The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-11-22

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Polish Statesman in 0Iassachu-

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Polish Statesman in NIassachu.
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! sew York Evening Post.
Tho Hon. Elijah A. Morse, tho pro
: y'prietor OF THE Rising Sun stove polish,
T has been delivering an address before
, congregational club in Boston on III
thesis that American politics Il not op
|, posed 70 Christian living" The address
we need hardly say, sboundcd in ILLUS
|trati0ns." In fact, therc was little else
In L.. This IL the one. however. which
most attracted our attention:
i "But you desire living illustrations.
point you TO Benjamin Harrison, presi.
dent OF the United states, the man who
had family prayers in tho cars on the
journey from his home TO Washington
to assume the duties Of his great Office. >
! Now, the Apostle James says that
'I"pure religion and undefIed" con Dsists
mot il having family prayers in the rail-
road cars, but In "visiting the widows
and the fatherlcss in their afliiction and
keeping himself unspotted from the
world" What view does the Hon
Elijah A. Morse think Mrs. dc La Hunt,
the widow whose melancholy tale has
been related, takes Of President I4srri-
sons religion under this definition |?
The president discovered this widows
case himself, and used il to revile . DO
Ilitical opponent; but when the time came
Ito "visit her in her afIiictionD-thst is.
Igive her back the Office Of which, &C.
10 his own account in the senate,
Ishe had been shamefnlly despoiled he
q IN . rv,olo v,ftttct...
ling in railroad cars wash out an oiIense
Iof this sort? Not without repentance
land restitution. Moreover. in various
lother passages Of scripture, the keeping
Iot solemn pledges is made an essential
part Of pure religion aud andetiled !"
Nowhere Is there any distinction made
lin the matter Of keeping faith between
family life and business or political life.
Nowhere, il it said. that il you have
family prayers after breakfast, You may
lawfully break your official oaths or
Ipromises-"d the things You ought not
ito have done, aud leave undone the
things you ought to have DONE" What.
then. does the Hon. EIijah think OF this
Ipromise Of the president, in view OF such
cases as Gen. Mans0ns, Col. Burt's, and
several others:
/ an appointments TO every grade and
department fitness and not party service
Ish0uld be tho essential and discriminate
ling teet, and fideIify the only sure tenure
||of ofElco. Only The Interests Of The pub
] |lic serviee should ssggsst removals IRON
lIsligIon. ths Hon. Elijah, q only vi
'|uabIo, only thing 20 - boaseod OF OF
IpoInted 70 with pride, 10 80 far . it 10.
tlucnccs conduct for conduct, as Arnold
Says, Is three-fourths Of life, and Is the
IIpr00f as we'll IS the illustration Of SINGER
.lity. This il what makes one OF your
Quotations very apt, but very hard on
some Of your illustrations" unctuous
y friend:
II Dare 70 be Daniel.
Il Dare 20 stand alone.
Il Dare 20 have purpose true,
Ii Dare 70 make Il known.
i Another or the Hon. Elijah A. Morse'.
illustrations is John Wanamaker-
4 Tho merchant prince OF PhiIadelphia
lp0stmsster-genera OF the United States
h man who will not travel on Sunday
who every week goes to his home il
Philadelphia 10 superintcnd Sunday
school which he organized years ago
among the uncsred-f0r children Of the
street What godIy. religious life, in
consistent with eminent public service |!
Have you read the book, have you read
that Nebuchadnczzar and Be!shazzar
found no man so wise In the affairs OF
state as Daniel, who retired three times
ia day TO pray n
Docs the Hon. Eli sh suppose for q mo-
|ment that Daniel would have raised
e2uO. .O0U and given Il 10 BelshAzzar to|
spend IS be pleased, knowing well that
he was . dissolute, unprincipled man,
without either fear Of God or love oil
country, and have taken Office Is : re-
ward? On thc contrary, sooner than
share in the corruptions OF tho spoiIs- |
men Of that day, hs suffered himself tol
De cast into the lions den. II was not
his public praying that saved Daniel, but
bis unshaksbIe integrity. We are not!
surprised, after this discourse, to findi
Mr.. Morse recommending "the manu-
lecturers and business men Of Massachu.
setts who have sons to cducatcr to with
draw their patronage and support from
college because the president,
Ind professors do not agree with him
about the tariff. II ID astonishing how
much vonality OF mind can exist under,
;0ver OF this fiuency Of religious express
lion. The Hon. Elijah was elected 10
congress- last fall without any visible fit-l
less for the place except tho possession
u large fortune derived from his Ris-
ng Sum stove polish, and he was openly i
hsrgcd with having bought his nomina- :
ion-in the absence, we suppose, Of any
'thcr rational explanation 81 his gcttingl
{ We should not notice his perfor-l ,
nances as religious preacher but forI1,
he fact that . congregational club, we
uppose composed mainly OF ministers, !,
invited him TO deliver his discourse al
heir meeting. Tho encouragement
iven IN this way BY religious bodies tolr
be Morse type Of politician IL, In fact, !
NO Of the most discouraging phcnomcna J,
{ the day, because it shows that the
1orship Of money, to which wo owe
luch OF the degradation Of public life, ist,