The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-01-29

A Loud Warn1ag.
Sam. Small and Sans. Jones are hold
Ing meetings ~ Cincinnati. and waking
up many IN that ahode ~ 81 kinses 81 sin
A : meeting IN Music Hail Monday.
Small preached from the text:
Woe unto him that huiidesh HE houss
by unrightecusnese aud his ehAmbers ~
wrong; that useth hls neixhhos's service
without reeompcnsc aud giveth him
nauxht for his work. Der. xii. Is.
"The suppression OF the Christisn
principle In any government Of this era
l. . curse 70 The people. Where tina,
principle Il not respected aud made
liominant there are woe, poverty aud the
half aw skened instinct Of savsgery. n
i the true balance wheel In the machi.
merry Of all righteous government. Christ
was : retormer Of measures o. well as
loo ? He purchased righteousness,
joy and pescc in the Holy Ghost for m.
tions - well as individuals. Since He
lived and taught M people have ever RI
sen in civilization higher than their
Christianity has carried them. Every
nation that has abandoned or suppressed
the Christian principle has been rent
with wrongs and expressions ; many
have been scattered by anarchy aud
swallowed up BY other peoples.
IF there IL one thing cOnspicuously
lacking in our country's affairs il Il this
Christian principle. Il seems to hsve
come into contempt with the regnani
classes in society. in aud IN
government Wherever men raise
their voices 10 preach the gospel OF
Christ @ the people they are met with
the replies:
We are ton poor and too busy il win
ming bread for to-day 10 care Tor il to-
morrow or consider eternity.
1--WE see M Christians. hear no Chris-
fians. deal with no Christians. or else
Christianity Is = concerted gospel of
greed snd self ~hness,
-These are the uiferances Of the dis-
gusted wage-workers and The oppressed
poor OF onr land to-day. Then what Is
our bsssted civilization aud :ibers,
worth when they produce such senii-
menis and yield such = citizenry : b.,th
sggrieved and godi-.s?-
MIR. Small then spoke OF the wide.
spread amd Increasing pSupsrism OF
Amsrics. AMI sail -An inssii4te cov..t-
nn-ness Is building to itself pslasisl
mansions. packing away millions aud
withholding from the poor the prof
its Of their la.or. Finance and CON-
merre are engineered 10 augment the
UNJUST u>nry Of capital aud 10 plumber
The just wages Of The laboring millions.
Speculation ia the breadstuffs of 4 pro
pie make empty cuphnaris aud bare IT,
hles ~ the homes IT The humble ~tnil~rs.
Gsmhling IL the wonderful staples thar
God designed for The clothing OF nsii.ns
u causing thousands TO shiver halt.elad
in the winds of winter. Traffic IL dam-
nabie liquors il DESTROYING Inc homes
sud hsppiness Of miilians 10 huild pal
~sisi residences. III which every brick
and stone Il she representative OF the
tears and misery aud The blood of =
ldrunksrd's family. Lotteries nre de.
bsuchinx and spreading The gambling
spirit among millions more. bringing
disgrace. poverty aud criminaIity. Gov
ernneni 10 ino oteu the creature OF COR
ruption. fraud and practical irea-nn.
These things need no demonstration
here OF their truth. WHY are they true ?
Because the Christian principles Il n"s
Pregnant. Because we constantly and
per-issentiy disregard The great com
msndmrnt. Love Thy God with III ths
soul, and with All thv heart. and with nii
thy mind, q with ~ thy strength. and
thy neighb0r as thyself.'
ID we resiize that while We are thus
recklessIy and rem0rse'e~sly grinding
the faces Of The poor We are also whet-
ting their teeth! Csn We not under.
stand that one day in The future. Ike
staring Siberian wolves, they will de-
-crnd from the barren smow eppss aud
ravage the opqIent valleys aud luxurious
homes Of their opprpssors? do ynu
imagine the French people, Who follow
ed he unchrisfisn course which W. are
repeating, Anticipated the resuit that he
He'll ~ the horrors or the Commune. with
their children bulchered like dOga aud
their priests murdered in their vest ments
on the altar steps ~ the csshedrnls III thu
gsy capital? will w not consider and
know that there il ahead III d. fortunes
IN nowise different Except III accumula-
ted sg"Uies and more widespread an
larchvl
what II the cnre Of Ill fhiS vide
disc0ntenf. issuing III practical II fdelisy ?
II y IN the Chrisiianizing NJ the people
~ the making Of The Christian prinripls
The backbone element Of orr Affairs.
%sociai. c"mmercisl sud religions. Chris
%tisnitv IL not only the headlight or N.
v-ncing civilization, hut Il the ONLY
genuinely practical cure for modern
communism
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