Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1888-11-29
THE BALLOT BOX.
II Is the Ark of the American
Covenant.
M, Talmage says It's Worst Enemies Arc
Ignorance, Fraud, Bribery and In-
timidatIon-A Sound Sermon on
an Important Subject.

r,lmaqe's recent sermon, and his text:
eryUo cubits and half was the length of it,
and cubit and half the breadth of it, and
,,bit and half the height of it.n-Exodus
xyyvii /. Following is the sermon;
Look al 1.-THE sacred chest of the an
.ients 1t was about five feet long, three
fest wide and three feet high. II was with
IN and out of pure gold. On the top of it
stood two angels facing each other with out
snroad wings. In that sacred box was the
law and there were in it a great many
,racious stones With that box went the fate
1.-THE nation. Carried in front of the host,
the waters Of the Jordan parted. Divinely
charged, costly, precious, momentous boxl
youpholy hands might lay hold Of it, 1t
uas called the ark Of the covenant But you
nm understand it was box, the most prec-
I'm. box of the ages. Where is it nowi
Gone forever Not a crypt of church or
museum of the world has fragment of it,
But is not his nation Gods chosen peoplel
Have we not passed through the Red Seat
Rave we not been lead with pillar Of fire
~ pightl Has this nation no ark of the
covenant! Yes, the ballot-box, the sacred
chest Of the nation, the ark of the American
covenant
hiti the law, in it is the divine and the
bbuan will, in it is the fate of the nation.
Carried in front of our host again aud again
tine waters Of national trouble have parted.
MIGHTY ark of the covenant. the American
ba,otbox 1t is very old box.
In Athens long before the art of printing,
the people dropped pebbles into it 10 give
sypressi on to their sentiments. After that
beans were dropped into it, a white bean for
The Affirmative. black bean for the mega
tive. After that when they wished to vote
aman out of citizenship, they would write
his name upon a shell and drop that into the
box
0ConneIl and Grote and Co den and Ma
canay and Gladstone fought great battles
in The introduction of the ballot-boxes in
England and to-day il is one Of the fast
Desses of that nation. II is one of the cor
Ber-stones Of our government. It is older
than the Constitution. In il is our national
safety. Tell me what will be the fate Of the
American ballot-b0x the ark of the Ameri-
gancoyenant aud will tell you what will
y be the fate az TINS nation Give the people
once year or once in four years an oppor-
q unity to express their political sentiments,
y and You practically avoid insurrection and
n revolution
Either give them the ballot or they win
take the sword. Without the ballot-boS
there can be no free republic 10 institutions.
Milton visiting in Italy noticed that on the
sdes OF Yesuvius gardeners and farmers
we're at work while the volcano was in erup-
ton. and he asked them II they were safe.
81 Yes, said the farmers aud the gardeners,
n iii is safe; all the danger is before the erup-
q ton; then comes earthquake and terror, but
N just as soon as the volcano begins to pour
d forth lava we all feel at rest 1t is the
suppression Of political sentiment, the sup
preston Of public opinion, that makes moral
earthquake and national earthquake. Let
public opinion pour forth, aud that gives
satisfaction and TT gives peace, and that
gives permanency to good government
And yet though the balot-box is the sacred
chest and the ark the American covenant
yon know as well as know il has its sworn
antagonists aad | propose this morning in
Gods name and a, Christian patriot to set
beforeyoa the names Of some Of the sworn
enemies Of this sacred chest, the ark of the
american covenant, the ballOt-box.
First ! remark ignorance is a mighty foe
Other things being gqual the more inteili-
gence a man has tae better he is qualified to
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