Arizona republican., 1899-01-29

same-to secure man his civil rights. life, liberty and the pursuit Oi happi-
 ness.
 Man. therefore, can make laws in civil life But he cannot make princi- pies. God gives these; and. in form ing these two societies. he lays down
 the principles underlying both. All
 the elements of civil life existed in germ when there were but two people on the earth. The two societies were then and there formed And God who
 placed men there provided fully for their life liberty and happiness, when he started them on their term of earth ly existence He laid down code of laws that should embrace even their two-fold life, civil and religious. am concerned at present with the civil only, but I speak cf the two in cOnnec- tiun, because we cannot separate ab- solutely what Cod hath joined together.
 That code embraces the principles that must underlie every civil govern ment-else the government Is sham and d snare. And not Clly must the principles of the code inhsre- in. the civil state. but the civil state oaNnot enforce it's own enactments without them and without the author of them God. Tie code in question is known to the world as the Ten Command ments" The home, the family, is the unit of society It is sacred. The true man lives in and for his home. So- ciety is to protect him in this. There is the field wherein he is to labor for life, liberty and happiness in their fitness. For this. property is neces- saIy. Property, therefore, is sacred. For this happiness, his honor and his good name are the highest species of possession. He must be protected in them All this was ordained by God when he made man. See how he pro vides for it.
 After asserting his own absolute right and dominion and declaring that his name must .-Ot be prOfaned, God commands that one day in seven be consecrated to him, in a religious rest. Thus, by divine ordinance the weary, tOil-laden w2rkinsman is secured one day in seven to spend wflh wife and family, and recruit his Wasce1 s-rangtl. WUrkingmen of America, l say to you, do not set little store on this divine law If public sentiment in Amsrica declares that by right divine you are entitled to this day Of rest, it has grown out of this commandment. Do not be too ready to say, Hands off, we want no religious legislation" Whsn greed and gold rule this land entirely, you
 
 is abundant and consequently cheap. See ta it that you recognize the power that is your friend.
 The remaining commandments spec ifcally provide for the security of life, liberty and happiness, if their spirit be theoretically and practically ingraftsd upon the civil law. Honor thy father and thy mother" establishes the home, the normal condition of man. The home is the cradle and the nursery of society The nation s strength consists in the number and the independence Of
 it's homes; in their comfort, their peace, their happiness. For the sue cess of this home a s3nctity must sur round it and ensk-ine iL in Jhe hearts Cf the children and the esteem Of men; and for this end Cod, in another com mandment, provides that husband and wife shall be faithful to each. other. Blight that sanctity, cast even suspic- ion upon it, and the light and happi- ness have gone out from it; one of the pillars of the nation is shaken, for you corrupt society in its source.
 Life is sacred. N man has an abso- ! Iute right even to his own life. It be- longs to God who gave it. Therefore, | Thou shalt not kill" Property is sa- crad. Therefore Thou shalt not steai.'' Nay, more, thou shalt rot even cOvet thy neighbor's goods. Honor, cnarac- t=r is sacred. Thagefore, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy reighbor."
 In these are embraced the things that make up life, liberty and happiness. Civil laws are intended to compass these, and secure men in them. They can do so but imperfectly. Without the higher law embodied in the code of the l C 1T19 n Inns Q F1r iC very imperfect, for it does n 0t reach the seat of the disorder That is internal: it is in the mind, the heart. the wilL | The civil power may enac- laws against 1 injuries to man, but it cannot punish till conjugal fidelity is violated and the home broken up; till life has been talk en, property stolen. and the good name gone or irrepanably injured. It may
 punish the offender when caught, but cannot even then reform the culprit.
 But what does the code of the ten l commandments say? Thou sh1It not
 cOvet thy nsighbor's wife; not even entertain a thought that might lead to it CT sully the beauty of thine own soul. | Thou shalt not kill indeed but more than that thou shalt not be angry with ! thy brother, nor envy him in his right ful possessions; not even against thine enemy shalt thou harbOr hatred CT any i'll will. Thou shalt not steal" in deed; but more than that, thou shalt rot even cOv6t what belongs to an- Other, not desire anOther's goods with out wishing to make compensation for them. Thou shalt not bear false wit ness against thy neighbor''-not false
 ly swear away his good name, his rep
 utatiCn; but, more than that, thou shalt not even judge him rashly or un- justly, though the judgment be never uttered.
 The civil law cannot enter into mans heart and will; and yet there is where
 adulteries and murders and roDberies and perjuries take their rise
 God made man fer civil life, but he has a higher life, and that civil life can
 not reach it's ideal disconnected with the principles of this higher life. And this appeals to common ssnse as well tn h in6iL-. LL.-a1 of ,,an.c