The Newtown bee., 1892-03-04
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 ssAll wickedness is weakness" said
 Milton. Diversities of talents, and quai-
 ities of character; natural tendencies fol
 lowed to extremes and partial one sided
 education also help to constitute many
 weak i'll some points, while they may be
 strong in other points. Ho" often We say of some one: 'srhat is his strong
 point, or that is his weak side" It is of- ten the case that the strongest characters are also the weakest. Great inen are of- ten great only in some one direction. The man who makes a lasting impression upon the world is one who bears on hard and long in one place, with singleness of purpose which tells upon his genera tion and, perhaps, upon the ages. Such men are generally great only in one thing. But the men who are most truly great are the most symmetrical in character, having many of the gifts of nature and are most like Christ, the Goldman and Saviour of the world; like Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Alfred the Great, Lafay- cite and Washington-men richly en- dowed with the best qualities of human nature and cultured by the Spirit of God. Great natures schooled in great cXperi- ences are they who can sympathiZe with the whole world of mankind and are mighty to help the weak in every time of need.
 The church was made for man and not man for the church. The grace of God in Christ comes to men in their sinful ness and weakness and ignorance and seeks to enlighten, strengthen, convert and save and finally make perfect in holi ness. To this end, it is d nursery in which the children are adopted and train ed for eternal life and the weak are min- istered unto according to their wants. It is a school into which all may enter by the covenant sign of baptism, believing in the great Divine Teacher, that they may be instructed in the word of God and in the way of righteousness. More- over, it is ; universal fraternity founded on the common Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man and we enter in- to it's spiritual fellowship by being con- firmed in the faith and keeping the me- morial feast of the body and blood of our glortied Lord. We do not enjoy these blessed privileges because we are good, but because, having repented of our sins, we have a sincere desire to become good. We feel the need of divine help and we law hold nf tho nrnn,fsaS of (NnI ,.yhi .h assure us that He will help and keepall who believe in Him through Christ and confess that faith.
 A demagogue is q leader of the people and, ill the usual bad sense of the word, one who leads by trickery or deceit and for some selfish or unworthy end. Where as statesman, who is true to the State, would seek to lead people according to right principles, the demagogue uses prejudice, money or any low motives by which to blind and mislead men simply to accomplish his own mean purpose. This is above all the rest of the world the natural home of the demagogue; here the people rule. The voice of the people carries the day, as a rule, howev- CT far from being the voice of God it may be. In 1880, there were in the United States 1,9OS,S0l voters who could not write their own names. In 1885. one voter ill six was illiterate and five twelfths of the whole school popula- tion are growing up in absolute igno- rance of the English alphabet.
 Who shall lead these great forces. W her the great issues of this vast coun- try are to be determined by the ballot? Shall it be left to the demagogue who neither loves his country, fears God nor regards his fellow men? What greater field of usefulness could philanthrophy find than that of politics ?-[ Rev o. o. Wright.