The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25

! must DeleVe OF ali Cne human beings
in the world, our infinite an all merci-
full father, God, set apart, chose, Sc
lected, preferred, the children of
Abraham above all the others of his
fellow creatures. If he is the father
and creator of US all, why should
there be chosen few? There is
nothing more foolish than the doc
trine of "Superiority of race" The
idea that superiority in intellect,
morality, or physique, is based upon
the color and texture of the skin, is
infinitely absurd.
No race has monopoly on morali-
ty, Drawn, or brain. Full many a
gem of purest ray serene, The dark
imfathomed caves of ocean bear; Full
many a flower is born to blush I'M
seen, And waste its sweetness on the
desert air"
The brotherhood of man is not and
never can be based upon the teach
ings of the church. The Christian
robber, swindler, Ebertine and re-
probate that is connected with the
church, is led to believe that he is
far better than an outsider of the
church although the life of the lat
ter, be honest and morally pure. If
only the good, the honest, the pure,
composed the church-but we see
both wheat and tares. Among the
members of the church we not only
see the kind and just-but the vile
and vicious. To be branded as
church attendant and Christian seems
to destroy all moral constraint in
some individuals. They feel "It is
no more l that sin; but sin that
dwelleth in me-" "Cursed be he that
keepeth back his sword from blood"
(Jer. ALVIII, 1OD. "Thus saith the
Lord God of Irael, Put every man his
sword by his side, and 60 in and out
from gate to gate throughout the
camp, and STAY every man his brother,
and every man his companion, and
every man his neighbor" eek. XXI,
27. "Spare them not, but slay both
man and woman, infant and sucking"
Il Sam XIV, 81. "Slay utterly old
and young, both maids and little chill
dren" (Ezeh TX, g.. "For fire is
kindled in mine anger, and shall burn
unto the lowest hell, and shall con-
sumo the earth with her increase, and
set on fire the foundations of the
mountains. l will heap mischiefs up
on them; l will spend mine arrows
upon them. They shall be burnt with
hunger, and with bitter destruction;
| will also send the teeth of beasts
upon them, with the poison of SER
penis of the dust. The sword with
out, and terror within, shall destroy
both the young man and the virgin,
the sucking also with the man of
gray hairs" (Dent. AXXII, 22-25).
the above was from the God of the
Old Testament; the following is from
Christ of the New Testament.
"Think not that l am come to send
peace on earth; l come not to send
peace but a sword" (Matt. x, 34)
and "He that hath no sword, let him
sell his garment, and buy one" (Luke
XII, 36). "For l come to set a man
at variance against his father, and
the daughter against her mother, and
the daughter-in-law against her
mother-in-law; and mans foes shall
be they of his own household" Matt.
x, $3.50.
| Suppose We that 1 am come to
give peace on earth? l tell you Nay;
but rather division" (Luke XII, sly.
"But those of mine enemies, which
would not that I should reign over
them, bring hither, and slay them be-
fore me" Uuke KIN, 27). In the
name OF common sense, in the name
of justice, in the name of humanity,
can these messages promote peace and
happiness "The anger of the Lord
and his jealousy shall smoke against
that man, and all the curses that are
written in this book shall lie upon
him, and the Lord shall blot out his
name from under heaven" (Dent.
xxx, 2O). "And my wrath shall
wax hot, and I will kill you with the
sword, and your wives shall be wild
ows, and your children fatherless"
Eek. XAI, 24). "The Lord is a man
of war; (Ex. XIV, -. 81 will tread
them in mine anger, and trample
them in my fury" Elsa I, XIII, -.
"Shall there be evil in a city and
the Lord hath not done it (Amos. III,
| g.? "Thus saith the Lord, Behold l
will raise up evil against thee out of
thine own house, and 1 will take thy
wives before thine eyes, and give
them unto thy neighbor, and he shall
lie with thy wives" G. Sam XII, ~.
So might hundreds of different pas
sages be quoted from this BOOK of
BOOKS! Throughout Christendom
IAC1O 10 ulo1S lying, SlSdIlLlS cIlu
stealing, more drunkenness and de-
bachery, more robbery, murder and
corruption, than all the pagan and
heather countries of the world. Why
is it? Is it not be cause of that false
and hipocritical moral standard of
Christianity? Christian nations have
been involved in all of the savage
brutal and most bloody and inhuman
wars that have been fought during
the history of this world. On every
battle priests and preachers has
blessed both sides of opposing armies
and asked Gods aid in the slaughter.
And according to the christian God
| was always on the side of the vic
torious army. How long! Oh how
long! will mankind grovel in the
dust? How long! Oh how long! will
they be deceived by the false teach
ings from this book written in the
dark ages of barbarism and supersti-
ton? Let US become united to pro-
mote the progress of the world and
the brotherhood of man. Let us
learn, know, love and tell the truth.
There is no class of people more dis
couraged in the world than the color