Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-11-22

AftSh WICK uDOut our local
'udates. And all liars shall have thar mart
| IN The lake which Durneth with fire and brin
stone, which Is the second death"
Again, counsel you as Christian men Il,
set yourselves against the misuse OF money
In political campaigns. OF the Thousands of
dollars already spent this autumn. how much
dthe amount do you suppose has been prop
My usedH You have right to spend money
.or the publishing of political tracts, for the
estaoLshment OF organizations for the carry
ing our OF what you constder to be the Dasr
you have a right to appeal to the reason of
men by argument and statistics and by facts.
Printing and renting of public halls and no.
ntlcal meetings cost money, but he who puts
orioe into the hand of voter or plies weak
men with mercenary and corrupt motives
commits sin against God and the Nation.
Bribery Is one OF the most appalling sins
or this country. God says, Fire shall con-
sumo the tabernacles OF bribery" II ava
nothing to do with such sin, o Christian
man! Fling il from the ballot box Hand
over to the police the man who attempts to
tamper with your vote, and remember that
elections that cannot be carried without
brlbes ought never to be carried at all
Again 1 ask You as Christirn men to set your
selves against the dissipations that hover over
the ballot box Let me say that no man can
afford to SO into political life who Is not "A
teetotaier, Hot political discussion somehow
creates an unnatural thirst, and hundreds Of
thousands of men have gone down into
tHIOuSn political life.
After an exciting canvass throuop thu
evening you must ''take something" and
rising In the morning with less animation
than usual you must stake sometime - AMI
gong on among your comraies throuel, tho
forenoon you meet political friends, and Won
must take something" and in the afternoon
you meet other political friends. and Won
must take something" and being night has
come something has taken YOU There ara
put teW cases where men have been able TO
ND
life. - PO'i'''''
Joseph was politician. but he maintained
his integrity. Daniel was a politician. but
ne was teetotaler to the las. Abraham
was a politician, but he was ALWAYS ch9rac-
terized as the father of the faithful. Moses
was politician, the grandest Of them. but
ne honored God more than he did the Phar-
aohs, and there ara hundreds Of Christian
men now in the political parties nnaintainin-
their integrity, even when they are obi ,ei
10 stand amid the blasted, iecherous an
ioathsome crew that sometimes surround the
ballot boX-these Christian men doin; their
political duty and then coming back TO the
prayer meetings and Christian circles as pure
as when they went out. But that is not the
ordinary circumstance-that is the excep-
tion.
How often you see men coming back from
the political conflict. and their eyeis giazei
and theLr cheek has an unnatural flush and
they talk louder than they usually do. ana mt
the least provocatiOn they will bet and yOu
say they are convivial, or they are rexceed-
lngly Yivacious, or you apply some other
sweet name to them, but God knows they ara
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 LETT will
be sum in vulgar fractions. Oh, the pres
sure is tremendous
How many mighty intellects have gone
down under the dissipation of politics I
think of one who came from the west Hs
was able to stand out against the whole
American Senate God had given him fac
ulties enough to govern Kingdom, or to
frame constitution. His voice was terri
BILE to his country's enemies and mighty in
spiration In the day of National peril But
twenty glasses of strong drink day were
his usual allowance, and he went down into
the habits of confirmed inebriate.
Alas for him. Though a costly monument
has been reared over his resting place, the
young men of this country shall not be de-
MED the awful lesson that the agency by
which the world was robbed of one OF its
mightiest intellects. and our country Of ore
OF its ablest constitutional defenders. was tie
dissipation OF political life. You want II
know who I mean? Young man, ask yoJi
'ather when you get home. The adversetid
s fearful, and l warn you against it.
You need not go far of to find the worn.
out politician. Here he is, stumbling alonS
the highway, his limbs hardly able to hold
him up. Bent over and pale with exhaust
ing sickness. Surly to anybody who accosts
him. His last decent article of apparel
pawned for strong drink. Glad il, when go
ing by q grocery, some low acquaintance in
vtes 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 curse. Scars
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 inte!lects,
until they have been compelled TO drink ont
Of the trough of besriality and abominatiOu
1 warn young men against political life, un-
less they are teetotalers and consecrated
Christian men.
Again. I counsel you that when you go T.
the ballot box at the city, or the State, or the
National elections, you recognize God and
appeal to Him for His blessing. There is a
power higher than the ballot box, than the
guberuatorial chair, than the presidential
White House. 1t is high time that we put
less confidence in political platforms and
more confidence in God See what weak
thing is human foresight! How little our
wise men seem to know! See how, every
autumn, thousands OF men who are chamber
ing up for higher positions are turned under!
God upsets them. Every man, every party
every Nation, has mission to perform. Fail
ing to perform 1t, down he goes.
God said to the house of Bourbon, Re
model France and establish equity" House
of Bourbon would not do it. Down it went.
God said to the house Of Stuart, Make the
English people free, God fearing and happy
House OF Stuart would not do it. Down it
went. God says to the political parties in
this day. ''by the principles OF Christianity,
remodel. govern, educate, save the people
Failing to do that, down they go, burylnS IN
their ruins their disciples AMI advocates.
God can spare all the political intriSuers OK
this day, and can raise up another genera
ton who Shall DO justice and love mercy
If God could spare Luther before the re-
formation was done, and II He could spare
Washington before free government mad been
fully tested, and if He could spare Howard
before more than one out OF thousand
dungeons had been alleviated, and II De
eo1Id SPARE Robert McCheyns lust as SCOT
land was gathering to his burning utterances,
and IL He could spare Thomas Clarkson
while vet millions of his fellow men had
chains rusting to the bone-then He can
spare any man, and He can spare any party;
That man who through cowardlce or ollnd
idolatry of party forsakes the cause OF righte-
ousness goes down, and the armed battalions
Of God march over him.
o Christian men, take ont your Bible this
afternoon, and in the light of that word
make up your mind as to what is your
duty as citizens Remember that the high
est kind of patriot is Christian patriot.
Consecrate yourselves, first to God, then
Won will know how to consecrate yourselves
10 your country. All these political excite
ments will be gone. Ballot boxes and gu
bernatoriaI chairs and continents will smoE Ee
In the final oonhagration, but those VINO
love God and do their best shall come TO
ustrous dominion after the stars have
ceased their shining, and the ocean has
heaved its last billoT, and the closing
thunder of the judgment day shall toll az
the funeral OF world! ON prepare ioi