Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-04-12


the PeopIo-The Ofice Seeker and the
Public Service-Cod's CuiGance Needed
Amid Many PerpIexitfes OF Moment.
WASHINGTON. NEril 1I.-This dis
course Of Dr.. TGlulGge, delivered before
mighty th-ong, gees forth from the
capital, calling he nation to its knees.
Before beginning his"serIlon DE-. Tai
mage made an. eloquent appeal for
American aid fer the suffering millions
OF India. Eighty millions are affected
by the famine, ard unless America gen
erousIy GENES to the rescue millions Cf
lives VIII be sacrificed His text was, 1
Timothy ii, !, Il cxhort, therefore, that,
first CT al, surFlicatioEs, prayers, inter
cessions and giving Of thanks be made
for all men, fer kings ard for all that
are III authority
That which London is to England,
Paris to Franco, Berlin TO Germany,
Rome to Italy, Vienna to Austria, st.
Petersburg "a Russia, Washington is to
the United States republic. The people
who live here see more of the chief men
of the nation than any who live any
where else between Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. IF q senator or member of the
house Of representatives OF supreme
court justice or secretary Of the cabinet
or representative OF foreign nation en-
tiers public assembly in any other city,
his coming and going are remarked upon,
and unusual Difference is paid to him.
In this capital there are SO many politi-
cal chieftains III our churches, our
streets, our halls, that their coming and
going make no excitement.
The Swiss seldom look up to the Mat
terhorn or Jungfraa or Mont Blanc,
because these people are used to the
Alps. So we at this capital are SO &C.
customed to walk amCng mountains Of
official and political eminence that they
are not to US great novelty. Morn
ing, neon and night we meet the giants
But there rs no place on earth where
the importance Of the Pauline injunc-
tiOn to prayer for those in eminent
place ought to be better appreciated.
At this time, when our public men
have before them the rescue of our ma
tional treasury from appalling deficits,
and the Cuban question, and the arbi-
tration question, and in many depart
ments mea are taking important po-
sitions which arc TO them new and un-
tried, | would like to quote my text
with a whole tonnage Of emphasis
words written by the SCARED mission
airy to the young theologian Timothy,
81 exbort, therefore, that, first of all,
supplicatioIls, prayers, intercessions and
giving Of thanks be made for all men,
for kings and for all that are in author
ity."
Prayer For the Eminent.
IL have the tine ard do not forget
some Of them before L get through, I
will give you four or five reasons why
the people Of the United States ought
to make earnest and continuous prayer
for those in eminent place.
First, because that viii put US in
proper attitude toward the successful
men of the nation. After you have
prayed fer man you will do him jus
tice. There is bad streak in human
nature that demands US to assai1 those
that arc more successful than ourselves.
It shows itself in boyhood, when the
lads. all running to get their ride on the
back CT carriage, and one gets on,
these failing to get on shout on the driv-
er, ''Cut bebindr' Unsuccessful men
seldom like these who in any depart
ment are successful. The cry is, "He is
a political accident,'' or, ''He bought
his way up, 7" CT, cit just happened so.''
and there is an impatient waiting for
him to como down more rapidly than
he went UP.
The best cure Cor such cynicism is
prayer. After we have risen from our
knees We VIII be wishing the official
good instead CT evil. We will be hoping
for him benediction rather than male
diction If he makes mistake, we will
call it 4 mistake instead of malfea-
sance in CfiCe. Ard, Oh, how much hap
pier we viii be, fer wishing one evil is
diabOlic, but wishing one good is saint
Iy, is angelic, is gCdlike! When the
Lord drops a man into depths beyond
which there IS 10 lower depth, he al
lows him to be put on an investigating
committee with TIE ore hope Of finding
something WTCng. In general assemblies
of the Presbyterian church, III confer
ences Of the Methodist church, in con-
venti0ns CT the Episcopal church, IN
house of representatives ana III senate
of the United States there are men al
ways glad 10 be appointed On the COM
mittoe Of maloaors, while there age
those who are glad to be put en- the
committee CT eplogiums After you
have prayed, in the words Of my text,
for all that are in authority you will
say, Brethren, gentlemen, Mr.. Chair
man, excuse me from serving on the
committee CT malodors, for last night,
just before prayed for these in eminent
position, 1 read that chapter in Corin-
thians about charity which 'hopeth all
u. L. Z,