| Show SUBJUGATE YOUR WILL WILI LAST sunday afternoon bishop 0 P F whitney discoursed to a large congregation and in the course of his hia remarks used the following language you may call men serfs and prate of their lack of gre freedom edom you may fail to subjugate your will to the leaders of the people but as for me I 1 am willing to stand on this ground and an d be called cau ed if necessary a serf and a coward I 1 am willing to forego the plaudits pl audits of men I 1 am willing to serve god and seek not after the laurel wreaths of the world be faithful unto death no matter what men may say say men who obey the spirit of god notwithstanding that men may call them serfs and bondsmen are the only ones who are safe it is ia he who obeys the of his own spirit who is in danger of destruction such remarks perhaps would not look so foolish and inconsistent if not made at this particular period of our history you may fait to subjugate your will to the leaders of the people freedom and subjugation are by no means synonymous terms but on the contrary one is the antithesis of the other great britain subjugated the american colonies to her will for a time and had they permitted her to continue political financial and religious slavery would have been their ultimate fate but a just god and a liberty loving conscience told them to exercise their own wills if they would indeed be free slavery in any form is the result of the subjugation of the will of one man to that of another can you give me an example most assuredly four miff millions ions of our race were in that deplorable condition through broken and enslaved wills and that too in a land which boasted of its freedom but an ellwise providence raised up leaders to set them free no man or set of men can claim or hold the right of leadership if the will of the people is nullified nearly all of the orthodox ministers W in opposed the freedom of the slaves but it was the so called infidel ministers who fought so val for the liberties of our race that same orthodox spirit would today enslave the wills of the people of course we do not deny that a religions body should shoula be governed by its leaders and officers in those things which pertain to such body but where under heaven is there a law either civil or divine which declares that a man shall not be politically liti call cally y free where ahm is the law which prohibits a man from servin serving g grod god and at the same time render re ader service to the state and if his fellow countrymen choose to ta put the laurel wreath upon him for the latter service will god disown and cast him out 0 no god is a I 1 grander being than that the good d I 1 old book leae teaches hes that god will hold each and eve every ry one of us res responsible pou for the talents talent with which we are am endowed men axen who obey the of god are am the only ones Y who wh 0 wee ara safe it is is he who obeys ober the of ilis his awa spirit who is in danger of destruction cant gl a inan serve serre his ca aad atthe atthe ame time petain the ahe adf add ri d is 30 right life is entitled to a portion of gods spirit but bat mr whitney would have us believe that if EL a man does not subjugate his will to the leaders coders of the people lie can hope for none of the spirit of god he cannot I 1 look 0 ok f for or anything except religious and political destruction in other words if a man asserts his political politics kl independence pen dence he is an outcast and doomed to obscurity mr whitney a mans conscience worth anything for his hia guidance or is he to get his rule of conduct from the conscience and will power of some other man I 1 1 will any fair and honest man say that these remarks of mr W whitney hitney were only calculated to influence the members of his congregation in their religious actions we beuve it to a candid world |
