Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-08-26
QUESTION is UP TO YOU.
Shall We Have for President of This Nation
Man Who Regulates Jesus Christi

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Think of the United States with
a president who does not believe
that Jesus Christ was the Son of
God, but looks upon u immacu-
late Saviour as a low, cunning i'm
poster! What must Mr.. Taft's
feelings be toward our civilization,
which is 30 permeated and inter-
woven with the religion Of Jesus
Christ? Take Christ, the inspir-
alton of His gospel, His sacrifice
aud His churlh out of our nation
al history and life, and what
would we have left? Try to i'm
agine the discovery and civiliza-
tlon of this great continent pass
ing through it's many trials and
conflicts without the ministers CT
Jesus and His grace. Take HIS
name and power out of our civil
cation, tear away the churches
which have been erected for His
worship, the schools that have
been erected to His honor, in
which His teachings have been re-
peated and emphasized, blot out
the charitable institutions which
have 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 prom
ises from tine foundation of our
hopes and His love from our
hearts, and what would be left?
Are we ready, by electing this
commonplace unbeliever our chief
magistrate, to repudiate our faith
In the worlds Redeemer? Will
we dare the reckless risk of cruei-
flying 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? | venture to say
that civilized Europe would not
think of putting the crown upon
the head of a man who denied the
Messiahship of Christ. How
would our missionaries answer the
questions of shrewd and smiling
heathen who must inquire how it
is that your Christian nation has
elected a man to the presidency
who has nc more faith in Jesus
Christ than a naked savage.
How could MI. Taft, if he were
president, represent US? His be-
lief is 50 different from ours, or
rather his unbelief is go contradic-
tory to our falth-he cannot SYM
pathlZe with us, he cannot enter
with US into our feelings and holy
hopes and aspirations. What
stupid idolators we must appear
to him. AS he passes by the
church buildings, they are to him
but the mour ments of our ignor-
ance 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 back upon the Christ
who died for them, and lift him
upon the price of their apostasy,
to the highest place in the nation.
How could he enter with us into
the joys of our Christmas celebra-
tione?
II would seem that a man with
a mind 50 twisted as to have no
faith in the Christ and q heart SO
cold that in it there is no love for
the Son Of God who gave Himself
for the ransom of the race, would
prefer to 60 and live among the
Turks and worship with the Mo-
hammedans. There is a much
closes sympathy between the reli-
gious faith of Mr.. Taft and the
Turk than there is between his
faith and that of the Christian
faith of the American people.
Every minister of the gospel and
layman of the faith and every
mother who loves the Lord, and
every Sabbath school child in the
nation, ought to rise up and march
to the polls on election day. sing
ing "All hail the power of Jesus
name," and give Mr.. Taft a re
buke that will go ringing round
the world, up to heaven, and down
through the centuries.-Pentecos-