Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-09-12

rected against our own peace and
happiness. Paul therefore exhorts in
our text that prayers be offered in be-
half Of kings and all In authority that
we may lead quiet and ~peaceable lives
in all Goodness and honesty.
The President Of the United States
is the chief officer of our government.
10 strike at him is to strike at the
foundation Of our liberties. To up
hold and pray for him is to uphold and
support the temple Of our freedom.
We should learn that no man, how
ever great and wise, can truly enforce
our laws except by the consent and as
sistance of the people. For this rea-
son the people must rally to the sup
port Of every officer of the government.
The man may not be Of your political
faith but when he takes his chair at
the head Of the government he be-
comes not the Presidentof a party but
the president of the people and as
such is entitled to encouragement and
support.
The lesson, then, that comes to us is,
that we should learn to support our
rulers. Too little do we think OF the
onerous duties that deyolye upon
them. Too little do we weigh the
personal risk that attaches to their
mingling with the crowds Of cities and
great expeditions, where cranks and
cutthroats find easy hiding. Too lit
tie do we as a people think OF the
President as our President unless
placed there by our vote.
We learn again that the only way
by which the welfare OF the people is
10 be conserved is by obedience to law.
II people have woes to be redressed
and wrongs to be righted II must be
done through lawful measures and
not by the ~assassln's hand. There
doubtless are many who are oppressed,
but no wrong was eve right by means
of another wrong.
Let every man become a law unto
himself, let him take what he wants
peaceably II be can, forcibly II he
must; let each one act without re
straint according to his own wish and
viii and then what9 Liberty becomes
license, freedom vanishes, happiness
dies, safety is a bygone dream, livine
only In memory.
The man who sought the President''
life nav have thought thereby Il
strike a blow in behalf Of the toiling
suffering poor. II so, his thought wa
vain, and honest labor everywhere vii
repudiate his deed.
The third thought demanding con
~sideratlon is a double one-the power
and need Of the gospel Of Christ a
applied to the individual.
The power Of the gospel over TN
natural impulses OF nan Is seen in th'
remarkable spirit Of charity which
characterized the President whei
shot. The man who, under such cir
cumstances, could look upon m
cowardly assaIlant aud pray for ni
forgiveness, must be a ~partaker oil th'
mristian spirit. For only the gospe
Of Christ has power to lead men whei
assaulted 10 pray for those VINO See'
their injury.
The need Of the gospel Is seen q
the other hand when We think OF IN
false ideas which prompted Tn
assassin to do his shameful deed "A
We think Of his act we say at ouee n
J CHRISTIAN could have done that Non
! hut heart devoid Of the principles Q
Inc gospel would entertain suoh = pun !,
! nose. The spirit Of anarchy mas !.
! soure in inhdelity and atheism. y
tan root Isa denial Of the rights oil IN |,
lcreator owe His creatures anu !
Itbat evil tree is to be rooted out 7
the Geld Of human life II y !
idone through the gospel Oh On'