The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-28
The CoLored Church
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princes, queens and all the worthless
privileged classes live in Injuries and
ease, while. those who toll, "be sub
ject to the powers that BET" Why
should maidens be violated, women
degraded, children be starved, de-
graded and oppressed? How long!
Oh, how long! will a people that
are surrounded by schools, libraries,
books and colleges, denounce their
reason? How long will they be led
by the ignorant superstitions and
barbarism of the past? Will we
never cease to worship gilded vice,
ever turn our backs and close our
eyes to injustice, embrace hypocricy
and corruption? We should have
sense enough, manhood and woman
hood enough to condemn the indie
cent, the unjust, and impure, no mat
ter where found. If ever there was
an institution that was sacred, holy
it is the institution of marriage.
But read and ponder over 1 Cor.
vii. 1t is beyond the imagination,
to conceive of the condition of the
human mind that becomes so callous
and absurd, so utterly devoid OF
sense, humanity and reason, as to
justif the indiscriminate and mer-
CHESS slaughter of women and babes
in war. The human being that could
slaughter smiling, prattling, sucking
babes, must have the heart of a ser
pent, the brain of hyena and the
pity of a crocodile. The cruel, rip
ping open of women, the slaughter
ing of the old and decrepit, the vio-
lating of maidens and numbering OF
babes, never was, is not now, and
never will be an act of mercy.
Never was commanded by any high
er than a savage, murderous, bar
barian. "Oh, judgment, thou hast
fled to british beast. and men have
lost their reason" Were to find in
a temple of savages that worshiped
snakes these words written upon the
dried skin of some babe no surprise
would be expressed, viz, "Thou shalt
kill the ram, and take of his blood,
and put it upon the tip of the right
ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of
the right ear of his sons, and upon
the thumb of their right hand, and
upon the great toe of their right
foot" (Ex. xxx, 20).
"Now. therefore, kill every male
among the little ones, and kill every
woman that hath known man by
lying with him. But all the women,
children, that have not known man
by lying with him keep alive for
yourselves" (Num. xxi, II, 49,
The above command was given to
the soldiers of an invading army. In
the name of common sense, in the
name of humanity, in the name of
reason, could such an indecent, such
an outrageous, such a diabolical COM
mand have emanated from an inspir-
ed writer of God or the devil? Could
the devils lawgiver have given a
more hellish command? The cruel
wars of subjugation, oppression and
determination from Moses to David
would disgrace even the cannibals of
Africa.
at is no more I that sin, but sin
that dwelleth in me-" might be good
for Paul. but not for present day
ethics. Morality has it's foundation
upon humanity, justice, charity.
Stealing was wrong before the Ten
Commandments were even written.
Long before the time of Moses
murder was a crime. Again I add
membership in all the churches of
the world would be no guaranee of
honesty and good character. lnll-
tation, pretense, hypocrisy is too
rampant in the world. Why should
we pretend that we love our enemies.
No sensible person loves their enc
mics, such is impossible. There was
a story told of a dying Spaniard.
Knowing that he was about to die he
sent for the priest to administer to
him the last sacrament. The priest
after giving him words of consolation
admonished him to forgive all who
had wronged him, and to love his en-
emies. Father" replied the dying
Spaniard, 81 forgive all and have
no enemy" What" replied the
priest, "you have no enemy?" "No,
father, killed the last one two
weeks ago." The church should de-
stroy those prejudices that are a
curse to the world. 1t must teach
that the sensible, the true, the just,
are the only chosen people. In the
brotherhood of man is the salvation
of the world, regardless of race,
creed, color or nationality. In our
future discussion some facts that are
not generally known, and by the