The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-02

money-bags have treated the men who
nave asked them to do right. Their last
chance OF salvation was given to them last
week when Senator Teller. that pure and
noble patriot from Colorado, who helped
to form the Republican party, and who
mas seen 1t year after year sink deeper and
deeper into the mire of infamy and dis
grace, stood before them with fearful eve
| and trembling voice, and, speaking for
the cause of God and humanity, besought
them to do the right before it was too
late. They Knocked him, fouted him,
hooted at him, Missed him and reviled
him, and virtually drove him from their
midst.
The stone which the builders rejected is
| become the head of the corner.
Senator Teller, whom the Republican
bribers and bribed rejected, WILL if the
American people realize the danger which
menances them and the necessity for the
sinking of all party ties in one common
patriotic purpose, become the nominee of
the reform forces of the country God is
with us and if the people but do their
duty and nominate Senator Teller for the
Presidency and give him the support of
all the reformers i'll the Republican, the
Democratic and the Peoples parties, be
come the next President of the United
States and then will be fulfilled what
Christ said:
The stone which the builders rejected
is become the head of the corner.
This may seem like u political sermon;
but, as said when | started this series
of sermons, the majority of the preachers
of the United States, although good, well
meaning men, are afraid to raise their
voices against the wrongs inflicted upon
the people by the mult-millionaires who
control the several denominations
1t is the duty of Il minister of the Cos.
pei to preach Christ the lover of mankind
on earth, rs we'll MS Christ the Savior of
mankind for II hereafter. Lest anyone
should object to the political tone of
these sermons, beg to remind them that
Christ assailed the unrighteous economic
conditions of his day, that he drove the
money changers out of the Temple and
condemned the system under which the
tax gatherers throve and the producers
starved
With such II parallel case to the present
condition in this country. especially in
the Republican party, as Christ presented
i'll the parable quote, it surely is the duty
of every man who rcverences God and
loves his neighbor as himself TO do what
he can this year for the cause OF liberty.
humanity and prosperity of the masses.
Such of my readers rs are wealthy should
remember that their wealth Is entrusted
to them by God, and as they use the
power which it gives them so will they
have to be judged when the time comes.
Such as are poor should remember that
God never intended that any man in the
United States should want for food or
should he clothed in rags, otherwise he
would not have given us the bountiful
harvests with which he has blessed us
The purpose of the Republican party is
dianetrically opposed to Gods purpose.
1t is going down to its destruction, and
the man whom we should make our stand.
ard bearer in the coming crisis, in the
fight between plutocracy and Democracy,
between heartless and ill-acquired wealth
and simple toll, between tyranny and
freedom. between satan and the powers of
right. That man is Henry NJ. Teller and
next November we should be able to say:
The stone which the builders rejected
is become the head of the corner.
BRABSTER- VEST