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THE NAN0N WILL LIVE
ASERMON By RElsv. DIR yUNapp nv.
s1INor wITH Y&ArRIor1sM.

Even Though the ElemeSkts oy Ana,ohv
Win Temporary victofsN, the shin .,
State Will Pass Safely TN,,rouvb ~.
storn-Duty of American CitiN Sens IN the
Present Crisis Unerringly PointsSxa ID Out
The Rev. DR.. Munger of the t&rn;ted
church preached a sermon yestefNSdav
morning, instinct with patriotism, SSr
| Questions Of the Day." his discoursGN
being based on the following text:
20 Jerusalem, Jerusalem. thou that
killest the prophets and stonest them
which are sent unto thee, how often
would have gathered thy children to-
gether even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and ye
would not?" st. Matthew, chapter 23,
verse 37
With a few words concerning the iIai-
portance of a high conception of party
duty, contrasting 1t with the accepted
theory of party pride, Dr. Munger en-
tered upon the main part of his dis
course, which is given below. He said:
zone of the results of a low view Of
party is the heat it engenders. Heat
is not a sure sign of patriotism. 1t is
the more to be criticised because the
greater part of it Is assumed for party
purposes, and is absolutely without
reality. Who ordinarily attaches any
weight to the strictly party organ?
Probably at no time for years has the
press had so much influence as to-day.
for the simple reason that the great
questions at issue have swept them off
from party considerations, and brought
them upon a. common basis. But take,
as an illustration, the course Of strictly
party press for the last four years. and
follow it's criticism of the chief magis-
trate. The general impression con-
veyed was that his character ranged
between stupid incompetency and
downright dishonesty man to be
feared and hated and despised But a.
turn in the political wheel renders the
influence of the president very neces-
sary to the other party, and In a day
| the criticism ceases; his character
grows white; his faults turn to vir-
tues; even his rhetoric improves and
words Of commendation are spoken Of
his speech at Princeton-one of the nob-
lest and ablest utterances that has ever
fallen from the lips Of any president.
and one Of the most effective in the
present crisis because it is so weighted
with moral considerations and intelli-
gent patriotism. The press for the
hour is honest, but how does its present
treatment reflect on the past four
years? There has doubtless been room
I for criticism! Criticism is always In or
der amongst thinking men; but, IN
heavens name, let it be honest and
measured in the case Of the president Of
| the country.
This heat that the party press Isl
always striving to keep up Is mischiev-
Gus in many ways 1t is without sense
of proportion; ills always excessive; all
ways uses the superlative; has no color
| for one side but white, and none for
the other but black; it Is always hold
ing the country over the pit of destruc-
ton by the thread of party; it fur
nishes no materials for sound judg-
ment but blinds the eyes of it's readers
by distorted pictures of its own meas
ures Now, opinions SO urged and SO
received do not belong to true patriot
/ ism.
"There are many political questions
that are not tests of patriotism. A man
does not love his country better than
his neighbor does because he differs
with him on the tariff, or internal inn
provements or even on pensions, and
yet they are treated by the party press
as crucial tests of patriotism; and so
one party is made to feel, so far as the
press can influence 1T, that the other
party Is little better than a set OF
traitors.
There are political questions, how
ever, that are also questions of highest
principle, and measure the value If not
the sincerity of the patriotism of the
people. For there are questions so inn
portant, so vital, so essential to ma
tional character that patriotism goes
under If one takes the wrong side of
| them-not consciously, but as a conse-
quence.
Undoubtedly there are such ques-
tions at the front to-day. 1t would be
uncharitable, and it would be undis-
cerning to say that all who compose
the party are unpatriotic, but it is not
| uncharitable to say that certain meas
/
and bearing. Measures that require
the nation and permit its citizens to
forfeit their commercial honor; meas
ures that play into the hands Of the
mob; measures that undermine law by
degrading the courts, and undo law by
| tying the hands Of the executive;
measures that propose to reorganize
the judiciary in order to secure ono
specific end; measures conceived in
anarchy and leading straight up to IT;
measures that tend to array class
against class--what can be more horri-
| BILE than the condition of Chicago to-
! day-blind with frenzy over 1t knows
! not what, the mob of two years ago
exultant over it's semi endorsement by
a candidate for the presidency whose
very presence on the field is an affront
to the Office he is trying to win; meas
ures like these are not patriotic. They
are unpatriotic because they are incon-
sistent with the spirit, the purpose.
and the life of the nation.
'It is not pleasant for the pulpit to
say such things as these, nor would it
enter into the question of the day II It
were a question of finance. even
though it involved or seemed to
involve the commercial honor OF
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