The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-01-06
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Dear Sir: Having been an in
terested reader of The Jeffersonian
Cor long time, wish to offer q few
words of hearty commentator Of the
great work you are doing through
the columns Of your most interest
ing and splendidly edited paper.
To any fair-minded man who loves
religious freedom (Which has it's
origin only in a strict compliance to
the teachings of the Holy Bible) and
a Government, the ruling of which
Is vested in the people though he be
a man of very limited intelligence,
the great truths which are today
being heralded to a thoughtless and
wayfaring republic through the coll
umns Of The Jeffersonian, will surely
find fertile ground in which to
spring up and bare fruit in opposi-
ton to the great Octopus of spir-
itual depravity and political corrup-
ton which today looms mountain
like upon the horizon of American
liberty, true christianity and in
dustry
Two great obstacles are in EVIL
dence at this time and are casting
many impediments in the way, thus
weakening the battle against the
beast. First, the average American
is either ignorant, or pretends to be,
of the approaching menace, and stub
bornly persists in sleeping over his
rights and his obligations to home
and country, Mn that he cannot be
made to see the Importance of read
ing and thereby keeping himself in
formed as to the enemy's every
move.
Second, we have today, as Prot
estants, fallen away from that stead
fast faith in Jesus Christ, who died
that we might have life, and that
we might have it more abundantly.
We as a people have not about us
that purity of spiritual steadfastness
which characterized the Pilgrim
fathers and mothers and for which
they crossed the sea, and laid the
foundation of this democracy, and
blazed the way for the generations
that have followed them, to worship
God in spirit and in truth, having no
other gods before him, nor making
unto themselves any craven images.
In our present deplorable state of
spiritual lukeWarmness, with our
lust for gold and worldly pleasure
destroying the SAVIOR in the salt of
our religious life, greatly weakens
our resistance to this foreign foe,
which at this moment stands ready
to Wrest from our careless grasp our
religious freedom, overthrow the
American Government and destroy
the happiness and safety of our peo-
pie, upon whose bounty she has long
Toasted, and whose hospitality she
has taken advantage of to regain her
lost power
Could anvth 'ng be more treacber-
ous than Rome's method of regain
ing her lost glory? Can the mind
of man o~ceive q more damnable
case Of hro'en faith? What she did
to John Hnss, she will do to America.
It is an alarming fact that many
so-called Protestant patriots have,
and arc becoming attracted to
Pome's ~ Sous do@mas because Of
! her excee Fn~ly slack spiritual obi
cations hey find it so convenient
= those PLEASURE seeking, money
craving, worldly-Wise Protestants
who in their mad rush for gold, po-
litical pie ard social recognition, hold
fast to those things which are an
abomination to the Lord, and cudgel
their. scored cOnsniences to sleep and
make bolin"e Trey maintain perfect
zeal of Cod, havino, as they assert,
once felt the powar of God unto sal
walton tFrough Jesus Christ our