Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-07-30

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not word, not whisper. Another
man, just as good, prefers by gesticula-
tion and exclamation to express his de-
votional aspirations One is just as good
as the other. Every man fully persuad-
ed in his own mind. -
/ George Whiteficld was going over
t Quaker rather roughly for some of his
religious sentiments, and the Quaker
said: "George l am as thou art AM
for bringing all men to the hope of tho
gospel. Therefore, if thou will not quar-
rel with mo about my broad brim, /
will not quarrel with thee about thy
black gown. George, give me thy hand. "
In tracing out the religion of secta-
rianism or bigotry find that a great
deal of 1t comes from wrong education
in the home circle There are parents
who do not think 1t wrong to caricature
and jeer the peculiar forms Of religion
in the world and denounce other sects
and other denominations. It is very
often the case that that kind Of eduoa
tion acts just opposite to what was ex-
peoted, and the children grow up and
after awhile go and see for themselves,
and, looking in those churches and find
! ing that the people are good there and
they love God and keep his command
ments, by natural reaction thoy 80 and
join those very churches. I could men
ton the names Of prominent ministers
of tho gospel who spent their whole
lives bomharding other denominations
and who lived to see their children
preach the gospel In those very denomi-
nations. But it is often the case that
bigotry starts In household, and that
tho subject of it never RECEIVERS. There
are tens of thousands of bigots 10 years
old.
Causes of Bigotry.
think sectarianism and b1gotry 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
tho most popular or tho most infuen-
tial, and it is "our" church, and our"
choir, and "our" minister, and the man
losses his head and wants other denom-
nations to know their places. 1t is
great deal better in any community
when the great denominations of Chris
tians are about equal In power, march
ing side by side for the worlds con-
quest. Mere outside prosperity, mere
worldly power, is no evidence that the
church is acceptable to God. Better
barn with Christ in the,manger than a
cathedral with magnificent harmonies
rolling through the long drawn aisle
and an angel from heaven In the pulpit
if there be no Christ in the chancel and
no Christ in the robes.
Bigotry is often the child Of igno-
rance. You seldom find man with large
intellect who is bigot. 1t is the man
who thinks he knows great deal, but
does not That man is almost always
bigot The whole tendency of education
and civilization Is to bring a man out OF
that kind of state Of mind and heart
There was in the far east great obelisk,
and one side of the obelisk was white,
another side of tho obelisk was green,
another side of the obelisk was blue,
and travellers went and looked at that
obelisk, but they did not walk around
it. One man looked at one side, another
at another side, and they came home,
each one looking at only one side, and
they happened to meet, the story says,
and they got into rank quarrel about
the color of that obelisls. One man said
it was white, another man said it was
green, another man said it was blue,
and when they were In the very heat Of
the controversy more intelligent trav-
cler came and said: Gentlemen, l
have seen that obelisk and you are all
right, and you are all wrong. Why
didn't you all walk around the obelisk?"
Look out for the man who sees 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. He will be e
bigot ineyitably-the man who only
sees one side. There is no man more to
I be pitied than he who has in his head
lust one idea-no more, no less. More
light, less sectarianism. There is moth
ing that will SO soon kill bigotry as
sunshine-God' sunshine.
Truths of the Bible.
So have set before you what con-
slider to be the causes OF bigotry. have
set before you the origin Of this great
evil. What are some Of the baleful eff
fccts? First Of all, it cripples investiga-
ton. You are wrong, and am right,
and that ends it. No taste for explora-
ton, no spirit of investigation. From
the glorious realm of Gods truth, over
which all archangel might fly from
eternity to eternity and not reach the
limit the man shuts himself out and
dies, blind mole under corn shock.
1t stops all investigation.
While each denomination Of Chris
tians is to present all the truths of the
i Bible it seems to me that God has given
/ to each denomination an especial mis-
sion to give particular emphasis to some
one doctrine, and so the Calvinlstlc
churches must present the sovereignty
of God, and the Arminian churches
must present mans free agency, and the
Episcopal churches must present the
Importance of order and solemn cere-
mony, and the Baptist churches must
present the necessity of ordinances, and
the Congregational church must pre-
sent the responsibility Of the individual
member, and the Methodist church
must show what holy enthusiasm,
hearty congregational singing, can ac-
complish. While each denomination
of Christians must set forth all the doc
trines of the Bible 1 feel it is especial
ly incumbent upon each denomination
10 put particular emphasis ON Some oe
doctrine
Another great damage done by the
sectarianism 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
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