Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-01-26
Some French History
When, Where, How and Why Church and
State we're United,

By James Emerson Roberts, Pasto
Peoples Church, Kansas City, Mo.
"Liberty is the one word with
out which all other words ar
vain " Nothing is more sacre'
than the natural rights Of man
No institution which pei sistentl,
ignores those rights can persistent
ly endure. No master can h.
great enough or holy enough t,
make slavery sweet. The end o
law and religion, the genius O
civilizaticn n and progress is t.
make mon free. No people Cal
be greas and wear yoke. A chain
though every link wsle gold, de.
grades. Amy system of politic
that makes an alliance with in.
Justice, oppression and inequality
will soon or late be called to al
account. Any system IF rellgie I
that requires blind obedience ant
unreascning faith, subservlng ant
ssrvisude can continue it's swa,
only over the weak, the timid anC
the ignorant. Progress is achieved
by the conflict of ideas. The laws
the custc ms, the institutions ol
civilised man constitute the record
and contain the results OF thai
conflict. In the mighty drams
of history nothing possesses great
er determining power than the
idsa and conception man holds ot
himself. According az he views
himself, according to the judg
ment that he has about his rela
tion to his fellownen, his rights
as rational being, his dignity OF
degrao alton, his equality or hit
humllistlon. upon that idea tbs
destiny of mankind hinges. Al
man thinketh in his heart, so is
he. Mighty or insignificant, great
or small, free or slave, ruler o,
ruled, sovereign or subject. man
or manikin. master or bondman,
prince or uppet. ss he thinks and
wills, so is he. In the mighty ar
tragic past progress has been re-
tsrded or advanced according tJ
those ideas men have had of thei,
rights, position and juet inberi.
tsnce in this world.
Look where we will in the past,
we find society divided properly
into two classes, the rulers apd
the ruled, the sovsreigns and the
subjects. The rulers nossess or.
mics, wealth and power; the ruled
possess their property and even
lives at the will of the MAJ ters.
There came now and then great
wondrous dreamers, dreamers who
saw afar the golden dawn of day
of human in depeu dence and equal.
ity, but the dreamers died fol
their dreams. The rulers were
mighty, the subjects were weak.
The subservienoy, the cringing,
the terror, the fear Of generations
were in the traditions, the blood,
the very souls Of mon. Mankind
was on its knees in the presence
of arrogance, pomp and power.
After a while it seemed as if re-
ligion would form a scheme ot
universal emancipation. Religion
preached ags inst oppressors, pro.
claimed the equality of men, the
brotherhood of msnkind, on
Providence over all, one origi1
and destiny of the human race
and subjugated and dsspairine
people heard, and a new hope be-
gan to glow in the human heart
The rulers saw this and they were
alarmed. They undertook to ex
terminate tho hope and the peo
pie that cherished 1T. They burn
ed them at the stake, fed them te
wild beasts, covered them will
pitch and lighted the streets with
them. slaughtered them wherever
found, or drove them into exile
Still their numbers increased un.
der prosecution. Then the rulers
adopted the opposite policy. The,
took religion into partnership
Tha prince and prelate oonspirei
together-f t 9 full conspiracy
Henceforth two masters instea(
of one. ons with chain for th'
body, one with fetters for tn
brain. will make aut jugation O
man complete. Henoeforeh princ'
and prelate, two vultures, viii
rend and tea, the liberties OF man
Early IN the fourth eensur,