Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-02
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 Is announced by Birmingham minister as his subj ct for a sermon on this Lord s day. Unique, if not sensational; attrae- tive, if not Biblical; mark of interested citizenship, if not of theological ortho- dcxy--all in all very timely and drawing subject for discussion, and our good friend, Dr. Hale, ought to be greeted by large congregation, and no doubt will be.
 This is he Sabbath before election-yet iU is the Sabbatb-and enthusiastic reform CTS, politicians, ward masters, "outs' who want to be ''insp and ''ins' who do not desire to become "outs' have been accustomed in times gone by to stand upon the street corners, on the highways and in the byways on Sabbaths like this and dis cuss pro and cou great questions which seem more deeply to concern them than the average citizen. Now, these good fellows ought to go to church today.
 Dr. Hale is no doubt aware of the fact that no sustained charges have been made against the personnel of either of the op- posing, tickets for municipal honors. MT. VanKooso e and MT. Warnock, to- gether with all the gentlemen whose names have been put forward as candidates for aldermen, are men above reproach, law abiding, public spirited, charitable and altogether clever. No reasonable man be- leves that either of them would rob the public treasury of a single dime, or know ingly commit an act contrary to the best interests of the city. Therefore, the good preacher will, no doubt, go deeper than mere discussion of men, and talk about prospective results.
 sReform' is a very attractive word to the preachers-in fact to all good men; and the pulpit has proven itself to be the great est of all agencies for genuine 'reforna- tion.' With the Good Book as a guide for the pulpit wonderful ''reforms' have been wrought therefrom. The sound of .!re- form" trom-the political rostrum may be Taught with dangers invisible; but from the pulpit 1t means everything good to all men. 'Reform' preached from the pull pit has raised many poor fallen one to see the light of truth and of joy, and prepared him for glory beyond the skies. "Reform" spoken from the political rostrum has drawn many poor devil, many com munity, many State close on to the depths of perditon. Modern day political "reformation' was ftly illustrated by Mahoneism in Virginia. The reccnsruc- ton days in the South were an example ot political sreform;'' and thousands of times have the people been led by the ignis fatuus into positions so miry as to de- press, oppress, throttle and damn them.
 The AGE HERALD is not preaching sermon for Dr. Hale in advance, but if there be those who shall be hindered by providential causes from church attend tOda pacfl rusal of these columns may cause them to think we'll over these roughly drawn pie lures; to remember that as citizens it is their right and their duty to cast their ballots on Tuesday next for the best inter- ests of the community. If the Democratic party has in the past proven to be q party of peace and order; if that party has brought relief to an oppressed people in thezSouth; if it released the chains which bound us in the dark days of reconstruc- tion, and re-established here the right of genuine citizenship; if it has been the only party which has cemeuted the good people of this country for offensive and defensive warfare with Republican misrule, to De- mocracy we all owe faithful allegiance.
 Shall we in Birmingham fail to be loyal to it's standard and allow disintegration here to follow, which means a severance of every obligation that has so long bound us together as a people? These are matters for sober reflection. If there be no polit- ical principle involved in this conflict there will be none in these contests which are yet to come.
 .tRender unto Caesar the things that are Casar's,o is text which would richly embellish the subject announced for the minister's sermon today.