The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-05-17

man may be q good citizen by simpl.
casting his vote Irrespective Of par
ty) for the candidate he considers
the truest to his country, while IL
another man this would be the yery
least part Of his citizenship. For tt
some men are given talents, which
ale denied to other men. The mar
who has the ability to lead and In
luerce others, possesses wonderful
gift, and his ignoring this gift is az
great sin against the state as would
be the vote sold by the less gifted
man. To these leaders, Ruskin said
You have this gift and mighty;
see that you serve your nation faith.
fully with it. It is a greater trust
than ships and armies; you might
cast them away II you were their
captain with less treason to your PEG.
pie than in casting your glorious
power away. X Ships and ar
mics you may replace if they are lost,
but great intellect, once abused, is
Il curse to the earth forever"
In order to be truly good citizen,
every man must do his duty; and
Whit mar considers to be his duty,
Can he determined only by himself.
The state may require certain things
from each man, the performance Of
which will be the whole duty to his
country for one man. while 1t will
be the smallest fraction of the SCR
vice which another man feels is his
duty. But all men must obey the
laws-there is no question Of duty
there.
TO fill the high position Of an
American citizen, a man should be
pi aggressive He should not be con-
tent with conditions as they are, II
they can possibly be bettered. A true
and good citizen should be deeply
interested in the affairs of his town,
his county, his state, his country,
and other countries. He should be
broad, not narrow; interested in the
whole, not simply in part Every
citizen should strive to improve the
of his town or city, and
the best way to accomplish this end,
is 10 see that his own property Is
kept in the hest condition. Then he
must Loyalty support the movements
OF that town or city in which he
makes his home. He must literally
contribute to these movements in
every way possible to him, whether
in money Or in personal labor. By
doing his duty he will surely be pro-
gressive, because moral view of
politics will bring about great re-
suits in the fight of this country for
the highest and best.
The second great requisite for good
is loyalty to the church. |
Every man, wether he is a Christian
or not. must realize that a great
work has been accomplished by
and he must also real |
lie that a carrying out of the prin-
ciples put forth in the Bible and the
of Christ cannot but con-
duce to higher citizenship. Every
thinking man must see the good of |
the church and its organizations. II
seeirg 1t, he chooses to do other than |
support them, he is betraying the
rust reposed in him when he became
4 citizen. The Christian in striving
e walk in the footprints of the Great
Teacher, is living example of good |
known and read of all |
men"
Every true citizen must be moral, |
Ind morality implies religion. 1t is
only in rare cases that one goes With
put the other. The worthy citizen
believes In developing the resources
If his country; he must, therefore, !,
believe in missions-home missions.
It least. For is not the enlightened,
men the greatest resource
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