Evening star., 1909-01-25

blind and where law is sufficiently strong
to see that no guilty man may dare to
put himself above law II Is an era which
holds a man responsible for his acts and
this is still land where wealth and po-
sition, party and pull, combined are not
powerful enough to protect the wrong
doer Any apparent exception is but ac
cumulating wrath in the day of visitation.
We have not lost our faith and confidence
in the future of this land, nor in the in
volatility of its institutions. For this be-
loved land is. and, under God, shall ever
be the peoples government. made for the
people. made by the people and answer
able TO the people
mo American will ever be stronger
than his government; and no American
has lived. does live or shall live who dares
defy. with impunity, the law of the land
or the jury verdict Of public opinion.
"A good American must first of all be-
lieye that America is good enough for
Americans. Should he. however. fail in
this belief. then al good Americans he
lieve that America is too good for him.
THE second duty to the nation is respect
for law. Respect for law takes no ad-
vantage of the mistakes of law It boasts
of no skill to drive fourin- hand through
any statute. a good citizen is more con-
cerned with observance than with ques-
tions Of law. He holds, with O'ConnelI
that Nothing is politically right which is
morally wrong.
Gifts as Monuments.
In turning from the things that are
Caesars and speaking of the things that
are Gods" Bishop Woodcock said that
perfect love was the first requisite He
denounced the kind of Christianity preva-
lent in this age, which lavished great
gifts which live as monument to the
giVer.
In his loyalty to Caesar the modern
Herodian would be satisfied to comply
with that which appeals TO the world. He
would build libraries. colleges. gym
nasiums and hospitals and stop there. So
far he has done WelN but this ought he
to have done and not leave the other un-
done
He paid tribute to the national cathedral
which some day will stand on Mount st.
Adams. calling it ''the City of God" that
would he a ''beacon on a hill He said
ii would have "A nationwide mission in
its peculiar coisn of vantage in the capital
of the country. Then speaking of the
late Bishop Satterlee. he praised his great
labors and said
Truly indeed We may say of him.
though full of cares and full of years OF
neither weary, but full of hope and full
of heaven May light perpetual shine
upon him.
Addressed to DR.. Harding.
The last lines of his sermon We're ad-
dressed to DR.. Harding:
NV brother. you have been chosen to the
highest office within the gift of the
church. Men rightly esteem this office to
be honor-an honor which no man
taketh TO himself. The honor of the of
lice. however. weighs but little compared
with its responsibilities. You will have
cares which no one can share; YOU will
have duties which may not be delegated !:
you will have to exercise discipline; to
dare. when necessity arise. to be unpopu-
lar. for God and the church's sake. You
will miss many OF the intimate aSsoca-
tions and close pastoral relations of the
rarochiat life. You will have hours when
there is just a great human loneliness I'm
life separated not from your brethren.
but for your brethren. Your associations
with all men will broaden, and your asso-
ciates for companionship and sweet con-
verse sake will decrease. This 10 not