Arizona republican., 1899-07-04
WHAT JESUS WOULDNOTD DO
PsTaGTaphS That Are AfFraCgirq
 wIee Attention.

i Under the tale What JGsus WouId Not De-" q few brief paragraphs ire quentiy published in the London h. ! dependent are going the rounds of the i ErG-iSh religious press. l Jesus wouiG Hor .z,::--e getting '.cli'' or getting on" the goal of his ex- ] isterce
 l He would not wish t0 enjoy any ] thing which WAS neither elle result of His own labor nor tlIe joyful gift of ] love.
 1 He world rot wear gold nor nrq-el- n9uts which had cost painful and de grading hUrln labor. Nor would He : allow the litt-e birds and beasts that His Father cares for 10 be reckleSsly slaughtered to deck H-m with feathers ard furs
 He would 34-a seek immr7litv from peril or r.,in by voluntarily inf,.cttng tCrtufS or diseases on innocent and healthy animals. He would not bs present at amuse- meHtS which Pr0fane the bodies and po,Iute the souls Of those who gain 1 tliel1 bread by providing then. He would not waste food or fuel while others are DeriShin@ for need of them. He would not trail yards of costly fabric along the ground aehind him while others lack proper and de cent garments.
 Jesus would not earn his; bread by following any employment or prodUc- ing any material injurious b rhe moral or physical weH-being of inc commun- Ity.
 He world n9t seek to secure for rel atives after the fiesh'' any appoint ment or honor of which iIley were rot worthy, CT of which others werH more worthy. Jesus would rot underpay or oyerworE strangers in order to pro- vide for the idfensSs or luxury of I;iuS- men or descendants.
 He would not cordone faults or vices in tlle wealthy and powerful.
 Jesus would not. in times of ropuiar excitement write false anu fiery arr tic'es 70 the papers. by which TsaSsioES are famed into fury 2a;i wars are promoted
 He would rot lead armies inio other me--S countries Nor would He.invent scientific mssns' for fine wholesale Ge- Struction of human lives. He worlt not fiH cilii1rens story looks with scenes of battle.~ murder and violent deafh.
 He would not demaeI celfbacy
  chastity.
 He would not vioIate the Sancities of womarhocd n nope of saving men from the conseGuence of Their sins
 Jesus. se. ing His Fathers image in ali men. would not describe peop,e f'T vulgar e-:thets derived from the color Of their skins
 Having 10 sriteful prejudices or jeaiousiss against any class or race Of human be5Hgs He would not in vent SlanderoIS fC:.0ns to try to jus tify such ITejEdices
 He would H9t hinder q man having 2 darker shade of skin from sitting in a railway carriage by His side.
 Jesus would not refrain from telling those who dc such things that they i are not yet Christians. and shOud 1 never so deSrr'il3e themselves
 Jesus would not despise a woman bees JIse she earned her living by doing those haUsebCId duties without which | homes cannot exist.
 Fa woCid never use tbe wOrd- | 'mHniIl ,tt-. ios. because whatever is | GtTty iS gloriouS
 fnFas of the poor and ignorant. the i fUiilp aSTsirGtions of the suppressed, or | the. despair of hc wrong d.
 IcsHS would not rashly destroy any | beauty which had come from the | hands Of His Father
 Jesus would never do q deed in itself | evil, on the l>-ea ';hat ii might lead to good
 Himself cn the score of His own su- I.a--fO-s.tv