinks he knows great deal
but does not. That man 10 always
bigot. The whole tendency of educa
tion and civilization is to bring maj
out of that kind of state of mind AM
heart. There was in the far east
: obelisk, and one side of the obelisk wa
. white, another side of the obelisl
was green, another side OF tn
, obelisk was blue, and travellers wen
and looked at that obelislS, but the
, did not walk around it. One ma
, looked at one side, another at anothe
side and they came home each lookin
, at only one side; and they happene
. to meet, the story says, and they &c
into rank qulrrcl about the color {
I that obelislS. One man said it wa
/ white, another man said it was greer
t another man said it was blue, an
when they were in the very heat-of tn
: controversy, more intelligent trave
: Ell came, and said "Gentlemen, hay
I seen that obelislk and you are all righ
., and you are all wrong. Why didn
S you all walk around the obelisk?"
d Look out for the man who secs onl
r one side of u religious truth. Look o,
: for the man who never walks arour
e about these great theories Of God al
& eternity and the dead. lie will be
C bigot inevitably--the man who on
n sees one side There is no man mo-
d to be pitied than he who has in hcf
n just one idea-no more, no less. Mo
e light, less sectarianism, There
l nothing that will so soon kill bigotl
o as sunshinc-God's sunshine.
d SO have set before you what | co
IS slider to be the cause OF bigotry.
n have set before you the origin of TIL
y great evil. What are some of the bal
II ful effects? First of all, it crippics j
l. vestigation. You are wrong and | a
'f right, and that ends it. No taste +
n exploration, no spirit of investigation
S From the glorious realm OF Gods trut
20 over which an archangel might fly fro
eternity to eternity and not reach t
l. limit, the man sh uts himself out al
is dies n blind mole under corn shoe
d 1t stops all investigation.
III While each denomination of Chr
II tians is to present all the truths of t
1T Bible, it seems to me that God h
p given to each denomination an espcc
s. mission to give particular emphasis
v some one doctrine; and so the q
e. whistle churches must present t
10 sovereignty of God. and the Armini
churches must present mans fl
'i- agency, and the Episcopal church
a must present the Importance Of ord
e. and solemn ceremony, and the Bapt
t. churches must present the necessity
lie ordinances, and the Congregation
le church must present the responsible
rs of the individual member, and {
e. Methodist church must show what he
ry enthusiasm, hearty congregation
I'd singing can accomplish. While ca
40 denomination of Christians must
ly forth all the doctrines of the Bible
t, feel it is especially incumbent up