Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-08

at large, is so small and so far down
that we are obliged to look for men
in order to make them do their du-
ties as citizens. We are by the con-
stitution guaranteed a trial by jury
in all cases involving Issues of fact,
but, you who read the papers, know
how difficult 1t Is to get a jury OF
twelve men to hear a case. Why Is
this so2 You may say there are sew
eral reasons; but let me say that /
know of one reason, and that is that
the business men, who ought to be
most familiar with the receptions
and shortcomings of men, do not
wish to spend their valuable day in
hearing cases. They say that If they
are called as jurymen, they will make
enemies and loose in business. They
might as well say that they ought
not to be citizens at all. If all citi-
zens were like them, how could any
man get Justice? Can we continue
to live in this land of liberty, unless
we are willing to u the obliga-
tons? There Is no blessing which
is not attached to an obligation.
This Is one of the sad sides of city
life. And, it is in a large measure,
due to lack OF moral courage. And
lack of moral courage is due to lack
of strong faith in an Almighty God.
History teaches that no nation { how
ever great, IAN continue without
morals. Philosophy and experience
teach that morals are the fruits Of
faith and that, when faith dies, NOR
ais are buried with her. This doc
trine has not as yet been contro-
verified.
For general education, America is
the greatest nation in the world.
There is no other country in which
there Is being done so much for gem
eral knowledge. But in moral edu-
cation, we are not so far advanced.
This seems to be ~ entire accord
with the commercial spirit which is
so dominant. But, is that a reason
why we should let it continue 20 be
so? Is there any reason why we
cannot adopt a system by which the
children, during school hours, VIII
be enabled to receive a moral %instruc-
ton in conformity to the faith of
their parents? In a system of that
sort, there can be no reason for jeal-
ousy. Each child could get an in
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of their parents. 1t may be said that
there is no time for that. 1t El'ght
as well as be said that it does not
pay to try to make the very best
citizens. The statistics show that
there are thousands of children who
never receive a moral instruction at
home nor any where else. This
statement can be backed up by the
Missionaries who labor in the dark
est places. And, the statistics also
show that our prisons are mostly
filled with people of that sort. If
it be true that there can be no morals
without faith, and, 1 believe it Is,
what right have we to punish these
poor creatures for sins committed by
them against the laws of men, and
against the laws of God, when we
have not done our duty in trying to
incuIcate them with that faith which
has been to us a so strong a helper
in time of temptation. The Apostle
SAYS that faith comes by hearing and
that hearing comes by preaching,
etc. In other words, the duty to
speak and teach is absolute and the
duty to believe is conditional; hence
there a be no reason why we
should not suffer the consequences
with the poor fellow if we neglect to
do our duty.