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Christian Imperialism and Barbarism

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 7, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 32.

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Christian Imperialism and Barbarism

This is the voice of “Christian” imperialism as uttered by Dr. Lyman Abbott, editor of the Outlook: “I deny the right of a barbaric people to retain possession of any quarter of the globe. What I have already said I reaffirm: Barbarism has no rights which civilization is bound to respect.” With such men in power, how long would it be before the defenders of the equal rights of man, and other classes also, would in this country be deemed barbaric? The “barbarous” Filipino may count Dr. Abbott a barbarian. Has the Golden Rule no place in Dr. Abbott’s standard of conduct?