The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-03-18
CHURCH IS WORSE
Than The SALOON
Editor Tribune:


Editor Tribune:
A preacher down at Eugene, Ore
gon, made little stir short while
ago when he said that he had rather
that Eugen had saloons than a Uni
tartan church, because the saloons
could be voted out, but the church
couldn't be voted out. That was Just
the opinion of one man and by chance
ne was a preacher and was certainly
entitled to his opinion. 1t is just prob
able that one Unitarian church may
do more damage in Eugene than all
the saloons that could get support in
that beautiful little city. That
preacher evidently thought that Uni
tarianism is radically wrong in morals,
religion and philosophy and, there
fore, by leading men to the gates of
error; yes, within the gates, it would
do more damage than all the saloons
in the world. And he may be right
and those who look at matters from
his squint must certainly feel to ap-
plund his views. If man is a free
agent turned loose upon this world
subject to the seductions of evil, and
who must climb almost unaided to
the heights of good, then a Unitarian
church may be deadly evil thing
thing, and instrument, in Satan's
hands to lead many astray from
God. PalpabIe as the evils of the
saloon are, many cannot see them. If
man may be blind to palpable evils,
how deadly blind may he not be to
the seductivity of the impalpable
evils Unitarianism may advance.
Unitarianism denies the deity of
Christ, the inspiration of the scrip
lures, hell, original sin, and a multi
tude of other doctrines loved and
believed by the nine-tenths of the
sects of Christendom. And to the
sects belief in the deity of Christ is
the great essential to salvation and
without this intellectual assent the
Father can see nothing of good in
him who has it not. And if this in
tellectual conversion be necessary,
and Unitarianism denies that it is
necessary, see what awful fate awaits
that one who is thus deceived.
Debauchees and saloon buns have at
the very last moment seen a great
light and got on the right side and
sing now in glory, but who, having
once been inoculated with this deadly
virus of Unitarianism has ever re-
covered? 1t is ether to the soul and
once imbibed recovery to the ortho-
dox faith becomes impossible. This be-
ing true, what is a saloon or two in
The logic of that preach
err falls with inerring precision on
those who would scott at his words,
or elevate the eyebrow in surprise.
His position is irresistible and in
conference.-the. Admit his premises,
and no other conclusions, save his,
can bo arrived at. He has builded
his shanty on the solid rock of truth
rs he sees it.
OF course we cannot see the matter
just as it appears to this Eugene
preacher. But when we can't see
thing just as other fellows see it, that
Is no reason that we should jump
to the conclusion that he is wrong and
that we are right, We are too prone
to pamper our prejudices, and it does
is good sometimes to have them shaken
up bit. We become, by pampering
our prejudices, intolerant. We take a
stand on a matter and then begin
reading the works of those who agree
with us, and by and by we become
involved in the mazes of
our own beliefs. Most of the things
we think we know we have gotten
them by faith anyway, and the things
we can know least about we are u.s.
ually the most certain of.
About eight-tenths of the things we
ar taught by religion are speculative
three gods in one and neither one
knows a blessed thing about it; and