The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-10-02
TAFT'S CREED.
His Election a Great National Sin,
Says HagerstOwn Minister.

AS shall not have time to answer
the many communications coming to
me with regard to my recent protest
against the election of a man to the
Presidency of these United States,
who denies the Diety of Jesus Christ,
will answer them, one and all,
through the press. Among these COM
munications, coming from every
quarter, there has been only one of
adverse criticism. This one calls at
| tention to the fact that Mr.. Taft has
said kind things of missions, the
church, etc, etc, to all of which I
simply answer, Mr.. Taft is Unitar-
| ian. Jesus Christ was all he claimed
| to be, or he was an imposter. He
claimed to be one and equal with the
Father He said ''He that hath seen
me hath seen the Father" This, the
Unitarians deny. Of course, they have
many ways of wriggling in and out,
explaining and hair splitting, but they
are curse and a blight to any COM
munity in which they exist, in suff1-
cient numbers to give them influence.
/ The Christian church does not, can
not recognize them or fellowship
with them as Christians. l believe
it would be a great national sin, and
bring national calamity to elect a
man our chief magistrate, who has
the views in regard to Christ that a
Unitarian must have.
To the large number of friends
who have sent me words of approval
and congratulation, | return my
thanks But for the candidates Unit
arianism, I should never have said a
word. 1t startles and saddens me to
think of the great, greedy, goddess
corporations and constituencies money
kings, uniting their tremendous in
fuence to put this man upon the
throne of power. Nearly two thousand
years ago this poor, mad, blind world
reached the hightide of sin when it
cried in mad frenzy, release unto us
Barabbas and cruelty Christ. Mad
men and their way that awful day of
tragedy, but their judgement came
sure and soon. Will this generation
repeat the blind folly of the Jews ?
If so, we must repare to reap har-
vest which is sure to rlpen in due
time.
Not long ago, the Senate of the
United States ignored Christ's teach
ing that mo man cometh to the Faith
err but by me-" and elected a Unitar-
ian chaplain to pray for them-to
mock God But no one seemed to
care 1t looks as if this country has
become too stupid to be aroused to a
state of righteous indignation. Direct
ly afterward, one man just out OF
the Senate was shot to death by the
woman he had debauched and desert
ed, another died in time to keep out
of prison, another was sent to prison
for dishonesty, another was in a
divorce court and mixed up in most
disgusting scandal This same Sen
ate failed to break the power OF the
tobacco trust, and stands back of the
whisky power shipping its intoxicants
into Prohibition States and zones
and thus the government legallzes
and protects crime.
1t is high time for ministers OF the
gospel to cry aloud for Christian
men to think, for patriots to arouse
themselves. If we continue to SOW to
the wind, as sure as God is true and
His word is true, we will reap the
whirlwind. We are approaching
) CRISIS in our history. OF such vital i'm.
: portance, that 1t seems to me thai
8 silence would be criminal, and have
spoken with malice toward none ane
: love for all.
HENRY CLAY MORRISON.