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An the real progress in the idea Of what
a genuine democracy includes, and what
+" excludes. has been, consciously or not,
an appreciation and Incorporation Of
ChriSt's ideas OF man. IL haS been a
pSinful process. slowly penetrating the
intricate processes and sodden politics OF
the world. attended by harsh parodics and
bitter failures: bu; IL has been continuous
and eliminating, and az last Il viii con.
Quer.
The errors and follies Of men in the sa.
cred name Of mankind have been appalling
Liberty has been dec.aimcd those who
were themselves the servants OF corrup-
ton hut the very curr, --cy Of the coun
tcrfeit Is testimony 10 the value Of the
true com.
Tmid souls shrink back from the birth.
pangs ot change. The nearsishted and
ease loving refuse 10 think large enough
10 See what lies in that proposition. in
which the evangel is cognate with the law
Of hbertv-that every man Is a man. But
the virgins magnificat is the ennuncation
of new society IL 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. which hy the
utmost widening of responsibility engages
and cducates the largest number grows
with each latest day, Before its awful
rose OF dawn the lanterns of cropping
years are superseded The law of the
spirit of life. as Christ. the peoples Man,
interprcts it. making all Classes danger
Gus classes" and those the most So who
must absent themselves from the concerns
Of men az large; lt lnstilS the conviction
that an actually human relationship Yields
10 no adverse possession of privilege.
and that the dynasty OF tne minority
must pass.
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we arc shut up. This Is the peoples land.
BY Christianity democracy shall stand
and hy naught else. Ii it denies the law
of Christ. 1t denies that which hegat A.
y dlvinelv human society, from God and
through men, with the two great and last
commandments as it's pillars. is that 10
which We are summoned u we are 10
keen faith with men and God.
Signallv, before the onvious nations we
are 10 chsstcn, uphold defend that idea.
idc rs the earth Is We cannot evade
the duty, and We must not sell the bless.
ing To retreat or 20 retract would be TO
reiinoush that opportunity of which
America is the trustce-.not TO exploit \
continent, but 10 uplead world. New
and emuhatc providences thrust this dou
bic faith upon us.
The cause of the peorlcs--of all the pco-
pie. the cause of mankind and of every
man, specially the lowest and the least
Is the cause and the only cause of dcmoc-
raoy. and II also is the cause Of Him
whose orrand was liberation. and ,ho. as
the eternal delivercr. lives 20 accomplish
all His invincih.e decree
Hail. Thou Son of Man Let all the
pcorle praise Thee, Then shall the earth
Weld her incrcase' The enlargement Of
all the sons of men is Thy supreme ar.
gumcnt and evidence They shall walk at
liberty because they seek Thy precepts
II Thou shalt make ms free we shall be
free indeed. Love is Thy law and the fell
lowshln Of love It's answer. Unto Thyself
save Thou this America.
We'll did Grover Cleveland say this
sprin at St Louis: 1T Is solemn
thing to belong 10 a people favored Of
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