The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-10
THE CORNER STONES.
DR.. Talm7ge breaches an Ante
Election Sermon.
The Need of Pure Men in Ofice-The Evil
of Breaking Any of the Command
ments-ImmoraI Influence of
Bad Officials.

elections. preached for the benefit OF
voters throughout the country. The
text was from Exodus w Is: 'And
all the people saw the thunderings and
the lightnings and the noise of the
trumpet and the mountain smoking. >
DR. Talmage said:
On the eve of elections in the sixty
counties OF this state. and in all the
counties OF some of the other states.
while there are many hundreds of nom
inees to Office. it is appropriate and i'm.
Portant that preach this Before Flee
ton Sermon
Ny text informs you that the light
-nings and earthquakes united their
forces to wreck a mountain of Arabia
Petrea IN olden time. and travellers to-
day find heaps OF porphyry and green
stone rocks. bOwlder against bowIder.
the remains Of the first law library.
written not on parchment or papyrus,
outon shattered slabs of granite The
corner stones of all morality, of all
wise law, Of all righteous jurispru-
.dence, Of all good government. are the
TWO tablets OF stone on which were
written the Ten Commandments. All
Roman law, all French law. all English
law. all American law that IS worth
anything, all common law. civil law,
criminal law, martial law. law of ma
tons were rocked in the cradle of
the twentieth chapter OF Exodus And
1t would be well in these times of
great political agitation If the news
papers would print the Decalogue some
day in place of the able editorial The
fact Is that some people suppose that
the law has passed out of existence.
and some are not aware of some of the
passages Of that law and others saw
this or that Is of the more Importance.
when no one has any right to make
such an assertion. These laws are the
pillars of society. and if you remove
one pillar you damage the whole struc-
ture- have noticed that men are par
-ticularly vehement against sins to
which they are not particularly
tempted, and find no especial
wrath against sins which they them
selves indulge. Many questions are
before the people in the coming cleo
tons all over this land, but l shall try
to show YOU that the most important
thing to be settled about all these can
didates is their personal. moral charac-
ter. The Decalogue forbids idolatrv,
image-making. profanity. maltreat-
ment Of parents, Sabbath dissertation.
murder. theft, incontinence. living and
~covetOusness- That is the Deealogue
by which you and I will have to be
tried, and by the same Decalogue YOU
and l must try candidates for office.
OF course we shall not find ANYTHING
like perfection. If we do not vote IN
til we find an immaculate nominee we
viii never vote at all We have so
many faults OF our own we ought not
TO be censOrious or maledictorv or
hypercritical in regard TO the faults Of |
others The Christlv rule IS appropri- |
ate for November as any other month !
in the year: Judge not that We be not |
judged. for with what measure We
mete it shall be measured to you
again
Most certainly are we not to take the !
statement Of red-hot partisanship as
the real character Of any man. From |
nearly all the great cities Of this land |
l receive daily or weekly newspapers. |
sent to me regularly and in compliment. |
so l see both sides-I see all sides-and |
1t Is most entertaining and my regular
amusement to read the opposite state
ments The one statement saws the |
man Is an angel. and the other saws he
Is devil; and l split the difference,
and find him halfway between. There
never has been an honest or respecta-
bic man running for the United States
, I'D
the mayOralitv. or for the shrievaltv.
since the foundation of the American
government, II we may believe the old
files of newspapers in the museums.
What a mercy it is that they were not
all hung before they were inaugurated.
If man believe one-half of what he
sees in the newspapers in these times
his career will be very short outside of
Bloomingdale insane asylum.
was absent two or three years ago
during one week Of a political canvass.
and I was dependent entirely upon
what read in regard TO what had oc-
Cured in these cities. and read there
was procession in New York of 5000
patriots, and a minute after l read in
another sheet that there were 1000:
and then I read in regard to another
procession that there were 10000. and
then l read in another paper that there
were 5000 4 campaign orator in the
rink or the academy of music received
very cold reception-a very chilling
reception-said one statement. The
other statement said the audience rose I
at him: 50 great was the enthusiasm
that for long while the orator could i
not be heard and 1t was only after
lifting his hand that the vociferation
began to subsiGe- One statement will {
twist an interview one way. and an
other statement viii twist an inter I
view another way. You must admit
It IS very difficult thing in times like /
these TO get a very accurate estimate 7
Of mans character, and l charge you. I
as your religious teacher, charge you ]
TO caution and to mercifulness and to
prayer. {
warn you against the mistake
which many are making, and always {
do make, Of applying different stand 3
ard OF character for those in prominent '
position from the standard they 7
apply for ordinary persons However 5
much man may have. or however !
high the position he gets, he has no es- '
pecial liberty given him in the inter !
probation Of the Ten Commandments S
A great sinner Is no more TO De excused G
than small sinner. Do not charge I
iuustriOus detection TO eccentricitv or $
chop off the Ten Commandments TO I
suit especial cases The right is ever :
lastingly right and the wrong is ever =
lastingly wrong. II any man noni- 5