The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-23

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as supplement, that will be
more reasonable, and that they
can confess with less twinging of
conscience. We rejoice with
those who have some conscience
left that can be twinged; the
wonder is that after years of
qualification, conscience is not
30 toughened as to be beyond
twinging. Our best wish for
them would have been that they
had been still more noble-that
they had possessed consciences
whose twingings would have al
lowed them even to "enjoy the
pleasures of sin for a season.
the sin of disappearing the
Divine character and plan, and
of incorporating their own
hearts-for the sake of name and
place and emoluments.
Anyway, we are glad to note
some of the changes now made,
though we regret the dishonesty
attaching to the whole matter in
the claim that the new creed is
exactly the same as the old one,
only differently stated. Ex-
President Lincoln's words should
be remembered by the Assembly,
viz: "You can fool all the peo.
pie sometimes, and some of the
people all the time, but you can't
fool all the people all the time"
~
How anomalous that in this
age of education and tolerance
there should be an association,
confessedly religious, offering
brides to irresponsible individu-
ais, with the intent to stir up a
hornets nest of disputation
amongst an honest, well meaning,
earnest set of Christians, causing
error and ignominy, involving
fear, hate and agony amongst sin.
cere followers of sturdy Calvin
1t is an atavistic evolution back
ward. l call it sinister shame
and flagitious hypocricy.
say this deliberately and inten'
tionally. | almost begin to be-
lieve that Mr.. Anonymity, and
not Judas Iscariot, was the ne
plus ultra of human rascality.
W."
All attempts to stir up theo
logical strife are rascally in thu
face of our appalling ignorance
in the midst of exhaustless knowl
edge. 1t is very poor attitude
for a man, and n worse for thu
"W. r. B. & S. Society" In tn,
face of eternity, in our voyage
from everlasting to everlasting
man must strive with all hi
might to catch n glimpse of thu
light ineffable, to extend the Law
of amity to his fellow toiler, t.
commune with the oracle of hi
higher self, to behold the ligh
which streams from under the gait
of heaven, and not at the biddin,
of Watch Tower Bible" ant
"Tract Societies" stir up strif
and controversy for the price hel,
out by an anonymous. The wild
est divergence in speculative
thought should never be allowed
to rupture the sacred ties of hui
man brotherhood, To attemp
to undermine the walls of an an
cient creed will never further thu
cause of brotherhood. To at
tempt to corrupt with the pric'
of traitordom the keepers of thu
gate will never cause the attack
ing foe to be regarded with respect
As the glory of the American hal
has not been heightened by tn,
possession of a Funston, as thu
presence of Benedict Arnold re
doubled the worthiness of the OPP
posite cause, SO will the actor
of the "Watch Tower B. IL 7
Society" make every well mean
ing and fair play loving maj
throw in his sympathy with tn,
grand Presbyterian creed. OF
the one hand we have the anony
nous hand with the thirty piece
of Judas silver; on the other,
people striving to do their dut,
in their homes, in their bushes
and amongst their fellow citizens
revising a creed and living up t.
it. Which will you have? OF
the one hand the "W. T. B.
T. Society" appeals to the in
stinct of combat. On the othe
a church quietly doing it's work
and inflaming no egoistic passion
On the one hand the "W. r. B