Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-01-11
WHO is JEsUs?"
L, F. HNrmon's Reply to X. Y. 4.

myself and the Peoples Liberia
Association, lay in the fac that
at the time of his first article IA
series OF sermons was being
preached at the court house by
me on the subject of The Re-
ligion OF the Twentieth Century.
We saw that he meant us and his
later admissions show us to have
been correct. If this gentleman
felt that we were attacking the
foundations Of the old time the
ology, he had perfect right to
make an honorable defense of
what he considered to be the bull
wark of the Christian Faith. We
stand for free investigation aud
do not propose to deny to any
man or woman the right to think
as they can or please OH any re-
ligious subject, but we GER
tainly do think there is al
lair way TO make de-
Tense of good cause. If this
man has as good cause why does
he not come out in the open and
make his defense III an honorable
way? We will give him ample
satisfaction.
X. Y. Z. shows that he has a
grievance, bnt just what it is we
can only guess at. He speaks of
Mr.. H., as Appearing on the
stage in the phase of Methodist
preacher, next as Il preacher for
the Christian church and now as
a Unitarian or, in other words, a
veneered inidel." To part OF
his charge ! plead guilty. was
a methodist minister until about
II months ago when | withdrew
from the denomination because l
had ceased TO believe their doc
trines as set forth in their arti-
cles OF religion. | united with
the Christian church on the
solemn assurance that they took
the New Testament alone as
their creed. This, TO me, was a
fair proposition, and is yet, but
when | found out that the book
to many of the Christian people
meant the same old dogmas for
which the rest of the Christian
world stands, il puzzled me to see
where they were any ahead of
the rest OF the churches. While
was pastor of the Christian
church in Broken Bow ! frequent
~ said that ii we, as a church,
did not stand for different inter
pretations from other churches
we had no excuse for separate
existence as. a church---and ! still
believe il. ! have not posed as a
Unitarian, but should feel it an
honor TO be in fellowship with
the people who have done as
much, or more, for their country
than any other church with four
times their numbers: They were
the prime movers in the anti
slavery agitation; they did their
share, and more than their share,
in developing the sentiment
against intemperancc i'll New
England; they have been fore
most in the movement for equal
ity of women. Elizabeth Cady
| Stanton and the larger number OF
the women who have been at the
head of the women's movemen,
in this country have been, and
are now Unitarians. They have
made nine-tepths of the living
literature of America. They
nave produced the greatest poets,
their full share of historians and
nOveliSts and have more of their
literature in the books of the
public schools than any other
church and it i'll becomes anyone
to speak of them as veneered in
fidels. We expect to affiliate
with them, but intend TO preach
what we believe il we have to &c
outside of all church lines to dc
; II, IL has been thus determine
ton To be true to conscience thai
has caused the change in church
! affiliations of which X y. Il.
speaks, and not any shifting
about from one phase of doctrine
= to another. We are preaching
to-day just what we hay'
=, preached for the last three o
a four years and intend 10 do s
& until convinced that it is no
d true, but it will take argumen
4 TO convince us If we had bee
: satisfied with authority we coul
t have had all Of that we warte
IS in the Methodist church, fc
5. there we were taught to ODE
e and to accept the doctrine Of tn
l. church, hut we must insist O
II uutranmaled reason IN rAli uiO