Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-28

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ACHaIsTIAN DEMOCRACY
outside Of The bible there is no suf.,
6cient warrant for those democratic
principles which underi1e she american
IDEAL Of government. The Declaration
~ Independence is y restatement Of
,,,,hs cnunciated by Jesus. He. though
I've ur kings. was an ideal democrat.
IAN ve ARE brethren he declared to
y wore. deep,coted i'm II theory OK
aristocracv. MANS furHamental equal
itv with man is 4 miln doctrine as
compared with this teaching of Jesus.
which binds man 10 man" Win the
strong ties of brotherhood.
There IS no caste in the kingdhAa OF
christ, except that he 'owestNare
cuuntca highest. and the firsf last.
'rhe golden age of universal frater-
MI, is to be ushere1 in only by the
golden reign of that pest Brother of
mon who VOL his nre-Gninece OF love
on a cross of sctsice and SUFFERING.
! Th eagle escapes the trout'es oi 'he
beasts that crawl because IT has wings
ond scars in the unimpeded an. The
cart-burnings and bitterness which
| ure caused by the petty divisio1e ana
castcs "hich men create mon Urn
| selves can best be escaped by il.Nng
above them. Try the eagles way .! "
obstacles. They that are Of ne Spirit
do mind the things of the Spirit To
be spiritually minded is life and peace.
TITO live in the Spirit is the Only a.
to escape the CALLING bonds OF the HE
of the flesh. With its pride. vanity and
seif-seeking.
He who considers himself better than
others proves himself worse than
Others.
The world is always establishing cir
cles. With wealth. or learning or oirtn
or social standing as the circumference.
Bu, through ali these petty divisions
God runs the straight line OF his
! Judgment. In the hour pf final testing
tho question will be not. In what cir
Gle did you move?" but. On which
side Of God $ line are you. >the king
dom. or the selfish stde?"
The Spirit of Christ casts out<the
spirit of caste.
Caste is contrary to Christliness. A
IRISH mans church has no warrant in
the new testament. neither has a poor
i'itfi u WIG
which is run by its wealthiest mem
bees. simply because OF their wealth, il
not controlled by The Spirit of Jesus
Absolute equality before the Lord 10
fundamental. There as neither rich
nor poor. wise or ignorant. Il, the heuv-
ell which is the common goa! OF all of
us.
There is no high birth except being
born from above.
Let it be borne in mind tina the
institution of caste is heathenish and
born of Buddhism. As the light of the
gospel permeates India the dark lines
of caste are fading out. and as the
spirit of the gospel penetrates an In
dividual life he loses all false and
earthly notions of class distinction and
sees in men only brethren whom he,
should serve. and children OF God.
There is no creature so mean as not
to have his special claim to distinction
There Is not a man above ground who
will acknowledge himself to be nobody
in particular. He has been somewhere.
or done something. or undergone some.
experience. or has some relative. which,
sets him apart from the rest Of uma
ity. All of US ran perceive the humor
of the situation when we see certain
persons parading their badges of caste,
but few realize that We cut just as,
ludirous a figure in our turn. If the
angels ever laugh at poo: mortalS
surely nothing affords them greater
amusement than to behold us strutting
about u little b~arnyards pluming the
feathers of our puny pride.
All men rest on the same level in
the grave.
For nineteen centuries the world has
been going to school to Jesus trying to
master h adical teaching that great
ness spells service. thai humility is the
only height. that surrender is sovereign
and sacrifice divine. Caste. pride. pro-
vincialism, and %selfishness lave in
nicted sore wounds upon this old world.
and vet II is so slow in turning to the
Masters way for healing. Only in
Christs program is there peace and
progress. Not power and self exalta-
ton. but love humility and service, win
The spirit Of caste. says Robert E.
Speer. is foolish. 1t shows a want Of
humor. Who is better thar another.
The only real superiority is moral
superiority. and one of the very essen
tfal characters of moral superiority IL
its contempt for the caste spirit: so
that the only form of distinction which.
might he worthy Of setting up caste al.
vision is itself the worst enemy of all
sucn DIVISIONS. For any other form Of
supposed authority to claim a right
to caste separation is iudicrous. A
meney caste is disgusting. A dress
caste is simply shallow. An inteliec-
tual caste is priggish. A birth caste
Ia an artificial sham. A mans a man.
and II he is not, money. dress, cleyer-
ness. or birth cannot make him one:
and whatever the claim he may make.
Il he 10 not a man, he Is of no caste
at all. but n parish. No strong and
good man sets himself up as superior
to others. He may think other peopie
are small. hut he does not think himself
great. He has too strong q sense OF
humor. He knows that caste is silly.
1t shows a want Of balance. of carriage.
OF adaptiveness, and mastery In men
to recognize 1t.
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
Majesty ia In personality and not In
pOsitt0n.-Anon.
I do not ask. o. Lord. that life should be
Aspleasant road:
do not ask that thou wouldst tnka
from me
Aught Of its load
For one thing only Lord, dear Lord, I
Lead me Alright