The herald., 1896-10-05
SIMPSON TABERNACLE.
Rev. Mr.. Mclean Gives His Congrega-
tion Some Advice On Politics.

AT Simpson tabernacle yesterday
morning the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Mclean,
before proceeding with his sermon, ac-
dressed his congregation as follows:
Among the announcements placed be-
fore me this morning is the following:
"Mr. D. L. Moody requests that on Oc-
tober Sth all Christians unite in prayer
for our country" AS a church we will
begin on Wednesday night, October 7th,
at 1880, at the regular prayer meeting.
The pastors address and service, in
Guiding singing and prayer, will be in
behalf Of "our country" Some of us,
this week, will prove in practical way,
as in the past, that we have been pray
ing for ''our country" All good Repub-
licans who believe in prayer and man
hood will beat the primary election this
Tuesday from 2 to Z p. m. to vote and la
Dor for the overthrow of bossism, the
push and that which Is disreputable in
politics. The praying and manly In the
Democratic and other parties will do the
same at their caucuses and primary
elections. To send men to nominating
conventions who are unpledged to any
candidate and pledged to nominate
honorable men who are in favor Of
clean, economic government is to prac-
tically pray for ''our country" From
all the men on political tickets pominat-
ed we should select those we believe to
be the most trustworthy. Recommen-
dations, after careful Investigations,
will be forthcoming from the Better City
Government league, and where they
deem it necessary an Independent can
didate will be named and all who want
their prayers to be fruit-bearing and
not fruit destroying will govern them
selves and vote and work accordingly.
This is the kind Of advice I believe
should come from every pulpit in OUR
land. 1t certainly will from this pulpit
from now until after the elections. am
glad have a people who sustain me in
my endeavor to bring about moral re-
form in politics, but if you did not
would do it. Viewing my duty as 1 do,
I could not do otherwise and re-
spect myself, and as I must live
with myself, and want good COM
pany, 1 must be clean in my life and
fearless in the discharge of what l be-
lieve to be my duty. Never has any
person said that I was unclean, un-
manly, dishonest, unfair or cowardly,
and 1 propose, by Gods help, to SO live
that they never can prove any of those
Ave things against me. hope the time
will never come when any member or
this church will think he or she has
cause to speak against me or affect my
usefulness and thus injure the church.
If any of you ever should have griev-
ance, or think you have, come to me and
talk it over, and if am wrong will take
1t back or publicly acknowledge my
fault. Should l ever fail to do SO you
should arraign me before the church
tribunal and have me dismissed as uu-
worthy the Office of a Christian minis
ter, and assure you that If learn that
any of you for any personal opinion or
private cause or what-not try to damage
me in the estimation of the good people
in or out of the church, you would hava
to stand trial or withdraw from the
membership Of Simpson tabernacle or /
would resign the pastorate. l mean for
harmony you or / would have to go. If
there is anything l deprecate it is fight
of any kind, but when 1t is on be 1t po-
litical or otherwise have just enough
Christian Scotch grit in me to defend
what l believe to be right to the bitter
end. Then, on political lines, let it be un-
derstood that not for any political party
will contend in the pulpit. but for bet
ter government I will continue to pray
and work.
At the conclusion of his prelude Mr..
Mclean proceeded with his sermon.
Preceding the sermon Miss Beresford
Joy, contralto, who has been seven years
in Paris and London, studying music,
and recently returned to this 0ity, sang
q solo, "Oh, thou afflicted" from the ora
tOriO of ST. Peter