The Great Body of Humanity
By Editor
The Rev. Hugh O. Pentecost, of Newark, N. J., preached on a recent Sunday evening on Henry George. Said he: "For my part it is clear that Henry George is in the straight moral position; and since the great body of humanity always ends in doing what is right, the time will probably come when all rents will go to the general Government." We care nothing about his indorsement of Henry George, but we do object to the idea that "the great body of humanity always ends in doing what is right." We are sorry to see people give assent to such a sentiment. There has not been a century since the fall, in which the great body of humanity was not wholly wrong. Unless people submit to be directed by the law of God, they must go wrong. And we have not much reason to hope that the great body of humanity will make great progress toward the truth of God, when those who should lead them in the way preach on Henry George and kindred subjects, instead of preaching Christ and him crucified. The Oakland Enquirer of February 20 said: "Last night's Sunday-law meeting excited considerable enthusiasm among those present, but it would be a difficult thing indeed to pass an act compelling those who regard the seventh day as the Sabbath to observe the first day. This is what all the speakers advocated, but they did not take counsel of discretion in doing it. There is a powerful element in the Christian churches, which would fight to the death against such a proposition." We would fain believe that our contemporary is correct in its estimate of the feeling in the churches in regard to a Sunday law. But whether the speakers took counsel of discretion or not, in their demands that Sabbath-keepers should also keep Sunday, we are very sure that they did not take counsel of justice and religious liberty.