The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-11-19
Are We Christians.

world, but, that there are false
notions about it among enough
protesting Christians to make it
less effective than at once was
among the masses. This could
be abundantly proven if we had
the presumption to delve into the
private lives of citizens. We
will, therefore, confne our OBJ
servations to public life and citi-
zenship to prove that Christiani-
ty is not now practiced in accord
ance with the rules laid down by
Him who founded it.
Beginning as far away from
home as possible, look at the So
called Christian nations of Europe
that are now doing the will of
the devil in a manner never
known to the world heretofore.
What must be the opinion of the
pagan nations concerning the
boasted superiority of the Christ
ian religion? Heathendom has
offered no parallel to such de-
bauchery since the foundation of
the world. Certain pagan faiths
teach that if you die in battle for
your country, you will go straight
to heaven; and during the late
Russo-Japanese war, the Japs
seemed to vie with each other in
getting into the most dangerous
position until they won the bat
tie. During that war we were
accustomed to comment upon the
fanaticism Of the heather Japs;
but the slaughter in those bat
ties was as child's play when
compared with what now takes
place almost daily in Christian"
Europe. 1t was said that very |
few of the Japs and Russians
knew what they were fighting |
about. The same is true to a far
greater extent among the rank |
and file of the armies now in the
field. Why? Because one proud |
would-be ruler has placed per-
sonal aggrandizement above
Christianity.
In America we see the same
spirit manifest at every election.
Certain townships and counties
have had the distinction of being
either Republican, or Democratic.
The number of voters of each
party is known to a fraction.
Some great moral reform bobs
up and good" men of all par
ties preach-and even pray-for
the success of the reform move
ment until one feels sure that
party lines will be forgotten and
the reform will be granted. But,
when the election returns come
in, we look over the vote and
find that each party voted prac-
tically the same number that it
had been doing since the time of
Andy Jackson. What became OF
the prayers of these good"
men? A minister of the gospel
said in our hearing the other day
that it was the professed Christ
ians that defeated the anti-liquor
in this state at the ..
last election. =,
We think it would be a good :
idea for US to make Christmas
1914 a time for some real reform.
Instead of buying Mary a plush
toilet set to be finally thrown into
the garret as a nuisance, give her ,,
a real comb and brush at one =.
fifth the cost, and put the other '
four dollars into the collection
basket of your church, and in
his way, strengthen the cause
If Christianity in not only your
,wn heart, but in your communi-
~. Let the gifts for just one !
year be to Him whose birthday I
We celebrate at Christmas. We Q
believe with all our heart that }
Individual restraint in this man. {
Ter will do more to make men |
'ote at the next election as they Z
prayed before the election, than '
my course of training that could d
,e devised. Il