New Britain herald., 1926-10-25
SAYS PEOPLE DON'T
 DARE BE CHRISTIAN
Prof. Vaughan CTiticiZeS Weak.
 inss at E. B. C. Meeting

ness which refused to do necessar. things on Sunday because it Is Sun day were denounced by Prof D. D Vaughan at a session of Eyeryman! Bible class yesterday morning. Tht attendance was 2S0, which was abou so more than the same Sunday { year ago.
 Announcement was made of the Red army banquet tomorrow eve ming.
 In part, Prof. Vaughan said;
 This old world of ours has been cursed by a terrible war. the worst in all human history. The world to- day is a world of broken brother hood. Men have asked the question again and again. Why did not the Church prevent the war?' The church ought to have done it; yes it ought; but 1t did not, Why didn't it? We'll, because the church neither seriously preached brother, hood nor seriously practiced broth erhood. We have shown that we have not seriously practiced 1t by denom- national antiquities. We are gradu- ally getting away from that.
 "A man visited little town and said 10 woman in the Baptist church, How is the church getting aong? She said. It is not getting along very well, but thank God the Methodists are doing no better
 This petty spirit is passing away this denominations antipathy and doctrinal bigotry. this fundamental and evolutionary controversy. The Dayton trial was a disgrace to the United States. Over in England they cannot understand 1t; the English were beyond that a long time ago of the Orient, and we are beginning 10 ask some very serious questions You know that Christianity came out of the Orient, and we are beginning 10 wonder whether the Orient has not great contribution to make to Christianity in the future. Mrs Vaughan heard a man from India talk last Sunday. and he said it was not uncommon for a native of h. dla to walk up 10 a British soldier and say, Are you a Christian? Why don't you take off your uniform and cease to use methods you know Jesus wouldn't use?' There was one soldier who was going to throw the man down and put him in iail just to prove he was a Christian. There were days when we could do that but We see the inconsistency of it now.
 T think it is Professor Fisher who say5 that if any group with the abil- lty to put it over were really to put over Christianity as Jesus really taught 1t, the organized Chris. tan church of the world would rise up against them and make them stop, The most dangerous thing a man can do is 10 take Jesus seri- ously-especially in economic and international relationships.
 Now the church in the past has not taken Jesus seriously. There have been some men who bava boop rather critical of the professors in some Of the theological seminaries. tell you, friends, I know these professors pretty well. and they are trying 10 clear away some of the ritualistic and ecclesiastical debris so that the world can discover and know Him. We have lost Jesus where his parents lost Him-in the church. Tolstoy suggests that the church does not reveal Jcrus, it ob- scures him. The church is giving us today sacerdotal Christ, a mysticai and philosophic Christ instead of the Jesus with sawdust in his hair and hlistcrs on his feet and callousos on 'hlS hands the carpenter of Nazareth.
 Sir Edward Gray. speaking in the house of commons, on May 24, 1916. said, T care not how often I say it; but this war might have been avert ed if there had been q conference Why was there no conference? Be cause there was no good will. The only man who ever lived who had any sense was Jesus.
 Tn the old avs I used to say to people when I was q pastor. Won. you please come 10 Jcrus?' I don't say it that way any more. any moro than l would say you, Won't you please ohserv cthe law of grayita- tion9' Jesus taught the only basis cf social relationship that will work The logical outcome of hate is al- ways her, Practice hate and re venFe and really follow it out to Its 'ogi"al conclusion and what do you md? | hit ycu once. md you hi r. e twice. I h't hack folr t'ncs ana vou come bccr al ne six times
 hcro is no- lrr-up for hate this d of hoIl. IT you dor't think so loo, al 'h Kcr'ucl-y f-udr in the nountains of the sout Some of ,ou have heard that man, Rurae. rroetdort cf ( southern college, t2l'i. He 'olls low his ia cr ha' fo wo-r avay ith his boys from tNn south hn unborn sons dedicated to f2ht the silly personal ba'tl Of their srand- .athcrs and that stupidity has hcea gong on for crnturea
 'If yau don't think tho logical out come of hate is hell look at the Ball5ans There wo lrvc pretty good argument 'o~ America keeping out oF Euronoan fUezoa I am in favor of the international spirit. but l can understand thc situation Of the man who wants us 10 keep out. There is no use in mi.inc up with an insane asylum. Whon people in sist on hating there isn't much to be done I have at home q book that was used in France in the kindergartens. l can read enough French 10 read that primer. After the war they were caohirg those little French babies hate.
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