The Newtown bee., 1901-03-29

receive Christian culture. This will help the individual to put Christian thought and conscience into all mat terS.
 In the formation of sound public opinion, we must not forget the tre- mendOuS influence of the public schools. call the purely Americanspublic senti- ment, we must look to our public schools. In them is our hope. Chil- dren of all classes and of all sorts of parentage and of all ages attend our public schools, there to learn, not on- ly the branches of a common English education, but also the art of reSpec- table behaviour, the importance of good morals, and the nature and spirit of true American patriotism. Our God-fearing and law abiding and liber- ty loving citizens must take it upon themselves everywhere to see that school methods, school officers and school teachers are such as will send forth from our schools never ceasing army of boys and girls, properly trained to promote a strong, progress sive and uplifting public sentiment in all the walks of life. In this cosmo- politan country the public schools must be thoroughly sound if we are to hope for thoroughly good public opinion.
 Every man and every woman has his or her part in this great work, for, as have said, public opinion is, primar- fly, individual opinion, individual opinion multiplied.
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 or lack of convictions, his opinions, good or bad, determine his words, his conduct and his influence over other people. Words are deeds with their private and public influence, form and reform public sentiment. The opin- ions of an individual are not unimpOr- tant and without influence. Our citi- zens and our church members should realize this. When we consider that God calls and saves people individually and when we realizeIthat the state con- sists of it's individual citizens, then we must certainly admit that the respon- abilities and the opportunities of the individual are indeed important. Let nothing. To say this indicates false humility, self-deception or hypocrisy. Were there no individual sentiment, multiplied hundreds and thousands of times, there would be no public senti- ment and no democratic form of gov ernment.
 Every man must be made to feel his responsibility as an agent in the form ing and reforming of public ideas and ideals. In so far as mans opinions result in deeds, he is responsible to God and to his fellow citizens for his opinions. An individual is under obli- gatiOns to try his best to correctly in form and enlighten himself, so that he may be right in thought and action Only in this way can we have a pure and safe community and state.
 The good citizen, the Christian citi- Zen,s should express his opinions in pri vate and in public so as to meet, re buke and overthrow evil ideas, and SC as to build up strong, aggressive wholesome, Christianized public opin ion. Our patriotic and Christian citi Zens must take a!personal interest in al public affairs, must go to the polls regu larly and cast their votes for righteous ness, and must see to it. that evil doe! not go unchecked. Shall we pass Ovel to saloon keepers, to brOthel support CTS, to gamblers, to corrupt politicians to dishonest fnanciers, to unprincipleC editors and to evil minded voters the TREMENDOUS POWER OF POPULAR SEN
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 Shall we allow these men to devote themselves unchecked to the work O. forming public opinion in theil own favor? God forbid! Let every clean hearted, pure minded God fearing man, devote himself 1T