Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-07-29
has TAFT AsRELIGIoN ?
Shall We Have for President Man
Who Repudiates Christ 4?
(From Pentecosta, Herald.)

| .H NcTOm RenteCOSlai HERALD
Think of the United States with a
President who does not believe that
Jesus Christ was the Son of God, but
| looks upon our immaculate Saviour
as a common bastard and low, cum
ming impostor! What must Mr.. Taft's
| feeling be toward our civilization,
which Is so permeated and inter-
woven with the religion of Jesus
Christ? Take Christ, the inspiration
Of His gospel, His sacrifice and His
church out Of. our national history
| and life, and what would we have
left? Try to imagine the discovery
and civilization OF this great conti-
nent, passing through its many trials
and conflicts without the ministers of
Jesus and His grace. Take His name
and power out Of our civilization,
tear away the churches which have
fbeen erected for His worship, the
schools that have been erected to His
honor, in which His teachings have
been repeated AMI emphasized, blot
out!the charitable institutions which
IhaveS sprung up out of devoted love
for Him, take His name out of our
literature, His praise out of our
songs, His doctrines from our society
and homes, His promises from the
foundation of our hopes and His love
from our hearts, and what would be
left?
" hty al ft,r r..
commonplace unbeliever our chief
magistrate, to repudiate our faith in
the worlds Redeemer? Will we dare
the reckless risk of crucifying the
Son of God afresh; will we, after all
Of our preaching His word, praise Of
Him and praying to Him, put Him
to open shame before the civilized
and heather world? What would
Europe think Of us? l venture to
say that civilized Europe would not
think of putting the crown upon the
head Of a man who denied the Mes
siahship of Christ. How would our
missionaries answer the questions Of
shrewd and smiling heather who
|
Christian nation has elected a man to
the Presidency who has no more
faith in Jesus Christ than a naked
savage?
How could Mr.. Taft, If he were
President, represent lis? Ills belief
Is so different from ours, or rather his
unbelief is so contradictory to our
faith--he cannot sympathize with us,
he cannot enter with us into our
feelings and holy hopes and aspira-
tions. What stupid idolaters we must
appear to him! AS he passes by the
church buildings, they are to him
but the monuments Of our ignorance
and superstition. And this man asks
our Christian ministers to trail the
banner of the Cross in the dust and
vote for him for the Presidency. He
would have the Christian manhood
Of this nation to turn their backs
upon the Christ who died for them,
and lift him upon the price of their
apostacy, to the highest place in the
nation. How could he enter with us
into the joys Of our Christmas cele-
brations?
1t would seem that a man with a
mind so twisted as to have no faith
In the Christ and heart so cold that
In 1t there is no love for the Son of
God, who gave Himself for the ran
som OF the race, would prefer to go
and live among the Turks and wor-
ship with the Mohammedans There
Is much closer sympathy between
the religious faith Of Mr.. Taft and
the Turk than there is between his
faith and that Of the Christian faith
or the American people. Every min
ister OF the gospel and layman of the
faith, and every mother who loves
our Lord, and every Sabbath school
child in the nation, ought to rise up
and march to the polls on election
day. singing, "All hail the power Of
Jesus name" and give Mr. Taft
| rebuke that will go ringing around
the world, up to heaven, and down
| through the centuries.
| Jesus, the name high over all
! In hell or earth or sky;
| Angels and men before it fall,
| And devils fear and fly"