The Portland daily press., 1894-11-30

GOl lnen aDSOfD men; out there Woulu pe
on the part of all healthy interest in mu-
nicipal affairs. Then partisanship would
be put aside in favor of earnest effort for
the right instead of the expedient. The eX-
amples of the great municipality of New
foik rising up and arguing itself IS very
cheering; but many are discoura ged Win
the idea that in five years New York may
be as bad again as ever. The only way that
city or any other can be kept in the fleht
is to get its citizens to cherish deep ana
mistaken convictions of civic duty. me
relations in Philadelphia last summer were
dlscouraging, when prominent cliufcliineh
signed their names to petitions 1or liquor
licenses, in order to get the pontlcal ihhu-
ence of the saloon keepers. Ihls TACT SHOWS
how deep is the gulf which we must cross
to attain our ideals. The incident is not
an argument against the church' put SHOWS
that Christian duty is only begun.
Christian duty is as much to look after
the welfare of man in society as to guide
man individually. Every statesman In the
land 5should be supported by sentiment
that would not tolerate in him any equivo-
cal courses The ward politician is in reali-
ty one of tie noblest in our language; but
i. has degenerated into such a synonym
for tIlckery tlaL u SGdleSIueIA I6el6 lnSulteu
if it is applied to him.
Coming to another portion of the subject
Mr.. Ayres said that true Christianity brings
us into contact with all fol ms of suffering.
Society must be elevated by the personal
influence OF the more fortune over the less
fortunate. Institutions cannot preserve
society. This is an age of charity; but we
shall be deceived if We rest our hopes upon
charity. We live in city which is noted
for It's charities. But what the world needs
is love, not charity. What lasting good
does it do for you to turn of your supera-
bundance into the pocket OF some one who
has less. What the suffering need is not
so much your money as your love. They
need your acquaintance, your sympathy,
your judgment, your advice. Have we not
all, when we have tried to do some partic-
ular person good, been discouraged at find
ing the poor judgment, wrong ideas, lack
of common sense of the subject of our sollc-
itude? The only real way to help that man
is to come in contact,with him and help him
with your judgment. experience and IN
sight.
The time will come when the submerged
tenth will no longer want aid flung to them
as we fling a bone to a dog; but Will de-
mand that they have your interest. symba-
thy and advice. Chr Instantly will bring US
to the day when men Will become protners'
not from socialistics compulsion, but from
choice. 1t will bring US to.the time when
men and women or culture Will go aoWh
TO the poor TO give them or their lnsight'
culture and spiIitualalife.
The world will rise even higher than TINS.
Justice is higher than charity. even than
love. The man who pays lis employees SO
miserably that they cannot i've properly,
and then, dispenses charity to them when
they suffer. would do far better 10 tfeaI
them justly in the first place. Ft@ 4
A writer in The New England Spectator
say that the business men OF America are
at once the sshrewdest and most tnefeIless
on the face of the earth. They Will drive! a
business rival. to ruin; and then very
charitably donate thousand dollars 10,
help him get on bis feet again. Are we not
forever thinking OF the rlghts OF properly.
and never of the duties of property! And
more for our own rights than the rights of
the people? Do we not pride ourselves on
our charity when we should practice JUS
tice that would render charity unnecessa-
~? Our RAILROADS slaughter five times as
many men as do the better-eouipped roads
of Europe, and our corporations, instead
of getting better appliances, establish free
beds in hospitalsl
The Christianity of the end of the Nine
teenth century demands the incorporation
of justice in human dealings. we need
clear vision of God.We hearsmuch of church
reunion in these days. 1, like all the others,
believe in it if all the churches will come
inf NV church God demands righteous
ness. and is very near humanity for work
ing out righteous ends. Shame on the man
who processes to believe in God and does