Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-11-27
[HURCH
| AGAINST
THE DEVIL
pu.C.H Parkhurst Delivers
Tdade on Religion and
Politics, Mixed

Xby the new - ~ 80 " w.
Rsa good thing, once In awhile,
have hell on earth cape open and
no people the chance to lean over
i brink and get a scent of the
tphltlc odors Monstrous spners,
there are not too many of them
\ at once, are a great boon. They
re apoCalyptic. They show much
original grip there still, is in the
\ wills clutch and there grows in
IN consequence, a big belief in
6yIne lnstrumentality. for that di-
.ne instrumentality Is something we
ave got to have I'm order to find our
y through and work our way out.
|nd church Is the name we give to
|at instrumentality, understanding
church the more or less closely
nnized body of those-men and
Omen- who are possessed of di-
kne life, and administered by a di-
De impulse, and, therefore, made
bore than equal to any mere human
distance that they may be called
bon to face It is to this divine
dovment that the church is in
bted for authority TO assume
|cnl leadership and for power to
srcise that leadership with effect
10 no other institution does that
adefshlp or power pertain. Other
eVices may bother the devil a little,
i only the church can discourage
n and block him. A whipped devil
81 NE product only of a divine
purge The schools are not do
n H. Our schools are practically
dless, except In n suTreptitious
v and surreptitious godliness is
aolcally overt devilness. Our
nools make the children bright,
brightness is not a constituent of
'ai character. Intellectual dis
Ane may elevate the grade of a
r. vices. but will not convert
se Vices into virtues. Civilization
n not mean sanctification it
ans on coarse ways OF committing
'or ways that are less repulsive
more esthetic. And not only
r. out the more an unregenerate
n Knows, the wider the swath of
'niei that he can cut. Discipline
hat respect like fire, which is
Admlrable commodity so long as
Kept in the crate, but which,
''ualned, is liable to snap out on
'aFpet and burn the house.
II" the fact that there is an in
'uOn specially ordained of God
'as redemption OF the individ-
TOT the reconstruction of so
and for the raising from the
4 'oe rotting body of municipal
~A'e politics. and that that in
,40n Is the church of Jesus
should load with a burden
Saly felt opportunity and re-
-'0'li'y the hearts OF our clergy,
v all and of our Christian
men and women. We, OF
want TO see foreign pagans
n'eo. Madagascans and Hot
IL chanting the psalms of
ana Mongolians streaming
sa the pearly gates into the
4 ee'estial; but there is no such
ri -
'ua' the American church can
present time make in behalf of
-, and in behalf of the
-ahlty It is supposed to incar-
\ = 10 become a channel. direct
'uilness of God, to convey
H.. Oegotten impulse 10 the ir-
\ we : virtue of undeeisive men.
" become the right arm of
H. over dealing blows quick and
N. upon whomsoever. whether
H.. Oney' his newspapers, or his
HI. gang of hangerson. attempts
~. pse'erment for himself and
d., = postponing the better
.s 49,, :, city. or state. or the com
~ -',a !, Of all the ,states.
\ NJ - ~ thing to be pleaded for
n a.ey sDasmodic influence
ee felt only in some sea-
~. !. "a crisis. but as a great
\ Il a'ly power. a kind Of grip
"'a'ion that never let go.