The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-18
promiSes tina. this whole lands Is Sc {,


morn OF it's resurrection. OF course g
works through human instrumentaltties al
this National hstternent Is to come anoF
other things through scrutinized ball
box. By the law of registration It Is aimo
impossible now to have illegal voting. The1
was time-you and remember T. verj
well-when droves Of vagabonds wander41
up and down on Election Day, and IRON
poll to poll, voted here, and voted there
and voted everywhere. and there Was
no challenge, or II there weresl
1t amounted to nothing, becausg
nothing could so.suddeniy be proved upsEd1
the vagabonds. Now, In every well sorSa
ganized neighborhood, every voter ~ Z
watched with seyerest scrutiny. II y am In
region where am allowed vote y mu&
tell the registrar my name, and how old as
am, and how long I -haye resided ~ tnef
State, and. how long have resided IN tneE
ward or the township. and II mfsrepre-E
sent fifty witnesses WILL rise and shut me out
from the ballot box. Is not that a great adS5
vance? And then notice the law that pro
hibits man voting II he has bet on the cleo
ton. A step farther needs to be taken and
that man forbidden a vote who has o1eredf
or taken bribe, whether 1t he In the shape
OF free drink, or cash paid down, the
suspicious cases obliged to put their hand on3
the Bible and swear their vote In II they
vote at all. SO. through the sacred chest on
our Nations suffrage. redemptio ion will comedf
God will save this Nation through en-
aroused moral sentiment. There has neveEs
been so much discussion Of morals and tmJ'
morals Men, whether or not they acEnowl-
edge what is right, have to think, what Sts|
right. We have men who have ha9 thettfs
hands in the public treasury the most or
their lifetime, stealing all they could lay
their hands on, dtscoursin2 eloauently about
dishonesty In public servants. and men with
two or thres families of their own preachtnx1:
eoauently about the beauties OF the seventh
commandment. The question OF sobHetyll
aud drunkenness is thrust in the face Of sthtSl
Nation as never before aud takes o part fnl
our political contests. The question OF Na-tss
tionai sobriety Is going so be ectfnlly anal
deferentially heard at the bar OF every LeglB-t
lature, and every House OF Represe tives,
and every State Senate, and an onntpotenf
voice will ring down the sky and across this III
land and back again, saying to these rising 4,
tides Of drunkenness which threaten to Whstn
shalt thou come, but no farther, and ,herel
shall thy proud waves be staid
have not In my mind a shadow Of dist
heartment as large as the shadow Of q house-
fy's wing. Ny faith is In theupper forces, 4
the upper armies Of the text God Is notfg
dead. The chariots are not uhwheeleds III
you would only pray more and wash yourt
eyes In the cool, bright water fresh from thets
we'll of Christian reform. II would be said
you, as Of this one OF the text. This Lordts
opened the eyes OF the young man, and hefp
saw, and, bshold, the mountain was full OF, q
horses and charfots OF fire round aboutis
Elisha" y u 4 4
When the army Of Antigonus went Into bait
tie. his soldiers were very much disc oursged.
and they rushed up to the general and said
to him, "Don'tyou see we have q few forc6slA
aud they have so many?' And the soldterE
were affrighted at the smallness ofthetr nnm-s
ber and the greatness OF the enemy. Antt-tt
gonus, their commander, straightened him
self up and said, with Indignation and vehe-
mence, "How many do you reckon me- tok:
be?" Aud when we see the vast armies ar3
rayed against the cause OF sobriety VI
ask you In making up your estimate OF the
forces Of Righteousness ask You how.manyI
do you reckon the Lord God Almighty to be2l
He Is our commander. The Lord OF Hostsisl
His name. have the best authority for say
ing that the chariots OF God are %, 900, and
the mountains are full OF them
Have you any doubt abont the need Of the
Christian religion to purify and make decent
American politics? At every yearly SJor,
quadrennial election we have nthis country
great manufactories- factories OF Hest
and they are run day and night, and they
turn out half dozen day all equipped and
ready for full sailing. Large lies and srnalE
lies. Lies private and lies public and Hes
prurient. Lies cut bias and lies cut dag
onal. Long limbei lies and lies with double
back action. Lies complimentary and lies
defamatory. Lies that some people believe
and lies that all the people believe, and lies
that nobody believes Lies with humps Ike
cameIs, and scales like crocodiles, and necs
as long as storks, and feet as swift as an an-.
telope's, and stings like adders. r Lies raw
and scalloped and panned and stewedl
Crawling lies aud jumping lies and soaring
fers and Graders and ready wound bob
bins. Lies by Christian people who never
lie except during elections, and lies BY peo-- (
pie who always lie, but beat themselves ina
Presidential campaign. III Js
confess am ashamed to have q foreign. s
er visit this country In such times. should
think he would stand dazsd, his hand on his
and dare not go out nights.
What will the hundreds of thousands OF for.
eigners who come here to live think OF us2
What disgust they must have for the land
of their adoption. The only good thing
about 1t Is many OF them cannot understand y.
l.
German and italian and Swedish and French
papers translate it all and psddle out the in-
fernal stuff to the subscribers. 81
Nothing but Christianity will ever stop
such a flood Of indecency. The Christian
religion will speak after awhile. The bill 3
lingsgate and low scandal through which We
wade every year or every four years must
be- rebuked by TINT religion which speaks
from its two great mountains-from the one
mountain intoning the command, Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy
nelehbor," and from the other mount max
ing plea for kindness aud blessing rather
than cursing. Yes, we are going to have 9 &
National religion. There are two kinds OF
National religion. The one is supported by
the State, and Is matter OF human politics,
and it has great patronage, and under1t men
will struggle for prominence without REFER
en.e to qualifications, and its archbishop y
by llary oftS75, ,00) year, and
th6re are great cathedrals, with all the ma
chinery Of music and canonicals. aud room Z
for thousand people, yet an audience OF I
We want no such religion as that. no such
National religion, but we want this kind OF
National religion-the vast majority OF the
people converted and eyangelizad--and .hen 6
they will manage the secular as well as the
religious.
Do you say that this Is impracticable9 No.
The time is coming just as certainly as there
Is God, and that this is His book and that
He has the strength and the honesty TO fulfill
His promises. One OF the ancient emperors
used to pride himself on performing that
which his counselors said was impossible,
and have to tell You to-day that u1an's Inn
possihles are Gods easles. "Hath BE said,
and shall He not do it? Hath He command
ed, and will He not bring it to pass?" The
Christian religion Is coming to take pos
session Of every ballot box, Of every school Z
house. OF every home. Of every valley, Of
ey.ry mountain. Of every acre of our Nation-
al domain. This Nation, Notwithstanding :.
Ill Tho o,,il inHnannaa that ara TRYING, To de-