The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-25

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nothing Nv Io ferHnriiai one may heiIeve
IN thdfov tHrHsun me man and have crave
Doubts shout Tho etact facts NJ bic histafy
Where h. vss hofn and how h. vas bufn are
points " ~ essential consequences IN c0nsid
eflns No ,tlur NJ hts Ite and works ~ "
" WIN thflaf No never aatd y word Ahun'
the tlfsih birth. and " one ~ the early
APOSTLES, Matthew, saw NJ ~ give tfe1enee
~ Tho story IN he gospel narration, NJ COURSE,
That doesn't make The fact essential ~ y nfm
h"Ilef IN Christ have No quarrel Win any
onH aha bclieves In the yifHin hirh ~ In
miracles every man IN his lishta but ! do
say md all trir hefetica ~" that tho
church has no fish' 10 make u freed of non.
essentials and cry 10 Tho world. swallow this
or take chances on gning 10 prrdlion'
~ course. any Church has the rishl ~ q
Crr~l II II wants onn. hut n must abide the
consequences 4 srt NJ men truly believing
that George Washington was four feet hiah
and three feet Wild" might get together and
formulate n creed or constitution for n club
TO be called tho Washington club and they
would surely have the right to exclude any
applicants for membership who could not
agree with them; but they could not rightly
complain u enlightened men did not mock
w. w. g,mm,' TiuO; ahn .n"l' roIIVm LOT aay h =
spiritual energy wasted
The essentials Of Christianity are that we
and appreciate the work lie did for us. the
establishing OF those perfect principles OF
retaliation which had existed for ages before
The Christian era. and that we do His will;
by Herbert, Spencer is no more nor less than
the ideal Christian state, How pitiful IL is,
then. to have the different. denominations
Ing II essential that one should not only be-
iieye In Christ but in the Episcopal or Pres
SS%yterian or Other sGGtqria9 view W., o. Him
ship IN the Christian Church. If one cannot
so believe he ia called a hereto! Edward
er. author. gentleman. Christian, is a hereto!
am a h~eretic-,proud of il. / can lay an
indictment. at the door. OF the Church for
the yoTE Of cRR5TfistiianiziiTng, the world. y.
IL Mat " = time mould ID t the sel lriIn1aiie len s ortbhl ID lst say
befell California an army Of relief should be
organized, but those having it In charge should
God once suspended the law of nature and
made the sun or the EARTH stand still. as
none other should be adjudged fit for the
work Of helping the helpless. of succoring tks
needy9 Such a spectacle would be exactly
on q par with that OF the state of Christianity
to-day, when men are In dire tribulation.
the moral code forgotten. dishonesty ram
pant and many of the religious denominations
sending out their captains-for what? Men
and women ready and willing to work for
Christ? Oh, no! But people who can see things
as Others. see them adopt the creed OF this
or that Christian club!
or course. this is all wrong. Every think
ing man knows that a change must come.
DR.. Lyman Abbott told us only the other
day what the coming creed would be. But
when? When will the Churches confess their
sins and begin a new life? Every unfettered
Christian prays that 1t will be soon-and
among these last | humbly subscribe myself.
NEW YORK, June "a. HERETO.