The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-01-30

ments; for this is the whole deity Of man
The pretty little church was filed with
people who listened to the discourse with
much attention and apparent interest,
Rev. O'Boylo spoke clearly and forcibly
and at times made many strong points. The
arguments were broad in their scope and
referred to national, state and local political
effects. During the sermon Rev. O'Boyle
said an honest man fears God The duty Of
man is to fear and love God as the creator Of
the universe and to look upon man as the
head of that creation. Reform is the watch
word of the hour and it has g0ie aleng the
whole political line of the country. Shen.
andoah is in need Of municipal reform and
this state Of affairs has been brought about
by the indifference of people in the exercise
of one of the greatest blessings given to man.
the exercise of free ballot Tho honest
people are indifferent, not only in local
affairs. but in state and national Affairs as
well. If the honest man does not take an
interest in the political affairs ia his town.
state and country he is no better than the
corruptiOnist, because, by his silence, he
cOndones their acts, An active interest by
| honest men is required, but active interest
does net mean the Offering Of so cents or q
dollar for vote; that is corruption. The
business man is needed i'll politics
We have men in politics who cannot
run their own business, and yet by
our silence we allow them to be elected and
have power. The men we need in politics
are men of sound business principles men OF
business integrity and capacity; men who
will look after the affairs Of the town as they
would their own Wa elect men to look after
our streets and they know nothing about
| them We elect men to look after our prop
erty, but how much of it is protected? A
! far as that is concerned we might as well not
have any protection. Our lives and property
are in almost as much danger as they would
be if we had no protection at all. Should the
State Board of Health visit this town and g
through the streets alleys and slums, and see
the germs of disease the town would be CON
demned as a disease breeding hole This
condition of affairs does not exist only in the
! outskirts, but the very centre of the town.
and yet we elect men to fight that very thing
We elect men to protect our sons and daugh
ters, to keep them in the right path, yet we
read in our daily papers a warning that there
is in existence in our midst, and on our Main
street, places that are Turing our young men
aud instead of making them good citizens are
fitting them for he'll. Is it not necessary for
u.s. as christian citizens, to come 80 the res
cue? 1t is our bounden patriotic duty to
take an active interest in political affairs.
There is law against gambling, The
vania prohibits it and the Borough Council
need not pass resolutions to instruct
the chief officer to close the gambling
houses. The laws are all right, but
we fail to elect men to carry them out. Good
| laws and bad men are like oil and water
they don't mix. We need, also, intelligent
men who can intelligently look after the in
terests of the people. All the people of the
town are not bad, yet some acts of their
officers represent them as such. We need
men Of reason. Men who have minds of
their own and who can rely upon their
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boss. Rev. OBoyle approached the com
clusion of his sermon by stating that he
feared that the great institutions upon which
the American looks with so much pride
the public schools-are too frequently en-
dangered 1t is a pretty bad state Of affairs
when these noble institutions are traded of
for the lowest position the people can give,
If we as citizens do not cry out the church
must. Educate the children to consider the
community above party and the nation above
partisanship, Let every honest man go to
the polls and vote in accordance with the
dictates of his conscience and try to follow
the injunction, Fear God and keep His
commandments for this is the whole duty Of
man"
Rev. O'Boyle announced shat next Sunday
evening he will treat upon Social Reform" "
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