The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

they are extolling that system of things which we
hoped we had forever discarded in “the new order
of things.” Will the people whose fathers,
husbands, brothers, and sons have been shot down
in this ruthless war, be more ready to accept the
gospel at the hands of the murderers of their
relatives? Will it cause them to be kindly inclined
toward the teachings of the Saviour? Will they not
look upon our religion as being similar to that of
the Mohammedans, who think it virtuous to
propagate their faith by means of fire and sword?--
Nay, verily, it will steel their souls against the
gospel, and fill them with prejudice and suspicion.
Better, ten thousand times better, for a few
missionaries to lose their lives at the hands of
heathen savages than for heathen savages to lose
their lives at the hands of those calling themselves
Christians. The missionaries are certain of eternal
life, but not so the poor heathen.
Then again, if this doctrine of the Bible in one
hand and the shotgun in the other is a good one for
the Philippine Islands, how long will it be ere it is
considered a good one for every State in the
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