Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-11-22
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
CHE EED1RLYN DIVINE'S SUM-
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "Ihe Gospel in Politics"

'Irf.f pc .f ~ ne multitude. he Je,rs
-,...g H.. r.-rs-i And Aleragdsy- becf-
..r.f r.f H Em.F and tcou'd hare made
bis a.E.-. ..r Zee pr0pje. But j-itcn then
t7s- tr. Pa. 1-.s r -JgJ7, all 7riH one r0ice
g.ar RI. s.Tr" of t'~1 hours cried out;
.t,ar, .. r.r.r # tie Egtss ItSr r''-Acts
xix, a-
Eor.-. a-= Gu-iie down. It was aborr,
,ra-tI.ar question. 4 manufacturer o. silver
I.,yas for ding ae.then images had called
t5s Iahlrsr- together to discuss the behavior
of one Paul. who had been in public places
ossautiu- image Worship, and consequently
yarv much damaging that particular busi-
mss. Laa-a was great excitement in the
city. IaDnl' stood in knots along the
streets. violently -,aStigUlating and calling
zach other lari names. Some Of the people
favored the policy of the silversmith. Other
n.opIe favored the policy Of Paul. There
we're great wagaI questions involved. but
these diI not bother them at all.
The only question about which theN
seemed o. ua Interested was concerning the
WAGES anil -ha -.'arisl positions. The silver
smith ar his eguUeers had put up factories
III great e., ..r-s for the making of these sill
y-r boN.s. anil now, if this new policy is TO
be iuau-G-.tei the business will 20 down.
the lal0ra-a w.I. be thrown out Of emnlov-
r1ent ami the whole city will suT.r. Well,
what is 20 u- tDU-3 "Call a convention "
q
has been @ ulua'"a for public evils. The
convention is called, and as they want the
largest rJar- Lu the city theytake the theatre.
Hlvu- there assembled. they all want 20
get the Ig1-, AMI they all 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 10 deuouuce, some wanted to resolve.
After awhile q 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 urr'E- and they begin to shout.
al OF them together. and they keep on until
they are rsi i'm the face and hoarse in the
throat, for two long hours crying out Great
e Diana OF the EDhesians. Great is Diana
Of the Ephasilu= .'
The whole scene reminds me of the excite
nent We have almost every autumn at the
elections While that goddess Diana has lost
her w5rshinar- and her temples have gone
ato the jus-. our American people want 10
SCI up a go. lu place Of her, and they want
Us all 90 Hnw down before it. and that god is
p0Itica, party Considering our superior
civilization. l have to declare to YOU that
Ephasgn itogtry was less offensive in the
sight of God than is this all absorbing Ameri-
Ca1 partisIu-lip.
While there are honest men. true men,
Christian men. who stand in both political
pal14H-. anu WHO come INTO Ile aQtumlll
elsgti0us resolving to serve their city ortheir
Ss:e OF the Nation in the best possible way.
| have noticed also that with many it is a
mere contest between the ins 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 ius out. And one party cries,
"Gf1at is Diana of the Ephesians! :" and the
other party cries, Great is Diana OF the
Erhesians. !. neither OF them honest enough
In $50 -.ag+ Is -hO1L- ~
Once or twice a year it is my custom to
talk 70 the people about public affairs from
what I call a Christian standpoint. and
this morning have chosen for that duty. I
hope TO say q practical word. History tells
rs Of sermon once preached amid the high
lands OF Se0tlgnd-a sermon two hours long
---ln the sin 0L luxury. where there were not
more than three pairs Of shoes in the au-
Gieu2H, AMI during our last war a good man
went into q hospital distributing tracts AMI
gave tract ON The Sin of Dancing to a
nan both OF whose legs had been amputated!
But hope this morning 10 present an ap-
Yroprats AMI adapted word. as next Tues
Jay at tie ballot box great affairs are to b.
Etlel
The Rev. DR.. Ern0as. in the early his
tory Of our country, in Massachusetts,,
preached about rhe election Of Thomas JET
iers0n 20 the Presidency. The Rev. DR..
MayLew, of Boston. in the early days Of our
republic preached about the repeal of the
stamp act. There are times when ministers
Of Christ must look or upon public
affairs and l.s slss them. We need go back
to no example. Every man is, before God
responsible for his own duty.
Il the Norwegian boasts Of his home OF
rocks, and the Siberian is pleased with his
land Of perpetual snow. il the Roman
thought that the muddy Tiber was the
favored river in the sight of heaven, and il
khn ola -I 1, H. Of
native cline, and If the Chinese have pity
t0r anybody born outside OF the FlOwery
Kingdom. shall not we, born under these
;ar skies AMI standing day by day amid
hose glorious civil and religious liberties,
oepdl.ie spiriteI2 I propose to tell the peo-
PIE very plainly what 1 consider to be thelf
Christian duty at the ballot box
First, set yourself against all political false
hool. Tbs most mOnstrOus lies ever told In
tlls country re during the elections. Istop
&the door Of a Democratic meeting and
listen and hsartlat the Republicans are liars.
Istop at the door OF a Republican meeting
and listen and hear that the Democrats art
s'olnlre.s. Our public men microscOpized
and the truth distorted. Who believes
Tenth part ~ what he reads or hears in the
au1u4nal e.eetolSg Men who at other sea
sons o. the year are very careful in theif
speech become pHdIlers oi scandal.
IN the lar east there is a place where once
sysar they l.t the people do as they please
l ana say what they please and the place i:
.t1 Oh upr21r uisruls and wickedness, and
tn7y call il the devils day." The nearest
tlpr9XlIati0u 70 that in this country has
ueeh t-s i-rst Tuesday in November. The
Immunity a- such times seems to say, go
70 now, l"s US have a good time at lying"
ttomlnent candidates for office are de-
ayuncei g7 unprincipled and renegade. A
S s-AIl lie Will start in the corner Of country
newspaper, ami keep on running until it has
oaPlreltH' printing presses of the whole
continent WIat garhling Of speeches What
L-slntarDr alton Of motives What mis-.
4egSesruta'-yu Of individual autecedents
Inc trouble is that we have in this country
W. great ualu'uctCries-manu OF
.II1s-tle .I Republican mandatory OF lies and
- - ben0sratl9 mandatory of lies-and
s-.y are run day and night and they turn
-, -1- dozen day all equipped and
"a! I.r lIil sailing. Large lies and small
-. Lies private and lies public and lies
F.-lIeht' Lle5 cut bias and lies cut diagonal
s,sag Al1el lies and lies with double back
St-S.on. Lies complimentary and lies de-
s--It41SSoFy. Lies that some people believe,
81 - Hes that all the people believe, and lies
saAt NOBODY believes. Lies with humps like
s.II.y-S, and scales like crOcOdiles, and necks
,.ouS as st0ras, and feet as swift as an an
Ype Z, anu stincs like adders. Lies raw
C g Ss,-aiIoped and panned and stewed.
Esss-"H4S les and Jumping lies and soaring
r,s; Lies with attachment screws and
G,t Glsfs and hraiders and ready wound bob
Ta, IN, Lies by Christian people, who never
ri..44Iyept during elections, and lies by peo-
f.i,,,o glo always lie, but beat themselves in a
Political car1afrD.
r.. r.soniess am ashamed to have foreigner
tbi,I ~ SIi7 country in these times. I should
On, t-A s. ne would stand dazed and dare not go
B"It Bt nights What will the hundreds of
Ertsaands OF foreigners who come here to
Ulnk olUs? What a disgust they must
on ~ Ior the land Of their adoption! The
es,s, ess good thing about It is that many of them
sTt~ s~gt understand the English language.
sr,tt,ssu suppose the German and Italian and
M .ii4ls9 ts7 and French papers translate it all.
I,,ttpge tpeldls out the internal stuff to their SUBJ
1fooII but Christianity will ever stop such
viii Gi'ou y. OF lndecency. The Christian religion
lgr speaG after awhile. The bilIingsgate and
s7s,. sandal through which we wade almost
h,ic!,. autumn must be rebuked by that re-
hiS.I which speaks from its two great noun
eosI non the one mountain intoning the