The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-09
WHAT JESUS WOULD BOT DO.
PaxagraDAs That Attract wide Attsn
tion Among English Christians.

PaxagraDhs That Attract wide Atten-
tion Among English Christians.
Under the title. What Jesus Would Not
Do" > few brief paragraphs frequently
published In the London Independent are
going the rounds of the English religious
press
Jesus would not make getting rich" or
getting on the goal OF his existence.
He would not wish to enjoy anything
which was neither the result Of his own
labor nor the joyful gift OF love.
He would not wear gold nor ornaments
which had cost painful and degrading hui
man labor. NcF would he allow the little
birds and beAstj that His father cares for
to be reckIessiy slaughtered to deck Him
with feathers and fura
He would not seek immunity from peril
or pain by voluntarily infiicting tortures
or diseases on innocent and healthy ami
mails.
He would not be present at amusements
which profane the bodies and pollute the
souls OF those who gain their bread by
providing them.
He would not waste food or fuel while
others are perishing for need Of them. He
would not trail yards OF costly fabrics
along the ground behind him while others
lack proper and decent garments.
Jesus would not earn his bread by fol-
lowing any employment or producing any
material injurious to the moral or physi-
cal weil-being OF the community.
He would not seek to secure for rela-
tves s'after the flesh any appointment or
honor OF which they were not worthy. or
OF which others were more worthy. Jesus
would not underpay or ovsrwork strang-
ers In order TO provide for tho !dleueSs or
LUXURY Of kinsmen or descendants.
He would not condone faults or vices
In the wealthy and powerful
Jesus would not. In times Of popular q.
element write false and fiery articles to
the papers, by which passions are famed
into fury and warr arc promoted.
lie would not lead armies into other
mons countries. Nor would he invent SCI
entino means FOR the wholesale destruo-
ton OF human lives He would not al
ch!idren's story books with scenes OF bat
tie murder and violent death.
He would not demand ceiibacy where he
esniA not secure chastity.
He would not violate the sanc.lties Of
wcmanhood in hope OF saving men from
the consequences OF their sins.
men, would not describe people by vulgar
sepithets derived from the color ~ their
skins
Having no spttefui rrejuaIces or jealou-
sizes against any class or race OF human
being. he would not invent sianderous fic-
ton to try 10 Justify such rrejudiees.
lie would not hinder man having a
darker shade OF skin from sitting In a
railway carriage by his side.
Jesus would not refrain from telling
those who do such things that they are
not yet Christians. and should never %
describe themselves.
Jesus would not aespise n woman be-
cause she earned her bread by doing those
household duties without which homes
canno. exist
He would never use the words mental
duties" because whatever IN duty IL xio
rious
Jesus would not aespise the mistakes o.
the poor and ignorant. the futile asrtra-
items OF the suppressed. or the DESPAIR o.
the wronged
Jesus would act rasAIy destroy any bean
~ which had come from, the hand of Hts
father
Jesus would never DO a deed In ITSELF
evil. on the plea that IL might lead TO
good.
Jesus would never sacrifice Others To
himself on the score 81 his own SUPERB
Gritty