The record-union., 1896-08-02

In any case thus far reported of al
legged communication from departed
spirit, such as the possibilities of an IL
fusion of the senses, so many are the
ways of accounting for 1t by telepathy
and other occult powers recognized by
the new psychology, that no such phe-
nOmenon can be as free from suspicion
as are the certainties of pure reason.
Such a certainty is immortality"
"The argument is advanced, Surely
God will not punish a man hereafter
who conscientiously conforms his life
to his convictions, though his convic-
tions be in point of fact mistaken. II
man endeavors to form right 1udg-
ment, and yet falls into error, his sin
cerity will exempt him from the conse-
quences of his mistake. In morals the
motive determines the character OF the
deed In reply to this specious argu-
ment," says the New York Christian
Intelligencer" (Ref), 'Tt only needs 10
be said that the laws of nature never
cease to operate in order to shield
man from the consequences of his error,
because his intention was good. rms
is true of all law, moral and spiritual,
as we'll as physical. There is an unde-
Waiting connection between cause ana
effect all about us and above us, ana
it is not likely that the next world Will
be abandoned to random impulses anu
LAPSE into chaos. 1t is not for one mo-
ment to be supposed that God, who has
established this world in such exquisite
order, and who rules it by regular laws,
will vacate His throne and leave the
next world in anarchy. The ddea IS
preposterous. 1t is, therefore, not even
conceivable that the direction OF
mans course here should not determine
his landing place hereafter. If his
course be wrong, though it seem to him
TO he right. it must result disastrously.
If the captain of a ship errs in taking
o,,e.o,.va+;ons and calculating his
course. the sincerity of his belief that
he is in the right course will not save
him from the consequences of his mis-
take"
"Some Christians are horror-struck at
the idea of associating politics and re-
ligion." says the New York Independ-
ent." Politics are SO wicked, so de-
filed. so degrading, that good men must
have nothing to do with them. They
are not always and everywhere so bad,
but why are they ever bad? The an
swer is easy to find Take the light out
of a room and darkness becomes su-
preme. To Danish darkness, you nave
only to bring back the light The great
need of the world is that God should be
everywhere and constantly present. We
want God in our business as we'll as IN
cur churches; in our amusementS as
well as in our devotions; in our politics
most of all. What are politics? In the
language of President Hitchcock poll
ties are the principles by which nations
should be governed and regulated and
are only branch of ethics, or rather
"a special application of the principles OF
morality and religion 1t is fair field
for Christian endeavor, and we believe
that any endeavorer may be as much
"a missionary of God in American poll
tics as in the forests of Africa He
should go to the primary, the polls, or
the political convention as regularly, as
religiously, as he goes to church, or to
conference or to prayer meeting. Let US
all be not only Christians, but citizens;
not Christians in the church and citf-
zens out of it. but always Christians, al
ways citizens, citizen Christians, Chris
tan citizens"