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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1913.
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C0N90Cra> BY .MRS. \I. H.1T.LTD/I.
GENEROUS MB. CARNEGIE.
While there may be many objections
cerat and small to the way in which
Mr. Andrew Carnegie dispenses his
large donations of money, everybody
will agree that he is extremely gener
ous in his plans and liberal in his bene
factions. It also seems to be a pity
that those who bestow and those who
receive these gifts should not be able
to agree upon a middle ground where
both could stand, and each believe in
the honest purposes of the other. It
will not do to say that Mr. Carnegie
has sinister purposes that are not to
be eulogized or admired when he do
nates large sums of money to colleges
or libraries, because we can always go
back to the starting point any say, “the
money was his own before he became
willing to give it away.” That he is
willing to donate these large sums to
the benefit or uplift of humankind ar
gues. most successfully concerning his
interest in the people whom he hopes
to benefit or uplift, and it seems more
than a pity when the beneficiaries are
not only unthankful but determined to
rebuke him for so doing in published
criticisms. There was no objection
that I remember as to receiving the
money given by the Vanderbilts to the
university in Nashville. The first do
nation came from the old Commodore
Cornelius, who had taken to himself a
wife with southern sympathies and pre
dilections. The donation came through
her southern influence. From all re
ports the commodore did not accompany
the donation with any sort of religious
belief as to the plans and purposes of
the college, because he was never a re
ligionist, and made no such pretentions
If his reputation was correctly re
ported.
Therefore, Mr. Vanderbilt’s money
and Mr. Carnegie’s money are running
in parrallel lines, even if Mr. Carne
gie is a so-called "agnostic,” and averse
to denominational colleges.
If southern colleges are going to
draw such a line of demarcation at this
late day their delay has made them
subject to harsh criticism, because they
did not make an earlier protest par
ticularly as to receiving bequests from
anti-religionists such as those here
mentioned.
Ever since the Southern Methodist
church took over the publishing house
claim money that was afterwards paid
in large part to a well known lobbyist
and which action was blistered before
the United States congress and de
nounced by a number of southern con
ferences of the Methodist church, south.
It would appear that no question should
ever be raised as to how money was
donated or by whom, when that publish
ing house money went through on
greased skids, so to speak. It is well
known that the transaction reflected
no credit on those who determined to
take this claim money and who con
doned the payment of considerably
more than a third of the amount to an
active and unscrupulous lobbyist.
Mr. Carnegie’s money as before said
is his own. He proposes to give a mil
lion of dollars to establish and support
a medical annex to the Vanderbilt uni
versity founded and largely supported
by the money of the Vanderbilts, who
had no connection with the Methodist
mejnbers of the southern church. I am
not personally concerned in the matter
more than* to say as an old member of
this church that we seem to be strain
ing at gnats after having swallowed
some camels of considerable propor
tions and glaring offenses.
Dismiss Mr. Carnegie’s donation if
you please, but do not arraign him per
sonally as a person with questionable
'pretensions or motives as to the gift.
CARELESS HANDLING OF
CHLOBOFOBM.
Any agent or force so powerful as
chloroform ought to be as carefully
handled and patricularly safeguarded
as a regular poison drug. I am moved
to this statement by reaomg of the
outrage perpetrated on a nurse at the
Bed Cross sanitarium in Atlanta, who
was first drugged, then choked and the
room finally robbed of money and jew
elry, If such occurrences can take
place in the very heart of Atlanta
with its police protection and number
less facilities for instant communica
tion, who can consider themselves rea
sonably safe in the country places or
in smaller- towns?
If choloroform is lodged in the
hands of medical men or nurses, it
surely' should be kept under lock and
key, and somebody made responsible
for its custody, and it would be bet
ter to know who gives out the pre
scription in case one is suspicious as
to its abuse.
Perhaps the burglar and murderer who
used chloroform on the nurse at the
Red Cross sanitarium may never De
traced and convicted, out certainty
there should be some way to trace
chloroform for the protection of those
who can be thus assaulted and drug
ged.
Eternity alone can tell how many
murders and assaults have been com
mitted by first doping the victims, and
prevention is better than conviction
if it is possible to prevent such crimes.
Chloroform should be handled care-
fuly by medical practitioners because
jts effect can only be prospected by-
understanding ifs action on a weak
heart. As many people die from the
shock of the operation as those who
die ’from fatal effects of the surgeon’s
knife.
It Is simply common sense and
common prudence to attach a penalty
to the careless handling of a medical
agent like chloroform.
THE NOTED CONSUMPTION CUBE.
I cannot tell our readers how often I
have been appealed to through urgent*
letters to republish the following con
sumption cure. I have so many clip
pings from newspapers, that it is like
I hunting a needle in a haystack to find
one after several weeks have elapsed.
Ruffin, N. C.
Mrs. W. H. Felton: 1 send you with
this the formula for consumption.
Most respectfully,
MRS. A. J. GRIFFITH.
Ruffin, N. C.
A CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.
The distinguished Dr. Hoff, of Vienna,
has made public a remedy for consump
tion. It is the result of years of prac
tical investigation and is fortified by his
experience in the treatment of the dis
ease according to the formula he has
reoently proclaimed. We here give this
formula, or prescription, as he has com
municated it to the world through the
medium of the Central News Agency:
“Acid, arsenic, 1.
“Kal, carbon, dep., 2.
“Aqua cinnamylic, 3.
“Aqua destill, 6.
"Coque usque ad perfectam solution-
em; deinde adde cognac, 2.5.
"Extr. laudan, aqua, 3.
“Quod in aqua destil., 2.5.
“Solution et deinde filtratum fruit.”
Converted into plain English the for
mula runs as follows:
"Arsenic acid 1 part, carbonate of
potash 2 parts, cinnamyllic acid 3
parts, and distilled water 5 parts; heat
until a perfect solution is obtained,
then add 25 parts of cognac and 3 parts,
of water extract of opium which has
been dissolved in 25 parts of water and
filtered.”
And next comes Dr. Hoff’s statements
and specifications:
“Dr. Hoff’s direction are: ‘At first
take six drops after dinner and supper,
gradually increasing to 22 drops.’
“He states that he has tried the rem
edy on 200 patients from the lowest
classes, who had been long under ob
servation.
“Mild cases were quickly cured, and
partial cures were soon brought about
in severer cases. The appetite and
weight were increased steadily, the
fever lowered, night sweats, insomnia,
and asthmatic symptoms lessened,
cough decreased, and rattles stopped.
The patients are asked only to keep the
kidneys in order.
“The duration of the treatment de
pends entirely upon the condition of
the patient. Mild cases are cured in
two months but the more severe re
quire a year or two.
Dr .Hoff says he does not claim for
the solution the power of a magic wand,
which cures at touch; but he can state
this—that one of his patients had cav
ities In the lungs big enough to put
one’s fist into, yet he was cured in
about two years. It is absolutely nec
essary that the solution should be tak
en after eating, when the stomach is
full.
“The treatment must not be forced
by .increasing the doses. As long as
the patient shows signs of improve
ment the dose should not be increased.
It is sometimes beneficial to reduce the
dose.”
Evidently, Dr. Hoff is not a quack
with a nostrum to sell or a prophylac
tic to exploit. He is a professor of
medicine, recognized as high authority
in medical circles. 1 am glad always
to oblige Journal readers.
MRS. FELTON.
mBOfCOUfylRMEBS
PLANNING BIG INSTITUTE
Business’ Men of Talbotton
Get Ready to Give Rousing
Welcome on July 5
TALBOTTON, Ga. June 23.—The
Talbot County Farmers’ Institute, held
under the auspices of the State Col
lege of Agriculture, Athens, Ga., will
be held at Talbotton, Ga., Saturday,
July 6.
The welcome address will be made by
John Andy Smith, mayor of ‘Talbotton,
at 10 o’clock. The introductory re
marks will be made by Hon. N. G. Cul
pepper. ‘.‘The Dairy Cow as a Source
of Profit on the Farm” will be
discussed by Prof . J. L. Bishop,
adjunct professor of animal industry,
and by Prof. J. W. Firor, adjunct pro
fessor of horticulture, will speak on
“Co-operation.”
In the afternoon P. O. Vanatter, su
perintendent of/field experiments, will
speak on “Increasing the Yields of
Corn.” “The Results of Farm Demon
stration Work” will be discussed by J.
G. Oliver, district agent, (in connection
with U. S. department of agriculture)
or C. M. James. Mr. L. M. Calhoun,
of Louisiana, will speak on the boll
weevil problem.
The business men of Talbotton held
a - mass meeting at the court house
Thursday afternoon and decided to
give a barbecue on that day. Col. A.
I'. Persons was elected chairman and
Col. John Andy Smith, secretary of
the meeting.
The following committees were elect
ed: On finance, Col. A. P. Persons, J.
W. Jordan and Sheriff H. P. McDan
iel; on music, C. K. Mahone, E. L.
Bridwell, Jr., and R. Leonard: on ar
rangements in connection with finance
committee* O. L. Stinson, E. L. Bard-
well, Jr., and E. H. Spivey; on lem
onade and soft drinks, ,E. R. Matthews.
In a few minutes $152.50 was raised
among those present.
Over $200 will be raised and with
the picnic baskets which the farmers
will bring it is expected to make July
5 the banner farmers’ day at Talbot
ton. Music will be furnished by the
brass bands of the towns of Woodland
and Talbotton.
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“MAN-MADE
CREEDS’’
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W. A. CANDLER
IGAL
PLEADS FOR PURE MILA
American Medical Association
Closes Session in Minne
apolis Saturday
(By Associated Press.)
MINNEAPOLIS, June 20.—With only
three sections in session, the sixty-
fourth annual convention of the Ameri
can Medical sasociation practically came
to a close today.
At a joint session of the section on
diseases of children, with the American
Association of Medical Milk Commis
sions, pleas were made for pure milk, es
pecially for children.
Dr. T. C. McCleve, of Berkeley, Cal.,
discussed the common misconception of
certified milk. He gave especial credit
to the American Associated of Medical
Milk Commissions for the work that is
being carried on to obtain for the con
sumer a purer supply.
Dr. Henry L. Coit, of Newark, N. J.,
showed the supervision and ocntrol em
ployed by the milk system, to insure a
product uniformly reliable and safe as
based on fixed standards.
Dr. Henry F. Hfclmholz, of Chicago,
told of ahe role that certified milk is
playing in the infant welfare campaign,
and urged the importance of good milk.
T HE demagogue Is like the
poor in one respect, he is
always with us. He talks
in his oily way In the
commercial world, the political
world, and even In the theolog
ical and religious world.
The demagogue is fond of
“catch-phrases” which mean
nothing, but which wear a pleas
ing appearance to untrained eyes
and sound well to the ears of
tl»e thoughtless. One of the
phrases to which some are par
ticularly devoted is the declara
tion that “I do not believe in
man-made creeds.”
But can there be any creed at
all which is not n, man-made
creed? A creed is nothing more
nor less than what a man be
lieves, ana if a man thinks for
himself, he believes something
and makes up his own creed. It
may be in contradiction to what
any or all other men believe;
but if he is a man, and has
reached his own conclusion, his
creed is man-made If he is less
tlian a man, it might be a fool-
made creed; but it would still be
a creed.
A creed is not less a creed
THE EVENING STORY
A Blue Silk
(Copyright, 1913, by W. Werner.)
Dress
Aileen laid the dress, a dainty blue
silk affair, on the small table beside
the sewing machine. Her pretty cheeks
were red with resentment, and her
eyes, usually a pleasant dark blue,
snapped black. Mrs. Gage scornfully
•‘I WARNED YOU AT THE TIME THAT
IT WOULD NOT BE BECOMING TO
YOUB STYLE.”
smiled and drew on her long kid gloves
with affected nonchalance.
“X was told that you were a compe
tent dressmaker, or I wouldn’t have
risked my goods. As it is—” See
flung her white hands out in despair.
“I made the dress exactly as you or-
’’Perfectly!” stormed Aileen. “Only
she found after it was made that the
pale blue made her look washed out.
But we can’t help ourselves. It’s our
word against hers. She’s mean enough
to go to court, and we can’t afford to
get a lawyer. Maybe we can sell the
dress to some one for enough to pay
for the silk.”
“And waste our time—over a week!”
she cried, indignantly.
“We can’t help ourselves,” Aileen re
plied, wearily. She had worked every
night for a week to get the dress fin
ished In order to get the money for
some bills, and she had hoped to have
a few dollars left to get herself a new
dress. The big social event of every
year in the small town would come off
the next month—the dance given every
October by the militia company. Nell
already had a dress, a pale pink or
gandie that looked as though' it cost
a great deal, but in reality had cost al
most nothing, thanks to Alleen’s and
Nell’s skill.
Both girls had heen jubilant when the
pretty, rich, young widow patronizingly
entered the front room of the small
cottage where they had worked and took
care of an invalid mother. Her patron
age would be worth a good many dol
lars. And this was the outcome.
A few days later old Mrs. Feel, who
had owed them a big bill for three
years, came in and paid it, to their
voice broke and spoiled the effect.
However, Mrs. Gage did not seem to
hear. She swept out, halting at the
door to say; “I shall expect you to
reimburse me for the material you have
ruined, Miss Lane.”
Nell, Alleen’s sister and partner in
the dressmaking shop, rushed in from
the kitchen. “I heard her,” she walled.
"Aileen. what’ll we do? We can’t af
ford to pay her for that expensive silk.
And that dress .fitted her.”
dered It,” Aileen retorted, “although I
warned you at the time that it would
not be becoming to—your style.” The
pause before the last two words was
intended to be crushing, but Alleen’s
great surprise. Both had given it up.
“I know how 'you feel,” replied Mrs.
Peel shamefacedly. “But seems as
though I had so many things to pay
any way. Mr. Peel came into some
money, and I want some more sewing,
and you won’t have to wait for pay
Tor it.”
This was in the morning. Nell was
delighted and was already. planning
Aileen’s dress for the dance. In the
afternoon Mrs. G&ge, very determined,
drove up to the small porch and got
out ,pf her phaeton, leaving a tall,
good-looking young man to "hold her
horses. Nell and Aileen knew him. He
Was Victor Hoyle, the new manager of
the wholesale grocery house, the most
pretentious business establishment in
the small town.
“I quite expected to receive that
money from you long before this,” Mrs.
Gage stated.
Nell would have squabbled, but All-
een immediately got what Mrs. Peel
had given them. It happened to be the
exact amount that Mrs. Gage demanded.
“A . receipt, please,” said Aileen. Re
luctantly Mrs. Gage wrote It.
Nell niade a vigorous protest when
Mrs. Gage had left the house. ,
“Such language!” Aileen cried. ^
“I don’t care,” sobbed Nell. “It’s a
shame. The dress fitted her, and she
couldn’t have forced us to pay a cent!
I wish that piece of haberdasher's art
in her phaeton had come in. I’d have
let him into a choice bit of knowledge
concerning his lady love’s disposition.”
Silently Aileen began to tuck old
Mrs. Peel’s black percale house dress.
“Sometimes, Aileen, I think you’re
an Idiot,” Nell declared.
“Be careful," Aileen warned, with p
glance toward the bedroom where her
mother lay. "I don’t want mother
worried over it. And I wouldn't have
her telling around that we spoiled her
silk and wouldn’t pay for it, especial
ly to—” She closed her lips firmly
and a bit of color appeared in each
cheek.
“Sfte’ll tell it, anyway,” said Neil,
with conviction. "You see. As for
that upstart, Victor Hoyle, I don't
think much of a man that will tag
around after her—or, rather be dragged
around. For I really think the reason
he’s in her phaeton so, much is be
cause she swoops down on him when
she sees hi min the street and he can’t
get away.” Her breathless speech was
an angry mixture of temper, grief for
the vanished money and a genuine de
sire to assuage the ache that she knew
festeredin Aileen’s heart. For when Vic
tor Hoyle first came to town lie had
spent several evenings on the vine
shadowed porch, and Aileen, who had
heen never more than carelessly
friendly to the boys of the town, had
hurried her work in order to be dressed
every evening when he came. Then he
stopped coming. Neither Aileen nor
Nell had talked of him since.
"I don’t care about going to the
dance,” Aileen now said, curtly. She
was really telling the truth and Nell,
guessing why, had nothing to say in
comfort. But inwardly she vowed re
venge on Mrs. Gage.
The days went by quickly. Mrs. Lane
had a bad spell and Aileen had to give
her all her time, leaving the sewing
entirely to Nell, who was the swifter
worker. The doctor was a kindly old
man, but both the girls were ashamed
to think how small he made his bill.
And Nell murmured anathemas into the
whir of the machine. That money given
to Mrs. Gage would have helped in so
many spots. 1
At last Mrs. Lane was well enough
to be wheeled from the bed room out to
the sewing room. Her faded old eyes
suddenly lighted while Nell was show
ing her Mrs. Peel’s neat percale. “Ig
that Aileen’s dress for the dance?” sh&
asked, admiringly. “My! I always did
like that shade of blue! I remember,
when Aileen was a baby, she wore bows
of that color on Tier bonnet, and they
just set off her curly brown hair.”
Nell and Aileen, struck by the same
thought, stared at each other.
“Why not?” Nell demanded, produc
ing the blue silk that Mrs. Gage had
scorned. “You’re just her size. And
won't she rave when she sees you?
“OH1” SHE WAS NOT TALKING TO
TOM AS SHE SUPPOSED.
Won't”— Nell stopped, but Aileen,
looking with yearning eyes at the dain
ty dress, was framing the same ques
tion, and a little, spiteful gleam shot
through the yearning.
Aileen was very human. “I’d like”—
she began slowly.
“To have that snippy Victor Hoyle
see you in a decent dress,” Nell fin
ished. “So would I. Try it on. But I
know it won’t need a stitch of altera
tion.”
It didn’t. Mrs. Peel, who came to
stay with their mother the night of
the dance, went into raptures. Tom,
•the struggling young doctor who was
going to marry Nell some time in the
future when* his practice grew,. told
her she was a vision. And when, with
Nell and Tom, she entered the armory,
there was a buzz of admiration.
Nell looked straight across the room
and smiled straight into the angry eyes
of Mrs. Gage. “I guess I’ve fixed that
cat,” she announced gayly, "She is
probably sorry she— Oh!”
She was not talking to Tom, as she
supposed. Tom had moved off with
Aileen and Victor Hoyle was standing
beside her. Nell was impulsive and
had little command over her tongue.
“Why doesn’t he stay where he’s sup
posed to?” she asljed crossly. “Any
one would think he was engaged to Ail
een Instead of me,” smiling and pout
ing at the same time.
“To you?” Victor Hoyle demanded
excitedly. “Why—I was told—I un
derstood—that he and your sister—”
“I guess not,” declared Nell. “He’s
mine—all mine. Why, was that the
reason—”
“It was.” And then, without delay,
Mr. Hoyle hustled across to Aileen and
Tom, told that young man that Nell
wanted him immediately and took pos
session of Aileen. And Nell, watching
joyfully, saw that - Mrs. Gage was
watching, also. But there was no joy
In that lady’s eyes.
because only a few people be
lieve It; it is the belief of a few
ftB opposed to the belief of more
numerous bodies, but is a creeo
just the same. A man does not
get rid of accepting a creed be
cause he denies what everybody
else believes and believes what
everybody else doubts; iu sueh
a case the chances are that be is
eccentric and his creed is a freaks
ish folly, but a creed he has nev
ertheless. The only way to aveiti
-laving a creed would be to be
lieve nothing, ann suen a unu
versal denial of all accepted trutq
would be a one-legged creed stand’
ing on one article, viz.: "1 stead’
fastly believe that a man can be
lieve nothing.” That would fie
the creed of creediessness; but it
would be a creed just as really
and truly as the "Apostles Creed ’
Is a creed. What is really meant
by the denunciation of man
made creeds” is that the great
body of orthodox believers, who
agree upon the essentials of the
ology, shall be discredited for
what they believe, and they only,
who holu erratic and strange
notions, with which very few can
agree, shall be honoured as sin
cere and independent men. is
not this the narrowest sort of
egotism and the vainest sort of
conceit? ShaTl a man assume
that all the good and great men
who havfe studied the Holy Scrip
tures in the past and lived godly
and lofty lives on the creeds which
they have believed, were fools or
knaves, wanting in eitaer senso
or sincerity, while he claims for
himself alone the possession of
the truth? Is that very modest?
Is suci a position justified by
either reason or revelation? is
that the proper spirit in which
to approach any serious subject?
Is that the method which sensible
men follow in pursuit of truth in
any other branch of knowledge?
Newton discovered the law of
gravitation; will a man advance
in scientific knowledge by begin
ning his studies in science with-
the repudiation of Newton’s dis
covery? Edison and others have
greatly extended our knowledge
of electricity and its uses; but
could they have made even a be
ginning in their studies if they
had started with the assumption
that the electricians who pre
ceded them knew absolutely noth
ing about electricity? Hardly.
All the current theories of sci
ence are man-made creeds of sci
ence; but no one is foolish
enough to object to them on that
ground. Why is it that some
minds become rabid and proceed
to rant only when theological
questions are under discussion?
The theory of free-trade is a
man-made creed of political econ
omy; in modern times Adam
Smith gave to it clear formula
tion; but he was just a man—a
Scotch-man. Why should a man
rail at the followers of John
Knox for making a theological
creed, and applaud Adam Smith
for making an economic creed?
Religious creeds are neither
more nor less than the conclu
sions of good men who derived
their beliefs from the facts and
truths revealed in the Scriptures.
If one choose honestly to agree
with them, is he on that account
less wise than he who bellows
against them?
Same adjure us to lay down
our denominational tenets and
proeeed to get together in one
huge eeelesiastieism, But how
Shall we do it; and what profit
shall we find in so doing? If we
all believe the same thing, have
we net already all the unity de
sired? If on the other hand, wo
are not agreed, what is the use
of getting into common body to
fight out our battles of belief?
Do we imagine that the loss of
individuality will increase the
sum of human goodnpss in the
world? Or, do we dream that dif
ferences Inside a huge, obese,
apoplectic organization will De
less differences of belief because
we have housed ourselves to
gether?
It can hardly be doubted that
the sum of human peace has
been promoted by the habit of
mankind to separate into fami
lies; and in like manner the
great denominational families
have promoted religious purity
and peace, as no complicated
scheme of ecclesiastical commun
ism could have done it.
What is needed is not union in
one great organization, but broth
erly toleration towards denomi
nations other than our own. It
is very easy to say, "Let-us re
spect the Christians of other
churches than our own”; but it
is not always so easy to say, "Let
us respect the churches of other
Christians than ourselves.” But
the latter is a fay loftier mani
festations of the spirit of catho
licity.
It is useless to attempt to dis
guise the fact that many who are
most insistent on having just one
church in the world are resolved
on nothing less than that their
church shall swallow all the
other churches. They are the*
men who are most stiff and un
yielding in their demands. And
what is more remarkable, they
are agreed upon the great essen-
sential points. All the churches
are agred upon the great essen
tial doctrines of repentance,
faith, justification, regeneration,
and the like; but none of them
are agreed on ritualistic forms
and the various methods of
church organization and govern
ment, which are not of the es
sence of Christian life. Never
theless the men and churches
which urge most vociferously
their demands for “Christian
unity” and the renunciation of
"man-made creeds” are the very
men and churches which require
as a condition of Christian unity
the universal acceptance of some
one or more of their non-essential
tenets.
A good many years ago in
Missouri the late Bishop Marvin
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took' a very striking wgy of ex
posing a pretence of this sort. In
the town where the Uishop was
residing another preacher lived,
who was accustomed to ring the
changes perpetually upon the de
mand to "renounce your man
made creeds and let us all come
together upon the Bible alone.as
the oply rule of faith and prac
tice.” So at the close of a serv
ice in which the brother had
vociferated this demand for an
hour or more, Marvin went for
ward and offered himself for
membership in his church
upon that platform. The apostle
of creedlessness was highly elated
by winning such a man as the
Bishop „and asked, “When will
you be baptized?!’ to this question
Marvin modestly replied, “I was
baptized in infancy.” Whereupon
the apostle of unity rejoined,
“But, Brother Marvin, we do not
believe in infant baptism.” The
Bishop said, “But I do believe in
infant baptism, I think the doc
trine of infant baptism is clearly
taught in the Scriptures, and you
invited me to join you on the
Bible as our only creed. Now do
you propose to insist on your man
made creed which denies what I
believe the Bible teaches?” The
brother was put to confusion, and
could make no adequate answer
to the Bishop’s position.
uomt; such method will expose
all these proposals to renounce all
“man-made creeds.” The creeds of
the churches are just the statement
of what the several churches be
lieve the Bible teaches. It 1 is ego
tism in any man or any church to
assume that his or its creed is the
only true interpretation of the
scripture. It is worse than egotism
for one to assume that he only is
sincere in the assertion of what he
believes, and that all others are
holding to their forms of faith for
some other reason than sincere con
viction that their beliefs are true.
Unless it is possible for all
Christian men to think exactly
alike, or for all to quit thinking at
all, we must let men group them
selves according to their various
beliefs It does not seem to he
very apparent that any great gain
would come to us from diverting
ourselves of all but the essentials,
and upon them coming together in
one great organization. Such a
process would lead to a result most
monotonous and insipid. It is con
ceivable that it would lead to both
insincerity and persecution. Some
timid minds would be afraid to ut
ter their real sentiments and would
be tempted to disguise them, lest
their views might be construed as
violating the “essentials” agreed
upon. Other men, of a fierce and
aggressive spirit, would be quick
to fall upon their fellows, who ex
pressed opinions different from
their own, and punish them for in
fracting “the essentials.”
“Let every man be fully persuad
ed in his owi. mind,” and let him
then join with those of like mind in
doing all the good he can. Let all
of us guard scrupulously against
holding non-essentials as essentials,
and forbidding others to cast out
devils unless they follow our organ
ization. Let no man consider all
creeds but his own “man-made
creeds;” that is in' effect to claim
inspiration for his own beliefs and
charge infidelity to God’s word upon
all who do not agree with him. And
that is neither reasonable nor re
ligious.
The sin of schism is committed
when any man insists upon impos
ing on the whole body of the faith
ful what God has not made essen
tial to salvation. Separation from
an organization may or may not be
schism according to the facts in the
case; but intolerant zeal for non-
essentials is always schism in every
case
It is a wretched and un-Christly
thing to seek sectarian ends under
specious arguments and accusative
pleas for wnat Is called “Christian
unity.” Joab was an adept in
methods of that sort. “And Joab
said unto Amasa, Art thou in
health, my brother? And Joab took
Amasa by the beard with the right
hand to kiss him. But Amasa took
no heed to the sword that was in
Joal/s hand; so he smote him there
with in the fifth rib, and shed out
his bowels to the ground, and struck
him not again; and he died.” (II
Samuel xx.9-10.) The kiss which is
preliminary and instrumental to a
disemboweling is not a “holy kiss.”
It is wicked to inquire tenderly aft
er the health of thy “brother” while
holding in hand the sword with
which you propose to take his life.
It Is difficult for a good man to
frame a form of speech strong
enough to condemn justly a fratri
cidal purpose which conceals Itself
under fraternal professions while
moving to its deadly end.
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