Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-03
DUTY ANDTHEBALL0T
THE TABERNACLE PASTOR breaches
UPON CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP.
More Ante-eleetion demonstrating De-
nunoiation of Political FAlsehood'-Ls"
conndence In Platforms and More In
aod-An Extremely Bold Discourse.

| forenoon Rev. DR.. THlmage touched on
topic which Is Just now uppermost, while
the agitation In political circles Is raging
in all parts Of tue Land The sermon is per
tinent and useful, and Is based on the text
Acts xix. %: Some therefore cried one
thing, and some another, for the assembly
was confused, and the more part Knew not
wherefore they were come together. Ana
/ they drew Alexander out OF the multitude,
the Jews putting him forward. fnd Alex
ander beekoned with the hand, lind would
have made hlsdefense unto the people. But
| when they knew that be was Jew, all
1 with one voice about the space Of two
hours cried out, Great Is Diana OF the Ephe-
siansv"
Ephesus was upaide down. 1t was about
the silver question. A manufactured sil
yer boxes for holding heather images had
called his laborers together to discuss the
behavior Of one Paul, who had been in
public places assaulting image worship,
and consequently very much damaging
that particular business. There was great
| excitement 80 the city. People stood IN
knots along the streets, violently gesticu-
| latlnk and calling each other hard names.
some Of the people favored the policy Of
the silver4mith, Other people favored the
| policy OF Paul. There were great moral
questions involved, but these did not both
er them at ALL
The only question about which they
seemed to be interested was concerning the
wages aud the snlaried positions The sill
yersmith and his compeers had put up fac
tories at great expense for the making OF
these silver boxes and now, IL this new
policy Is to be inRugurated the business
will 20 down, the laborers will be thrown
81 and ha vchO1a riEy will
suffer. Well, what is 10 be donGt Call
convention" says some one, for in all
ages convention has been a paIiseea for
public evils. The convention IL called, and
as thuy want the largest room in the city
they take the theater.
Having there assembled, they all want to
get the floor, and they oil want to talk at
once You know what excitement that al
ways makes in q convention, where a great
many people want to talk at once. Some
cried one thing, some cried another. Some
wanted to denouncc, some wanted to re-
solve After awhile prominent man gets
the floor, and he begins TO speak, but they
very soon hiss him down, and then the CON
fusion rises into worse uproaT. aud they be
gin 70 shout, all OF them together, and they
keep on until they arc red in the face and
hoarse in the throat, for two long hours
crying out; Great is Diana Of the Ephe.
siansl Great is Diana Of the Ephesians"
THE ms AND THE OUTS.
The whole scene reminds me OF the eN-
element we have almost every autumn at
the elections. While that goddess Diana
has lost her worshlpers and her temples
have gone into the dust, our American PEG
pie want 70 set up u god in place OF her
and they want us all to bow down befors
it, and that god is political party. Con
sidering our superior civilization. have e
declare to you that the EphesiAn idolatry
was less offensive In the sight Of God than
is this all absorbing American partisan
ship.
While there are honest men, true men
Christian men, who stand in both poiti
cal parties, and who come into the an
tumnal elections resolving to serve theil
city or their state or the nation in tn,
best possible way, have noticed also tina
with many II is mere contest between
the ius aud the outs-thuse who are tryins
TO stay in and keep the outs out, and thos,
who are trying to get in and thrust the In
out And one party cries, Great is Diam
of the Epheslansn and the other part!
cries, Great is Diana Of the Ephesiansp
neither Of them honest enough to say
b Great is my pockethookw
Once or twice u year IL Is my custom Il
talk 10 the people about public affairs from
what | call Christian standpoint, ant
this morning / have chosen for that duty
hope to say practical word, HiStor!
. tolls us of u sermon once preached ami,
the highlands Of Scotland-a sermon tw,
hours long--on the sin OF luxury, wher
there were not more than three pairs o
shoes in the audience, and during our las
4 war good man went into hospital dis
q tributing tracts and gave tract on 9Th
Sin OF Dancing" TO q man both Of who's
= legs had been amputatedl But hope thi
4 morning to present an appropriate an
, adapted word, as next Tuesday at the bal
I. lot box great affairs are to be settled.
. The Rev. DR., Emmons, in the early his
= tory Of our country, in Massachusetts
i preached about the election OF Thomas JET
ferson to the presidency. The Rev. Dl
y Mayhem Of Boston, in the early days OF on
II republic, preached about the repeal OF th
a stamp act. There are times when minh
n tiers OF Christ must look off upon publ
=. affairs and discuss them. We need go bac
q to no example. Every man is, before God
n responsible for his own duty.
y II the Norwegian boasts OF his home G
rocks, and tue Siberian is pleased with hi
y land OF perpetual snow; II the Roma
~ thought that the muddy Tiber was III
favored river In the sight Of heaven, and
the Laplander shiyers out his eulogy OF hi
native cline, and II the Chinese have pit
. for anybody born outside OF the Flower
IS Kingdom, shall not We born under thes
% fair skies and standing day by day ami
V those glorious civil and religious libertie!
g be public spirited propose to tell I'll
!; people very plainly what consider to
their Christian duty at the ballot boxY
First, set yourself against all politics
falsehood. The most monstrous lies eve
told In this country arc during the ele.
g tons, l stop at the door Of a Democrat
y; meeting and listen and hear that the r,
II publicans are liars. stop at the door OF
q Republican meeting and listen and hea
that the Democrats are sooundrels. Gu
public men mieroseopiIed, and the trut
distorted. Who believes a tenth part {
II what he reads or hears in the autumnl
Is eleotionsi Men who at other seasons {
il the year arr very careful in their speeo
IL become peddlerS OF scandal.
:. CATEGORICAL LIEs.
d In the far east there is q place where ono
d year they le. the people do as they plea,
aud say what they please, and the place
!, full OF uproar, misrule and wickedness. an
+. they call it the devils day. The nsarei
. annrt,--ttu alton IN fhat On thfa en.,r4.,- L