The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-02
DIR. LoWRIE ON POLITICS.
He Desires wonian Suffrage to Down
The Liquor Traffic.

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Rev. DR.. D. r. Lowrie preached the last
of his series of sermons to young men last
evening at the Emory M. E. Church. His
subject was Patriotism; or, the Young
Man IN Politics. The church was crowded,
and over one-half of the congregation were
Young men. They were of all denomlna-
lions. and all appeared deeply interested in
the talk. DR.. Lowrie took for his text,
stRender unto Caesar the things that are
Caesars, aud unto Coz the things that are
Gods"
Beginning with a review of the struggle
for the suppression of slavery, he went on
thus government is of the people
and for the people. Every one or us mas
rights. You and ], young men, hold in our
hands a power that is felt for veal or for
woe in every municipal, State Or National
election, and he Who will not use the gift OF
franchise ought to be DISTINGUISHED. When
we cast a ballot we are compelled TO say,
is 1t right or wrong? Is 1T for God or the
devilN You should understand the ques-
ton, and you will have no trouble in select
ing the right path.
Now to maintain n country, 1t IS neces-
sary that we should have a stable govern
ment, free from foreign institutions. II !
understand rightly, this great bulwark OF
intelligence, and virtue is being encroached
upon by anarchy. l was profoundly inn
pressed in reading Macauley's history of
England. In speaking of America he pre-
diets that it will be a Rome, and about the
twentieth century it is likely to have It's
downfall. It's destruction will not be caused
by the intrusion of the Huns, but by a peo-
pie generated within its own bosom. VIII
this not be anarchisms The awful calamity
which France is undergoing today is caused
by that element, which is the invention OF
the devil. and not from God. There wa no
Divine Providence i'll the assassination OF the
President of France, nor was there IN that OF
Abraham Lincoln; but If such is the case it
is bound to overthrow a country and destroy
it entirely.
A WORD FOR INGERSoLL.
81 wonder that our neighbor over the
river is allowed, on a Sabbath evening, at
fifty cents a head, to deny the truth Of God.
No hand can touch him, because OF our re-
ligious liberty. That is the reason why
such a curse cannot be stopped. He alone is
likely to breed anarchism, and tend to over
throw the whole country
I'm reading the histories of Babylon n
Rome, l find that these nations began with
conquests. The conquests brought wealth,
wealth brought luxury, and luxury brought
self-indulgence. selflndulgence induced
RIGHTEOUSNESS, and the nations COLLAPSED.
'Can it be that this country affords a
mere repetition of history? That the Amer
lean spirit is going to be crushed out and all
the purity destroyed!
WOMEN n LIQUOR.
9TH rum power Is a dreadful curse. 1t is
the thing that is undermining the young
men of today, yes, and may l say. young
ladies also. The time is coming when the
young lady of today will be the important
factor at the ballot box. and then the awful
curse must go down and go down forever.
Nav God haste the hour. We ought to have
a better understanding as to the relations OF
the State and the church in this country:
They should be separate. No joining of
hands. The church should never interfere
with the State. There should be no connec-
ton whatever. God wants you, my
young men, to act on all these
questions with intelligence. You will do
better to act in a minority, and act right,
thar to vote in q majority and act wrong.
Don't take others thinSings and suggestions,
but understand the things within this nation
and then act for yourself. If this Republic
is to be perpetuated, then every young man
must be in politics. You must be willing to
lift politics out of the slums and then stand
by the country forever. Washington once
said in a crisis in the revolution, Put Amer
leans only on guard tonight So we say
that Americans only. be they native born
or foreign born, should be the custodians of
our nations trust"