The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-08-31
"Choose You This Day Whom re VIII
Serve. "--Joshua Zach, l5N.

| Editor Democrat.Star.
Your paper has recently fallen into
line with all the 'anti-adminjstra-
| tion" papers and "moSs.backed' dem
ocratS and argues against Mckinley rs
acts in China and our Eastern policy
The Times Democrat will write long
editorials against the administration,
| yet in the same issue Of It's paper
prints letters from Frank g. Carpen-
ter. written in the Philippines, which
clearly shows McKinley's wisdom, and
prints letter from one of our own
State boys, a lieutenant in the Phil
ippines, which declares the war there
would long ago have ended, but for
the hope among the Fllipinos that
Bryan would he elected, and they be
recognized as ap independent nation,
The same delusive hope is held out To
the CubanS, and even to the Beers in
South Africa, and has, and will, cause
the death of thousands Of men and
women.
The Scranton patent outside" in
its issue OF August 4th. returned to
its first love- Col Bob Ingersoll vs..
Jesus Christ, and seeks an entrance
into our homes and family iresides
with the following "The Colonel
always reprmands th, nation for
sending missionaries to China to CON
vert make disciples of these people
to our religious theories"
| had hoped that our young friend
had seen the error Of his way when he
was eXtolling Col. Bob's virtues Just
after his death. But we see that
"The dog has returned to his vomit
and the SOW to her mire," and he de.
cIares for one that he, for one, will
not follow old Joshua in serving "the
living God OF Israel" Just how he
expects Christian parents TO allow his
worship Of Col. Bob into their homes
Is tor him to decide. But | mud
thousands of men aud women much
oelter Christians, or at least more
godly people than | am, who declare
against all missionary efforts in cpun-
tries in which people object. They
thus wholly discard and bring to
the ONLY commission Christ gave to
his disciples. to make disciples of ALI
nations. Matthew 2sch. 18th and 10Th
verses say "All authority hath been
gwen unto me, in heaven aud on
earth" go We. therefore. and make
disciples Of all nations" etc. Many
of our preaohars, and most of our
'Over-pous' Christmas Of TODAY
would say: Lord, you must qualify
that demand for it is not good man
ners, or even civil, for any one to 20
where he Is not wanted. These good
people talk about the prince of
Peace" right in the teeth and defiance
Of ChFjstS own declaration as follows
II t'amt not ~ send peace, hut
sword" ,""atthew l0ch 35v, Christ
WILL be the "Pr...''"e OF Peace" but
not until all other relign"."s are pu1
down and old Satan their father "hd
originator. is ''cast into the lake of |
nre." See Rev. l9ch. Christ is now
our capital in and field marshal" and
all ina. slckl ly slime and dish water
about not sending mis-
sIonaries to China and elsewhere. IS
enough to make an honest man. who
mas read Gods word. sick and tired. |
faui was arrested many times as "A
DlsTURBER OF THE PEACE. and would
ne treated the same way now, if alive.
see Acts 2lch 2Sv. and MANY other
places. We should note that all the
trouble brought against Christ. Paul
ana all the early Christians was be-
cause of the fact that they were doing
eXactIy the same things that our mis-
slonarleS are doing in China and
htllcf hcathen nations to-day, and the !
Try was tllen as now. Great is Diana |
ol the EphesianS." which means
'Great is our heather god
1t makes ne sick and tired to hear
ana see such leveI-headed men AS the
editors Of the DEMoCRAT-STARa and
Ilmes-Democrat go off "half-cocked"
reading what Joshua. Paul
WA ChrlSt says. simply to oppose Nc
hlniey IN his efforts to protect our
people from the barberous pig tails"
ma greasy niggers" of the East. 1t
IS nonsense to talk about Bryan max.
ny any change. even if elected. and |
both houses filled with Democrats.
Fora hundred years Democrats "EX.
'ANDED" our country. and never even
1lfeamed OF giving the ''Indians of
louisiana purchase" their iudepen-
fence, and God grant no greasy mig.
serS and dagoeS in Cuba or pmlip.
1lneS may ever bn allowpd tn n,isuov