The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-04-27

government IL less than century -
surcly ibey arc ret al ordained o
iod Surely they ate So iAr As
hey have conserved t5p ehis 81 Tavea.
ocut, = IA Il ,bcy have secured ias
4sp, order. aud promoted liberty with
BOT license, - lar they have been ap-
proved and ordaned Of God verify
believe that Il some meu bad laa their
way, there never would hatc heen q r,yef
IN the world, only 8 series ai canals, go
rather The water would have toaud lgs
say from The mountains 20 the ocean 10
pipes Bat God made
rivers, free h3wiag river, Tia! dash s
unlike down 70 the sea 50 God made
nations, each unlike all the rest, and bids
them work out their destiny. The spifit
Of God Is free sud not bound. II vii
not be irAmmeled, but works a. seemeth
best in each and every case. Then there
10 human imperieclion and error mingled
both 10 The plan and carrying on Of every
government This treasure comes too
"in esrtheu vessels that the cXcolleucy
OF the power may be Of God and not Of
US"
God ordains this S. lie arrsnges many
other OF the things of his establishment,
BY doing that which viii result Ia what
be wishes tie plauts seed as 10 were
aud lets Il germiDate, grow, bloom, and
fruit, while seemingly his care extends
only to the furnishing OF suitable circum-
stances. II is thus that lie gives to men
success in business He gives fitness for
some department Of labor. lie gives a
desire for the results Of labor, aud Iets
the man himself work the enc into the
other, aud The msn is the better tor it,
when at last the broad stream Of doubt
with its uniathomed depths OF failure Is
once spanned with the noble arch OF
success. So il is though not quite to so
great an extent with the church. There
must be church In the world, we have
some hints and directions. Now the
question is left for men, helped but not
superseded BY the Spirit, TO build upon
the foundation rock, Christ. the fair and
shapely temple of the church. 1t Is just
the same with national life as with
church lie. God puts into men the idea,
gives powers and feelings adapted, pro-
yides favoring circumstances, then men
do the best they can, and when it is done
the credit of all the good belongs TO God,
and we all feel that 'the powers that be
are ordained OF God" So all over the
world men are striving TO work out this
divinely implanted idea, while in this as
Ia everything ii Is God that worketh in
US both to will and to do of bis good
pleasure"
II will be seen then that the exsgger
ated claims made by some for our gov
ernment have no substantial foundation
Our own form is not the only one which
attains the end of government in Tho
maintenance of law and order. So IL il
not the only one ordained Of God. Per
haps we would agree in considering ,
republican government like ours the form
which most simply, fairly and surely
secures life, liberty aud the pursuit o
happiness, and thus not only the mos
satisfactory to us, but also the most il
harmony with the Divine purpose. Sill
1t IL not perfect. II may be that somt
changes would make it more certain
exponent OF the voice of the people. ]
is for us to remember this year that th,
best government ilI-managed becomes th,
worst, that the instruments OF justice
wrested from their Gil use become th
weapons of injustice. The dangers tina
beset our nation now are not those whicl
might menace the overthrow OF our gov
(ernmeat from without, but from within
Like well-buit ship, the fury Of th
storm shall but send her on her way.
is the dry rot whick is to be feared, th
dry rot of dishonesty which turns strengt
to weakness aud leaves it TO fall to piece
of its own weight. Let us remembo
that free people can never fail by an
assault. It may die by its own hand -
Let us make sure that the next election
places these two principles, honest none
and honest management, beyond qaes
ton for another century.
i Wo also notice that this idea, that gov
ernmcut is ordained OF God, iurnishe
still another reason for the utter indie
pendence of church and state. Both ar
of divine institution, but that God say
ft To furnish these two instruments to d
two duties shows the need of Two az,
that they should be kept eparate.
may seem to some that these are needles
words, but there are men even now MAX
ing tndeavors to bind the two together
which are the more dangerous becaus
the more subtle. Let the champions O
Professionalism beware lest they whet
sword that shall be turned against them
selves.
Finally, let us look about US to Sc
how we can help maintain this ordinanc
OF the Lord. Some stand back and prid
themselves on having nothing TO do vii
politics. For the sake OF your own cou
science, and Of your own country, d
each OF you, as unto the Lord the ciyI
duty that falls TO you. Whether the ca
be for your time, your money, or you
life, each in your place and sphere, wor
aud pay that at lsst we may see this OF
dinanee Of the Lords perfectly establish
ed.
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