The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-01-31
The supgeme Need.ef ,he SAFE.
A. g. MIDDLETON,
County Agent.

These things mentioned in, my pre-
vious letter. and the lawless spirit of
the age, have too long been sanctioned
by the silence of the majority of min
listers, but the time has come when
Christ's ambassadors on earth must lift
up their voices against the tide of mi
guilty and lawlessness that has set in.
Who will do it, if they do not. The
protestant minister is the successor of
tne prophet. Who was it denounced
wicked Ahah, as the troubler of Israel?
Elijah. Who SAID TO David the King,
Thou art the Man" Nathan the
prophet. Who went to Ninevah ard an
nounced the downfall Of its govern
ment? Jonah. Every ruler in this land
is subject to law as well as the hum
blest citizen and when he violates bis
sworn duty the minister should proclaim
his responsibility to the laws of God
ana the land, as well as the private
citizen, and the ministry Is guilty If
it does not hold over the heads Of law
less rulers the judgments of Jehovah,
and remind them that, He that is high
er than the highest regard the govern
ment Of the city and frequently OF
towns, is as a mill dictated by q ross
who skillfuiiy nlanipulates the machine
and whose sole aim is revenue only "
The practices Of the machine and Its
boss are IN accord with what Doct r
Strong calls, the brutal and infamous
utteranceo OF a certain senator, who said,
The publication of politics is an ir-
radescent dream. Government is force
Politics is a battle Tor supremacy.
Parties are the armies. The Decalogue
ana the Golden Rule have no place in a
political campaign. The object Is sue
cess. To defeat the antagonist and eX-
pei the party in power is the purpose.
In war 1t is lawful TO deceive the ad-
versary, TO hire Hessians, to purchase
mercenarles, to mutilate, to kill, to de-
stroy." There it is in nut shell.
Bossism is the natural outcome of
vicious political craftsmanship and the
rank and file of the country have to
pay the penalty. The awful conse-
quences fall upon our homes, our child
rem, our institutions and society is sac
rifced, not infrequently cur public
schools are sacrificed to this spirit How
so? To become member of the school
board is a political plum and men are
elevated to the charge OF educating our
youths who in some instances can not
read or write. Then thousands of
children in some of our cities are al
lowed to grow up in ignorance, for lack
OF accommodations. Not to give proper
accommodations for the instruction Of
the youth is criminal negligence or IN
pardonable Indifference. We will have
to pay the price of iniquitous kind of
business in lack of moral character.
The result is appalling. Crime increases
and there is but one inference, namely,
official completely with vice. 1t is q
very strange thing, that officers whose
business it is to ferret cut crime, can't
detect moral slaughter pens when re-
spectacle citizens know they exist.
Every tacility,is afforded for corrupt
ing youth.
1t costs the state immense taxes, dis
grace, debt, health, life and character.
Yes, it costs any city all this to intro
duce the politics of: the day into hel
municipal elections. Such things may
90 on for time, but the God of nations
will call halt. He called, but was un.
needed and now walls of divine wrath
are being poured out and the nations,
our own among them, are suffering. We
are passing through a crisis, or judg.
ment period. He is trying this whole
nation and every lrdivil1@' in II thai
each may know his own position as re-
CARDS the great issues Z. life. But
these crises show ne how far too often
| we make the unstable things of time