Today in religious History

[kdet]

1771 - Pioneer Methodist bishop Francis Asbury on his maiden voyage to America, wrote in his journal, "Whither am I going" To the New World. What to do "To gain honor" No, if I know my own heart. To get money "No, I am going to live to God, and to bring others to do so."

1851 - Birth of Francis E. Clark, American Congregationalist clergyman. In 1881, at age 29, Clark organized the world's first church "youth fellowship" in Portland, Maine. Clark's original name for this Christian group concept was "The Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor."

1922 - The House of Bishops of the U.S. Protestant Episcopal Church voted 36-to-27 to delete the word "obey" from the vows of their denomination's official marriage service.
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[Voegelin]

A sign of the "progressive" movement which had done so much harm.

"Obey" is much less onerous than "honor."

And we really know who is always in charge, don't we?

 

[MidKnight]

"The white people, who are trying to make us over into their image, they want us to be what they call "assimilated," bringing the Indians into the mainstream and destroying our own way of life and our own cultural patterns.

They believe we should be contented like those whose concept of happiness is materialistic and greedy, which is very different from our way.

We want freedom from the white man rather than to be integrated. We don't want any part of the establishment, we want to be free to raise our children in our religion, in our ways, to be able to hunt and fish and live in peace.

We don't want power, we don't want to be congressmen, or bankers....we want to be ourselves.

We want to have our heritage, because we are the owners of this land and because we belong here.

The white man says, there is freedom and justice for all.

We have had "freedom and justice," and that is why we have been almost exterminated.

We shall not forget this." ~ 1927 Grand Council of Native Tribes

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"How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right."

 

[Wolseley]

Let's make it right.

We'll all go back to Europe.

 

[Samus Aran]

Let's make it right.

We'll all go back to Europe.

Or we could do a better job sharing.