Evening star., 1896-07-10


that the church should eschew politics. He
characterized sdch as the man who be-
lteved that men could be lifted out OF the
mire Of iniqutty as Chicago was raised out
Of the mud years ago by jackscrews. He
declared thatiths, seeds that were sown by
Jesus Christ two thousand years ago were
meant to develop into such potentialities
as would overturn all the works OF the devil
on the face of the earth. There were many
pietists who contended that when Jesus was
In life He never meddled with politics, and
took pleasur&in quoting In support OF their
stand that 1t was wrong for religionists to
do SO in modern simes, the verse beginning
Render unto Caesar the things that be
Caesars" He dsd not believe anything Of
that sort. 10 %
Il believe'o he. CRIED fervently, "in the
pulpit and believe in the polls. believe in
the prayer meeting and l believe In the
primary, and Believe 1t to be my duty to
be at one as much as it is to be at the other"
ContinuingI he 'said it was the habit of
preachers to perish In the platitudes. They
would aim at nothing all around an i'm
ag1nary circumference and hit 1t every time.
fire. He said that il his language smelled
or birthstone. no one must mind 1t, because
ms subject was very close to the mouth OF
nell: He said that when Joshua crossed the
Jordan he was at the head of an army of
the most remarkable cranks the world had
ever seen. They were armed with rams
horns. and they marched around the walls
and blew, not on horns of silver, but on
rams horns. And the high and mighty
muck-a-mucks of Jericho looked down on
the crowd with derisive laughter" He por-
trayed how they continued to tramp and
dow until one day there was great shout.
and the walls of Jericho tumbled down.
hat he said, was the great object lesson for
GODS army to be unmindful Of the obstacles
that confronted 1t, faithful In the assurance
that In the end they would be overcome.
The Gibralter of the Devil.
The Gibraltar of the devil, the strongest
fortress he had on earth, and whose guns
were the longest, was the saloon. He did
not propose to speak of the wine of COM
munion fermented or unfermented, or of
the medical uses Of alcohol. or the sub
ject of dietetics where man has beer
and beef on his own table. He wanted to
invoke the thoughtful consideration OF the
saloon as menace to our civilization. He
alluded to the present political situation
and the question of protestation, and turn
ing to Postmaster General Wilson, he said
nafvely, so far as ! know, Mr.. Wilson,
everybody believes in protection"
Continuing, he said: Both great parties,
all great parties and there seem to be
number Of them in this year Of bolts and
thunderbolts, seem to believe in protection
to greater a less degree" The pro-
lection they talked of, however, was of
sheep pig iron salt and such things, but
it was for the Christians to defend protec-
ton of homes and hearts and human souls.
He heard a good deal of talk also about
the currency, about honest money and de-
based money, and he created hearty
laugh by telling how Jereboam set up in
his kingdom a couple of calves. one at
Dan and one at Bethel. Il don't kno"
what metal those calves were made of, he
remarked but l reckon one was silver
, and the other gold. l reckon We can call
the gold one Dan. because golden calf
was nodded out there, and now Chicago
Is Bethel, for a silver calf is being nodded
there, and 7O,WW,oOO people are dancing in
wanted to know if there was nothing nobler
for the American people to consider than
these political makeshifts. rs not de-
based manhood something?" he exclaim-
ed .They talk about the circulation How
about pumping millions and millions of
damnation into the body polite every year?
There's circulation for you. One OF the
great parties, I'll not say which, Is AFRAID
of the Irish; another one, which l will not
name, Is afraid of the Germans. but neither
OF them is afraid of the Lord Almighty.
as they ought to be-.
He pictured the saloon question as the
serpent in the path of the public man, like
the serpent that the Lord placed In the
path of Moses, which only needed to be
taken up carelessly to become scepter OF
| regal power In strong language he de-
picted the saloon as the breeding place of
| the anarchist. He was not afraid OF an
| archy IL they would close up the saloons
| 1t was not the red flag in the anarchists
| hands, but the red light OF the saloon on
| the corner that threatened the stability Of
| American institutions The real anarchist
was not the shock-haired fellow who car
ried a piece of lead pipe under his coat,
| but the saloon keeper. THE bogus anar-
| chist we hang, the real anarchist we make
| an alderman out Of He did not believe in
| the pessimist who predicted catastrophe
| to the country, for he felt sure that when
| God placed the American people in the
| western world he intended that it's future
! should be great and glorious He spoke
| at length, and when he concluded his pow
| erful arraignment of the evil he described
| in such vivid colors the whole audience
| broke into cheers.
| When silence was restored Treasurer
| Shaw made few announcements of let
| ters and kilograms awaiting Endeavorers
| at the headquarters in the Washing ton
| Light Infantry Armory. and benediction
was pronounced by the Rev. DR.. Seymour
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