The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1911-03-14
Indifference
IS Chief SIN
MAN WHO CRIES OUT AGAINST
cREEDS is MENACE TO GOOD
OF THE COUNTRY.
Father Duffy Proves by ST. Paul That
One Greed is Not as Good as An
other TO Follow.

Another large congregation assem-
bled again last night TO hear .ho
opening lecture Of the doctrinal series
which is to extend over two weeks.
Father Duffy delivered the lecture,
his subject being lis One Church as
Coed as Another" In opening, he
said: Some one has said that indiff-
erentism is the religion of the TWEEN
tieth century ! say that it is the sin
of the twentieth century"
He taen gave a picture of the in
differentist, as he is familiar to most
OF us--the man who is always declar-
ing from the housetops that he is
broadmnded and liberal: that he is
/, not narrow or bigoted, but believes
| that there good in all churches IN
| fact that in the last analysis one IS
practically as good as anotler-he
himself belongs ito the "big church =
Which" Father Duffy added, means
no church IT all "
Then there is the indifferentist whose
speciality is crying out against the
lcreeds, who declares VITA great show
OF learning and wisdom that the time
for creeds is past, that creeds do more
harm than good and serve no real
purpose, unless il be to foster dissen-
Isions, division and discord-that char
lity is the whole law and the prophets;
that what we want today S more
deeds and less creeds," for after all Il
does not ma any difference what a
man believes.
Thus" said Father Duffy, does the
lindifferentist prattle, while before the
world he is convincing himself of IN
Isincerity or of lack of seriousness.
The insincere man cloaks over his dis
honesty by feigned and fashionable
liberality, but anyone who seriously
reflects upon his words will not be
Iguilty of this indifferentism, which
lis utterly Illogical glaringly unscrip-
ltural and reduces the whole history
of Christianity to a lamentable TRACE
! dy
'Indifferentism is utterly illogical
The various Christian churches ar,
contradicting one another on every
gospel teaching; W T1e there is con
tradiction there is, and must be error
therefore to say that one church Is al
good as church that is teaching tn
truth; to say that it doesn't make an
difference what a man believes, j
equivalent to SAYING that 1t doesn'
matter whether man believes erro
OF truth.
"Indifferentsm is glaring.y unscrip
tural. imagine a man wlo calls him
self Christian saying that it doe
! lnct matter what a man believes, whel
: Jesus c rist said to His apostles
Go We therefore and teach all nation
teaching them to observe all thing
whatsoever have commanded you
He that belleveth not snail De damn
: ed (Matt. xviii 10; Mark, xvi II
Imagine man who calls himsel
/ a Christian saying that one churc
J as good as another, when st. Pau
, said to the Galatians: Though a
angel unto you than that which W
have preached unto you, let him b
accursed. And most assuredly tn
J various Christian churches are not al
| preaching the same identical gospe
to their respective members
| Christ foresaw and foretold wha
1.-THE preaching of His teachings woul
/ mean to His apostles. He knew tn
: violent deaths in store for them
cauldrons of burning oil, faying
{ alive. beheadings and cruciiixions.
would have been most cruel of Hin
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