Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-11
8. He should be moral man and an

3. be should be moral man and an
intelligent one.
4. He ought to show that he had
some means OF subsistence. When q
man had qualified in this way he should
be granted the right to vote, as the
student receives his diploma at college.
He should be taughtto regard the right
to vote as a valuable prize.
Now, for civil service reform. OF
course the parties are dead in love with
that. What is it? 1t is not only pre-
scribing mans duty, but sustaining
him in doing it, and making his position
all the more secure because OF his faith
fulness. Would you like to ride behind
an engine in charge of an incompetent
engineer? Would you trust man
simply because he wore the same col
ored glasses as you did? Then why
place Incompetent men in charge OF
offices simply because they are of the
same political complexion Now, do
not believe in this Wholesale denunci-
alton of public men. In their positions,
with their temptations, we would do
worse than they do. But l do plead for
reform in the filling OF all political
Offices.
Now for the question of education.
am believer in compulsory education
as far as the grammar school is con-
cerned. also believe that Catholics and
Protestants should be trained together
in these schools. 1t would break down
prejudices on both sides and teach the
children mutual respect for each other
as they grew up. They never would
hate each other afterwards.
The public schools are charged
with being Goddess. Now, have set
down ten things which these schools are
obliged to teach daily, which l think
refute this charge.
1.-They teach punctuality. Now
that is good thing, (even in a church
member.) [Laughter.] 2. They teach
orderliness. Now, are those not God
like kequestions? 3. Obedience. A. Truth
fulness. 5. Honesty. These things, are
they not the foundation of the deca-
logue? 6. Industry. Z. Thoroughness.
s. Observation. 8. Comparison. 10.
Appreciation.
All these things are taught, and il
we'll taught. they cannot fail to make
the students God-fearing and grateful to
the Creator. They will develop the con-
science and the moral nature, and il
they are not developed the man will be
failure. But the religious nature must
be trained also, else the man is one
sided in his development.
How should the religious nature be
trained? Well, our school children go
to school six or seven years, five hours a
day, five days week. Now, this is too
much time, and it should be curtailed,
and the time saved given to the
churches for training the religious
nature of the children. We have Sun
day schools, but they are not compul-
sorry, and there is but twenty minutes
week devoted to the religious training
of the children. The churches should
devote more time during the week to
the children, and train them with as
much care as they are taught intel
lectually.
The doctor closed with beautiful
word picture of the future of the world,
when the paths pursued by our own and
other governments shall unite in cne
grand and perfect government, and the
Bible prediction shall be fulfilled which
says: "And there shall be one fold and
one shepherd, and God himself shall rule
his people," In closing he said:
'Now, our work is this: To make our
country, our government, the grandest
avenue of those leading to this arch OF
triumph-this perfect government. To
this conception trustthe things have
said may have led your thoughts this
evening""