Catlin's Creed

• Posted by Reverend Rosemarie Mohr August 10, 2011 - #  - 695 views

  Catlin’s Creed

   

  I love a people who have always made welcome to the best they had

  I love a people who are honest without laws, who have no jails and no poorhouses

  I love a people who the commandments without ever having read them or heard them preached from the pulpit

  I love a people who never swear, who never take the name of God in vain

  I love a people who love their neighbors as they love themselves

  I love a people who worship God without a Bible, for I believe God loves them also

  I love a people whose religion is all the same, and who are free from religious animosities

  I love a people who have never raised a hand against me, or stolen property, where there was no law to punish for either.

  I love a people who never fought a battle with white men, except on their own ground.

  I love and don’t fear mankind where God has left them, for fear they are children.

  I love a people who live and keep what is their own without locks and keys.

  I love all people who do the best they can.

  And oh how I love a people who don’t live for the love of money!

   

  Artist George Catlin (1796-1872) lived for eight years among 48 North American Plains Indian tribes. I think he sums it up very well .. 

  Catlin’s Creed

   

  I love a people who have always made welcome to the best they had

  I love a people who are honest without laws, who have no jails and no poorhouses

  I love a people who the commandments without ever having read them or heard them preached from the pulpit

  I love a people who never swear, who never take the name of God in vain

  I love a people who love their neighbors as they love themselves

  I love a people who worship God without a Bible, for I believe God loves them also

  I love a people whose religion is all the same, and who are free from religious animosities

  I love a people who have never raised a hand against me, or stolen property, where there was no law to punish for either.

  I love a people who never fought a battle with white men, except on their own ground.

  I love and don’t fear mankind where God has left them, for fear they are children.

  I love a people who live and keep what is their own without locks and keys.

  I love all people who do the best they can.

  And oh how I love a people who don’t live for the love of money!

   

  Artist George Catlin (1796-1872) lived for eight years among 48 North American Plains Indian tribes. I think he sums it up very well ..