Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-29

| Of Paris was written. Death is an
Eternal Sleep" The goddess of reason
was enthroned at Notre Dame-then the
| French revolution and the reign of ter
| ror.
japan, in the first flush OF its triumph
over Russia seemed to be unconquer-
able, but the plucky little nation was
we'll nigh exhausted by It's brief struggle
with one great power. The Japanese.
! in private life, are to-day the most
immoral people on earth. 1t Is all very
we'll for those of us who live at this
distance to rail at our fellow Americans
on the Pacific Coast for their efforts
to preserve the purity of their civiliza-
ton against the yellow Peril" Call IL
an Imaginary menace If you will, but
any of us would be false to the obliga-
| tons we owe to the future, IL, similar
| ly situated. we did not, like the patriots
Of California and Nevada and Oregon
and Washington, strive, by all peaceful
means. to keep our public schools free
from the corruptng current of unspeak-
able foulness rolling in from Asia and
its islands. japan is in the unhappy
state of transition between a false reli-
| gion and n true. The explanation for
her present low moVal condition is that
! the Japanese people IN the main seem
in the transition, to be hating midway,
without any religion. II requires no
prophet to foretell the certain doom of
japan, unless the forward march con-
tinues to the acceptance of religion
which guarantees a sound morality that
shall be permanent.
The red robe of the prophet is chal-
lenge sufficient to the fanatica hosts
of Islam. Flaunted by the Sultan, It will
drive the faithful to the frenzed pur-
suit of an earnestly sought death guar
anteeng immediate translation to para
disc. 1t is such religion as this to
which Turkey has pinned It's faith 1t
sanctions the horrors of harem and
iustifies The shedding of innocent blood,
It was on the basis of this religion that
the lately-deposed ruler attempted to
build an enduring empire. After %
years of heartless despotism, the Young
Turks revolted against the despot. vet
without any protest against the system,
which made the despot. In fancied
| security, the reform party along the
Bosporus fails to recognize that the re
ligion which made Abdul Hamid II a
tyrant will inevitably produce the tyran-
ny of the advisors and successors of
Mehmed V. The redemption of Turkey
from the reign of Righteousness and
blood, lies on the horizon of the coming
day when rulers and ruled with ons
consent, shall abandon Mohammedanisn
forever to espouse the religion that guar
antees brotherhood, purity and conse-
quent permanence.
But why multiply examples? The fail
ures of Greece. of India and China and
France md Japan and Turkey have
their counterpart in every other natior
established on a suhstructure of false
religion. Truth is absolute and eXciu
sive and there is but one true religion
known to the records of time. 1t is &
religion blended with authority. 1t is g
religion of kingship. 1t is the religion
of Daniels God handed down through
a Son co-equal with the Father. 1t is
the religion of Kingdom established
by God the Father and perpetuated b
the Triune God, Father. Son and Holy
Spirit. "How great are His signs
How mighty are His wonders, HI.
Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, anC
His dominion is from generation to gen
Grafton"
But you ask. How about Israeli" Wa!
It not a theocracy? Was not our God il.
recognized leader? Yes and yet it per
ished from the earth as an Independent
nation. In the light Of the facts we arr
compelled to admit that the externa
Kingdom of Israel was not an everlasting
kingdom. From one point of view i
was failure. The loss Of the Ten Tribes
the captivity and the final scattering
al n in,
potency Of Isracl's God. but because o
disobedience and failure to follow he Goo
Of the old dispensation and the new In
? larger and better sense the Jewish religion
, was not failure. Jesus, the Son Of thu
= Living God was an Israeite withou
guile, and through Him the kingdom o
Israel is perpetuated as an everlasting
kingdom The current of love, once Sc
in motion, never stops in It's on-going in
} iiuence. The kingdom of unsehshness /
without end.
But now you point to n modern ex
t ample. You say. and rightly. that n
= people We're ever more sincerely relig
| ious than the Beers, of South Africa
They worshipped our God with a de
votion that was undivided. They honor
. ed the King of kings with their sub
stance and We're inflexble in their devo
ton to Christ and His teachings. Never
: theless Paul Kruger their Christa
president. died in exile Lord Robert
and his British soldiery seized ever
veldt and village and vantage point an
E the South African republic is only
\ memory.
; 1t is true there have been nations fo
r lowing tho true God which have falle
S before the arms of a stronger foe an
7 1t Will not disprOve our main propositio
to grant that there may yet be Chris
J. tan governments that will fade out E
= existence. Who dares 10 preuict IN
l. / political aspect of Europe as it will
l. tomorrow? In citing any concrete e,
= amples OF Christian nations obliterate
e we may miss the chief fact that should b
II observed namely this, that every huma
n kingdom has its spiritual. as well as il
IS material side. The government founde
a n correct religious PRINCIPLES ma,
from various causes, in its earthly. on
q ternal organization only crumble AVA,
! There is however, the subtle influenc
4 Of truth set in motion that goes n
h forever after the organization resnor
e sibe for its first impulse is altopetbe
u forgotten. The ten commandment,
q handed to the Jews from Mount sino
II as first accepted by them. abide as n
l. code of mankind, even though the JEWS
d nation is no more and through them II
g kingdom of Isreal continues in it's marc
'e of unending triumph down the centurie
I. The external government of the Roo,