Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-09
RELIGION and RAsCA1ITY.

RELIGION And RASCALITY.
Mrs. j. T. S. INDUCES in Sabbath Reflections
on Morals and Repudiates Woman's Suf-
frage.
To the Editor of the Globe.
notice that very prominent feature of
your Sunday issue is short, practical ser
mon upon some old and familiar bible text.
have been in the habit of reading these
sermons, and feel that have been greatly
benefited thereby. With your permission
the subjects of this article shall be religion
and rascality. These two subjects should be
wide apart, yet there is tendency in the
world to bring them nearer together than
most people are willing to acknowledge. I
am not one of those who believe that the
church is the receptacle of all virtue. integ-
rlty and honesty. While all church mem
bers should be honest, it is pity that thew
are not so. This is no reflection upon re-
hglon, but upon unworthy parties who seek
admission to our churches to enable them to
carry on their nefarious practices under the
cloak of religion-and thus through such
connection impose themselves upon the ho,:-
est and unsuspecting When 1 was a YOUNG
glrl Christian was known and RECOGNIZED
by his or her 'walk or Conversations The
old gray headed servant of the lord
was honest and his word was as good as his
oond, but now, alas, the word is often worth
less and the bond without value unless Sc
cured by mortgage on property worth three
times the amount Nominated in said bond -
1t IS very difficult matter to tell who are
followers of the Lord, unless we are in the
habit OF attending the various churches on
communion Sabbaths. On other occasions
Christians and "strangers to the common
wealth OF Israeli are so intimately associated
together that the saint cannot be distinguish
ed from the sinner. In social circles thew
seem to be as fond of worldly amusements
as the heather. They are as enthusiastic in
dancing and appear to derive as much solid
enjoyment from participation in that kind
OF nonsense as the confirmed man of the
world. Christian women and young girls
often appear to be as fond of the pleasurable
excitement as If they had never experienced
change of heart. In the lental season there
IS some relaxation, yet the sacred season is of
spiritual refreshing" to only limited few.
At recent social gathering in this citv.
although in the lental season, Christians and
SINNERS met on common level, and forget
ting church membership, all had delightful
time of it. Has the devil joined the church.
or mas the church sworn allegiance to his
satanic majesty? These are questions of
vital Importance, and we should answer them
carefully and prayerfully. Have we not
wandered away upon the mountains of vanity
ana entered upon the pleasures of the world,
forgetting our Christian duties and obliGa-
lions! Let US return to the Lord and he
will have mercy upon US, and to our God,
and ne will abundantly pardon. Dishonesty
and downright rascality are much too COM
mon in high places. Once the Congress of
the United States was composed of honorable
men, and even now there are MANY GOOD.
conscientious men among them, yet the un-
principled demagogues predominant. Meas
ures advocated now are for personal or party
advantage.
Patriotism and genuine craftsmanship be-
long to The past. The nantes of Clay,
Calhoun and Webster we're buried with them.
Lllllput has been riding raid, and appears
to have conquered and subjugated the entire
country. Even our legislators have felt the
decentralization which is abundantly shown
by their acts. They have bonded nearly
every county in this State, and thus fastened
49, wa cHe~ioOAJ oCGUkSO 1fOuLl6r a DEBT
which will paralyze their energies and tax
them to death.
illegal and unnecessary appropriations
have been made to aid private enterprises,
which must be paid out of the public treas
ury. If this is not rascality, what is it?
Having read the foregoing over to Mr.. S.,
he remarked that if the women bad the man
agement of public affairs, possibly it might
be better for the country, though he thought
1t would be change from bad to worse.
do not think so, but am Inclined to think
that any lot of old women might do as we'll, if
not better, than our present rulers and law
makers.
There is in the heart and mind of eyery
woman an mate idea of honesty and
justice, and nine times out of ten their iudg-
ments are unerring.
am opposed to woman's suffrage, not be-
cause public interests would suffer, bat be-
cause public morals would. Would it not
be strange sight to see my husband at
home taking care of our little blue-eyed
baby, while 1, in company with some other
woman's husband, wended my way through
drunken rowdies to the polls !? Let women
exercise their own functions in their own
sphere, and men attend to the affairs of the
outside world to some extent controlled,
governed and scanctifed by woman's pres
ence and advice, and soon our nation will
return to its pristine purity and honesty.
Mrs. j. T. s.