Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1877-02-01
MEN WANTED.
]. CLEMENT rREEcH.

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Men, whom no promise Of Office
no fear of displacement. no glitter
of gold, no threat of being "given
away," can either buy or brow.
beat.
Men who shall drive back into
the throats of the eorruptible ones
who utter il, the foul lie that "ev.
cry mau has bis price," men who
shall be more precious to society
andOto the country than .'6ne gold
or the golden wedge Of Oph,r."
The times are hard, faces are
long and black, business puts eau.
tiously ont its tentacles aud feels
about for secure place for its
trembling feet; but we oil know
that the money is somewhere; men
are locking it up and boarding il ;
there is no real impoverishment Of
the country; rotten concerns are
tupbling; sound houses mainly
stand. Every Body is waiting i'm
patiently for the good time coming
II s0iH come by and by, If knavery
do not triumph. Let the clear
headed, financial prophets tell us
when.
Blu, who shall tell us whore 10
the integrity, where the transpar>
ent honesty, where the incorrupti>
bic craftsmanship, where the as
bestos principle which no heat Of
party flames can tosch. that shall
save our land from disgrace and
extinction which have blotted out
The gold cankered corrupt nations
Of the earth!
Who will .tsll as? Why any
child can tell us. He will put bis
finger on that Bible--the Word Of
God. Nowhere else.
But how men sneer end laugh
at this! They tell us that Christ
ianity has failod.'to make the land
pure and just,to extinguish wrongs
and protect the right, to work out
the great problems of social unity
and peaca. In view Of che fact
Hthst many who have professed
Christ have gone after Belial, and
the love Of many has wsxed cold,
they tell us that they would trust
any one now sooner than a Chris
tian'
In the slang Of the day say
some, 1--WE no longer tie up to the
ministers Of the gospel"
We hail the omen. The trouble
has been that men haze "tied up"
to ministers and to men, and net
to the principles, precepts and
promises of the Gospel. These
b We been, are, and will be, the
same, pure, peaceable and perfect
revelations Of the Divine mind and
heart TO men, and which alone can
eversreolaim this earth to God.
This Bible enjoias honesty, pu-
rity, temperance. charity and love.
II men will not be pure, honest
and temperate; if they will not
forgive or beetow charity, or love
their fellow>mon, shall the Bible
have to bear the blame2
For look! There is not one re-
quirement in oil the Tables Of the
Law which any man could possi-
bly, imrrove; not one which, if inns
plicitly obeyed, would not make
every individual every society,
everynation more prosperous, more
honored, more happy.
And every person who 10 notfar
on the road 60 lunacy, kncvs this.
1t is the most pitiful and mali,
cious shift TO ascribe to Christian
ity and our religion precisely
those wrongs which grow out Of
the lack Of them.
Well, said the disciples, ITO
whom shall zoe 60? Thu hast
the words Of eternal life!' We
want vertebra,ed manhood, NOV.
ed and stimulated by the head an
supreme Intelligence, which 10
Christ.
We want men. Can we patch
them up out of the worlds max
inns and policiesi The world says
"Do unto others as they do unto
you!'
Will that make mer9
The Bible says. do unto others
as 90 wOald that they should do
unto you"