The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25
NEW FOURTH OF JULY
MORAL AND CIVIC RIGHTEOUSNESS A
FEATURE IN IT'S CELEBRATION.

The Christian Citizenship league ~
endeavoring to establish "a new Fourth
of July" along Christian citizenship
lines" all over the country.
In order to further this idea, the league
asked leading men of the country 10 |
send an expression of their thought on
the subject to The Christian Citizen.
Below will be found extracts from
what they have to say:
DR.. John Henry Barrows, President
Worlds Congress of Religions. ST. have
come back from a trip around the
world not less but more of an Amer
lean. | have returned with a deeper
and more intelligent appreciation OF
the vast and incalculable influence
which America is sure to WELD for good
or for evil over the future of mankind.
1t seems to me that the great war that
must now be waged is war against
lawlessness-not merely the lawlessness
of the poor, but the more demoralizine
lawlessness of the rich.
NJ. Woolsey Stryker, President of
Hamilton College. One year of absolute
fidelity to the gospel on the part of its
alleged Christians would bring any ma
ton to TRANSPORTATION. What sight
-"theater to men and angels would
be a real nation full of Christians. Sa
vorless salt! Judgment shall begin at
the house of God God or mammon!
Answer us, "even by terrible things in
righteousness, o God, so thou save
us from the leaven of the Sadducee and
the Pharisee! The day of smooth bore
preaching is gone-rifled guns with ut
most penetrationl 1t j, time to remem-
Der Michaiah, the son of Imlah. Oh, that
America might become more than NOM
inally Christian and make new dec
laration Of dependence upon God.
Bishop John p. Newman of the Meth.
odist Episcopal Church. Law, learning,
| charity, are insufficient to save our ma
| ton from vice, ignorance and infdel-
ity. All have been tried and found
wanting, but add to them the practical
| morality of Christianity and pure and
| honorable citizenship is assured beyond
all fear. It is hard to convince people
| of this tremendous fact, sustained by
| all history, ancient and modern, jew
| ish and pagan. l believe in churches,
| colleges and houses of mercy and sup
port them all, but my hope is in clti-
zenship born of Christian faith and
practice. Give us these and the republic
will live forever.
Bishop Samuel Fallows of the Re-
formed Episcopal Church. The duty OF
the hour is unceasing vigilance In the
performance of every duty demanded
by society of the Christian citizen. The
foes Of good government are ever on
the alert. Selfishness is sleepless. Cor
ruption, stealthy and open, is stretch
ing out the unclean hand before and be-
hind, filed with brides. Corporate con-
sciences. scared as with hot iron, are
leading astray and TO destruction the
individual consciences OF the men who
constitute them. Anarchy more destruc'
tive and 4arreaching than that proclaim
ed by hungry, starving, work seeking
and work denied men, or by blatant
lawless agitators who vociferate theiI
tongues, is being preached and practlcec
by men of respectability and influence
2 who will trample upon law or evad'
: law. or who will make law to sui
, | themselves. for consideration givei
to the lawmakers.
Professor c.. r. Henderson, Univer
sity of Chicago. Municipal and stat
ownership or control is coming to b
practical. Progress waits on lntelll
gence, character and social spirit In TIN
3 people. Municipal and state control O
:, ownership would divide the profits
8 enterprise among the people instead
: giving them over to a few. What is tn
!. obstacle? The people are afraid to trus
corrupt and incompetent councils AM
legislatures. The primary step to bet
D terment is, therefore, education Il
a righteousness and in popular knowledg
h of economic and other social sciences
with actual training in cooperation
building and loan associations and farm
colonies.
General o. o. Howard. Ito neglect {
70 vote and to attend to the duties OF Gil
q izen; to neglect to give thought an
q study to the great questions of econom
les, currency, finance and all that enter
into the politics of the day and hour
l. to stab the nation in the dark. Christia
e principles applied to the citizens dutie
under our government OF the people, o
the people and for the people will pei
- NIT no drones, no sluggards. 1t calls tt
70 a study of our system and OF our lnd
II yidual obligations, and sympathetl
interest in our neighbors of all class'
and occupations.
Charles II. Blanchard, President
j. Wheaton College. How can just Go
y permit q nation to live and prospt
which works men seven days week
n defiance of the laws of God and the dl'
l. tates of humanity, which legalizes Il
/. cause of poverty, disease and crim
# which consents by an awful and sham
g less silence to the prostitution OF
ID daughters and the hopeless degradatlo
If of its sons? OF what value is minlsti
cd ohurch which sit i'm silk and hrOaI