The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-09

every autumn must bs rebuksd by that re-
ligton which speaks from itstwo great noun
tains. from the one mountain intoning the
command. Thou shalt not bear false wit
ness against thy neighbor," and from the
other mount making plea for Kindness and
love and blessing rather than curslng.
OChristlan men. frown upon political false
hood Remember that a political lie Is as
black rs any other kind OF n lie. God has re-
corded all the falsehoods that have been told
at the city, State or National elections since
the foundation OF this Government and
though the perpetrators and their victims
may have gone into the dust, In the last day
judgment will be awarded.
The falsehoods that Aaron Burr breathed
into the ear OF Blennerhassett. the ISLANDERS
that Lieutenant General Gage proclaimed
about George Washington. the misrepresen-
tafions In regard to James Monroe, are as
fresh In Gods book to-day as the lies that
were printed last week about our local can
didates. And all liars shall have their part
In the lake which Durneth with Dire and brim-
stone. which Is the second DEATH"
Again. counsel you IA Christian men 10
set yourselves against the misuse OF money
In political campaigns. Oithe thousands OF
dollars already spent this autumn. how much
OF the amount do you suppose has been prop
erly useiy You have right TO spend money
for the publishing OF political tracts. for tbs
VI VI iOF Nue
ing out OF what you consider to be the best
you have q right to appeal to the reason OF
men by argument and statistics and by facts.
Printing and renting OF public halls and po-
Ilticai meetings cost money. but lie who puts
bribe into ths hand OF voter or plies weak
men with mercenary and corrupt motives
commits n sin against God and the Nation.
Bribery is one OF the most appalling sins
OF this country. God says. Fire shall con-
sume the tabernacles Of bribery" Have
nothing TO do with such n sin, o Christian
man Fling II from the ballot box. Hand
over TO the police the man VINO attemp; to
tamper with your vote, and remember that
elections that cannot bs carried without
bribes ought never TO be carried at all
Again ask you as Christirn men TO set your.
selves against the designations that hover over
tho ballot box. Let me say that no man can
Afford TO go into political life who is not
teetotaler. Hot political discussion somehow
creates an unnatural thirst, and hundreds ol
thousands Of men have gone down into
drunkenness through political life.
After an exciting canvass through the
evening You must take something and
rising In the morning with less animation
than usual you must take something. and
going on among your comrades through the
forenoon you meet political friends aud YOU
must take something" aud In the afternoon
you meet other political friends, and YOU
must take something and being night has
come something has taken you. There are
but few cases where men have been able 10
yand up agains: the designations OF political
life
Joseph was politician. but he maintained
his integrity. Daniel was a politician, but
he was n teetotller TO the lasr Abraham
was politician. but he was always charac-
terized as the father OF the faithful. Moses
was politician, the grandes. OF them. but
he honored God more than he did the Phar-
aohs, and there are hundreds OF Christian
men now in the political parties maintalning
their integrity even when they are Obliged
TO stand amid the blasted lecherous and
lo1thsome crew that sometimes surround the
ballot box these Christian men doing their
political duty and then coming back TO the
prayer meetings and Christian circles as pure
as when they went out. But that IL not the
ordinary circums,ances=that is the exeep-
How often YOU see men coming back ftom
the political conflict, and thsir eysi- glazed
and their cheek has an unnatural fiush, and
they talk louder than they usually DO. and ut
the least provo,atlon they will bet aud YOU
say they are couvivial. or they are exceed
inSly vivacious. or you apply some other
sweet name TO them, but God knows they are
drunk Some OF you. a month or six " weeks
ago. had no more religion than you ought to
have. and after the elections are over TO cal
culate how much religion you have left will
be n sum in vulgar fractions on, the pres
sure Is tremendous
How many mighty intcllecis have gona
down under the dissipation OF politics |
think of one who came from the west He
was able TO stand out against the whole
American Senate. God had given him fac
ulties enough TO govern Kingdom. or to
frame a constitution. His voice was terri
BILE T. his country's enemies and a mighty In
spiration In the day OF National peril. But
twenty glasses OF strong drink u day were
his usual allowance. aud he went down into
the habits OF "a confirmed inebriate
Alas for him Though costly monument
has been reared over his resting place, the
young men OF this country shall not be de-
nied the awful lesson that the agency by
which the world was robbed of one OK its
mightiest intellects. and our country OF one
OF its ablest constitutional defenders. was the
dissipation Of political life. You want to
know who mean? Young man, ask Your
father when YOU get home. The adverse tide
is fearful. and warn you against It.
You need not 90 far OF 10 lind the worn
out politician. Here he IL, stumbling along
the highway. his limbs hardly able TO hold
him mp. Bent over and pale with exhaust
ing sickness. Surly to anybody who accosts
him. His last decent article Of apparel
plwned for strong drink. Glad IT, when go-
ytes him in TO take a sip OF ale and then
wiping his lip with his greasy sleeve.
Kicked of the steps by men who once were
proud TO be his constituents. Manhood OBJ
liberated. LIP blistered with a curse. Sears
Of brutal assault on cheek and brow. Foul
mouthed. A crouching, staggering. wheez-
ing wretch. No friends, No God. No hope.
No heaven.
That Is your wornout politician. That Is
what some OF you will become unless by this
mornings warning and the mercy OF God
your steps are arrested. oh. there are no
words enough potent, enough portentious,
enough consuming. enough damning, TO de-
scribe the horrible drunkenness that has
rolled over this land. and that has bent down
the necks OF some OF the mightiest intellects.
until they have been compelled to drink out
OF the trough OF bestiality and abomination
warn young men against political life, un-
less they are teetotalers and consecrated
Christian men.
Again, counsel you that when you 60 TO
the ballot box at the city. or the State, or tho
National elections. YOU recognize God and
appeal to Him for His blessing. There Is a
power higher than the ballot box than the
gubernatorial chair, than the presidential
White House. 1t is high time thar we put
less confidence in political platforms and