Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-01-23

f[PIS q T. RI5SEIDl Truth is the
H., great Emancipu-
tor. All ensavers oppose the Truth,
knowing its power on the minds of
their victims. The taskmasters of to-
day would fain hide the truth from
wagc-slaveS, but find it impossible-so
great is the power of the press-and
there are publishers who have not sold
their moral sense for sordid gain.
When chattel slavery prevailed, the
master found it advantageous to edu-
cate his slaves and thus increase their
value. but disadvantageous to instruct
them along the lines of human rights
The feudatory lords were very willing
that the common people consider them
demigods, not subject to law as others.
The same principle apparently
prompted the emperors to proclaim
themselves. "pontifer mapislus." and to
encourage their people to worship
them. The natural sel6shness of man
ever prompts him to take advantage
of others: and ignorance has been the
chain which has bound the masses.
The Bible has been the great Eman-
cipator Of slaves-mental. moral and
physical 1t is the Torch of Liberty,
lighted by Divine Providence. The
Bible alone tells US that all humanity
are Of one blood, creatures of the same
God, amenable to Him. While the BIZ
BILE instructs that kings and ali in au.
thority should be recognized, it also
tells that the king is amenable to ex-
actly the same laws as his most mental
slave. and that If he violates these
laws he is as sure to be punished.
Moreover, the Bible points out that
the present is related to the future life
as cause to effect 1t shows that every
act. word and thought bears upon
acknowledgements. and prepares us
for higher things in the life to come or
gives us more difficulty in reaching per
lection and everlasting life.
slope Thou In God"
Looking into the past, we see Israel,
sodden with fear of their Egyptian
taskmasters, not daring to take steps
for liberty. But after the Exodus, after
Gods Covenant with them at Sinai.
they were a changed people. The hopes
AhoplLcu ny lhC oSLAptuiCo
them as a nation when contemporane-
Gus civilization persisted.
The Jews undoubtedly destroyed
their own nationality. The Romans
merely performed the funeral rites in
destroying Jerusalem, A. d. 70. The
Emperor evidently claimed that the
Jewish religion must necessarily be at
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character. Their liberty, used contrary
to Divine instruction, led to discomfort
and anarchy.
1 Christ's Followers Set Free.
The Message of Jesus and the Apos.
ties attracted some 'Israelites indeed"
anxious to serve God. The early
Christians courageously suffered perse
cution and carried the Gospel every
where The Roman emperors. Nero
and Diocletian. perceived that Chris
tians had courage which they feared
would be infectious, and perse, uteO
them horribly. But the Master had
freed them from fear of death.
Then came Il long period OF darkness
when the Scriptures were forgotten
and only the words of bishops were
heard-words misunderstood to be OF
Divine authority through Apostolic Sue
cession. Next came centuries under
coAtrol OF crecds and church councils
Darkness. ignorance and superstition
prevailed although God had His wit
nesses Throughout tAat long period
Finally the Bible again emerged, wheI
printing came into use. Gods tim'
had come for the Bible again 70 be thu
Torch OF Liberty. ana independence
proportionately came forward. Toda!
Britain. Germanv Scandinavia ant
America lead the world, because or tn
light from The ','., OF God
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