Albuquerque morning journal., 1906-09-24
Rev, John W, Barron of Con-
gregatiOnaI Church Believes
in Practical Christianity,
DUTY OF EVERY VOTER
TO DEMAND SQUARE DEAL
Draws Strong Lesson on Civic
Virtue From History and
Pays Tribute to Stand Of
Governor Hagerman,


At the First Congregational church
yesterday Rev John W Barron. pas
tor. preached post forcible ava
practical sermon on civic Virtue.
Mr.. Barron pointed the moral OF a
scholarly address with most forci-
bile local application. He paid "a hisa
tribute to the stand FOR public deccnoy
aud official honesty taken by Cover
nor Hagermau and declared 1t TO ne
his conviction that licensed gambli0B
should be suppressed in Albuquerque.
Mr. Barron told his congregation
plainly that as Christian voters it Nds
their duty 10 go To the primaries held
IN this city tonight II they wanted Il
square deal" m Bcrnaliuu county In
this connection Mr.. Barron said.
In this connection let me say that
every man who believes In the spicu-
did efforts of our governor To- give To-
this territory righteous rule aud to cN-
cry citizen square deal that you
should be out at the primaries tomu"-
row night and see to 1T that YOU get Il
square deal
The speaker took as his text:
Righteousness exalteth a nation
hut sin is a reproaCh u any people.
Proverbs li.34
The sermon follows:
II seems to me especially important
in these days of unequalled prosper
ity. OF great cities. born Of greed aha
cOyetousness also "A time of national
awakening to the good and necessity
of righteous living. to point out the
many vices in which God speaks tc
us The great lessons Of the Bible DC
not stand alone; they are ILLUSTRATED
and reinforced by Gods lessons in
other different books
Just at this time, when in almost
every paper and magazine our atten'
ton is forcibly called to the ctdrna
fact that righteousness eXaiteth d
nation but sin Is d rcprolch to any
people it is fitting t. be careful tt
notice Gods teaching or Gods voice
in history and its warning To us the
citizens of the proud city of Albu
qucrquc and the great territory oi
New Mexico.
We may learn from history:
1.-THE refutatiou of the fool wht
hath said in MS heart. There is nc
Cod
The blind may just ~ we'll asser
there Is no light in the sun. All his
tory all scripture all nature all eN
Dcrience refute him. No man Of or
dnary intelligence can study histpr!
and fail TO see and hear God in It
whether in the hurricane or in tn
FIRE. or i'm the earthquake or in th'
still small voice. When Frederick
William of Prussia asked his chap
lain. 10 prove in one sentence, th'
truth of religion he answered, The
jew, your majesty" But God was no
more in the history Of ancient PdIcS
tine than he Is in the history Of mod
ern Europe or of the United states
The greatest proof of the presence %
God in history is found in Christian
tty and the Christian church.
And as truly AS history tells o
God. so truly does It tell of judgment
when the bloody days of the Frenci
revolution we're passed and the spell
Of terror was broken which had par
alyZrd the energies % France, ant
RobcspIerre was being dragged on th'
tumbril to the guillotIne, his jaws
shattered bv a pistol shot, an old Wo
manapprcached the tumbrl and sadN
said To- the miserable tyrant. Robes
pierre there is a God and a Judg
ment" And all history reyerberdte'
ms In the thunders uf Ncrin
there Is a God that judgeth the earth,
How often has God confounded thu
babcls and dashed In pieces the dcs
pots o. the world. Read the inSolen
words Of Scnnachcrib when he threat
cncd Judah with his immense armies
and how Isaiah dehcd him, and how
the Lord wthered the army in sin
gle night with one blast OF the simeon
You trust" said oliver Cromwell. tt
the ditCheS mat guard your coast. o.
tell you that II you break Gods laws
80 Is not your bitches that viii save
YOU and that Wis IN Infinitely wise
saying than the snerr Of Napoleon
when he said II observe that Go,
usually Is on the side Of the strongeS
battalions" How did God answe
that taunt2 In the year 1872 witt
bursts ~ cheering. the glitterlng nle
Of France. and of her tributary king
TO the number Of 500 900 men crosse
the Nicmen to invade Russia. The
took Smolcnsk they won the blood.
battle uf Boradina: they capture'
Moscow. The armies Of Russia had 4
retire before NauOleun. Then Co
sent down upon them His soft, feath
cry flakes of feeble. innocent snow
and the SHOWS Of God. the soft snow
which breath can met were to
much for the strongest battaliOn'
The French troops psrishcd by thou
sands. God Was not that time on tn
side Of the largest battaIions.
History not only reveals God an,
tells OF Judgment, but u ts also
preacher of great moral verties. Ap
ply the test 10 any nation YOU pleas
AT any time you please. and you vii
find invariably that he strength OF
nation depends neither on their gold
nor on their iron, nor on their multi
tudes nor on their armies, nor O
their irOnclads and forts. nnr on thei
trade nor on anything but the faith
fulne.s Of their sons 20 justice and &
the moral law. 4 nation morally cor
rupt Is invariably a nation PHYSICAL
weak And what Is more the chang
may come in \ very few years. Whel
was II that Encland was AZ the loves
point Of degradation and morals? Wa
II not In the days OF the stewart res
toration? Harlots toyed with he
crown In the glldcd chambers o
Whltehall her dissolute king was tn
perjured pensioner NJ France. \ fc,
wears earlier IL seemed as n under tn
stern and righteous rulc Of Puritanisn
the unclcan spirit had been east out
but now that unclean spirit returncD
upon ENGLAND with seven other spirit
more wicked than himself Unde
Charles the Second England becam
proverb and q Kissing az under tn
purltsns the name Of England ha'
been feared and honOred In ever
land National crime is lining thn
God will reckon with. God told IN
jews 5000 years ago that " they com