The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06
The bible In the Campaign.

The final Campa On argument ot the
editorial associates Of Mr.. ROOSEVELT
is somewhat Of departure from their
secular exhortarloI.S. The outlook Of
November ) prints IN capital letters the
advice which lETHRO gave TO his son-'n-
law MosEs. according 10 the eighteenth
chapter OF EXodus.
PROVIDE ur5 - 'rI Tak PNoPLH AhLE MEN
srcH As yEAE D0n. MS oT Truth. HsTINo GOV
xrorpSrss ISp ri-,cR CT ovER IHEn.
The Rev Dr LYMAN ABBOTT and
associates remark that tho counsel
which. RrHao gave 10 Moses il not anti
quated T. : A. good counsel IN America
in 1910 4 II as II was IN IN" Wilderness
in Icnr p &.
In spirit a. rev"rNnt a. that NJ the
Rev. Or LYMAN ABRoTT himself ""
venture To po.nt ont 20 him that This ex-
cellent advice vas not addressed 10 a
Chosen People about 10 elect rulers by
the exercise of free suffrage under "s-
isting institutions Y was addressed
nv IETHEo to Mn~FS individually; and
II referred "Xulu-.Vetv 10 IN. individual
choic" hv Moss Of his sIborrlinat'-s IN
a new and autO'ratir form OF govern
menr In ORDER 10 max" the counsel
seem applicable 20 the present case, TN"
Outlook has distorted IN" meaning and
hailv garbla,l IN" sacred text. JETHRO
sad 20 MoSFS:
Tr1. SHAFT teach them INC people ordinances
snr avs and mat .hev th"r1 nc way wherein
they must yak and the vpr, the must 20.
Morr1.~r. ..rg shalt provide oI' Of all The
peo.i~ abe men such - fear con u"n n, truth.
haunE rry~'0uSnr,N. -nd 1iNcr such over 'h"7i.
90 NJ rl--, ~ 'ho. .,7as and rulers y .afred'.
ruler, Of mites, snG -uc-, az tens.
Md -, them Judge The peopI- - AL seasons
and e. sral' b- that -,cTS gTca: matter they shall
hrln. INTO mr. E.' even mail mater they shall
Judge 20 ssa, u b~ caster foT '1yse''. and they
shall near the burden win me-
II Is evident that JEIHRO's scheme
was a y.rfnct New Narionalism: an
ideal Generalization of responsibility and
power. system by which the powers
and RESPONSIBILITIES of wisely chosen Sub
ordinates were Concentrated upward in
a single supreme. d.spotic ruler Of the
people. himself responsible to no other
human being
The advice. therefore Was such "a
either .'LrHRo or tho Rev. DR.. LYMAN
ABBOTT mg hr properly hav" urged
upon colonel ROOSEVELT. were he a
duly constituted autoCret about 20 re-
leve himself OF details by naming his
Greiners hts Colilnses. his Bettses, his
Parson-.-S and his Dunns
This essential difference between the
case IN the Wilderness in 1870 3. G. and
the case IN New York IN 1910 \. d. the
OatiOrl; ignohlv attempts 10 conceal by
garbling ~ quotation from EXodus
Better might that organ Of a personal
ambition and SPECIALIZED hysreria
have set before ia readers part of the
eighth chapter OF Ao'-.
Bui rh-r- vas = certain man called SrscN
which oesor-tia- IN N. ci'y uset sorc.ry
ana b-Viicaci 'r- people Of >s-sar, giving out
ths, himself 'rss some great Ut.
TO whom '-~- ~ zlr- h-et rom 'h- I-ss,
TO the gr-s'ss'. aging iris Taa is The great
power Of Con.
And - Rim '-"y -af r-Es-1 1,~,Y.- ma or.
long rim- Ne mad oeriyo6.d '5-rr vl.a s.fc--'..
The main question 20 b. determined
in 1910 A. u. bv The votes nf s.if-goy-
erning peopl" i a - TO-. quail fica'ions
Of Il candidat. for H.. position ~ Moss.
Is STuoN. who would no Moss a God
fearing man m N" -"n-a 0f lFTHRo'S
requirement 4 man of truth Hnoov"i-
Gus ri arbitrary power and ;.r-"rai
sxgra judgement 10 The Uerpl" want
SrYOy nlaned over r"rn 80 NO-E~