| Show ON R RUSSIA I In AND n ITS RELIGION I Subject Treated on Yesterday at atThe atThe atThe The First Baptist Church I I AN INTERESTING ADDRESS I I II IC C O U Harris Sa Sap M Thul Nation Com iiii lh Others Ollre I still Mill ll Il I II III iii In lii I II hit Dark Agis l lC C 0 O Harris Iani nal tal titan uina IWa a ag g gil get r ol ot tha T Telephone l com corn company I fain pany of this elJ city r 1 Ki an Ab able We p paper j r morning In the First Hi tint tut lat church on nu and Its It I Helm Keh glon The T speaKer said Mid lid In II part frt It I Is customary to speak k ui ut Hi n as 1 a Christian nation Inasmuch at an 1 It U it Ii I not a pagan one possessing us as II It du do dua dose i a form of ot worship that s rv a an as a a are re in to Us Its I people and Ind through devious I channels channe recognizes the el of ot a 1 Supreme lt lining Being and Ills Son Jesus Christ In lu to form lomi any eort nort en of ot otAn an Idea regarding u la unit und Its Is to so totalled e caled religion one must recognize thu undeniable fuel act that an aim I compared with tile the Ile other nations nation nalon of ot the world orld It U is still living In II the dark dak jes isec 1111 of Ut und In with H a I blind ad her one j to 10 the strange customs cUll Oll and practises practised of the Hit eaily elly seth centuries I Lacking as aa 1 it II does tOI the e and refining influences of education and und en from time the standpoint of ot the standards as A interpreted by other othe more civilized nations Its lis growth spiritually u as well el us all II Intellectually I Ih bait hax h been 1 low stow towards that high goal gol that has h characterized many man of the tIme na mia I flop tol of the I ht world Us lie Il except exceptS fc S a certain vertain proportion which may la laIh perhaps Ih p be ta t culled ailed lle an on ni educated claw elul In Inasmuch inasmuch a they the have haf attended some somo Imo Institution are largely un timi uneducated educated The Tue Th or pennant class cas whit hl h 1111 the of uI I II is Illiterate cod and dense denI to a greater degree de rte than thyn of any an other nation naton x the fardis fardie tent tant tan FIJI ur or some equally Jar sav age Ie nation nalon leare l BH as ai they tit the are In an anI I atnO of o Illiteracy and lacking a ath RN as th they y do uto the fundamental terming In that contribute largely to ones one condition both and nd mental mentel mentally ly I namely 1111 cleanliness 8 Mir cur JUl rounding social lal Intercourse temper er erance sure ance education and refinement IB is It Itan itati any ati an yonder vender I then that deprived as a they the are of uI If all 11 of ot the these blessing of modern mo r th that thai their worship I in H M mer mtr matter of ot form a 1 m me mere r mechanical ac action le leton lion tion ton on Omi their part The ht question qu to often comes come Olf to te our one mind Art Are re the tho tl lan really trail Chris Chits Christian han tian In the general acceptance of o the Ih term t r Are tre r time the be belief I lief and nd almost rites of ot tOt the mighty m of worshipers among the pennant cla tines which h the time religious cla dana of ot really rul itch de 11 of the name of ot Chris tian tau Many Man hold that HU HUIa cia la Ia I Is II neither Christian or religious and glory Jory In that fact on behalf behal of ot hair nation naton They Fhe IP are Ir not oed to in I attach any An value aluc tn tl t the II of ot bolog knoll known w n a IF as a Christian tian nation As 9 i one writer WilIer puts put It There have 11 been churches churche In 1111 but no 10 religion unless we understand name the original lm The Cbs Il church gradually did h away iway a with wll that but hut never anything In Iii II Its Is place pla pa plaThe paThe The Th people left without to 10 supply their neds nf l were ready to grasp any an or any In wild wit freak A Arl residence rl In in Mia for a ii I few fei fl ear eurs will convince the mot most unbiased l belie liev liever er em I In iii the tit religion of honda that as IS a Ii afa fa tat act t there I l no religion worthy of the PaIne name JO o 0 far H I an the Orthodox church I t concerned While U It I I 11 is called IM religion 11 ICI It I I iii h morel a form orb of wor In jt It ite I ob ol nall can like In It 1 its rites rite and ceremonies rely relying 11 log ing In upon the Hlf Ignorance of ot the lower Jower for to It 11 its vitality and contrary ca to the tho th blessed bleed 1111 teachIngs teaching of o the Holy 1101 Scriptures It JIM Ittu churche and nn ceremonies are ap In direct dict violation lol of ot the Holy menu rt a u as taught In the the Ten T n Command |
