St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-09

South would elect Blaine without a
contest. Rev. Thomas Dick of the
Buffalo minister's meeting gave some
account of CleveiaDd's character, as
discovered by him after he had voted
for that gentleman for mayor and gov
ernOr in order to secure local reforms
He summed up by quoting the Ian
guage of leading citizen of Buffalo.
As to badness. "The half had not been
told" g.
notwithstanding all the above, il
will be found that ministers disagree
in politics like other men. We are
told by those conversant with the
members of this same ministers club
ut Boston that a large majority of it is
opposed to the election of Mr.. Blaine,
and our acquaintance with the politi-
cal sentiment of clergymen elsewhere
leads lis to believe it is true. But as
we said before, ministers differ in Their
political faith, and they have as good
right to their opinion and belief as
others.
In confirmation of what we have
above written, we cite some fresh in
stances, all from Boston clergymen.
| In his sermon last Sunday evening,
Rev. Mr.. Wright, pastor of the Berke-
ley street Congregational church, after
denouncing both leading candidates,
one for dry rot and one for rot not yet
dry, said: 'And now it has come to
pass that there is such balance OF
parties that all men must take notice
of the prohibition movement. They
must see what intemperance is doing
in this land that band of liquor
sellers. with almost lmitless money al
command, is ready to give its aid to
any party that will best promote its
interests. This has long been the fact,
and people are beginning to realize it
If the people only feel the facts neither
corruption, nor lust, nor intemperance
| will rule the land"
Rev. DIR. Gordon, pastor of the Clar-
endon street Baptist church, and q
man of note and ability, has ringing
letter in Saturdays Herald of two
columns length which it will dc
every temperance man good to read
and ponder. We give n sentence only
of letter packed with earnest thought,
and leave the remainder until another
week: "There is II prOhibitOry party
just us certainly as there is republi-
can party. 1t has IA distinct and def
mite aim, and that aim is not selfish OF
ambitions, but humane and merciful
1t seeks to emancipate millions of
our people from the most degrading
bondage, the most relentless tyranny
that has ever fastened itself upon II ma
ton. Its leaders are pressed in spirit
as they see the enormous and rapid
are battling, believing that Gladstone's
opinion applies as truly to America as
to Great Britain, that, unless the na-
ton can strangle this monster, it will
very soon be strangled by it. Am
| shut up by any law to choice be-
tween two candidates neither OF whom,
though for very different reasons, is
satisfactory? When it is urged that,
between two evils-that is, between
the party that ignores this issue and
the party that denounces tive must
choose the least, has not a citizen. with
conscience in his breast and the
judgment seat before his eyes, the
right to say: Il choose neither and
leave the issue with God ?"
In his sermon ut the Warren avenue
Baptist church last Sunday, Rev. o. p.
Clifford, the pastor, took for his text
eve have made lies our refuge" etc,
and in the course of his discourse he
said "If we compromise with evil, we
make our refuge in lies. federation is
encouragement to all kinds of evil.
Slavery was an evil, and was tolerated
and encouraged till the great north
and west arose in their might, and,
though at fearful cost, said it must
be abolished. Go to the western conven-
tions of the great political parties,
where they make platforms for people
to stand upon, and, while they are
pleading for the country's prosperity,
saying 'We know the liquor traffic is
wrong, but we cannot touch the prob
lem as to how to deal with it, because
we cannot carry our candidate on it,
and we see an instance of refuge of
lies"