The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

the heart, which Is the seat OF rebel
lion, h secret council chamber where
dark schemes are c~oncocted. The civil
power cannot enter the hidden recesses
Of h soul and quell the tumults rag
Ing there. 1t cannot invade the do
nestle circle to expel the intemper-
ance and lewdness that enervate and
debauch both body and mind. Il can
not suppress those base calumnies,
whispered in the dark, which poison
the social atmosphere with their foul
breath and breed hatred. resentment
and death. You might as we'll expect
to preserve a tree from decay by lop-
ping of a few withered branches while
allowing the worms to gnaw at the
roots as to preserve the social tree
from moral corruption by preventing
some external crimes while leaving the
heart to be wormeaten by vice.
Besides. IL o are so disposed. can
you not in many instances escape the
meshes OF the law by resorting to gifts.
brides and ingenious frauds?
II the civil sword, even with the aid
OF religion, can scarcely restrain public
disorders. how futile would be the at
tempt to do SC without the cooperation
Of moral and religious influence!
Still less do you fear the judgment
that posterity may pronounce on your
conduct. For IL you believe neither in
God nor in a life to come. the condem-
nation Of after ages will not disquiet
you, the censures OF future genera
tons will not disturb you ashes re-
posing in the tomb.
Nor can you suppose the emolu-
ments Of office an adequate incentive
TO induce you to be an upright and
law abiding member of society. The
emoluments OF office are reserved for
the privileged few; the great bulk OF
society will always be consigned to
private life.
DO not imagine. because you hap
pen to be a man Of irreproachable pri-
vate life, integrity Of character and in
corruptible justice, that your fellow
citizens will seek you out, as the Ro-
mans sought Cincinnatus, at the
plough. that they will cordially en-
brace you, force you from your cher
ished seclusion and bestow upon you
some office Of trust and distinction.
THE office should seek the man and
not the mar the office" is a beautiful
but Utopian maxim, a maxim 80 an
tiquated as to deserve a place in the
cabinet OF national curiosities. The
most successful office holder usually
has beer and usually will be the most
industrious office seeker, and his
chances of success are not always i'm
proved by n delicate sense of honor
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The esteem Of your fellow men will
not be sufficient inducement to make
you a virtuous citizen, for the great
mass of virtues, even of those virtues
hat influence the we'll being of society.
are practised I'm private and are hidden
from the eyes OF men. like the root
that gives life and bloom 10 the tree
or the gentle dew from heaven which
silently sheds its blessing on the labors
OF the hu~sbandman.
Nor should you be surprised IL your
good actions instead of winning the
applause Of your fellow citizens will
sometimes even draw upon you their
suspicion. their jealousy, their odium
and their calumny. The wisdom and
integrity of Aristides were such that
the Athenians called him THE Just"
yet they condemned him to exile. On
the day on which the people were to
vote upon the question OF his Danish
ment an illiterate burgher, who did
not know him personally, requested
him to write the name of Aristides
upon his ballot. HAS that man done
you any injury?" asked Aristides.
NO" answered the other, moi do I
even know him. But l am tired OF
bearing him everywhere called The
Just"
The case Of the Founder of the
Christian religion Is still more familiar
to the reader. Who was so great n
beLefactor to society as He? He went
about doing good to all men. He gave
sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf
ard walking to he lame and strength
to the paralyzed limb and comfort to
the afflicted, and wen life to the dead.
He promulgated the most sublime and
beneficent Ia VS. that were ever given
to man. He Invariably inculcated re-
spect for ruling powers and obedience
to their authority, and Yet He was
branded as a seditious man, an enemy