The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-12-06
Ta.mage.

We extract the following from a ser
mon recently delivered by the Rev. Mr..
Talmage:
Politicians have been fighting ever
since the morning Of the 9Th of Novem
her as to what meant the revolution in
A nerican politics. In some cities and
States it may have had some meaning
peculiar to themselves, but | tell you
what it meant all over il meant that
the people of the United States are in
furiatod at the way the taxes are kept
up when they could be lowered. a
hundred million dollars extracted from
the hard earnings Of the people to he
stored up as temptation to public OIL
cials. The only way to keep public
men from stealing from the treasury
$50, 600, 900 is not to have any surplus
to steal. During the coming session OF
Congress the Republican party will have
another opportunity to take off the
5lood-suckers from the body-politc, ant
if they fail to do it the verdict Of tn,
people of Massachusetts, and New York
is only snowflake compared with wha
will be the avalanche Of popular indig
nation. If neither Of the parties of thu
day do the work of emancipation from
taxes, then n new party will do it. l
you Republicans and you Democrats dc
not do your duty in this regard, "cwill
after a while, form party ofour own
and put men in position pledged t,
anti excessive taxation, anti-rum, anti
dirt, anti-nuisanccs, anti-monopolies
and will give those Of you who have
been so long feeding on public spoils
careless of public morals, not so much as
the wages Of street-swceper. In that
good time coming there shall be no ex
haustive taxation; no orphans home
less, for parents will be able to leave
their children a competency no pris
ons, for crime will have given place t,
virtue In the happy time coming
there will be no voting Of public money
that on its way to some city improve
ment falls into the pockets of those whC
voted it; no courts of Oyer and Ter
miner at vast expense to the people
no impanclng of juries to inquire into
theft, arson, murder, SANDER and black
mail. In that day of redemption there
will be better factories, grander archi-
lecture, finer equipages, larger estates,
richer opulence.
X Il 4 X X 4
Again, when our cities are purified
the churches will be multiplied, purified
and strengthened. Now denominations
and the individuals of different sects
are often jealous of each other. Chris
tians are not always kindly disposed to-
ward each other, and ministers of the
gospel sometimes forget the bond OF
brotherhood. In that day they will be
sympathetic and helpful. There may be
differences of opinion and sentiment, but
no acerbity, no hypercriticism and NJ
exclusivcness. In that day all the
churches will be filled with worshippers
In that time what rousing songs will be
sung What earnest sermons will be
preached! What fervent prayers will
be ohtredl In these days n tnshiona
bic church is n place where, after a
careful toilet, n few people come in, sit
down, and what time they can get their
minds off their stores or away from the
new style of hat in the seat before
them, listen in silence to the minister,
warranted to hit no mans sins, and to
the choir who are agreed to sing tunes
that nobody knows. X 4 l
pronounce much of what is called church
music in our dny a mockery and a
farce. ! have preached in churches
where fabulous sums of money were
paid to performers, AID the harmony
vas as exquisite as any harmony that
ever went from any academy of music
and yet, for all the purposes of devo.
tion, would prefer the hearty, out
breaking song Of a hackwoods Metho.
dist camp-meeting When these fancy.
starvellng songs get, up to the gate of
heaven, how do you suppose they look
standing besides the great doxologies of
the glorifeda Let an operate perform
ance boating upward get many hours
the start oft, and itshall be caught and
passed by the hosanna Of the Sabbath
school children.
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