The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-19

the minion or the liquor
traffic, the self-seeker, and all who |
would put any cause OF interest above |
that of our country and of the welfare |
Of all the people" The thOught-and |
am quoting from memory the gist or |
the priests arguments a dramatic |
expire ssion of the profound truth that, |
in the last analysis. casting the bal |
lot is a religious act; and every vote |
should have the sanction Of God.
If good people did not vote for bad |
candidates the politicians would not
dare name such for office. Yet the
experience is as common as it is dis
heartening for notoriously wicked
men to be elected to office in COM
munities Overwhelmingly religious.
There are many tests OF a PERSONS
religion, but none severer than the
ballot-box test. The man who is
true, free and fearless citizen can
stand in the seclusion Of the voting
booth, with head uncovered and pen
Gil poised, and say, revercntly, This
do in allegiance to Thee Any
ticket which will not stand that test
is not good enough ticket to vote.
When Christians stand straight and
stand together, on election day, bad
politics is sure to get drubbing.
Many good men spell patriotism
with small and Party with big
P, and those men are the chief reli-
ance Of all the gangsters and corrup-
tionists who have debauched our
politics.
Along in November, when chill was
the weather,
| Two ballots were cast in q box to-
! gether.
They nestled up close like brother to
brother,
| You couldn't tell one Of the votes
from the other.
| CHORUS
They were both rum votes,
And sanctioned the license plan:
| The one was cast by a. jolly old
| brewer,
And one by a Sunday school man.
The Sunday school man-no man
| could be tfuer-
Kept busy all summer denouncing the
| brewer,
But his fervor cooled off with the
change Of the weather,
And late in the autumn they voted
| together.
The Sunday school man had always
been noted
, For fighting saloons except when he
: voted.
: He piled up his prayers with a holy
l perfection,
, But knocked them all down on the
} day Of election.
The foxy old brewer was cheerful an
mellow:
Y Said he: Il admire that sunda.
school fellow
He's true to his church, to his part.
s he's truer:
: He talks for the Lord, but he vote
f for the brewer.
|. Author Unknown.
Good people in politics are ofte,
handicapped by their passive virtues
8 They dislike to hurt anybodys feel
{ ings. They would like to defeat tn
e devil and all his cohorts, but the
- fear to be called disagreeable an
- - uncharitable. If they could sweet
II and gently ameliorate condition:
)" we'll and good; but to hit smashin
blows. and make bitter enemies Of tn
unrighteous and endure attack
J., themselves dear; That is reall
- too distressing!
~ I know a small city where the1
& was great revival last winter. Th
# whole community was deeply move,
l. 1t looked as if the churches were o
l. top at last. A few weeks ago a
n. election was held The head of tn
ly liquor organization ticket was
ID public official who had sha melessl
is and even criminally thwarted all e
le forts to punish the most fagra,
|cTlmo against the comm on
the country had ever known. TT
II. Gang whom he had thus serve
proposed to re-elect this official as
"VindicatiOn' And in the CITY