The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-21

that alike interests all. and it includes the
ministry and the laity well.
For many generations the Masonic order
was almost the only institution that brought
good men ON common level; but it was
only select few that thus worked together
Later the Odd Fellows and other modern
orders helped in this fraternizing of men of
different religious views. 1t remained for
the Sons of Temperance, fifty odd years ago.
to bring into close cooperation good men
or all creeds, who learned TO love one an
other and Ia work for a given purpose in
harmony and with success without so much
as knowing or caring where or how they
worshiped. The federation of the subor-
dinatc divisions into State and National
divisions made them unit in their work.
and. more than any preceding movement,
broke down the partition walls between the
several denominations and made all Protest
ants a unit. at least i'm the temperance
work, and perceptibly promoted brotherly
love- and by so much diminished confro-
versies ON church politics and creeds. But
IL was reserved for the civil war to COM
plete the work of church unity in its high
est sense. There were divisions of opinion
in nearly all churches but the Quakers,
even in the North, the sinfulness OF
slavery, hence there were different views
as to the treatment the question should re-
celVc at Inc hands or the state, but when
the American flag was fired upon by rebels
there was not. In all the North, discord-
ant note as To the duty of the Church,
Catholic and Protestant and Hebrew alike,
and there was not wanting unity in methods.
for there Was but one way to meet the
emergency. and that was To- rally around
the flag. which they did. ministers and lay
men together. The result was victory
which would have been impossible without
such unity, except at greater expense
We are confronted to-day, as a nation, by
a more dangerous condition than slavery
ever brought Anarchy is developing
everywhere. Threatening, as President Roose-
Welt has 50 plainly shown, tyranny as the
inevitable sequence. 1t is more dangerous
than slavery ever was. for that was geo.
graphically local while anarchy has its
home alike in the North and the South
and is found in town and country though
most pronounced and defiant I'm cities and
fiance of law by millions whose social Gus
toms and pecuniary interests are disturbed
by existing law resulting almost daily I'm
mobs more or less destructive. and in other
developments that shook our civilization.
The outburst of mob, whatever the inn
mediate provocation. is only the logical re-
suit of connivance at lawbreak king i'm less
objectionable forms. as the more shock
ing exhibitions of vice are the ripper fruit of
neglecting TO enforce law i'm all its de-
Journal has frequently shown-enforce all
laws or repeal them. The recent public
exposure OF the long unmolested winerooms
of city shock us, yet their existence
has long been known To city officers. and ii
is equally well known that their existence
would be impossible had not the authorities
winked at the violations of law, without
which violation wineroom is impossible
In this case the churches of INDIANAPOLIS
Catholic aud Protestant and Hebrew. are
an absolute unit They demand the strict
enforcement of all laws without waiting
its perpetrators abhor IL. On the proposition
10 demand law enforcement as first in i'm
postance there Is division OF sentiment
ye. the Church Is poweriess for want Of