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.. | {{Style P-No indent|his own actions; that if he put his hands in the fire, ''his'' hands must smart, and not the hands of another. In other word that each man must eat the fruit of the tree he p’ants.}} | ||
{{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|14-12}} | I cannot conceive that the teaching of these doctrines would fill penitentiaries or crowd the gallows. The doctrine of forgiveness—the idea that somebody else can suffer in place of the guilty—the notion that just at the last the whole account can be settled—these ideas, doctrines, and notions, are calculated to fill penitentiaries. Nothing breeds extravagance like the credit system. | ||
Most criminals of the present day are Orthodox believers, and the gallows seems to be the last round of the ladder reaching from earth to heaven. The Rev. Dr. Sunderland, of this city in his sermon on the assassination of Garfield, takes the ground that God permitted the murder for the purpose of opening the eyes of the people to the evil effects of Infidelity. According to this minister, God, in order to show his hatred of Infidelity, “inspired,” or allowed, one Christian to assassinate another. | |||
Religion and morality do not necessarily go together. Mr. Talmage will insist to-day that morality is not sufficient to save any man from eternal punishment. As a matter of fact, religion has often been the enemy of morality. The moralist has been denounced by the theologians. He sustains the same relation to Christianity that the moderate drinker does to the total abstinence society. The total abstinence people say that the example of the moderate drinker is far worse upon the young than that of the drunkard; that the drunkard is a warning, while the moderate drinker is a perpetual temptation. So the Christians say of moralists. According to them, the moralist sets | |||
<center>{{Style S-Small capitals|a worse example than the criminal.}}</center> | |||
The moralist is not only insists that a man can be a good citizen, a kind husband, an affectionate father, without religion, but demonstrates the truth of his doctrine by his own life; whereas the criminal admits that in and of himself he is nothing and can do nothing, but that he needs assistance from the church, and its ministers. | |||
The worst criminals of the modern world have been Christians, (I mean by that, believers in Christianity,) and the most monstrous crimes of the modern world have been committed by the most zealous believers. There is nothing in Orthodox religion, apart from the morality it teaches, to prevent the commission of crime. On the other hand, the perpetual proffer of forgiveness is a direct premium upon what Christians are pleased to call the commission of sin. | |||
Christianity has produced no greater character than Epictetus, no greater sovereign than Marcus Aurelius. The wickedness of the past was a good deal like that of the present. As a rule, kings have been wicked in direct proportion to their {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|14-12}} | |||
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< A Tilt with Talmage. (continued from page 14-7) >
his own actions; that if he put his hands in the fire, his hands must smart, and not the hands of another. In other word that each man must eat the fruit of the tree he p’ants.
I cannot conceive that the teaching of these doctrines would fill penitentiaries or crowd the gallows. The doctrine of forgiveness—the idea that somebody else can suffer in place of the guilty—the notion that just at the last the whole account can be settled—these ideas, doctrines, and notions, are calculated to fill penitentiaries. Nothing breeds extravagance like the credit system.
Most criminals of the present day are Orthodox believers, and the gallows seems to be the last round of the ladder reaching from earth to heaven. The Rev. Dr. Sunderland, of this city in his sermon on the assassination of Garfield, takes the ground that God permitted the murder for the purpose of opening the eyes of the people to the evil effects of Infidelity. According to this minister, God, in order to show his hatred of Infidelity, “inspired,” or allowed, one Christian to assassinate another.
Religion and morality do not necessarily go together. Mr. Talmage will insist to-day that morality is not sufficient to save any man from eternal punishment. As a matter of fact, religion has often been the enemy of morality. The moralist has been denounced by the theologians. He sustains the same relation to Christianity that the moderate drinker does to the total abstinence society. The total abstinence people say that the example of the moderate drinker is far worse upon the young than that of the drunkard; that the drunkard is a warning, while the moderate drinker is a perpetual temptation. So the Christians say of moralists. According to them, the moralist sets
The moralist is not only insists that a man can be a good citizen, a kind husband, an affectionate father, without religion, but demonstrates the truth of his doctrine by his own life; whereas the criminal admits that in and of himself he is nothing and can do nothing, but that he needs assistance from the church, and its ministers.
The worst criminals of the modern world have been Christians, (I mean by that, believers in Christianity,) and the most monstrous crimes of the modern world have been committed by the most zealous believers. There is nothing in Orthodox religion, apart from the morality it teaches, to prevent the commission of crime. On the other hand, the perpetual proffer of forgiveness is a direct premium upon what Christians are pleased to call the commission of sin.
Christianity has produced no greater character than Epictetus, no greater sovereign than Marcus Aurelius. The wickedness of the past was a good deal like that of the present. As a rule, kings have been wicked in direct proportion to their <... continues on page 14-12 >