re is a contract. If you will forgive others, God will
forgive you. And it does not say you must believe in the Old Testament,
nor be baptized, nor join the Church, nor keep Sunday. It simply says,
if you forgive others God will forgive you; and it must be true. No
God could afford to damn a forgiving man. (A voice: "Will He forgive
Democrats?") Oh, certainly. Let me say right here that I know lots of
Democrats, great, broad, whole-souled, clever men, and I love them.
And the only bad thing about them is that they vote the Democratic
ticket. And I know lots of Republicans so mean and narrow that the only
decent thing about them is that they vote the Republican ticket.

Now let me make myself plain upon that subject, perfectly plain. For
instance, I hate Presbyterianism, but I know hundreds of splendid
Presbyterians. Understand me. I hate Methodism, and yet I know
hundreds of splendid Methodists. I dislike a certain set of principles
called Democracy, and yet I know thousands of Democrats that I respect
and like. I like a certain set of principles--that is, most of
them,--called Republicanism, and yet I know lots of Republicans that
are a disgrace to those principles.

I do not war against men. I do not war against persons. I war against
certain doctrines that I believe to be wrong. And I give to every
other human being every right that I claim for myself. Of course I did
not intend today to tell what we must do in the election for the
purpose of being saved.

The next thing that I find is in the seventh chapter and the second
verse: "For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with
what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." Good! That
suits me!

And in the twelfth chapter of Matthew: "For whosoever shall do the will
of my Father that is in Heaven, the same is my brother and sister and
mother. For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father with
His angels, and then He shall reward every man according--" To the
church he belongs to? No. To the manner in which he was baptized?
No. According to his creed? No. "Then he shall reward every man
according to his works." Good! I subscribe to that doctrine.

And in the sixteenth chapter: "And Jesus called a little child to Him
and stood him in the midst, and said: 'Verily, I say unto you, except
ye become converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter
into the Kingdom of Heaven.'" I do not wonder that