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The Bigot's Creed

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, Cal. · Oct 17, 1916

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 43, No. 41.

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The Bigot's Creed
The Bigot's Creed

The Bigot's Creed

"BELIEVE as I believe — no more, no less; That I am right, and no one else, confess; Feel as I feel, think only as I think, Eat what I eat, and drink what I drink, Look as I look, do always as I do; And then, and only then, I'll fellowship with you.
"That I am right, and always right, I know, Because my own convictions tell me so; And to be right is simply this: to be, Entirely and in all respects, like me. To deviate a jot, or to begin To question, doubt, or hesitate, is sin.
"Let sink the drowning man, if he'll not swim Upon the plank that I throw out to him; Let starve the famishing, if he'll not eat My kind and quantity of bread and meat; Let freeze the naked, too, if he'll not be Supplied with garments such as made for me.
"Twere better that the sick should die than live, Unless they take the medicine I give; Twere better that sinners perish than refuse To be conformed to my particular views; Twere better that the world stood still than move In any other way than that which I approve."