Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-09
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THE TABERNACLE PASTOR breaches
UPON CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP.


UPON CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP.
More Ants-elsction demonstrating De-
nuneiation Of Political FaIselioods-Leas
Conndencs In Platforms and More In
God-An Extremely Bold Discourse.
BRooKLYE, Nov. Kin his sermon this
forenoon Rev. DR.. Talmage touched on a
topic which is just now uppermost, while
the agitation in political circles is raging
In all parts of the land. The sermon is per-
tnent and useful, and is based on the text,
Acts xix, 80: Some therefore cried one
thing, and some another, for the assembly
was confused, and the more part knew not
wherefore they were come together. And
they drew Alexander out of the multitude,
the Jews putting him forward. And Alex
ander beckoned with the hand, and would
have made his defense unto the people. But
when they knew that he was a Jew, all
with one voice about the space Of two
hours cried out, Great is Diana Of the Ephe-
siansP"
Ephesus was upside down. 1t was about
the silver question. A manufacturer of sill
yer boxes for holding heathen images had
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 in the city. People stood in
knots along the streets, violently gesticu-
lating and calling each other hard names.
Some Of the people favored the policy of
the silversmith. 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 and the salaried positions. The sill
versmith and his compeers had put up fac
tories at great expense for the making of
these silver boxes, and now, If this new
policy is to be inaugurated the business
will go down, the laborers will be thrown
out of employment and the whole city will
suffer. Well, what is to be doneP Call
a convention" says some one, for in all
ages convention has been a panacea for
public evils. The convention is called, and
as they want the largest room in the city
they take the theater.
Having there assemblies, they all want to
get the floor, and they all want to talk at
once. You know what excitement that al
ways makes in convention, where great
many people want to talk at once. Some
cried one thing, some cried another. Some
wanted to denounce, 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 uproar, and they be-
gin to shout, all of them together, and they
keep on until they are 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 EphesiansP'
THE ms AND THE OUTS.
The whole scene reminds me of the ex-
citement we have almost every autumn at
the elections While that goddess Diana
has lost her worshipers and her temples
have gone into the dust, our American peo-
pie want to set up god in place of her,
and they want US all to bow down before
it, and that god is political party. Con-
sidering our superior civilization, have to
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 politi-
cal parties, and who come into the au-
tumnal elections resolving to serve their
city or their state or the nation in the
best possible way, have noticed also that
with many it is a mere contest between
the ms and the outs-those who are trying
to stay in and keep the outs out, and those
who are trying to get in and thrust the ins
out. And one party cries, Great is Diana
of the Ephesiansl' and the other party
cries, Great is Diana Of the Ephesians!'
neither of them honest enough to say,
"Great is my pocketbookP'
Once or twice year it is my custom to
talk to the people about public affairs from
what I call Christian standpoint, and
this morning I have chosen for that duty.
/ hope to say practical word. History
tells us of sermon once preached amid
the highlands of Scotland-a sermon two
hours long-on the sin of luxury, where
there were not more than three pairs Of
shoes in the audience, and during our last
war good man went into a hospital dis
tributing tracts and gave tract on "Ths
Sin of Dancing" to man both Of whose
legs had been amputatedi But hope this
morning to present an appropriate and
adapted word as next Tuesday at the bal
lot box great affairs are to be settled
The Rev. DR.. Emmons, in the early his
tory of our country, in Massachusetts
preached about the election of Thomas JET
ferson to the presidency. The Rev. DR.
Mayhew of Boston, in the early days of oul
republic, preached about the repeal of tht
stamp act There are times when minis
ters of Christ must look off upon public
affairs and discuss them. We need go bach
to no example Every man is, before God
responsible for his own duty.
If the Norwegian boasts of his home o
rocks, and the Siberian is pleased with hi
land of perpetual snow; If the Roman
thought that the muddy Tiber was th
favored river in the sight of heaven, and i
the Laplander shivers out his eulogy of hi
native cline, and If the Chinese have pit.
for anybody born outside Of the Flower.
Kingdom, shall not we, born under thes
fair skies and standing day by day amit
those glorious civil and religious liberties
be public spiritedP I propose to tell tn
people very plainly what consider to b
their Christian duty at the ballot box?
First, set yourself against all politica
falsehood. The most monstrous lies eve
told in this country are during the eleC
tions. stop at the door of Democrati
meeting and listen and hear that the RI
publicans are liars stop at the door of
Republican meeting and listen and hea
that the Democrats are scoundrels Gu
public men microscopized, and the trut
distorted. Who believes tenth part G
what he reads or hears in the autumna
electionsi Men who at other seasons Q
the year are very careful in their speec
become peddlers Of scandal.
CATEGORICAL LIES.
In the far east there is place where ono
year they let the people do as they pleas
and say what they please, and the place
full of uproar, misrule and wickedness, an
they call it the devils day." The nearei
approximation to that in this country hs
l,ooz, the frat Tl,esdau in NnYemher III