The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

lebating and unjust discrimination, II
has insisted that corporations should
be conducted dscently, and men
whose only care Is dollars, and who can
not understand why holders Of public
office should champion the cause Of
righteousness and popular rights-these
men raise the cry, Let US alone" 1t
as been we'll said that the real origin
" the motto lies nineteen hundred
ears back" 1t Is recorded In the Cos
lel of Mark that there was in the syn
lgogue a man with an unclean spirit
Who, when he heard one teaching with
authority and not as the scribes, cried
'ut, Let us alone; What have we to
10 with thee? Art thou come to de-
troy USE"
The call OF Jesus to new Ideal OF
reedom must always meet the response
Let us alone" But 1t Is for the church
o reiterate the Masters word, until all
men shall know that the only true free
lon Is moral Israel was Just as truly
N slavery In the days OF Amos as It
was In the days of its bondage In
Egypt, For while Israel was Boosting
is political independence, sin had r,vet-
ID upon 1t the letters Of greed, inius-
lice and impunitN So we may celebrate
our national independence on the fourth
Of July, and all the while sorely need
20 be delivered from the degrading
bondage OF sin, by new birth of moral
freedom. Let us make sure that we do
~ oh aIs ~
Abraham's seed. Let us not take as our
IDEAL the Big Stick" wherewith we
AN thwack the backs of the nations,
let not our utmost vision be Of Dread
loughts" and navies, and lands and
wealth. Let It be the ideal OF him who
said, IF therefore the son shall make
YOU Free we shall be free in deed"
This new declaration OF independence
is not only the recognition Of an IDEAL
Of Righteousness, but II is an assertion
of rights which must be followed by a
struggle for attainment of the ideal
The Declaration 1915 was not the end
but the beginning of the contest that
resulted in independence. II was TO a
moral struggle Jesus invited the men
10 whom he said, III We abide In my
words, then are We truly my disciples.
The crisis in American independence
Is now. Today must be fought the de-
cislve battles Just as the fate of Eu-
rope hung on Waterloo, so today our
destiny is dependent on the issue of our
moral struggles, Moral and spiritual
Bull Runs" must be fought now. For
our wrestling Is not against flesh AMI
blood, but against the municipalities,
against the powers, against the world
rulers Of this darkness, against the
spiritual hosts OF wickedness in the
heavenly places" (Eph, 6:l2) our dan
ger is not that our political independ-
ence Is now menaced by a power like
England. But that all hell Is combined
To hinder the moral freedom OF the hui
/ man spirit. To what battle Emanuers
bugles are summonlng the sons OF men.
In 1868 Fighting Joe" Hooker led his
men TO the summit of Lookout Noun
tain and won a victory there. During
the action the mountain was enveloped
In a dense mist. and was Invisible from
the valley below The engagement was
called "The Battle Above the Clouds.
The roar OF the battle from the lnyisi'
bic summit seemed to indicate a battle
in the sky our General and Com
mander, Jesus, Is calling US to fight 70,
spiritual liberty, the freedom from sin
No human eye may watch the struggle
II Is above the clouds" and slen
Maxlm's gun. 'unheeded, unheard BY
the world The contest must go on. 70
not until the Son makes us free. arc
we free Indeed"
An heroic instance Of manly effort 10
the establishment OF Righteousness wa
given in New York state a few day
ago dune, l90s) when Gov. Hughes wor
his fight against race-track gambling
THE end OF the battle In the senate
was marked by dramatic incident. A
the regular session the vote stood Q
to 95." A new vote was added befor
this extra session by the election of {
new senator who was on Hughes side
Meanwhile Senator Foelker Of Brook
lyn was seized with appendicitis ant
operated upon. He was very III as III
time for the final vote came on, but a
the risk Of bis life he went to Alban,
TO answer TO his name and the vot
was won There is no more splendid
act recorded in the annals Of war. MI
Foelker came to this country as a Ger
man immigrant, unable 10 speak n wore
: OF English. Such men are surely no
undesirable citizens Those men ar
undesirable citizens, who. although
New York senator's, fought for tn
gambling cause. carrying the fight Il
finish, prolonging the contest in tn
hope that he might collapse and so b.
unahlo to vote
Some think we live In degenerate
days, when rascalIty is increasing Blu
let us remember that we are attacking
evils to which We had long supinely anc
acquescently yielded, and men Xix
Foelker are arising, as public con
science Is awakening, to do things W
dared not attempt before. The new
, declaration Of independence is being is
sued, and defended
/ Think only Of the advance mad
against the saloon Whole states ar
swinging into line against the evil. n
, small part OF the work Is done by wo
, men The first child born to white par
ents IN this country was a girl. Virgins
Dare. The name has been given to
brand Of whiskey But when ] saw tn
name so used the other day, | said
That birth and name were prophetic
The first one born In our land was
woman And so woman shall be first !
, this new world. Virginia, and Dare
Yes they will dare to use all wo
!, mans inestlmable power on the side 9
right, until that thing, whiskey, shal
, be put out OF business
: The women OF this country hav
caught the vision Of freedom whic
Jesus saw and promised, and we hop