The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-02-09

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to great congregation in the fash
iOnable Calvary Church, wealthiest
congregation in Tennessee, the Rt.
Rev. T. F. Gailor, Bishop of Tennes-
see, delivered memorable rebuke
to white Christians of the South
for surrendering the Negro to the
cruelty Of the low browed whites"
The sermon shook Memphis, and
gave city of excitement something
new to talk about.
One Of the greatest preachers of
his day, Bishop Gailor is a man of
rare elOquence For some years in
telligent colored men have been
doubtful OF the Bishops interest in
their welfare. They will welcome
his rebuke to the apathy of the
white South as new and stirring
witness for their cause.
Politics and murder make up the
life of Memphis. Money plays some
part, and intellectual freedom no
part at all. Bishop Gailor brandishes
the shibboleth of his faith. and COM
mands the followers of it to prove
their belief. And that belief involves
less mouthing and more practice
ing of what the Founder of Christ
ianity really taught and upon which
he banished ancient philosophy for
the divine passion of duty which
finds human expression in love Of
man, one for another. The following
is taken from the Commercial Ap
peal.1
HtJ took for his text ST. Matthew
5:2a: "Whosoever shall say to his
brother, Thou Fool, shall he in dan
ger of he'll fire.
These worGs were spoken by the
Lord Jesus Christ in his sermon on
the mount" said Bishop Gailor. "He
is insisting upon the fact of human
brotherhood. He quotes the ancient
law against murder and amplifies il
by declaring that he who is angry
with his brother without cause is il
danger of the judgement, and he wht
says to his brother 'raca,' simple
ton, is in danger of the council: but
he who calls his brother a fool is il
danger of hell fire"
'The whole discourse is built upoI
the fact of the brotherhood of al
members of the human family Thi.
truth rings out through all the Chris
tian writings. The Fatherhood O
God and the brotherhood of man
these are the great central Christian
principles. We are members one o
another we are not alone. We d,
not work singly. Our very salvation il
connected with that of our brother
who sits beside us. Life touches
life and soul is bound up with sou
in the great family of God.
man who works for himsel
alone and permits the thought of hi
own happiness, here Or in the worIc
to come, to absorb his whole attention
without thought of the happpines
and well-being of his brethren, is OF
the way to death-the lonely wretehec
death of selfisllness. He is like al
arm cutting itself off from the body
1t Will wither and slrivel up and die
This is the reason in our own natur,
for the church, which Christ found
ed We live with and for one an
other. Our eternal hopes are everlast
ingly inter-related and intertwine,
We are members of the same famil,
partakers of the same privileges, en-
compassed by the same dangers
saved hy the same Lore. Here befor
God, as His children in Christ w
are all--men and women of ever
race arid name-we are all on th
rs all weak, all sinful. al
having a battle to fight and souls t.
save.
Condemns Sco1n of Neighbor.
"Thus we are brethren; and ou
Lord says 'Whosoever shall say unit
his brother, thou fool, shall he i
danger Of hell fire. He does no
mean that we should countenanc
folly or fail to recognize it. Wha
He condemns is scorn of our neigh
hor-scorn that is always made II
of two things-arrogance and crue
ty. Who made you better than ar
other? BY what power have you re
ceived more talents, more gifts,
better station? Who gave you tn
right to injure your brother? Ho,
is 1t, that you are so great, SO neces
sary 30 noble, that you can despis
and stamp out another life, tha
is wretched and poor and weak
What makes the wrath against ar
other?
Must Help the Negro Race.