The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-09-28

living close to the heart Of the world,
eternal life. 1t Is easy to love an indi
vidual sinner. especially if he is person
ally picturesque or interesting. To lov,
a multitude Of sinners Is distinctly q
Christlike quality.
When the meeting closed. there was
no special interest shown. The peopl,
rapidly melted away from the tent. and
the saloons. which had been experienc
ing dull season while the meeting,
progressed. again drove q thriving
trade. The Rectangle. rs if to make uI
Tor lost t:.lso, started in with vigor or
its usual night life of debauch Henry
Maxwell and his little party. including
Virginia, Rachel and Jasper Chase,
walked down past the row of saloons
and dens until they reached the corner
where the cars passed
''This is terrible spot" said Henry
Maxwell as they stood waiting for their
car. ~ never realized that Raymond
had such fostering sore. 1t does not
seem possible that this is a city full OF
Christian disciples
He paused and then continued:
''Do You think any one can ever re-
move this great curss Of the saloon
Why don't we all act together against
the traf1cs What would Jesus dot
Would he keep silent? Would he vote
to license these causes Of crime and
deathf''
Henry Maxwell was talking to him
self more than to the others He re-
membered that he had always voted for
license. and 80 had nearly all of his
church members What would Jesus
dot Could he answer that question ?
Would Jesus preach and act against the
saloon if he lived todayH How would
he preach and acts Suppose 1t was not
popular to preach against license. Sup
pose the Christian people thought 1t
was all that could be done-to license
the evil, and 80 get revenue from nee
essary sin. Or suppose the church mem
bers owned property where the saloons
stood What thenr He knew that these
were the facts In Raymond What
would Jesus doS
He went mp into his study the next
morning with that question only partly
answered He thought Of it all day. He
was still thinking Of 1t and reaching
certain real conclusions when The
Evening News came. His wife brought
It up and sat down few minutes while
he read 1t to her.
The Evening News was at present
the most sensational paper in Raymond
That is to say, it was being edited in
such remarkable fashion that its sub
scribers had never been 80 excited over
q newspaper before. First they had no
ticed the absence Of the prizefight, and
gradually 1t began to dawn upon them
that The News no longer printed &C.
counts Of crime with detailed descrip-
tions or scandals in private life. Then
they noticed that the advertisements Of
liquor and tobacco were being dropped,
together with certain other advertise
ments Of questionable character. The
discontinuance Of the Sunday paper
caused the greatest comment Of all, and
now the character of the editorials was
creating the greatest excitement. A
quotation from the Monday paper Of
this week will show what Edward Nor
man was doing to keep his promise
The editorial was headed:
1.-THE MORAL SIDE OF POLITICAL QUEs-
TIoNS
1.-THE editor Of The News has always
advocated the principles Of the great
political party at present in power and
has therefore discussed all political
questions from q standpoint Of expedi-
sncy or Of belief in the party as opposed
10 other organizations Hereafter. to
oe perfectly honest with all our read
,rs, the editor will present and discuss
political ,Ivysaons froo the standpoint
II rigA cd wrong. IN other words.
he first question will not be. is II in
he interest Of our partyf' or is it &C
,ording to the principles laid down by
he partyf' but the question first asked
will be. is this measure In accordance
With the spirit and teachings of Jesus
y the author Of the greatest standard
4 life known to neni' That is. to be
plain. the moral side Of every
'olitical question win be considered. its
most important side, and the ground
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