Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-04-16
SERMON
THEME Bf THE
WASHINGTON PREACHER.
Subject: pray for Those in Author
ity."

Timothy, H., ].
That which London Is to Engani. Paris 10
France. Berlin TO Ger many. Rome 10 ltalF'
Vienna To Austria. 81. Petersburg 10 hlssla'
Washington Is 10 tho United States republic.
The people who live here see more OF the
chief men Of the Nation than any VINO 1--we
anywhere else bet Wecn Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. II a Senator or Member 81 the
House OF Representatives or supreme Court
Justice or Secretary Of the Cabinet or repre-
sentative Os Foreign Nation enters pubic
assembly in any other city, his coming aud
going are remarked upon, and unusnai de-
l=rHnce is paid to him. In this capital there
are 50 many political chieitalnS IN our
churches. our streets. our halls, thar the'r
coming and going make no excitement.
The Swiss seldom look ~ 10 the Matter
horn or Jungfrau or Mont Blanc, because
those people are usel 10 the Alps. SC we al
this capital are 50 accusl Omet To walk among
mountains Of official and political eminence
that they are not TO Us great novelty.
Morning. noon an night We meet the giants.
But there is no place on earth where the
Importance of the Pauline injunction TO
pray for those in eminent place ought to
be better appreciated. At this time. when
our puhli. men have before them the rescue
of orr NatioLaI Treasury from appalling de-
ficits and the Cuban question, aud tue arol-
tratiOn question. and in many departments
men are taking important positions which
4 are to them new and untrlet, would Ike 10
quote my text with whole tonnage OF en-
+ phasis-worls written by the Scared mis-
sioparv to the Young theolocian Timothy.
/ az exhort. therefore, that, first OF MI. sup
plications, prayers. intCrceSsions and giving
. OF thanks be made for all men, Tor kings ana
/ for all that are in authority
IfIhave the time and donOt forget some
/ of them before ger through, will give you
four or five reasons why the people OF the
/ Unitel States ought to make earnest ana
continuous prayer FOR thoseln eminent place.
First because that will put rs In proper
attitude toward the successful men Of the
Nation. After YOU have prayed for man
| YOU will do him iusticc. There Is bad
! streak in human nature that demands us to
assail those that are more successful than
ourselves 1t shows itself in bOyhood. when
thelads. all running to get their ride on the
pac.i OF a carriage, and one gets on, those
failing TO get on shout on the driver, "Cut
behindm Unsuccessful men seldom like
those who in nav department are successful.
The cry Is. He is political accident" or,
"He bought his way up or, ut Just hap
pened SO, and there is an impatient waiting
for him to come down more rapidly than he
went up.
The best cure for such cynicism is prayer,
After we have risen from our knees we will
be wishing the official good instead OF evil.
We will be hopiag for him henediction rather
than malediction. II he makes a mistake
We will call it Il mistake instead o. maltea'
san2e in office And. oh. how much hap
pier We will be, for wishing one evil is dia'
bOlic. but wishing one good Is saint
", IL angelic, Is godike, When the
Lord drops man into depths beyond which
there is ne lower depth, he allows him to be
put on an investigating committee with The
enc hope Of finding something wrong. Ii
general assemblies Of the Presbyterian
church, in conferences OF the Methodist
church. in conventions OF the Episcopal
church. in House of Representatives ano
Senate of the United States, there are men
always glad to be appointed on the commit
tee of malOdOrs, while there are those WHO
are glad to lie put on the committee o
euloSiums After you have prayed, in the
words Of my text, for all that are in author
ity, you Will say. Brethren, gentlemen, Mr.
Chairman, excuse me from serving on the
committee of mulodors, for last night, jus
before | prayed Tor those in eminent posi-
tions. / read that chapter in Corinthians
about charity which 'hopeth all things ant
thnketh no evil" The committee of NAL
odOrs is an important committee, but ! here
now declare that those are important for it
work who have. not in spirit Of convention
atty, but in spirit of earnest importantly
prayed for those in high position cannot
help it, but do like a St. Bernard bette
than bloodhound, and | would rather be
humming bird among honeysuckles than
crow swooping upon field carcasses.
Another reason why we should pray 70
those in eminent place is because they hav
such multiplied perpleXities This city a
this time holds hundreds of men who ar
eypeclant of prefermeut, and United State
mail bags as never before are full of ap
plications. Let me say have no sympath
with either the uttered or printed sheer a
what are called "office seekers" If | ha
not already received appointment as minis
ter plenip0ten,iary from the high court q
heaypn-as every minister of the gospel ha
and had at nv back family for whom
wished 10 achieve livelihood, there is n
EMPLOYER whose service would sooner st,
than city State or United States Govern
ment Those Governments are the promptp,
in their payments. having lust as we'll i
hard times rs in GOOD times and during sum