Blue-grass blade., 1908-05-31

Were the writer god almighty, and had the
power, and the priests l had appointed and
am to represent me. | would drown
the layout like litter of blind puppies for
not being able to put up better fraud.
We have been told that pride goes before
a fall but the maxim seems incapable of
making any serious impression upon the
present day followers of the Galillean
carpenter.
Recently, in New York, the members of
the Catholic Church devoted one full week
to celebration of their centennial For
this occasion Cardinal Logue, primate of
Ireland, crossed the Atlantic without asking
the pope's consent and took quite promi-
nent part therein. During the celebrations
there were street parades and holy" pro-
cessions for the edifcation of the populace.
In the latter, priest, arrayed in their gorge
GUS costumes, took part Snapshots were
taken and one of the pictures appearing In
the public prints, shows that the procession
had halted for the very purpose Of being
photographed. Eyes are turned towards the
camera, indicating keen desire to be shot"
to the best possible advantage. Pages carry
ing the long trains of the head priests are
given in the picture, but what appears in
sharp contrast are the smiles on the faces
of those who lined the sidewalks.
There is world of argument In those
smiling faces. They are stronger than
spoken, or printed words. But let us mag
inc, IL we can, the procession made up for
the alleged triumphal entry of Jesus in
Gus splendor of this New York procession
and we have still stronger argument
against the follies and extravaganza of
modern Christian worship.
If the record be true, Jesus had never a
home. Not even a boarding house. He
had to take chances on getting a square
meal. He rode on an ass (the record sug-
gests two) and was followed by the rag
tag and bobtail of that Judean metropolis.
But how time works changes.
There Is much to commend in a recent
discussion of revivals in religion, as judged
from a scientific standpoint, INDUCED in by
Rev. John Malick, a Unitarian preacher of
Great Falls, Montana. The history and
pathology of all sorts of revivals were
thoroughly gone into and he denounces the
evangelical methods Of modern Christians
as producing a condition of frenzy and
commissions" marking, as 1t were a psyche
logical condition that BODIES no good for
the betterment of mankind" 1t is q we'll
admitted fact that there is no field so much
needs the corrective of the impassioned and
calculating mind of the scientists as that
of religion, and in tracing these conditions
from remote period in the history OF man
kind, Rev. Malick has laid bare an array
of facts that exposes the Authorizations of
modern religious conversions. Although a
full report of that sermon has been sent
to the Blade 1t is impossible for lack of
space to print it., yet we wish we could do
so as 1t is worthy of wide circulation. The
tendency of the sermon, however, Is suf-
ficient to arouse intelligent thought. It
clearly distinguishes between religion, so
called, and morality. This is the position
assumed by the nationalist and the follow
ing excerpt will be enough to draw the line
of demarcation that finds greater recogni-
ton among the thinking classes. Rev.
Malick, said, among other things
I'm popular Christianity yet there Is no