The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-07-30
Higntry and Ignorance.

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Ijgotry Is often the child Of ignornnco
You seldom find man with Inrg" Intel
lcct who is u higot, II Is the man who
thinks he knows n great dcnl, but does
not. Tint man il almost always bigOt
| The whole tendency Of education and civ
iii2ation Is to bringn man out Of that kind
Of state of mind and heart There WAS in
the for cast great obcllsk, and one side
Of the obcliek was white, another side Of
the ohclislS was green, another slide Of the
obo}slI was blue and travellers went and
looked at that ohclisk. but they did not
walk around Il. Ono man looked at ono
| side, another at another siho. and they
camo homo, each ono looking al only one
| side, and they happened to meet, tho story
says, and they got into Il rank quarrel
| about The color of that oholisk Ono man
said it was white, another man said 1t Was
green, another man snid 1t was blue, and
whom they were In the very heat Of tho
controversy u moro Intelligent traveller
came and said; Gentlemen, | hive seen
| that ohpNsk, and you are al right, and
! you are Ill wrong Why didns you oil
walk around the Ubelisk2'
Look ont for tho man who sccs only one
s,dn Of religious truth. Look out for
| the man who meyer walks around about
| these great theories Of God and eternity
! and the dead Hi will bo u higot incvta-
blythe man who only sees one side.
| There Is no mHn more TO be pitiCd than he
who has In his head just ono idca-no
more, no lcss. More light, less scctnrian
Ism There Is nothing that will SO soon
kill higotry rs sunshino-Gods sunshine.
So have set before You what | consider
TO bo the CAUSES of bigotry have set be
| fore you the origin Of this great evil.
What IRE come of the baleful ctrcctsS First
of oil, it cripples investigation You arc
WRONG and ] am right, and that ends II.
No taste for exploration, no spirit Of in
vcstigation. From the glorious realm Of
Gods truth, over which an archungcl
might fly from eternity TO eternity and not
reach the limit, the nan shuts himself out
and dies, blind mole under corn shock
1t stops all investigation.
While each denomination of Christians
Is to present all the truths Of the Bible, 1t
seems TO me that God has givon to each
denomination IN especial mission to give
particular emphasis to some one doctrine,
and so the Calyinlstio churches must pre-
sent the sovereignty Of God, and the Ar
mlnian churches must present man $ free
agency, and the Episcopal churches must
present the Importance of order and solemn
ceremony and the Baptist churches must
present the necessity Of ordinances, and
the Congregational church must present
the responsibility of the individual mem
Der, and the Methodist church must show
what holy enthusiasm, hearty congrega.
tional singing, can accomplish. While each
denomination of Christians must set forth
all the doctrines of tho Bible, feel 1t Is
especially incumbent upon each denomi-
nation to put particular emphasis on some
ono doctrine.
Damage Done by SeCtarianism,
Another great damage done by the SEQ
tarianism and bigotry of the church Is
that it disgusts people with the Christian
religion. Now, my friends, the church Of
God was never intended for war barrack
People are afraid of riot You go down
the street. and you see an excitement and
HisSiiSS HyihR 'hfouSh tiie ar, anu !ou
hear the shock of firearms. Do you the
peaceful and Industrious Citizen 60
through that street, Oh, mol You will
say, "I'll 60 around the block" Now,
men come and look upon this narrow path
to heaven, and sometimes sec the ecclesi-
astical brlckbats flying every whittier, and
they say; We'll, guess III take the broad
rond. There is so much sharpshooting on
tho narrow road guess III try the broad
road!'
Francis l so hntpd the L,itherans that he
said that if he thought there was one drop
of Lutheran blood In his veins he would
puncture them and let that drop out. Just
as long as there Is so much hostility be-
tween denomination and denomination OF
between one professed Christian and an.