The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-13


law. The Supreme court ot the nitct
States rightly say: Governments can
not traffic in public morals bocau-e gov
elumcnt, are instituted to maintain AMI
develop morals" Every statute enact
cd by legislature. and hill that becomes
law 10y act OF congress sustain this prop
o-ition Laws are enacted to defend the
people in the possession and enjoyment
o. their Rights.
/. Christ. A. Che source of moral force
j. back of all cnactmcnt~ for the public
goou Christ everywhere and always
stands for moral force. I hi- it i that
moves men and conditions upward to-
ward Il higher ideal of character and life
That trcnchant statement of Emerson
applies to men and condition, always
and everywhere: The wori stands ON
IDEAS and not ON iron ana cotton; and
the IRON OF iron. the lire of fire. the ether
ana source OF all the elements j. moral
force" But without Christ there j. no
moral force Whatever force the state
has To cncr4iIc men with true ideas auu
the power to carry these into action.
comes from it~ concrete righteousness
a. gotten from the personal relation Of
it, citizenship To the Christ.
Il-failurr to Give. Him Dominion i,
mpea liable Under the Civil Law
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\" man on woman mas IA" liberty 10
ne kllaNe. f@rh II person 'hpuld
become knaNioh III desire ANA Thought
ne moment ne should attempt To carry
Ms Enavl~hnc-- into action the civil
Ia" would hl'iPo>r To protect tn" III
hrr"nt from ms ~pollatlon~. No enc has
the liberty To be or do what will not
conserve the morality of the state. In
H. la" masking function the state holds
that ground. Prot. AtWater, that priu o
"i I""rlanN truly says; THE STATE"
may not le"l>latc anything contrary TO
t.tf. "a
does j. To put moral principles into legal
form for local government, The worst
amy state dare do i to refuse 10 Legs
late the moral law into it, Cole. What
some portions 81 states occasionally do
l. to refuse To obey the moral law A. it
l. expressed in the civil law. Cities
sometimes rctro9rade through the in
difference OF the law abiding element
and the zeal OF the laWlc~~ element
! hl~ was witnessed IN the city OF New
York at the recent election when Tam
many would dare to lpgi-latc immor,li-
~ INTO law. And when city goes back
from lis higher position for Right. how
the walls of popular Indignation are
poured upon il! Sometimes city moves
out from Indifference into positive and
aggressive action in the cau-c of human
uphiling-a Minneapolis, ANA st. I.ouiS
recently. And how ardcutly does the
popular voice praise such cities At
heart the state i Right. II beats in
unison with Jesus Christ. It cnthrours
the moral law and seeks to defeat Els
enemies.
The state must and does aim at the
enforcement of equity and Justice truth
ana purify between itself and H. indi-
Niduals. No state could stand for
moment that did not do this. With all
due allowance for the power of Graft"
ana the influence of the Lobby" and
the party whip. the movement of the
state through the maze, of most intri-