Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-10-08
CRAFTSMANSHIP.

STATESMANSHlP.
II may CRATE harshly on come ears 10
say that n statesman is Christian and not
n henthen, A heathen could not te a
siaiesmsn until after education and con-
version. A man without soul like an OK
might be treated decently under heathen-
islI legislation. We should have some
doubts about that. In most climates mn
OK wants n decent stable and good fodder.
Some men and women do no not get TINT
much. 1t is said that in the city Of Bah
ylon the merchants dealt in the souls OF
men. Nebucladnezr,r, the king, we pre-
sumo did not know that man had soul
for lie treated men as chatiels. II WIS in
all respects a befilting punishment that
the Creator who had endowed men with
souls above cattle should drive that great
beastly king out away from men and make
Inn eat grass like an OK, and keep him
out IN pastures for seven years until lie had
learned the alphabet OF craftsmanship to
help men and bless the most High who
rules over all. But we need not 80 back
80 for in the annals OF political champion
ship to find the samples OF heathenism.
The song Of the SHIRT has been sung by ie-
males in our own times, and If all accounts
are true many women with a song attun-
cd 10 sadder notes has been compelled for
the want OF food 10 sell her body in houses
Of prostitution TO the highest bidder !
Poor things! Under such circumstances
when millions OF dollars are spent on GIN
ger-bread churches and air castles, il
would be the easiest thing IN the world to
believe that nobody had my soul, either
man or woman. II the present age is
mn nge Of gold, oi speculation and money
making, II is also preeminently an nge of
| mnleriulism. Whatever faith men may
have in higher nation they act as il the
body was all in all and the higher nature
or the soul was of little or no account
The old heather ideas of sensuality are
sweeping awsy the sacredness OF home
Men aud women fill themselves with kegs
Of beer an barrels OF whisksy and other
intoxicating narcotics, ransack heaven and
earth in search Of luxurious food TO excite
the passions, 90 to houses fitted up alter
the style of Turkish harems and dream Of
heaven in shameless abodes OF sensuality
and awake in the sensualist's hell. Courts
and Senators and Representatives and EI-
ecutives grant easy divorces, laugh at the
subierfnges of polygamy, gather around
themselves in the halls OF Legislation
swarms OF fast women, steal from the peo-
pie, are highly tickled at the idea thai
anybody is fool enough to talk about Al
immortal soul, or 10 speak of the Ten Com
mandments US the best code of laws will
which 10 govern state in the nineteenth
century. A class OF Legislators like thos,
who scout The Christian religion and cal
its foundation nn Illegitinate imposior
have Ind their day. They are outlaws ant
political pirates in league with Satan
The people begin to understand their black
arts. These rulers who treat themselves
and the people as cattle and swine 10 b,
fattened and butchered for food have los
their power. They may for n while shoe
down those whose votes they can't buy
But the people can't be bull-dozed ant
bam-boozled forever! These outlaws who
blaSpheme God and bru,alize man mus
go. God and the people have so decreed
When man rises up IN the dignity of hi
manhood and feels the Inspiration of I'M
better self he is not easily frightened mol
cllesply bought. He will not sell his sou
10 save his body. There are Thermopylm
and Waterloos and Bunker Hills that triet
mems souls. There have been heroic deed
performed in which the soul asserted II,
divine nature, triumphant and omnipoien
o7er all that this material universe con-
taIns. Such were the deeds OF one who
met his death on the Hill of Cavalry. In
His ledger the worth OF souls are not reck
oned by dollars and cents. They are aboy,
all price and can neither be bought moi
sold. Such are the sentiments of every
statesman. The science OF stalesmanshir
il not Taught IN heather when men, women
and children are inundated on The pollut.
ed alIars Of false gods. Statesmen do not
worship the gods and goddeases, Venus
Mars and Raccl,ns, or follow in the trail
OF parties aud Fccih. The Great High
Priest who ministers nj the shrine where
IHleSnen Worship teaclics tlnl 10 man
can he neglected with impunily; that the
first duty oi the Slala IA to protect The poor
and tile weak and helpless TO preserve
the people from vice and crime and rescne
criminals; that The art OF training and
saving men Is grand, sublime, God like
that mnn is destined 10 live ina higher
sphere aud 10 be invested with immOriall-
~, always progressing in grace and VIA
dom throughout endless Hgen, after states
aud eupirrs aud all the grandeur Of this
material universe have passed away.
Stnlesn,an1hip receives ilS crowning excel
lence under the genial influence of the
Chrisliun religion and IL Is hardly neces-
ssry 10 say that Statesman is a christian
and not heaihen. JUhOIS
Duckien's Arnicn Snive.
TBEBEsT SALyE In the world for Cuis, Bruis