The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-04-22
FOR THE RIGHT.
To What Political Party Should Minister,
Belonge

To WHIST Political Party Should Ministers
Belongs
The question. it seems, would be
easily answered. We should say to
that party which is right However.
this might be doubted. and the CUES
ton raised should we not consider the
question of expediencyp Am to
sacrifice friendship and standing and
influence simply to be rightP Had |
not better stand for the best | can get
and hope that the parties that are
will drift to the right yea help them
to drift to the rightP / take the
ground s4uarely that a minister never
gained anything by a compromise
with the devil or any of his agents.
Had Daniel bowed to the demands
made upon him and done the best he
could, where to-day would have been
the noble name and grand history?
But . says some one "a half
loaf is better than none at all.
Alb, indeed! Is half bridge
better than no bridget Is half
hearted friend better than no friendp
] prefer no friend to one who is half
hearted. Who is there that does not
despise half-hearted man, one on
whom you never feel safe? Does the
Lord love such one more than we?
We despise a man who is our friend
so long as policy dictates and when an
i'll wind comes deserts us, 1t seems to
me that the patience of the Lord is so
tried with some men who are ever
lastingly governed by policy that If
his store was less infinite it would be
exhausted.
If you condemn half hearted man.
how do you think that the Lord can
tolerate such u one in q man whom he
has called to stand before the world
as his ambassador The question is
not TO what party should man be-
long, but minister one whom God
has called and sent forth us his en-
bassador. A foreign minister repre-
sents not himself when he stands be-
fore the queen or king OF foreign
land but he represents his government
and must act at all times in the in
terestS of his land and people aud not
himself.
SO we are representatives of the
Lord and should stand so as to repre-
sent him. Should the Lord ever
stand for moment with that which
is not right it would DESTROY his divin-
ity. lie would no longer be God.
How then can minister who is his
representative to tho people ever
stand with the unrighteousP The
question arises how shall we vote il
there are only two evils? There is al
ways time to get out decent ticket.
Why should we do it? The writer re-
grets to-day he voted for the present
mayor of this city and il the same two
candidates were before the people for
the Office again would make out an
independent ticket if only dozen vot-
cd for it. Would at least be able to
say registered my opinion for the
right and against the wrong. Oh,
says one, that would be throwing
away the vote BY no means, for al
though the man was elected to the pc.
sition for whom | voted, ! consider
that vote thrown away. What is {
voteP A vote is conviction record
ed Understand me, not expressed
but recorded. Our ladies can expires,
very forcibly, but they cannot vote.
They cannot record their opinion.
The recorded vote or opinion is al
that counts. Now we vote our opin
ions not men. In voting for Mr.. COT
ran for mayor / chose the least O.
two evils, | thought and you who
voted for Mr. Quinton voted for tho
least OF two evils you thought We
neither of us recorded an opinion fol
the right for both were men who were
in the wrong, Let the Christian min.
istry express their conviction by vot.
ing alone for good men and they will
soon have the political bosses bring.
ing forth good men TO be voted for
but so long as VIC will vote for such
men who o emily or behind tho door
drink their liquor we can expect that
we will have such men thrust under
our noses to vote for Rev N. D..
johnson before minister's meeting in
Topeka, Kansas.