The broad ax., 1898-11-19

with the government uniform. ItI
Is simply the Ku-klux-klan with
their sons. They can chase fugi-
tive if they are satisfied that their
crowd numbers the traditional 800
of the best citizens" or if they are
certain that he Is disarmed and
trembling behind the bars. But
they viii not do to depend on when
the nations flag is in peril.
VIII some one please tell me
what is the realmeaning of the Con
federate veterans annual reunion.
1t is another of those southern
sentimentalities which is simply .
hollow mockery. Think of Con-
federate reunion being held, memo
ries of the lost cause being aroused
when the nation is calling for every
vestige of patriotism that can
possibly be brought into action
While Spain is shooting the stars
and stripes into shreds
Look yonderi Santiago is being
stormed. But the 18th New York
is dismayed; and the rough riders
are going to pieces under the dead
ly volley from Spanish bullets.
Seel There comes the black troops,
the Ninth Cavalry and oath In
fantry, and carry the flag to the
top of the heights and brings it
back in triumph. Yet a mob-of
sap headed schoolboys think they
are too good to be brigaded with
warriors like these.
Intemperance in its worst form
is not near so detrimental to the
country's progress, as southern
prejudice.
If the south could control its
prejudice, Christianity would be
something real. But with a white
Christ and q black Christ In the
south, the Lords prayer is farce.
What would a tribe of Africans
from Zululand think of a religion
which says because you are black
or because your grandfather was q
slave, you may not worship God
with me?
They would say, "away with your
nonsense, 60 and teach that stuff to
a pack of idiots" Most all heath
ems are pagans, rather polytheists.
In converting them to Christianity,
the object is to instill into them the
idea of the Triune God and the ex-
istaDce of the one man Jesus Christ
But if after having proselyted them,
you proceed to teach them that our
God has special favorites based on
color and circumstances in life you
make the whole thing farce, and
they will turn away in disgust, and
they ought to do it.
| Take for instance the great
Methodist Episcopal church. What
excuse does she give for erecting in
the south separate houses of wor.
ship for the white and eoloreC
members. If they are all tn,
same, why not worship together il
the same church?
Prejudice, prejudiceI Into wha
deep abyss of sin wilt thou ulti
mately plunge this beautiful land oil
ours? / think l can understand
why the Jews are so selfish anc
narrow. The code of laws given
by their great leader, Moses, en-
phasized narrowness. But the
followers of the meek and lowly
Nazarene who taught the Father
hood of God and the Brotherhood
of Man." have no such excuse. He
went about doing good; "a friend
of publicans and sinners" When
l think of what Christianity really
is, / am amazed at the degree OF
hypocrisy in practice in the south
i If the church of Christ, the very
light of the world, does not set the
example, how can we expect any
thing but that the world will
plunge on headlong in darkness.
The national Educational associa.
tion dare not put foot on southern
soil. The Y. P. S. c. E. Is next to
a 6zzle if. assembled on southe m
ground. Unless the great Epworth
League comes one-sided, she will
receive q black eye. The side she
brings must be white side exclu-
sively.
/ Prejudice is the drug which has
stupefed this section, and kept it
drunk so long that nothing bat the
grace of God viii ever awaken it.
Sam Jones, Moodys, Cubpeppers,
Stewards and Ciptendens may
preach on, and blaze like flaming
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