Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-07

was found guilty and required on his +
knees to recant his astronomical her
estes Not being imbued with the spirit /
of the martyr The old man consented,
at the same time, however saying to
himself ''e pur ii muoyre and yet |
ZIG does paove meaning the earth
The above are some Of the many /
noted men who were prosecuted By /
the church for their scientific views
AS to the lesser lights who were the
victims Of the Inquisition, for similar
reasons they may be counted BY the
thousands. No one Will pretend 70
say that this opposition on the part Of
the church to freedom az thought has
not leen greatly detrimental both 70
its own interests and % the advance
ment Of the industrial, scientific and
literary world What il wanted, as
has been ilatinated above. lis such q
coalition Of all the intellectual forces
of the world ais will pull the church
out Of the slough of despond into
which it has fallen in recent years.
We need to gather, skeptics and all,
Into grand brotherhood around
Christ, The most beautiful and loyable
characters 10 he found ii the pages Of
8alf history Whether you regard Him
Fas d mere man or Az god in human
shape, yon can love Him for His one
supreme trait His utter and total
Eself-abnegation
Self-intcrest or selfishness is the
most aEonlinablo and detestable char
acterisiic which meets US at every
turn III life, and we need new Ref
formation and new Luther to combat It
u There is hardly a single mean action.
committed IN human society, which
may not be traced To II whether Il be
Tying, stealing, cheating. slandering,
Tor what not II is the basis on al
Ievil, end the moral world will never
Aarriye at perfection until II Is voted
Iout Christ chose His disciples be-
cause they lacked this trait they
were willing to sacrifice their all to-
follow Him Unlike the rich maR,
who had great possessions and had
kept all the commandments from his
\ youth. when Christ told him he would
have to sell all lie had and give the
proceeds 10 the poor. he refused and
went away sorr0Wing He was too
selfish to follow Christ ait the price
asked However ne know that the
Heaven is with us and we see it cap be.
made to work on great occasions. Is
the last fewEyears we have raised mill
lions. IL not billions OF dollars for al
4 truistic purposes. Many played the
/ part Of the rich man. They refused to
give Verify they viii have their re-
ward Let is hope that our expert
fcnce lii this war has drawn us nearer
10 that point which will eventually
make the whole world kin and usher
in a common brotherhood for high and
low alike We have much to do yet
Ito reach that beatiflc state But it's
Gods purpose that we shall finally
arrive at that degree Of perfection. We
have an encouraging assurance from
the poas who SAYS
Iet doubt not through the fu-
tnre oac increa sing purpose runs,
And the Thoughts of men are evidenced
Fly the process 81 the huns
Christ also assured US Of the same
fWhea He says And ! . If be lifted
up from the earth. will draw all men
unto me- that is into the common
brotherhood Of man May not the
movement for church unity be an IN
dication that lis second coming is
not far on
In q second paper ! shall consider
the question of how far the physical
world Is nearing perfection
SAMUEL GARNER
March G, 1919