The morning call., 1894-10-10
SAYS BISHOP MONTGOMERY
The Good Christian Will Be a
Good Citizen.
TERMS OFTEN misunderstood
Enthusiastic Crowds Listen to an
Interesting Lecture by the
Popular Prelate.

Extra seats had to be placed in Metro
politan Temple last night in order to ac-
commodate the crowd that attended the
lecture and entertainment IN aid of Holy
Cross Parish. The entertainment was of
musical description and the lecture.
which formed the attraction, was by
Right Rev. George Montgomery on "Rel-
gion in politics."
81 believe at the present time" began
the recently appointed Bishop. shat re-
ligion in politics is about like the boys
essay on snakes in ireland, He said there
were none there. Tonight, however, do
not intend to lecture about politics. not,
however, from fear of anything that has
been said, written or done with regard to
the church or her policy. My speech viii!
not be an answer to anything. No answer
is needed, for truth is always an answered.
error
eff any one is here who is not of my be-
lief thank him for his presence. and as
sure him that do not intend TO say any,
thing than can hurt the feelings of an hon.
est man.
Some people think that religion In
politics means the union of church and
state. That union was an accidental
union and has ceased to be a practical
question. But, though there has been be-
tween the secular and temporal powers an
accidental union, there is also a union
that man cannot rid himself of. and that
is what call religion in politics.
"There is large class of persons to-day
who Judge the truth of thing by its USE
fulness-they are utilitarians. Now il we
take into consideration the present and
the future life, these utiltarians are per-
fectly right. for a thing that is useful for
neither does not merit a moments consid-
Grafton. But those who usually ask 'Ot
what use is a tbing?' know none other
than the present existence. and as they
consider religion has no use for this world.
they care nothing Tor It."
Bishop Montgomery then went on to
prove that the very persons who find
fault with a spiritual life are laboring un
| der agencies which they do not recognize
There is not a spot of ten acres on the
! earth, where man is living civilized life
| that he does not owe it to the influence.
| of Chris ianity." The Bishop added tina
even il Christianity did not aid man in hi!
temporal life it would be no argumen
against it.
'If mariners compass guides us across
| the ocean, to the haven we wish to reach,
wa do not condemn it because it has no
guarded US against cholera. grip and small
rox. Our divins Savior himself said. M,
| Eingdom is not of this world and yet h,
went about doing good"
Ii was explained to the hearers that maj
is made up of two Distances, spiritna
and tenn poral; that God has bestowed
dual nature. the life OF the body and tn
life of the soul. The divine command
Render unto Caesar the things that ar
Cesar's." was quoted, Caesar being com
pared to tbs state and society.
Separate the spiritual and the tempora
life and you have corpse, just as yo
have a corpse if you separate a mans bod
from his soul. As matter of fact Go
has ordained society, and it is divine In it
organization. All spiritual and Temporal
lie may be summed up in the ten com
mandmenIs. Two and half Of them refe
absolutely to God, seven and half o
them refer absolutely TO man.
"Let the workngman ask himself
Does that corpora tlOn grant me a hol
day?' Does that rich man grant m
one? No, my friends. it is religion. 1t
God. The fourth commandment say
Honor thy father and thy mother
There, my friends, you have got tn
foundation of society.
Young America sometimes asks VIII
the governor should rule him; they ca
the old man the governor. In my youn
days he was father But the answer
that the cradle of society. the household
is protected by divine command.
80 important Is that home that God b;
not stopped with one commandment. e
throws around it shield and shelter
the seventh commandment that makes ii