The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-16
PULPIT AND PEW
NEWS AND COMMENT OF INTER
ESTTo CHURCH PEOPLE.
The Life Of samuei-The Great Methodist
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tians In Poli:ics-MInor Mention.

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tians In PoIi:ics-Minor Mention.
THE Christians Politics. was the
subject OF recent sermon Of Rev. +.
Y. Mullins, pastor OF Lee-Street Bap-
tist church, Baltimore. His text was;
Render unto Caesar the Things That
are Caesars, and unto God the Things
That are Gods" He said: There are
certain duties which Christian men
owe to the State. The principle Of the
text does not conflict with that other
truth announced by Christ, My king
dom is not of this world His church
is 10 be separate and distinct from
human governments. but human gov
ernment is not thereby abolished.
The New Testament clearly teaches
elsewhere that human government
is ordained Of God. There is no
conflict between the text and the
truth announced by the Apostle Paul.
Our citizenship is. in Heaven Chris
tians are citizens of Heaven, but they
come 10 grief when they forget that
they are also citizens OF earthly king
doms. One OF the most important ei.
fects of our being members OF The
heavenly kingdom is the qualification
we receive for worthy citizenship on
earth. Only evil comes from trying t.
live in Heaven before we get TO Heaven.
A boy ran along the earth and at the
same time kept his eye fixed on kite
sailing among the clouds. lie fell down
and broke his nose as consequence.
what is it to be citizen IN Amsri'
car Ii means more than 1t means II
other countries. To be an American
citizen means TO be sovereign. A
citizen is one OF the sovereign people
according to the Constitution. The pre-
negatives and duties of the citizen II
our country are royal. An American
civil engineer was seated by the Gar OF
Russia in railway coach discussing
the plans of a new Russian railroad
The soldiers of the body guard Of the
Gar became indignant, and were ready
TO do violence to the American who pre-
sumed to sit as an equal by the side OF
their august ruler. The Car himself
satisfied their computations by saying
In the country were this man lives
every citizen is kind
'In America the voters are RESPONSE
bic. IL the Government is good the
citizens are due the credit. III scOun'
dres get in office and plumber the pub
Inc Treasury the voters who put them
there are responsible. Two courses are
open TO the Christian citiZen-hrst, he
can pursue course to please the devil.
One of the best ways to please the devil
is TO countenaDce the theory that poll
tics and morality have no connection
with each other. The devil chuckles
with delight when professed follower
of Christ gets into Office and announces
that a man in politics must put his
morality in his pocket A United States
Senator lately announced that the Ten
Commandments and the. Golden Rule
have no place in politics. Set this down
as truth: When the Ten Command
ments and the Golden Rule are put out
of politics it means that the devil II
running your politics.
THE Christian also pleases the devil
when he says: 'PoGticsare in the hands
of corrupt men. Hence | will stay away
from the polls and have nothing TO do
with politics. The devil is doing his
level best TO keep politics in the hands
OF corrupt men. A handful OF plot
tiers on ship ia mid-ocean stay the cap
tain and seize the ship with the view of
running her upon rock and plumber
ing the passengers and cargo. What
would you think of the rest of the
crew and male passengers If they fold
ed their hands and said: Let them
alone; they are set of villains anyway.
1t would be degradation for us to
come in contact with them Many a
Christian citizen in this land is doing
that.
But there is another course open to
the Christian voter by which he may
please God. He will please God if he
takes interest enough in politics to in
form himself and vote. intellgently. IN
ancient Greece, Scion enacted that a
man was dishonOred and DISTINGUISHED
who took no interest in the affairs of
his country. The Christian voter will
please God if he votes from principle.
He should not follow his party one inch
beyond the line of right. No man
should let his party carry his conscience.
christian voters will please God by
seeking to elevate the standard of
citizenship and political honor. They
must teach corrupt politicians that com
mand. Thou shalt not lie and Thou
shalt not steal, applies to them as well
as to other people. do not say that
all politicians are corrupt. Governor
Nicbol, of Louisiana, who spurned the
money power and vetoed the Lottery
bill, is a proof that here and there are
men of integrity and honor in high
places of political preferment. The
adoption of the Australian ballot system
in some quarters is probably the best
thing under the circumstances. But
at the same time it is a confession that
our citizens cannot be trusted at the
polls. 1t is a confession of the death
Of political honor. What is needed is a
revival OF manhood. We have done
away with time and space by our pat
ent devices of the telegraph and rail-
road. But you can never do away
with dishonesty by patent voting
booth. As Christians let us be intelli-
gent, earnest, patriotic, God-fearing
voters. Let US vote only for clean
measures and clean men, and the smiles
OF God will rest upon our nation.
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