The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-24
FREEDOM BY THE TRUTH.
n,,a.s ELOQUENT DISCOURSE
Nv u>ioR ORDER MECHANICS.

.Tbc Truth shall Make You
=. DR.. Fairs TeXt-Mnn's
..-..,1c for Freedom, the UnOb-
.,n,blc. and the Work of the BIZ
=, establishing Freedom
onc ,yen-That Nation which Is
a.,,cotcd with the Principles of
-, Biblc Is ImperishabIe-The
I'm ..America" Sung With Spirit
and Enthusiasm.
,,-,a congregation was at the indie
an PRESBYTERIAN Church yesterday
ming 10 hear Rev. Dr. j. Y. Fairs SER
"a The Junior order of American Ne
Isa.ios il having been announced that the
1 non would be of patriotic order. The
u,bsrs If the Two lodges of the junior
1 .,.. ,rsf at their hall and marched in
~, to the church, where pews had been
,..ry,l for them. Both lodges were out
ts1ta full ranks.
rbe TWO distinctive hymns Of the junior
o-isr onward Christian Soldier" and
America" were sung, the first at the he
tsn.ps Of the service and the second at
ss qiose the members Of the order join
NO in the sing ng with good effect.
rhs subtect Of DR.. Fairs discourse was
~rr4edom by the Truth" the text being,
4T5a Truth shan Make You Free" John
100 In besinning his discourse, DR.. Fair
u.Io,mod the members Of The Junior order
80 his church and expressed his apprecia-
tion Of The honor conferred in selecting him
70 preach q special sermon.
In his introduction DR.. Fair spoke of
mans great love of liberty and the strug-
.gas winch he had put forth TO retain it,
IN, an of which seemed to have been in
vain statesmen have planned, philoso-
,54rs oavo specialized, poets have woven
tssh beautiful dreams and patriots have
Shed their blood, but he world seems as
far from freedom as when the Tong strug-
elr began Plato, laying ASIDE metaphysics,
defined the nature Of the ideal republic,
Sir Thomas Moore drew picture of ITO
ria but i'll is significant and pathetic
fact that. so far from being realized these
aIe to-day The names Of visionary and i'm
practicable things.
In the text The great emancipation reveal
means of It's attainment. In one of the
most cruel ages that ever darkened the
world he stood amongst men, he heard
the mutIled sObs that rose from all parts
of the earth and he promised the world
freedom But how? BY force?
The Great Liberator INTERCEPTED
new factor amid the politics
of earth He promised freedom by strange
and untried means. The truth, not the
sword. shall make you free, He said. Let
US dwell upon the scene. Many patriots,
with great armies at their command, had
promised the world freedom, but failed
10 fulfill the pledge, and here, in an OBJ
aure quarter of the globe, young, I'M
taught peasant arises. No army is at his
back no sword is in his hand He only
holds in His hand little book which He
oilers to the nations, and lifting His I'M
aided arm against the great Roman en-
pre he promised the world freedom.
Noble courage, beautiful enthusiasm, but
does not the promise seem absurd? The
c)l ley winds that moaned about the
marble ewes of the temple seemed to scat
ter his words like the wiChered leaves that
are rampled under foot. But let us con-
slider the strange promise. Why
has The world not attained free
dom. Simply because it has not followed
Christ. and fulfilled the condition He int
posed
Dr. Fair discussed the influence of the
Bible In bringing about the freedom OF
man Formerly the idea of kingiy SUI
Qremacy prevailed and the masses were
cursed until all sense of self-respect was
lost The Bible taught that the man ir
the humble garb of the laborer is as deal
10 God as the crowned king. Into tn,
of oh ~ Twin
trate under the heel of power, the Biblt
beathed the spirit of liberty. It filled
Ran with a sense of his dignity and greet
ness and the determination to assert hi'
rights. This was the germ of freedom
line Bible snapped the letters which ignor
8nce ana ktngcraft had forged around tn
race and set the spirit free. This idef
was elaborated by DR.. Fair at SOM
length
IL is whispered in political circles" sai'
Dr Fair that jefferson drew the mate
tlai Tor the Declaration of independence
from an older document, the Mecklenbur.
uecdfatlon There is a sense in which thi
aiegallon is true. He did derive his in
spiduon from an older document, but on
Lol written by human hands, but this oil,
'oyA inscribed by the fingers that fringe,
'le curtains of the clouds and wove on
a., ''''''9 VI me SldTS. JeILeISOU WItlC
, al men are born free and equal Wha
Il uIls but re-echo of Christ? God
VI[ father and all men are brothers"
IT. air went on to show that the Bib
NV only creates this spirit of liberty, bu
MAY may I1 contains the only principles whic
,aNe a government free and just and hap
vi w nat are these principles?" h
pSAea' Christ himself sums them up
, tnou Shait love the Lord thy God with a
MY my Aeart and thy neighbor as thyseli
d --'ss are the principles originally en-
SS-aNed on two tables of stone, the foun
lion pillars of church and state, an
t@ '"ills THESE, like the arch of the rain
~ uie golden rule, do unto others a
- "ouIl others should do unto you. ]
80. principles were practically apple
an Jay II every citizen loved God wit
ena ms hsart and his neighbor as hmsel
srl5 sq"a'ed all business dealings by til
str@,. rule, would there ever be an
l5hFnS' any strained relations betwee
ana capital, between rich and poor
oe - ''e substance with which the stone
ga,5". sIeai pyramid are cemented t
nv o-a zen, so far from being weakene
stror, ly'ed by time, has only grow
rs,r.57e SO that the Oldest structuI
Inn, on earth by man stands to-day vi
h'gs I'l,.l IA its original integrity, in tn
sboel.g u'Sort winds and amid earthquake
str1.. which have overthrow otht
des'.,.o1lgs, lifting up its sublime and II
nm. ,'pIe mead, so the principles of tn
der d P5iIHeaiing a nation would rel