Evening star., 1896-07-10

permitted TO exist Doln lra1ncS are allOW-
ed to be carried on with the full sanction
of the Christian voters of the countries
from which these evils come
Her remarks were greeted by unstinted
applause and after the singing of hymn,
7 Rev. Dr. NJ. F. Troxel OF Springfield enter
tained the audience with an address enti-
tied God and Caesar" Ii was mastery
effort. and showed much care in prepara-
ton.
The singing OF another song was followed
by what proved to be the address OF the
evening. 1t was delivered by Rev. William
RAIDER of San Francisco, Cal The speaker
was quite eloquent and held his auditors
| In strict attention until he had concluded.
| He said:
Address by Rev. VIM. RAIDER.
In the fourteenth article of the Consti-
tuition of the Cniteds States citizenship Is
| thus defined: 'All persons born or natural
| lied in the United States, and subject TO
| the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the
United States and the states In which they
| reside" The possession OF rights moreover
| does not constitute true citizenship, which
properly assumes that right is only ef-
\ ficient when rightly used, and that a man
| Is no more citizen because of the
| stitutional authority afforded him by the
| Constitution than ne is artist because
he owns the brush OF Reubens the chisel
| OF Angelo. Ii has come to pass in
| country that the conflict Of tomorrow Will
| not be between republican and democrat,
/
| Christian citizenship The Christian esti-
| mate or the state makes II responsible for
| It's political deeos. Ii declares that there
| Is not one law for the individual and an
otnef Tor the nation: not one decalogue for
| the state and another for the citizen, but
| that our political order is a responsible
| Unity. IL is the recovery of that vital re-
iation which the Jewish state sustained
| Immediately {" God, and which has been
/ the moral strength Of all great Puritanism.
Ihe citizen is fnding his place In the king
oom or God The time has passed when 1t
| can be said that a man is a good citizen
| and poor Christian. The two are one
| and II is Impossible for a man to be one
without being the other. We have
mad two revolutions. The principle Of the
hrst was political independence. and the
| master spirit was Washington. The prin-
| ciple of the second Vas personal liberty
| anu Its guiding genius was Abraham Lin
| coln- The revolution through which We
are now passing combines these two prin-
| clpies OF political In lepender ce and per-
| sonal liberty, and the genius of the move
hieht Is no one commanding personality.
| but every American citizen who has the
| moral courage Of his convictions who car
ries the principles of his Bible into the
| Australian ballot booth, and who is the
| CO ming king in American politics The
| rise IN the new womanhood is a
| iorce IN the new patriotism. The women
| oi our country are patriotic, even though
.hey are not citizeLs. And they are ac-
| comprising certain reforms, of which we
men nave no. been capable. She is de-
Hlahdlng that certain wrongs shall be made
Iisht. ana her voice is the voice of God
from present signs IL is safe to predict
some things which may be expected to
occur. FIRST, the passiIg Of the boss The
niersrch! IN politics is doomed. We want
Ieauers, but not bosses in politics. The
overthrow OF the king in politics is as sure
IN the future the overthrow of the king
IS fact I'm history. The saloon must go.
Ihere Is a passionate restlessness among
the people upon the temperance question.
i in
uent thinking and method of warfare of
wider range than those Of Father Mathew,
John Is. Cough and Francis Murphy In a
DAY when political parties are greedfly
looking for material 10 appropriate TO their
own use II is not surprising that the young
peoples movement has been led by the
spirit In the wilderness TO be tempted OF
the devil Thus far II has refused TO turn
bread into stone or leap from some pin-
n&cle to be dashed TO pieces below. Ii has
been conservative. and succeeded with ad-
mirable good sense with keeping out of
the cog wheels of partisan politics Should
the Christian Endcavor Society go into
politics? Enph.Iiically No" Should the
GSnrns,ian Endeavorers go into politics?
The program having concluded the meet.
ing closed with prayer.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL t-HvRCH
Addresses on Temperance Rnd Other
Reforms Involving Good Cftfxenshfp n
The Christian citizenship meeting o.
Christian Endeavorers last evening at the
First Congregational Church. 10th and G
, streets, was preceded by a lengthy song
service. under the direction Of DR. r. J.
Woodman of Washington. and participated
In by the choirs Of the Central Presby.
. terian. Fifth Congregational and Fifteenth
Street Presbyterian churches, as well as 10y
) the congregation, which WAS seated by g
corps of ushers in uniform during the sing.
! ing. feature number of the musical por
/ ton of the meeting Loyal Soldiers
. composed by Mr.. Percy S. Foster OF Was n
0 ington. Mr.. Frank Ward made efficient
: accompanist.
I Rev. II NJ Binford of Richmond, Ind
! presided over the meeting, and after
: Scripture lesson, in which the congregation
| Joined Rev. James E. Mason, coiored. o
| Rochester. NY, led in prayer in the ah
| sence OF Rev. w. S. o. Thomas of Wash