Arizona republican., 1909-02-23


 should be the chief instruments in
 making this world morally and re-
 ligiously better. It is utterly impos-
 sible to separate politics from the lives of the community, and there cannot be general personal and so- cial business morality and political immortality at the same time. The latter will ultimately debauch the whole community.
 During the administration of MT. Roosevelt. and under the influence of certain revelations of business immortality, the conscience of the whole country was shocked and then nerved to the point of demanding that a better order of affairs be in troduced. In this movement, the ministers of the various churches have recognized the call upon them to assist, and they have been heard the country over in accents much more effective than ever before in half a century. They have not all always been discreet, they have Tometimes attempted to make the h. al reforms by law wider than practical experience would justify. Indeed the tendency of some min isters in taking part in politics and seeking governmental reform, is to demand too close a realization of their ideals, and an unwillingness to give up the accomplishment of some for decided progress toward others. This is a limitation upon their use fitness.
 Tn two ways the minister is be- Nnr,ninO nIncalu in politics and governmental affairs. In the first place the modern tendency of government is paternal. Individ- ualism is not dead, but the LAISSEZ FAIRE school does not have its earnest and consistently rigid ad- herents now as it did years ago. We all recognize, I think, or at least most of us do, that there Is cer- tain aid, there is certain protection that the government is in duty bound, acting for all the people, to extend to a smaller number of the people whose circumstances and con- dition forbid their looking out for themselves. Thus in the enforcement of health regulations, in the pas sage of tenement laws, child labor laws, establishment of orphan asy- lums and places of refuge for waifs, and in many other ways, the work of the ministers in home missions brings him in contact with necessity for government action, and he is heard, and is entitled to be heard, upon the policies of the governmens in these regards.
 THE USE OF MISSIONS
 "So too in the matter of foreign missions The greatest agency to- day in keeping us advised of the conditions among Oriental races, who, however old their traditions and their civilization, are now tending to- ward Occidental ideals, is the es- of foreign missions as the outposts of the advance guard of Christian civilization. These missions have the duty of representing the ideal of western Christian progress and through them such progress is to be commended to the races whom 1t is hoped we may induce to accef that same civilization. The leaders of these missionary branches of the churches are now becoming some of our most learned statesmen in rer spect of our proper Oriental policies, and they are to be reckoned with by the men more immediately charged with the responsibility of and carrying on such policies.
 "The next profession is that of the teacher. Of course the great number of teachers are engaged in primary i and secondary instruction and in in 1 dustrial or vocational work. Their relation to politics and governpent is of the utmost importance though l indirect. It is and ought to be their | highest duty to instill in the minds of the young girls and boys the pa triotism and love of country, be- cause the boy is father to the man and the patriotism of the extreme l youth of the country may well de-. termine that of the grown men. The l effect of an intense patriotism which l thrills through the nerves of the 1 boys of a country is illustrated in l he immense strength which Japan 1 derives from it. No one who visits that interesting country or comes nto contact with the Japanese can Bushido' is a kind of apotheosis of pdlIlOliSlI. l Ht JOy Milll WHICH Jdp- inese give up their lives in defense of their country, has its foundation in a real religious feeling, and is most inspiring to all who come to know it. It should be full of signifi- canoe to those of the teaching pro- lesion who become responsible for the thoughts and ideals of the young.
 Another way in which the pro- ressional teacher may exercise great indirect political influence is in the that he ought to giNS, to the young man of college age and life in the study and pursuit of poli- tics. Every curriculum of every academic institution now includes the study of political economy, the study of sociology the study of government, and often the study of constitutional law These taken together, with the political history of England and the United States, cannot but arouse in the minds of most American students an interest in the government of their country and in present. day politics, to the point of taking part in them when opportunity offers. It is most encouraging to know the great attention that is given today in all the universities to the en- of political and econ Omieal discussion among the students and the eagerness with which they raad and 1iStaO tO thOSe nrOhlap1S