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of the country. and saving US from abonnding
evils JAMES MCCosH.
BLIND, BUT YET HE SEES.
1t were, indeed. sad case, II the men most
deeply concerned in the affairs which affect the
veal of cities. states. and the nation were shut
out from the mercy and grace OF our blessed
Lord. and from memb .rship in his BODY and
church. Every public man has great and sore
temptations, but so have all other men, VIII Al
promised to all who seex it, and nowhere read
that Christ puts a politician under the ban;
although, from your propounding the query, IL
would seem some gnorant and narrow people
do. have known in the past. and still know.
rs devout and noble Christian men engaged In
public business in any other w ak OF life.
WILLIAM HENRY MILBURN.
THE IDEAL POLITICIAN.
Not only may a politician o a Christian, but
believe he should be. Indeed. one cannot be
an ideal 10 itician without being a Christian
namely in he sense that he apples the moral
i.y OF the Gospel in the conduct of government.
and The relations of citizen to the government.
For example, tire fundamental precept of the
Gospel, Love thy neighbor rs ihy self. v is as
appl cable and as operative in the relate ms OF
government as of individuals. and should inter-
cict al war. So the other precep. DO
unto others rs you would that they should
d. unto you," should control the rela-
lions nj governments So the maxim, '.Render
unto Ca ar the thing shat are Ca Sars ''obli .es
the citizen to the faithful discharge of his duty
to the government. 1hese merely illus IA
tions of how the oh i-sation ami precepts of
Christ in public affairs would purify and exalt
Toiit cs; so that Il true politician is indeed
true Chr .stian-in The sense We are nov using
the word. Hence, in my Judgment it is prime
func ion and duty of c.ergymen 10 iEcucate
morality in all pc .iiical relations, as well as in
individual conduct. II by politician is meant.
IN the current sense of the ter n-nameiy, one
who escorts to every sort OF dishonest and ne
farious art to Climb INFO power answer that
ROGER A. PRYOR.
WHEN POLITICS AND RELIGION CONFLICT.
II politician cannot DE Christian. then
good by TO honest government. or course. a
mad nnlitician. corrupt politician. q bTibiQg
politician, cannoi be Christian In any decent
sense Of the word. in AM sense which makes a
Christian anyt thing else than a villain. But
trust there is a better meaning to the word pol
itician. trust il may connect with poIitics.
suppose the word to be derived from poltics,
and politics is the affairs OF state, and no man
in q Tree country can be al ideal Christian who
is not interested in affairs OF safe. and who Is
not to the extent OF his oppor unities, politi
clan. But il YOU corrupt the meanings of words,
and make Christian To be man who is super
refined above all human interests. and who
cares nothing for his fellow imam, whose reiig-
ion has lifted him above all claims of Gtriot-
ism: or If you define politician as one VINO has
NO interest in he welfare OF his country and in
whom the instincts of patriotism have been
crushed. whose only care is 10 fill his own pocE-
cts and sui serve his selfish ntere 't-thel n poll
it!cian cannot be a Christian. But the word
politician has not yet quite lost, Ike pagan and
villain, its original and honorable sense:
WILLIAM HAYES WARD.
POLITICS AND THE CoNsCIs NEE.
cannot see why politici should not en-
brace the Christian religion. Poli,ics ought al
WAYS to be q matter OF conscience. True, poll
ticiau has much to contend with. but wi n q
firm adhere II to his religious pr ncip- Is he will
triump i over every obstacle. ami his activ ty in
sistent course that the most Jealous politician
can be living representation OF Christian
gentleman. B. +. BRIGGS,
Governor OF Delaware.
IT DEPENDS UPON THE M N.
The question depends on two th.n S; first, the
defni lion OF ChiStIau, and second the definition
of a politician. Supposing you mean py
Christian 4 consistent believer in and follower
OF our Lord, and by politician one VINO de-
votes his life conscient.ously to the solution of
political problems. the answer is plainly yes.
OLIVER OTIS HOWARD
Major General u. S. Army.
NOTED woMAN's OPINION.
If q spoil ician'' means what is sometimes
called the ward politician, the man who
trades in politics aud whose touch helps TO cor
rupt them, the answer is easy-ihat such man
canuot be Chris.ian. His conduc. Is unworthy
OF a citizen OF q free government, and the fewer
we have of them the better Tor our untry In
every respect But il by politician is meant
the man who feels q deep interest in politics.
and carries into them o considerable share of
his time and energies. then say, not only that
such man may be Christian. but that every
Christian man oIght to be, so tar as he is able.
Just what this politician Is. There can be 70
earthly subject more important than our poll
tics none To which every Chr. stian citizen owes
higher duties. ISABELLA BREcHBR HOOKER.
MANHOOD IN MODERN POLITICS.
To my mind, politician means q man who
busies himself about the public affairs of the
community in which he lives, and IL be performs
his du properly I would consider him far
HIGHER tsbe OF Christian than one who makes