The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29

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most magnificent article Of Bishop E
s Hoss found in The Nashville Amer
lean and The Tennessean Of recent
date in answer 70 The Nashville Amer
leans quotation Of the Bishop in sup
port q recent movements in Tonnes
see believed to be opposed to our
present temperance policy.
and there is no reason why the
Church should be elbowed from the
field. for there never was a truer poll
tician than Isaiah who called the
policies Of government out and named
the men who were the representatives +
of those policies. And Habakkuk
here sets forth some very strong mat !
ter for the consideration of men Of
state at the present time. Though
Jesus was not in politics, yet he laid
down the principles for the perma-
nent control Of the business and social
and the political world, and expected
his subjects to work out their special
problems in whatever field they were
% be found. And why should not 4
preacher have a voice in government?
I remember a few years ago when the
Rice-Ligon AntiIRace Gambling bill
was before the Legislature, commit
tee from Memphis went up to repre-
sent their measures and preacher OF
that city was a member Some of the
politicians went to pieces about 1t and
the newspapers had a great deal TO
say about the dangers of preachers
meddling with politics. But in me
lobby of that same Legislature, l am
informed. a gambler of the worst sort
from that same city went about with
his hands full of .greenbacks saying
that he had several thousands of this
sort that says it will not go through,
and yet the papers said not a word
about it and many seemed to think II
all right. am here to say that if q
preacher pays his poll tax and is a
gentleman he has as many rights as
anv citizen of this commonwealth, and
esneciallv as your gamblers and thugs
and buns that undertake to control
our policies Of government. And l
want to say to you, my dear Chris
tan friends, that it is not the
preachers so much they are after as
It is their desire to blind you to their
influence as workmen who always
stand solid for the good of the people
and to whip you over their shoulders
into line into carrying out their de-
sired ends.
"The Scriptures clearly take the FUR
nose of Christ's mission in the weird
TO DESTROY the works of the devil,
and YOU may always look for his rep
resentatives working in the same d.
| rection. The Church is here to carry
out the policy of our King and it stands
for the good of the people and for the
sunnression of the evil. 1t has been
thought that it was the duty OF the
ministry and the Church to fish up
the precious Jewels from the pools" Oh
sin. that it was their duty to preach
the gospel to the saloon keeper ana
putting their arms around the poor
drunkard lead him back to sobrlety'
and both of them to Christ. That IS
true, and / surrender to no man IN my
genuine love for both of them, ana
for all classes of men. But l want II
distinctly understood that our duty
does not end there, for 1t is not only
our duty to fish up the precious Jew
els from the pool" but it is our ooun
den duty to drain the poor so that
no more precious jewels can fall into
n And every Christian man VINO
even purposes to carry out his Mas
ter's will is working along this line.
at gives me very great pleasure u
note that the various churches arr
working at it and Gods true citizen
shin are standing by the guns. W.
many not see the methods just allKe
hut what care we for methods. w
are in to win. the battle which wake
hot The Baptists in session yonde
at Hot Springs have spoken, the Ger
| eral Conference of the Methods
. Church now in session yonder at Ba
gilmore have placed themselves o
{ record as in the fight to stay till tn
greatest question of this age is Sc
II tied right. Our own church is llne
up-and all the others as well. III
{ question is being agitated in Englan
the business interests Of the COUNT
are arrayed on our side, and soon'
/ or later since God is God and rig
. is right and the day will be won "
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