West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1900-11-06

sons converted In Scripture busy mt the |
time Of their being converted. Mat
thew attending to his custom house !
duties. the prodigal son feeding swine, |
Lydia selling purple, Simon PetoC haul |
ing in the net from the sea. Saul spur,
ring his horse toward Damascus. GO
ing down on his law business. Busy. |
busy Daniel with all the affairs, of |
state weighing down upon his soul aud
yet three times day worshiping the
God of heaven.
Religion I'm Politics.
Again, learn from this subject that
man may take religion into his poll
ties. Daniel had all the affairs of state
on hand. yet a servant of God. He
could not have kept his elevated posi-
ton unless he had been thorough pol
itician, and yet all the thrusts of OFF,
Gals and all the danger OF disgrace did
not make him yield one iota OF his high
toned religious principle. He stood be-
fore that age. he stands before all ages,
specimen of godly politician. So
there have been in our day and in the
days of our fathers men as eminent in
the service of God as they have been
eminent In the service of the state.
Such was Benjamin +. Butler, attorney
general of New York In the time of
your fathers; such was John Mclean
Of the supreme court Of the United
States; such was George Briggs of Mas
sachusetts; such was Theodore Freling-
huysen of New Jersey-men faithful to
the state, at the same time faithful to
God. 1t is absurd to expect that men
who have been immersed in political
wickedness for 80 or 40 years shall
come to reformation, and our hope is
In the young men who are coming up,
that they have patriotic principle and
Christian principle side by side when
they come to the ballot box and cast
their first vote and that they swear al
legiance to the government of heaven
as well as to the government of the
United States. We would have Bun
ker Hill mean less to them than Cal
vary, and Lexington mean less to them
than Bethlehem. But because there
are bad men around the ballot box is
no reason why Christian men should
retreat from the arena. The last time
you ought to give up your child or for
sake your child is when 1t is surround
ed by q company Of Choctaws, and the
last time, to surrender the ballot box is
when 1t is surrounded by impurity and
dishonesty and all sorts Of wickedness.
Daniel stood on most unpopular
platform. He stood firmly, though the
demagogues Of the day Kissed at him,
and tried to overthrow him. We must,
carry our religion into our politics But.
there are great many men who are
in favor of taking religion into nation.
al politics who do not see the impor-I
lance Of taking It into city politics, as.
though q man were intelligent about
the welfare OF his neighborhood ami
had no concern about his own home.
Honors of Heaven. Sc
My subject also impresses ne with
the fact that lions cannot hurt a good
man. No man eyer got into weFSSe
company than Daniel got into when he
was thrown into the den. What rare
morsei that fair young man. would
have been for tine hungry monsters! If
they had plunged at him, he could not
have climbed into niche beyond the
reach Of their paw or the snatch of
their tooth. They came pleased all
around about him, as hunters hounds
at the well known whistle come bound
ing to his feet. You need not go to
Numidia to get many lions. You all
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