Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-23

as the other. Every man fully persuad-
ed in his own mind"
George Whitefield was going over q
Quaker rather roughly for some of his
religious sentiments, and the Quaker
said: George, I am as thou art am
Tor bringing all men to the hope Of the
gospel Therefore, if thou will not quar-.
rel with me about my broad brim, I
will not quarrel with thee about thy
black gown. George, give me thy hand"
In tracing out the religion of secta-
rianism or bigotry I find that great
deal Of it comes from wrong education
in the home circle. There are parents
who do not think it wrong to caricature
and jeer 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 educa.
ton acts just opposite to what was ex-
pected, 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 they go and
join those very churches. could men,
ton the names of prominent ministers
of the gospel who spent their whole
lives bombarding 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
the subject of it never RECEIVERS. There
are tens of thousands Of bigots 10 years
old.
Causes of Bigotry.
l 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 infuen-
tial, and 1t 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 a
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 a
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 a 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 a
bigot. The whole tendency of education
and civilization is to 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 obelisk was white,
another side Of the obelisk was green,
another side Of the obelisls was blue,
and travellers went and leoked 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 obelisk. One man said
it was white, another man said 1t was
green, another man said 1t was blue,
and when they were in the very heat Of
the controversy more intelligent trav-
eler 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 a
bigot inevitably-the man who only
sees one side. There Is no man moro to
be pitied than he who has In his head
Just one idea-no more no less. More
light, less sectarianism. There is moth
ing that will SO soon kill bigotry as
sunshine-God' s sunshine.
Truths of tho Bible.
So have set before yoa 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
fects? First of all, it cripples investiga-
ton. You are wrong, and l am right,
and that ends it. No taste for explora-
ton, no spirit of investigation. 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, blind mole under corn shock.
1t stops all investigation.
While each denomination Of Chris
tians is to present all the truths OF the
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 70 the Calvinistlc
churches must present the sovereignty
of God, aud the Arninian churches
rust present mans free agency, and the
Episcopal churches must present the
importance Of order and solemn cere-
mony, and the Baptist churches must
nresent 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-
compiish. While each denomination
Of Christians must set forth all the doc
trines of the Bible | feel it is especial.
" incumbent upon each denomination
n mt particular emphasis on some one
doctrine
Another great damage done by the