Minorities

The xvorship of nnmbers - that is a thinjf we mny vol bewre of. What a grim, hag-gard, blootJy ido)! A Moloch, grèedy of human sacrifices. Many a man would go for frecdom, if he could have Uic company andcoiitii)i:ai)ce of the multiturie. The influcnce of o minority, espehiliy of a friïIJ tninority s witli them BOthinjr worth. Thnt minorii v, may embrace principies cif lieaveulv origin- may purgue objt-cts of thé highest worlli- may employ sich methods as there ohjects and those pnncij-les may rcqu.irc. The truc, the righl. and lite g-ood - t'o t frese tilines, so vital íot.he welfare óf mankind, they may be devotet!. God, wiih his wisdom, power, and Loodnet?s - (ïod, to whom the woHd belonors, and 'uy whom it is nphe'd, ruy be on tlieir side. lïut all this, clearly .een ond fiiUy ad mitted, is nnt suffir.iont to prevent eenres and iundretls with a Chrjsu'ari profession upon them from nskinc, tth nn i'l-coiico.iJed sneer: VVhatan a minority effect? Wlmt a que.-;tion lo címie frrwn a living eouü Couid mV tninnr more absurd ood wickcJ proceed froti) dolatry and atheUni?