| Show THE TRUE FUNCTION OF THE PRIEST the idelt jl clod itsjo thop R of null mantila Man thor Tilt Ten tendency denty of a theocracy Thorf try to llo ilse power teall molly of at A 0 CI ho be lie ile lyt iferd I 1 it losy inay be thought from what bag ba been said bald that wo we dony the ho ani 0 of priest altogether not to oo in ou so tho the religions of 0 all races and nj V limes lines THE IDEA ox 0 arrears AI rEARS it originates 1 in in the chart crating ng of tho the in ill for a cause and of the ibo soul gout for mankind have always been co necious 0 of f an n ideal which they failed to roi rea liza lizo icil and their the perpetual laal effort to risa to better BO milter matter what bit form it takes in ii an agal aspi goj god is ii tho the worship I 1 and service or of god but bat in tho thi baro bare struggle for life the attention arid and co ca orgies of most me men n are ro absorb absorbent edt sad and ao without a n censa caw bet act apart P art and devoted to tho the alivo and in their view tiow in ia other words to tho the eternal bearing witness or of boj cd aboy the boull lose logo ggut oi of it per perhaps h lips a roly no society his has ator existed destitute of the tha t in ia rome form and it is if safe to sa y tone cono ever etor will his function is I 1 to 0 represent the idea ot of ool god to man AND IT EVER X ami temporal Temp oril government is ui an entirely different matter its concern is only wit with I 1 h the ha real A B and C finding it to their peaceful ex delaga t 0 their united po power to ono one of their number camber to keep each from vesting oo on tho the other such bach jig 11 the only aut body and nd province pro Tinco or ol temporal teai government it is cepro dented by the magistrate and soldier justice jasti ct and the of its administration the latter of 0 course subject to abo former nor is i it denied that in tho the lion ot of man from savagism to tho next stage BOKO ol of culture tile iho two fa notions representing god and woo I 1 havo have been sea limited in ia the bimo person dv o in there 1 ie too boo much originally g 0 mans greatest creat cat Leeco gity is a germ of definite alliance an interest an idea around which institutions may consolidate goli date and by means of which the lii individual moy may be made a member of a family the family of a tribe the tribe of a 0 justice eat bat the he change is difficult there is a strong tendency to relapse rela peo to retrograde graJo the individuality of the siva savage ge strong so aa that 0 of f a beast reasserts reasaer ts itself from rom force of habit perhaps religion alono alone in of subduing this irritable and adil suspicious suspicions independence of the sav age man IDD and this because it appeals to sentiment rather than to reason for it is ii as aa easy to feel as it is hard bard to think and so EC the most ili havo have been prophet legisla tore tor men con with eu minds who saw the casity of 0 a radical chango change is io the mode of lire life and had the courage to enforce it as aa a religious duty tile tho method pursued to destroy individuality is the expenditure of mental menial on trivialities hence and ion 11 pro pre cr I 1 potions of ala borati a legislation the bevera pv era and add inflexible which regulates all operations foresees loro ecos al nil and hampers mans man every action from iho cradle to tile tha gravel rito ant only aro bia ever rule arnld dibut but hn his borai hii hi ti n i as well ne HE TO 10 BE AN and becomes a part of a mac ins an instrument he bo iota only on the initiative idi of authority aul hority and thinly thinks only according to accredited edited forms tho the Hia doos the iha egyptians and the hebrews aro are cas cafici ses in ia point I 1 la rl their cases ecclesiasticism taught cohesion fostered ost cred science art bed and liter lit littleto aletO Is a acci tain extent 10 a word civilized utilized them at least those peo Vs who evolved an aa intelligent otal costa as balars became power fill must most of who did not md and who did not lern ledru or inherit from those who did have remained savage vare bot bat the principle is 13 nevert bole 6 wrong and therefore could not fail fail to ultimately work out oat the most delo cerious effects the ibo priest hoods hooda doubt doubtless leps originated is ia tho the want 1 and ties 0 the peoples people lad nd the were wee perhaps boat best titled fitted of 0 any to exercise in a bondi ties of savagism dut but the moans judiciously employed to subdue tho the originality of tho the savage if carried too far becomes as evil in result 3 as 03 tho the condition it sought to smaller eolior tito alo if too loo much individuality mato makes mia a savage too little readers hita him a slave and of the abo two th tho former is il preferable it ii susceptible of 0 improvement au and d that the means once resorted to should be ba carried too I 1 far r was ineva from tho the nature ol of bad particularly from tho the nature ot of men the to motion ot of the abo priest wu was lost tight eight of iaz THAT OF TOE TILE TOi ORAL rOnAL instead of devoting himself to the fostering anil and culture of the human hainan ideal of perfection LEO priest grow craw devoted to the lb maintenance ot of lis his power man must no longer loder be on en cour agod to rise rilie on the contrary lo ho must most bo be kept down dow III fed a oa a superstitions and fables instead of truth rendered moro more ignorant rather then than morn more enlightened encouraged in m indulgence as a substitute for thought thus than man mail lost loat tho the truo true priest entirely anil and had left but bat an execrable substitute for tho the magis rate the tone tona of society bly priest and people mutually corrupted corr opted anil and debri ed each other until they sank kink together before forms forma of polity which moro nearly confined CO D li a ad the priest to hi his legitimate province A late catholic Cat hollo writer las has this to say lay upon the iho sime eimo subie ct of the iho fauaro or the church to gather tho the world into its it fold he says tb cause ld Is two tiro fold the lao of 0 tad and the a ot of lompo ill power through its race tation of in ia is lity b AS como come the bo subs of iho he ro of authority to for tto the voice of the th deal conscience the reach attainable by li Is so fu far is as wo no co can imigine Im igino the ibo production in ID finite coils rings lios of that keum of 0 and impulse toward which th atio 0 0 boal 0 land uj liormanas lor sense 0 f p e is LL his decoi ot at iod god and i that u loiou 0 ion of 0 the infinite with the rialto which 0 the lio harumo the nr holy wilora ato ruby lay ibo looks to sym bell this lille bu bat under the ibe operation of authority become from a simple and allegory logory il til of purely s irl 1 old alg a al floso oll into like of of ul hog anil wi a banquet for carnivore fifth into ciula lity slid uil ting lidela ai t abo a iest E bu I 1 itula if to think tor for ibo lart mea otis of yace by mankind tile iho uj sod analytic equally with tho the emotional or dem azling exercise ind recill effi cido imposed toy by D I hil had ito ilo imposed toy by D I hil had ito ilo 1 authority church t to bolh olla wit toa of io ulUi ea uj and I 1 by dim ol 01 I 1 mt orelli rl I 1 ur 9 00 troth t ano sto le the lup I 1 t 0 far toton on halt of falte and iacomo ca in a ad on ITC Is I 1 la in fact am aj it is in ID enco tho the church erro not to la birding ilif III 11 infallible la IQ matters porta itin to the deal bol il ity mil thereon lis alum to it Is 1 do co impeachment of IU fu to tat I 1 ability ua in UK tho I 1 acl that it b be liable to errors erron or of judgment rod and even or of spirit la in the th real it Is intile litter latter riot ilia also that the sevoid count lies CUNY the of 0 temporal power powe ol 01 lit ill tie IU orron errors tho mo mot most fallt to the ibo ind and stability t it true rt re IWO it 1 arno that la alio first the 11 by 17 its invest clore with power ator put hal tho ilia gain was cut enwall toil IDI temporary and at t the exposto of its iti it lat resta lilio 1410 tile gain or of a trade or a through 11 in flan nil and its Ela tilly the or ol the church ili lir proper tn in uio its itai k I 1 aam ln wilt alln noi ri isis ail roue ril rail tr cilot HE BE WITH vita it bowars iri without belain the ed of iu its atily when cru crucified u to to abo 0 um of acta and ignoring all T those of rho ibo spirit pint can it Is hoyo hoo to luca neowe iid la H up adeil with abow who collura it 1 is clarron clar ROd la in such of 01 lo boyere yeRe that 1 it built draw 1 all l men to it levela IOTO ii i and nd to la be b won to 10 the ite joyo joto of is in moral or in things spiritual I 1 tat nil loci arst LZ it act tale t As perfect love isi sloth out itar feiro 50 ja fear in ird ibi lora to aa counteract il r 0 to love loro bunh the ho idrac tic tho true earnil mcd tho church la in lizz Di power with th the chopo ot of obtaining ill U por ir grum it at abe oio shadow maj ind as aj tho event protea loss tolt achil a it Is hll a mains to tm be proved whether when wholly fevered till we vered la IQ as well as la III io not in m that which hindered this church will tor evor recover even its in lilUn nta away be u it alors after the th mith pow pou of 0 war worldly idly power such an avont is hs h s elesa HA III the jacl 0 it tt ilog 10 8 r 1 1 the a 0 might havo beoo been aorl org I 1 iTon T olt it ll but 11 las b a good memory kal what it I 1 tu his uttered under the iho mi las cria lul lamb by spiritual liada can a never he be y forgia attia TO 10 ahr 1 n ani rovan bu bit rightly the ravan on abo human wilid cry from of abo teen dortho for till 01 fault has alitto man aim to aspect wa it the tl landis ol at the iho la as buim fit fc tt tl tto o erd creed of civin the fria a grand ono ind tho the temptation to roid zo is 11 acid tan irim abo of 0 1 I iw it wu waa not ot cerium tile ilia also logical prop fur til bad boi t 1 ll 11 b church held beld ariti to 10 LO bloo x t eto lt t two yet jot tho I 1 he sell rul md lad litza IQ ono poi OD I 1 why h d not DOI ilia it uj ud bilu in nl blou ty clique te tilia i ly I 1 leaded hallig ilia of its however waver in things spiritual proved tuu too aquil arlum abare was u no DO buto bt to lot but would glohs sapt tho the as a arlod ana nd aily alj be bai to air Clo caarol irol would enly boly collaw the sai a slave uio the sale protea r 1 11 11 bioda alone into tbt tits lr it LED liba e ald 1 to gulbor uil T lu an element duriga to lu its labuk drove ustia ter jailo fialkou loo J jwill elul r behlon rebellion alike willett wi rj fr far croul it at the ihn als ui alsen en t on cu ot of the rights ol al lim real bu joao oa ca tj 0 malic war vis uloa ih tha id ai attl tot aul so 10 the ibo true broo moril of tile story ol of act pct arm award bad beia been lost upon tho the very CLU alach ch that ali claims al it ind rid patron nty nay ani lion even the moral cot cit uin too temptation of nt chris hrim who whan by byrta the ito Lr claty ol at fihs ihs th refused it on tho the grou d that ILO ILE idla only wf was worthy ot of bid til BAIT I 1 oct W 1070 |
