The Adair County news., 1909-10-27
The Duty of The Hour.


talking to the voters of his congrega-
ton. 1t was timely plea for right
eousness in politics.
The speaker made clear distinction
between politics and party policies,
holding that, as rule, the minister,
would do well to abstain from taking
an active part in party politics. How
ever, when politicians elect to discuss
questions that contain moral issues the
pulpit must not be gagged or muzzled.
Certainly it has prior right to be
heard on every question affecting right
eousness, character and morality, de-
clared the speaker.
Mr.. Crawford's text was from Matt.
%: Fl, Render unto Caesar the things
which are Caesars and unto God the
things which are God s." And he said
In part as follows:
Christ's mission was to put the tenn:
poral and spiritual Kingdoms in their
proper places and right proportions. In
doing this He joins forever the two
Kingdoms by his divine sanction. 1t is
God and Caesar, not God, or Caesar.
Too many Christian men believe that
God and business, God and pleasure and
God and politics must be divorced. 1t
is all sumed up in the popular maxim,
Religion is religion, business is bust
ness, politics are politics they will not
mix any more than oil and water" One
is regarded as purely secular and the
other as purely religious. What are
politics? 1.-The principles by which ma
tons should be governed and regu
lated, only branch of ethics, or the
application of the principles of morality
and religion" True patriotism and
piety are twin flowers growing on the
one stem whose root is in obedience to
and love for God and man. Then Christ
ian men should go to the primary or po-
litical convention and to the polls as
regularly and as religiously as they
would go to church. Squarely face the
fact, that bad government vitiates the
morals, destroys physical, intellectual
and religious liberties, which God in
tended all to enjoy, then resolve that
your suffrage shall be intelligently
given.
The true citizen will stand for a pure
social and home life as the fountain of
personal purity for the stream of pub
lie administration. In our county, cities
and state the righteous loving citizen
should have open eyes to search out
and then clarion voice to brand the
-bribe-takers, grafters and all who
steal from the public purse. How of
ten public Offices are made the places
for private pilfering instead of public
trusts. Honesty demands that wheth-
er the office seeks the man or the man
the office, no man ought to ask for or
expect the votes of the people the Sec
ond time who has not, clearly admins
tered first term. If he does the good
citizen must have independent manhood
enough to say. "You can not have my
vote or my influence" No man ought
to be tu:: forward or voted for whose
record for honesty in money affairs, or
whose integrity of word or oath is in
the least furnished, or who even has
the remote suspicion of having the sup
port or backing of the liquor power.
We have good, clean men of sterling
worth in every community who stand
ready to fill the public offices, when po-
litical methods are purged of their
wickedness. The BOSS" must be sup
plented by the patriotic citizen-who
works not for Doodle or spoils but for
good social order and civic virtue.
The enemies of good government,
even during the hours of this Holy Day,
are busy fixing" the approaching leg.
islature of Kentucky. They are conf
IDENTITY expecting to see the flag of
state wide prohibition sentiment lower
ed by the results of the coming election,
Every God fearing. truth-loving, right
eous citizen of the state should be at
the polls and check maet this dastardly
purpose of the whiskey power. See to
it Omen, o voters, that tou are not
made dupes to wickedly designed party
measures that would coerce you into
such criminal use of your vote and in
fuence.
You are confronting local elections,
which to you, your county, your homes,
your business and your clty's morals
mean far more than Who is President
or u S. Senator You need to heed
the injunction Behave as citizens
worthiy of the Gospel of Christ - If
ward ''heelers, saloon nominees, dem
agogues, and corrupt partisans are ask
ing.office at your hands your course of
conduct must be clear To elect such
aen would be no terror to evil doors
and praise to them that do we'll. {"
A Christian citizen has no right to
vote for such men for Office. To do so
is direct attempt to make the very
purposes of Gods government to mis-
carry Nothing seems clearer than