National Republican., 1885-11-28
ETHICS or c!vfL ggnyfoa.


"Thc Ethics of Cvil Service" vas ti1 titl1
Of n sermon preached ThHrslhy m ,rlins a.
the Holy Gross Church. Eighteenth = fcet nnl
Massachusetts, avenue, by B'y J. a. II TrOl |,
The rector, from st. Matthew v: 1913. "Hc nave
heard that IL hath bccu said tl1u sntlt lbf1
thy rciphborand hate thiue enemy. But say
unto you, love enemies, bless them that cursn
you, do good to them that hate yoa, aud pray
for those which dcspiteiully use yon aud pr
sccuto you. FOR IL yo love them which love
you, what reward have ye2 Do not oven tho
DubicNns the slnie2 Aud if yc salute y bur
brethren only, what do yC more than O.hers,
Do not even the publiCaus so! De yc. there.
ioir, perfect, even as your Father which is in
Adycitlig hiicny to our cause for gratitude
in The possession of a country 10 wide In nrcn,
so blessed IN the abundance and variety of its
productions for every human use, aud In all
that went TO rake physical life happy, as
compared, IN the same respects, with any other
county, lie claimed that we had abundant
CrusC for thNukfulncss that ours was an cX-
country on earth were the conditions of human
Life 80 favorable rs IN ours.
But we had still higher cause for gratitude
that in this, more fully than in any other land,
every man had voice In making It's laws. No
where else arc the duties and rights Of citizens
50 inlly, correlated. and y was we'll tlat IL
should lc so. AS q principle OF right II was
only Just and fnir that those who had to bG
taxed, or otherwise made to support govern.
ment, should have II voice in It's management
and the choice of rulers. Doubtful as the ex-
pertinent might bnvc looked and many
ls were the incOnvenicnoe3 which
for timo followed Its Inauguration,
Il was righteous, and therefore u wise act
When nearly twenty years ago, four millions Of
men who had been made free and charged with
the duties Of citizenship, where also invested
with its privileges and the right TO vote, It
marked nn era of progress in politics toward
the foundations of right and Justice toward
all. He thanked God that no one party could
claim monopoly Of all that was true In prln:
cplc or action, aud for II marked decadcucc Of
the old nntipNthics that once existed between
. men Of different politics.
Christianity had raised men above these mar
row prcjudiccs that confined friendly inter.
course To men of like politics. II one loved
and sAuted only his brother Democrats or Re.
publicOns, what did he more than others2
What reward had he? The truc Christian WILL
broader platform of country above party, aud
doing Justice TO the motives of even political
foes, try, to be perfect, even as your Father In
heaven Is perfect.
This growing feeling had led or forced poitl-
clans OF both parties into anothergrcat political
reform known ms civil service. lie thanked God
that this was SO, and that lie had given us for
President one who had tho manhood in spite
of incnlculable pressure in his own party to go
back TO the corrupt spOils system, to stand by Il
law which was with all Its crudeness and i'm.
tion ever framed because 1t was founded on
the principles of absolute justice and right
He urged upon nll Christians and patriots the
necessity Of upholding the President In his en-
dcavor TO observe and enforce the civil service
law. lie spoke of the difficulties that faced
the President in his .cndeavor to. carry out the
law, ana snid that the successful party of the
future must take up this principle. and that 1t
would meet every variety of dinculty from the
advocates of the spoils system Politics of
the present day tends toward more liberlllty
Of thought and absolute justice, which the
preacher believed was the effect OF christianity
over the general character of the people.