The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-12

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! comes (in the strong words OF Henry
! Mesh. in that splendid little volume. The
! Genesis of the Socia! Consciencc"): 10
make the best the world knows native to
| The humb.est."
In His name" -"S6n OF Man"-the great
| fimancipator has authority to execute
! judgment" upon all expressions. He -
| mans Man. His authority intends tie
| "ommonalty OF all sous yielding To Him
democracy of freed men. Aboiishius bar
, rie2s. rending diyisive artificia.Ities, level
! ing up. not down. He introduces the au-
| tonomy OF those He redeems from every
| inh,man bondage. and recalls every child
| OF Adam, every prisoner o; hope" to be
! in his true birthright prince and
priest. All for each and each for all is
! the bold and beautiful charter to which,
His signature is given, and which is sealed
with the sign OF the cross! Under It all
suffer and rejoice together"
Democracy j. no: .'thr multitude in
power, with no ADEQUATE ideal TO elevate
and to guide" Tor that is not rule; but
it il the people bound in fraternity. an
equity. unity, in which ali are common
shareholders in all unlifted and celestial.
| izcd manhood.
Democracy. justly conceived. is indi-
geno-s to Christianity-Christia inn
plies democracy and nothing snort of it.
Dependence upon God): independence
(of all insalutary duress); interdepsnd-
ence (as members o. one great human
body); these are the three august watch
words OF what the Son OF Man prepares
and will perform. They are cardinal. Al
temporizirg expedients will fail. They
are -tlezy and brittle. HParesis stamps
them. They are judged.
All the real progress in the idea o. what
genuine democracy includes. and what
:. excludes has been. consciously or not.
Cbrist's ideas OF man. 1t has been a.
painful process. slowly penetrating the
intricate processes and sodden politics Of
the world, attended by harsh parodies and
bitter failures: but it has been continuous
and eliminating, and at last ir will con-
Quer.
The errors and fol)ies OF mca in the "a.
cred name of mankind have been appalling.
Liberty he's been deciaimed those whs
were themselves the servants Of eorrup.
tion," but the very currt ..cy OF the conn.
terfeit is testimony to the value Of the
true coin.
Timid souls shrink back from the birth
pangs of change. The near-sighted and
ease.loving refuse TO think large enough
to see what lies in that proposition. in
which the evangel is cognats with the law
of ibertY--that every man is a man. But
the virgins magniticat is the ennuncmtion
OF new society. 1t is a prophecy. An
apocalypse is folded in it. He hath put
down the mighty from their seats and ex-
alted them OF low degree
That cause of the people, whica by The
utmost widening OF responsibility engages
and edurates the largest number, grows
with each latest day. Before its lawful
rose Of dawn" the lanterns OF cropping
years are superseded. The law of the
spirit of life. As Christ. the peoples Man,
interprets it. making ali classes danger
Gus classes and those the most SO who
must absent themselves from the concerns
of men 1T large; it instiEs the eonvietioa
to no adverse possession OF privilege,
and that the dynasty OF the minority
must pass.
For democracy America stands To it
we are shnt up. This is the peoples land:
BY Christianity democracy shall stand
and by naught else II il denies the law
OF Christ It denies that which begat it.
A divinely human society, from God and
through men, with the two great and last
commandments as it's pillars, is that to
which we are summoned if we are to
keen faith with men and God.
S;gnallv. before the env:ous nations. We
are to cbssten. uDho,d, defend that idea.
vide as the earth is We cannot eyade
the duty, and We must not sell the bless
ing. To retreat OF to retract would be to
reiinuuish that oDDortunity OF which
America ia the trrstee-not to exploit a
continent, but to uplead world. New
and cmphatic providcnccs thrust this dou-
bic faith upon us.
The cause of the peoples--of all TIE peo-
pc. the cause of mankind and or every
man. specially the lowest and the least
is the cause and the only cause of democ-
racy. and it. also is the cause of Him
whose erraud was liberation. and who. as
the eternal deliverer. lives to accomplish
ali His iurincib,e decree.
Hal. Thou Son OF Mani Let all the
people praise Thee. Then shall the earth
yield her increase, The enlargement of
all the sons of men ia Thy supreme ar
gument and evidence. They shall walk at
liberty because they seek Thy pyecepts.
If Thou shalt make us free we shall be
free indeed. Love is Thy law aud the fc:.
lowshiD OF love it's answer. Unto Thysef
save Thou this America.
Well did Grover Cleveland say this
sprin at st. Louis: "It is solemn
thin~ to belong to people favored OF
God"