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    Till ! CKE1CIITOS GRADUATES
Text of the Addresses Delivered at the Com
mencement.
THE STANDARD OF CHRISTIAN MORALITY
fcrnnmrctil Atlrnrtlvmrm ol Hedonism , It *
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uf tin * 1'inpli * it rimiin of
Imve nlrrmly given our renders n
at the U'ry creditable commiMire-
inent exrrolniMi of CrelKhton unlvprilty.
wlilcli look plne-p on Iniit Wednesday evenIng -
Ing nt Ili > ) d'g theater Hut the subjects
trrntrd arc of Riicli n | irnclcnl ( , Interesting
nnluro mid ( Icy were handled III such n
ichulnrly style , uniting nil the graces ) uf
diction with Hullillly of argument , tliatc
re confident our renders will tli.ink us for
Hhe verbatim report which follows.
'I ln > Shiniliiril of Mo nlit ) .
ll > I'll T Mii\oy :
LndlPB nml Gentlemen It IH tlio f.mh-
| on of tlio dny to upealc of our ci'iitnry ni
thn RC of progress , the ago of culture nrul
nllghtcnment Justly mid full ) ilon It
dcseTvi * nil the glor ) nml praise lavished
Upon It If we cotillup our admiration to the
giant strides In nutrrlnl prosperity nml tliu
womlrrfiil advances In RClcntlllc and Intel
lectual fli'ldn produced li > Its far-rtMchlng
dl-covi-rlcH anil Invention * , which lilstor )
has rer nloil In letters of gold to Its un-
flyliiK fiiiup Hut when we view the con-
Oltlon of our age from n moral standpoint
We look In vain for a little- advancement ,
liny we cannot full to note n retrogression
lee glutting to bo o\orl nked.
Monlitj praptlril ns wo 11 as theoretical ,
has IHPII at Inched llercel ) nml unresistingly
by tla ivir menacing forces of atheism
ml m.iuHill in It IH our Intention to-
filght ns n glance at the program will
how to maina rapid survc } of pomp of
the lending tthte.il delink us of our times
TV do no Intelligently. ho\\c\er , It will lie
necessary , llrst of all , to recall to mind
Uio true stamHrd of morally Without
It vvo nre like poor Bailers In a fragile lurk ,
( lolplcs ly toccul li > ( In1 "urging billows
Bf a Btnrmy sen , with no beacon light to
etllde them clear of the Hhoals against
Which they may be dashed to pieces at mij
fnomrnt or like travelers in nn unknown
country standing bewildered nt the cross
ing of man ) roads without n guide post to
Ulrcct their stpp < might
What , then , la this standard ? Hlght
reason tells us that It Is no other , that It
tnn bo no ether thnn the law of the Creator.
Every one admits that morality not only
points out to us what Is morally good and
irvliat Is morally Ind. but that it Imposes ,
tnoreo\er , nn obllgitlon on in to perform
certain good acts nnd to mold nil bad acts
Cut no man can b ) his own power put nn
obligation on nnother man , for nil men by
nature are equal. The moral law , therefore ,
bus Its source In fod. ! for God alone
AS man's Creator and Lord , can Impose an
Obligation on man Clod's will manifested
lo man , that Is. Ood's law , Is t.ic fct.iiuKiid
Of morality Whatever la conformable to
that law Is morally good , and whatever Is
Opposed to It Is morally bad , and , ns the
knowledge of this law Is aciiilred | b ) relig
ion , religion must be the basis of morallt )
How- Idle then , to talk of "morallt ) without
religion" ' " " ' ,
"Independent morallt ) With
out religion , there Is no ( ! od , without ( ! o.l
tlicro Is no future lift , without a future life ,
there Is no sullUlont sanction , without sane ,
tlon , there Is no law , without law.there Is
no morality
The fruits of such rationalistic Ideas arc
apparent In the vagueness that e\or ) vv litre ,
prevails In the moral donriln Having nn
fixed , reliable principles to guide them. men'\
notions of their rights and duties toward *
each other , towaids their countiy , towards
God , become daily more confused and UIICCN
tnin. What ono approves another con
demns ; what Is looked on as Improper today ,
tomorrow may bo regarded as hlghl ) becom.
fnR. In the name of llbtrtj and Indepems.
nco ever ) excess la justified , all bonds ot
moral restraint anbrcKen
What can have the Individual , what car.
ave soclet ) , from complete moral shipwreck
ftnd ruin' ' Nothing but a return to correct
principles , training the Intellect and heart ot
tiien to UK their g.ie on the steady beacon ,
light of Rod's truth and justice With lliel *
yes steadily directed to the unfailing , un.
erring standard of Christian morallt ) , the }
Will steer clear of the shoals and rockt , which
lit present threaten to engulf them , and iliU
eafoly ovei the seething billows of passion
and error.
HiMlniliMii.
Iy Allmt V ICInMir
Ladies and Gentlemen My classmate ,
who has just had the honor of addressing
you , has fully explained and established the
true and proper standard of morality. It
now remains for us to Investigate a few
ftmong the man ) theories advanced by what
Wo may call our modern moralists.
For It Is morality , the foundation of hu
manity , the vigor , life , soul of society , that
baa been threatened with revolution True ,
the war of these modern ethical reformers ,
Who have banished from their consideration
the teachings , not only of Christian revela
tion , but even of the philosophy underl > lng
It , Is being carried on , not with the avowed
Intention of over throwing morallt ) Itself ,
but rather in the hope of establishing a now
kind of morality , upon n new basis , with anew
now standard. Those great regenerators of
society , 1'aley. lleiitham , Mill and Spencer ,
have found the world-wide and world-old
principles of morality to be- withered and
eterlle , nnd consider them no longer tit
guides for the acts ot men And behold , In
their disinterested love of humanity they
Iiavo gone back amid the fossils of the an
cients and drawn forth the haggard ghosts
taking robes of conventionalism , materialism ,
public utility and Hedonism , dressed them In
Rimdy-taklng robes , and sent them forth Into
the world as new standards , better founda
tions and kinder guides for the conduct of
humanity
Among these I would call ) our attention
to Hedonism , as one to be cspeclall ) avoided
by all those who have the true Interests of
eoclety at heart The whole principle of this
theory , which Is so earnestly advocated b )
the high priests of modernized morality as
the most perfect of standards , may be
summed up In tlio ono egotistic sentence ,
"Whatever pleases mo Is Just , good and
right , whatever dlspk-uses or disadvantages
me. Is bad and wrong" In other words , my
present pleasure , comfort and enjo ) ment
Is the sole end of ni ) existence , nnd what
ever conduces to that end Is morally good ,
while an ) thing that dot nets from It Is mor
ally evil That Is Hedonism That Is the
substance- the new and perfect standard ,
founded Ultimately on materialism , and proxImately -
Imately on the evolution theory according to
which the world Is graduilly ascending
Itlslng step b ) step for the past f > 00i ( } cars ,
It now fur outshines an ) thing that has pro
ceeded And } et the end Is not come What
beautiful picture' It Is that Herbert Spen
cer has drawn of all the world at the culmi
nation of the Hcdolatlc mission Men so
good and Kind , selfishness restrained within
the proper bounds , happiness and equality ,
peace nnd plenty tilling all the land , whllo
nations like men , all locked In one harmoni
ous brotherhood
It Is a beautlfi'l picture , we must admit ,
and pleasing to behold , but It Is only a
picture , and one whose reality , Instead of
becoming brighter , only grows dimmer and
dimmer as the world grows older And
why ? Simply because It is one of those
dreamy castles built In the air. whose In
congruities nml contradictions are closely
covered and bidden nvva ) Hut It Is these
that we must consider The Hedonist fa- ;
"My one pleasure Is my end and whatever
latlsfles a sense Is good " Ilenca selllshness
Is a virtue benevolence a full ) , vain self-
love ennobling , cbarlt ) degrading lint b )
this does he not place the malleiof the act
In his own physical Inconvenience and suffer
ing , which are Its consequences' That Is
to lay. does he not take the Indication of
moral evil for the evil Itself In doing
toll the Unionist forgets that un act In bad
In Itself and by Itself , as being a violation
of the rational nature of the doer , and , being
bad , It breeds bad consequences. The bud-
nut ot the conneciuences Is ptoslcal , the
badneia ot the act Is moral ; and It la here
that Hedonism la at fault. Par It con-
> Jikr the physical and apparent act ouly ,
fcrgottlng completely Mint there Is nn Inner
being and life that Is referable to no creature
outside , but only to God whuso existence
cannot bo Ignored The Hedonist Is satisfied
to make n guod citizen n good husband a
good fnttur ( or the transactions Of life Ho
lias no concern to make n good man whnso
llfp In led In conformlt ) to thp Inws not only
of self , but oj nature nnd of Clod. The
Hedonist thinks not ot the Inner man of Uie
lipurl , xv ho , by1conielent'ously fulfilling his
duties to trx'iply and his Maker , eonipaMPs
the evirlastlng happiness of Ills Immortal
soul This It not the thought ot the
Hedonist , nnd ) ct It Is thlt Hint Is nil Im
portant. This Is the end that must be at
tained , not b > teaching mat ) that ho Is n
mere sensual animal , but by convincing him
( hat ho Is n mortal being , that bo Is do-
PPI dent on his Creator nnd must obtain Him
ns tils list end I'or It In tlipti , nnd only
then , that the vision of Individual pp.icc nnd
happiness warniPd to universal harmony nhall
begin to be reall/od here upon earth.
Altruism.
Ilj riinrlm I' Mnrlnrt >
Ladles nnd Gpntlemeii Kgolstlc Ilodon-
IPIII , lo whoio refutation ) ou hav'e Just been
listening , though most nbly advocated by
Its champion. Herbert Siunoer , Is far from
In Ing gcnerall ) onlrrtalncd. rnherMliatk-
or nllrulstlc Hedonism has from the outset
of ll o new era been preferred by prominent
philosophers and Is also nouadajy thought
b ) man ) to cmbnd ) n sstpm of more
exalted nnd dlMntPicstod morallt ) . As Its
name Implied , It subordinates special to
gintral , Individual to social happiness or
utility.
The theory as now advanced puts aside
the consideration of any Intrinsic worth of
human nets ami founds morallt ) wholly
upon the usefulness derived Thus It must
maintain that the last end and llnal good
of man lies In this world , and consists In
llu grp.itpst hnpplnpss afforded to the gre'at-
e > st number. Human acts nre light or
wrong , then , areoidlng as they are useful or
hurtful to so < lit ) .
It ma ) teem amiss to combat n theory ro
utlrrl ) In contradiction lo the neknowleiU-d
belief of mankind Trul ) . we have not nt
this late da ) to resettle the basis of moral-
It ) , to seek for unknown truths In religion
or politics , whle'i ' will remodel either public
or domestic , private or social llfp , wp havp
no new discoveries tu make , no Important
changes to Introduce , and all that we need
atumpt Is to ascertain the truth which has
hen , known fro'n the b"glnnlng , and con-
foini ourselves iiccotdlnglv. Nevei theliss ,
It Is evident to those who watch the slgiio
of the times that the subject before us Is
pregnint with Ideas which find roadv ac
ceptance with n multitude of people In the
pUMnt age-
It Is a doctrine that Is said to have
awaKetipd In the human heart kind and
charitable feelings , and pure , disinterested
motives of notion , and to be productive not
on ! ) of the most substantial , but also of
the most unlseisil good It Is n doctilne
which comes with open nrms to nil those
who would Ignore the spiritual side of man's
nature and his hopes for a better world
Its emhraee , guarded by the gentler name
of utility , though teeming with the error
of earthly doctrine , offers n favorable re
treat for these who place all their hope In
temporal things.
Following the teachli.gs , that Is1 "Con
form > our notions to the good of society or
the statewe must In turn arrive nt the
tuine consequences to which Hedonism leads ,
that Is , Individual pleasure. Tor we must
remember Hint the welfare of the st.ito
means nothing1 more than rite welfare of
the Individuals who compose It , that the
state Is foi Its members nnd not Its mem
bers for the state
As In e-very standird In which the In
trinsic value of human acts Is rejected and
the extrinsic results are to be the measino
of action , absurdities and vice must neces
sarily follow Thus , we could not accordIng -
Ing to their principles condemn , but on the
contt.ir ) , must exalt the- felon , who would
Impoverish the mKer and circulate his
hordes of ill-gotton wealth , nor should we
censure the assassin , who In the act of
peisonal revenge Is the means of delivering
thousands from the oppit'Sfclon of his victim
Tor would not these acts be decidedly
benellclal9
Hut turning from the consideration of
altruism or utllltnrl inlsm in as far ns It
vltlntcs man's actions and draws him from
the attainment of his last end , let us view
It as a standard alone. A standard , as we
know , must be wholly unchangeable , ndc-
quate nnd fixed. Can that therefore be a
standard , which would depend on multitudes
of Individuals to variable In nature and
circumstances' Can that be n standard ,
which would expunge from th > catalytic of
dut'es ' every act which might fill to aim
dlrictly at benefiting others , such ns the
acts due to God nnd ourselves' Can that
be n standard which depends on events often
wholly unforeseen nnd unknown ? Most
emphatically It cannot.
We do not deny tint utility nnd morality
are linked by those bonds , especiall ) If we
toke into consideration the future life , but
the question at Issue Is , which is the cau e
and which the effect' Is a thing bellttlng
man's nature because It is useful , or on the
contrary , Is It useful because it Is befitting'
Reason and common sense convinces us
that belittlngness Is the cause whilst utility
Is the effect. Thus then
, , the whole th"0y
of altruism resolves Itself Into n flagrant
Haw against one of the llrst principles of all
sound phllosoph ) , putting the effect for the
cause , turning the end Into the means and
the means Into the end.
Il > I'lid JI Hall
Lidlcs nnd GentlemenI'osltlvlsm , not
as referred to the system of natural philoso
phy , which bises all science on the knowl
edge of positive facts , but ns applied to the
domain of ethics , may be defined as that
theor ) of moral philosophy which places the
ultimate standard of morality In the positive
will of map , manifested either In laws en
acted. In the prevailing customs or opinions
of the people , or In the tenets of ethical
culture
Such Is the teaching of Hobbes and Locke ,
of A. Comto and Prederlc Harrison. Hele-
gatlng God to the regions of the unknowable ,
and separating philosophy entirely from su
pernatural revelation , they would make all
distinctions of good and evil In human ac
tions dependent on positive Institution.
Their religion Is conceived to be the com
plete harmony of human existence , Individual
or collective , or the universal unit ) of all
existence In one Great Helng , whom the >
designate as Humanity This alone do the
posltlvlsts call the genuine end and object
of all worship and to this they maintain
every effort of a good man Mioiild converge
Such is the religion for which Its followers
predict the future ; all other religions , espe
cially the true one , are considered vain and
Illusory. They are of the past , their move
ment Is retrograde , but positivism , so Its
disciples claim , will revolutionise the world ,
It will reorganise society on a strictly scien
tific basis. They wish to establish a new
code of morality by founding it on human
law , on the opinions and consent of the people
ple , decliring that to be moral ! } good which
the people hold as good nnd that to be mor
ally bid which the people decree to be such
These men point with pride to the great
progress In the natural selences which has
been made since "modern thought" has en
gaged the attention of men. And they con
fidently predict that no less sti iking progress
will follow upon the Introduction of the same
principles of ' modern thought" Into the
fields of moral philosophy.
The doctrines , upon which the posltlvlst's
ultimate stand ird of morallt } Is based ,
breithe > a contempt for the principles of first
and llnal causes ; they ridicule the belief
In the eoncurrence of God , they assume the
rolatlvlt ) of all knowledge , they postulate the
universality of the reign of law , they abound
with blank negitlons ot all flint which the
Christians hold most dear , they prepare the
wa ) for thi establishment of n novel sstem of
soclet ) by llrst rendering all things chaos ,
the ) dethrone God and having deified human-
It ) In His stead , place It on the throne of the
Almighty Creator
Such are some of the leading Ideas of the
evolutlonar ) posltlvlst ; ideas hideous In all
the ugliness of the rankest atheism
The refutation ot their fundamental doc
trine need not detain us long
1'osltlve laws cannot bo the ultimate
standard of morallt ) Pur In the first place ,
on such a supposition no law could be evil
or unjust , and ) et history and dall ) experi
ence teach the exact contrary Will anyone
ono pralso the obnoxious blue laws of colonial
das as Just' Can we give Implicit approval
to much of the legislation of the present day'
The laxity of divorce laws' The unlimited
freedom of speech nnd nrecs ? The arbitrary
enactments of corrupt lawmakers ? Again ,
there would be no binding force to the law ,
except material loerclon , which certainly ,
considering human nature an It is , can never
bo a hUtncient sanction or guarantee for Its
observance. Moreo\cr , It tlio law so de
creed Impiety might become as Rood a plsty ,
Injustice equal to justice , Intemperance to
Umiporance blasphemy to ( he. worship of
Clod , all of which is absurd Finally where
would bo tjic stanjird pf our Interior npio *
Certain ! ) * human Uiv * take cofthllance only
of exterior arts ami IIPIIPO In God f eight I
might inwardly bo n verj wicked man and
} ct according to human law I inlplit bo vor )
good. Neither can public opinion fur
nlsli a fate standard ot morality \ \ hat
more fickle ? What more changing' What
one approves another condemns How frc
fluently do we not see the moral Ideas of men
swnpd by sentiment * C'lreiiniMnnrpn of
race and sex , of time and localities ofirn
weigh unduly In HIP bilancc , How. thru
can wo expect an unbending , universal Mind
ard , eqtnlly applicable In all C.KPS"
Much less may we expect a correct standard
from the tenetn of cthlc.il culture Per all
that can be urged agilnst public opinion
holds with even greater force when we Imvi
superadded to the Intrinsic vveakmss < if hu
man judgment the fallacies ot sentlnuntul
doctrine ) .
Thus we see , ladles nml gentlemen how
these vnrloqs false standards of morilitv
resllng on mturo nlotu' . not only dlvirt man
from the truth , but alienate him from God
nml debar him from heaven , his true home
The true standard then , can only t > p timid
by man's returning to God nnd Inking III"
revelation as his guide Prom Him who Is
man's beginning nnd last end , to whom nnn
owes all that he possesses , must he leirn
his destiny nnd obtain the means necessar )
for Us fulfillment.
' 1 III ! * .01I H'lgllt } llf tll ' I'OlplP ,
tl > I'atiUH MiKllllp
The sovereignty of the people1 Is n plmiM-
whose llaterlng sound so works upon tin-
multitude that the ) mcept It carte blanche
nor ask a why or wherefrio. And jot Hut
phriife- conceals an irror which may ere long
betray the nation Into tlio thralls of anarch t
war UMII today the wall of the famished
laborer seeking work , the tnHilled clash of
multifarious strikes , the ominous tread of
the onward moving Commonweal , the frenzied
rulngs of menaced capital , foretell the low
ering of n tempest around the verv portals
of HIP Mate The I.IIISMS arc wroth and
discontented , ripe for radical experiments
which ma ) change a sovereign nation Into
an aggregate of inch" Men of eensp and
folld wisdom , men of coinage and comic
t'on , must stand lurlli lo guide the nation
past the danger line of shoal" Men win
dare till the penple that the ) ate not equal
sovereign. In the sense In which Hos ea.i
and Locke and Hoffe-s would have Hum so
These authors assume a stite of nalurt
nnte-datlng civil societ ) , In which all men
were equal and free with a soveielgn free
dom. Hut common needs , the ) tell us ltd
them to assemble to enter Into a compact
each with each nnd cai li withall , b ) vvhlih
compact the Individual ) loldd up his natural
rights and received In return the protection
of the united whole 'I he ) would thus make
civil society the creation of a convention
and the consent of the governed , both
originate and limit Its Just powers. This Is
In brief , the doctrine of Rousseau's contract
social It would make the social state , not
natural , but unnatural , not good , but a nee
essary evils , not 01 dallied of God , but Invented
by man , deriving Its lights and powers
from the concessions of Individuals who nu
equal , sovereign and Independent , with never
a sanction for the law save that which human
powers can Impose. Hasy , plausible , ( latter-
Ing as this theory l , we must learn n higher
sanction tor our laws and civil duties than
the so-called social contract has power to Im
pose Such a sanction Is no sanction , and
implies a fatal error In the very concept ,
which these authors form of men
Men , they say , are equal , je.i , they are
equal , Insofar as their Creator gave to each
n human nature of the same specific kind
Hut equality there ceases , and In the famllv
the social circle , the councils of the state
they are no more equal than Is the child
of fifteen summers the peer of William Glad
stone , or the c < ! ir on Russia's throne
"Ordel Is heaven's tlist law , ami this con-
f * sscd
OneIs and must be gipater than tlio ro t
Moletultnteil , mole vvlewho this denies ,
LJeiiic-b all common sense- "
.Men are independent , ay , 'tis true Insofar
ns man Is endowcd with a free will and is
the sovereign master of his voluntary acts
Hut here independence ceases , and in his
social relations , In the preservation ot his
life , the development of his Intellect , the
pursuit ot his eternal end , he Is no more
independent than Is the foam fleck of the
ocean Independent of the wave on which It
rides.
These are the two fundamental errors of
those who champion the contract social
What matters to them the absurdity of sup
posing that every rock , In every land , has
worked Itself from n state of nature Into
nn unnatural state , such as they conceive
society to be ? What avails the Impossi
bility of pointing to a single Instance , In all
the ages ot the past , where men have ex
isted In that visionary state or met to form
the contract of which they prate' What
profits the dictate of reason nnd the testi
mony of all the ages that a purel ) human
compact cannot sustain the law' All these
nnd weightier reasons they brush Impel lousl )
asldo and tell the gasping listener that he
Is "free , sovereign , Independent , the peer of
ever ) man , bound bj nothing save a human
comfort which a bare majority may abrogate
or clnnge " Can we wonder of molccrac-y
becomes the order ot the day ? These , my
friends , are the Insidious doctrines which
our statesmen must battle to the death
These are the doctrines that legalize the
mob , lojalUe rebellion and Idealbo anarchi
cal reign These arc the doctrines to which
we juxtapose the true but sterner doctrines
of the origin of state.
We hold that the God of the universe so
constituted man that his very essence , hi >
continued existence , the development of
mind and body and soul demand a social
state. Society thus becomes not natural
alone , but necessary And wo hold that In
the very act b ) which that Omniscient Itiilei-
willed society He willed authority as a nece .
sary means for its existence. This author
ity rests prlmarll ) with the multitude , aim
by them can and must be concreted In boim.
particular governmental form Hut once
concreted , whether In monarchy , aristocracy
or democracy , that authority Is supreme with
n supremacy b gotten of the God from whom
all power flows No man , no mob , no mm *
tltiido , can act heedless of that power , un.
less , with the prince of fallen hosts , the >
would say "I will not servo' ' "
Hero wo have a sanction , the only sanction
that ev r did , or will , preserve the majesty 0 }
law Here the doctrine that once Infused :
vitality Into the streim of national life will
stir the stagnant eddies Into action , and yet
stem the current that might lead on to de
struction Hera the sentiment that wilt
smother all the "Isms" to which the dema
gogue gives birth will father lo.valt ) so when ,
through future ages , the roll of sections shah
bo called.
"Loval1" will shout Niagara vvltb his thun
der-toned decree ,
"Loval' " will echo back the waves upon the-
.Mt-xlc se-a ,
"Lo\al' " will sing the njlvnn hills , vvhcio
oh ] Atlantic- roars ,
"Lojnl1" will boom the bienkers on the
wild Pacific shores ,
"I-e v.iI' " vUll ciy the people nnd lojnl It
"Ld.vul1" my fed ! , to country , because of
loj.ilty to Thee !
VALHmCTOHY.
Prlends. my task Is almost done. What I
have spoken men may quibble over and ques
tion ; to what I shall speik let no man take
exceptions who would credit the outpoiulngs
of a sad though grateful licait.
Tonight wo are saying our adieu , and partIng -
Ing from the comrades of our college dns
the hlgh-souled , hopeful , brave , ambitious
bo.vs whose friendship we so profited b ) und
prize Ah , comrades , we are leaving } ou
> ou with whom jears of Intel course have
begotten n friendship of that stronger , man
lier Kind , which magnanimity cllclta from the
mind born of true esteem and fraught with
the blest desire to make life livable and raise
our Lelng higher Could parting sever friend
ship , tills were the saddest hour of our lives.
It cannot , nnd we feel that the pirtlng of
tonight Is but a ripple In a friendship "that
Ilko a noble river rolls Its stately waters by ,
tempest tossed and troubled , never gliding to
eternity "
So , schoolmates , faro ) o well ! Sadly we
leave jail , but we leave )0ll to the charge
of noble men men v.ho hive been to us a
something more than file-ids fathers , coun
sellers and guides. To them I dare not trust
inself to say a long farewell , lest gratitude
should overflow the swelling heart and render
language Inarticulate. So long as unrequited
labor , sterling virtue and self-sacrifice , bor
dering on the heroic , have power to move-
tlio hearts and minds of those who reap the
benillt. so long will love and gratitude rear
their kindred ehrlnts within the hearts of
"tho bojs of ' 01. " Our president , our In
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As vvo sacll ) say adieu' '
( ' ! i > .trlii ) .
Ily IMvv.inl H 1 mny
Of nil the delusions befoie the minds of
the people of this ago few. If any , aio us
dangerous to the peace and welfare of this
nation , few have m.ido as rapid Inroads as
Ciicsailsm.
Its adherents nnd njnst'ps ' are not re
stricted to those who arc Incaptble of show
ing Its corrupt anil degraded fcatmes by
unravelling the tangbd vv > ! ) tint hides its
fallacies , for ninny bright minds , led astrav
by Its deceptlvo upp'ir ince.s , have ( a-
deavoied to defend It bv reason and arat-
inpnt. Among them none stands more
prominent than James Tlt/j ini"s Stcphi'im.
i\en the mighty Iron chineellor of Germ my
treaded the meshes of Caeaarlsm , feeling ,
ns It vvcic , his way for the coup-do-nwln.
It Is dangerous , becnu sooner 01 late-r
our country must stand face * to face with It
In our leglslitive halls. It Is dangerous ,
bec.iuso of the enors It leads to , most
piomliient among which aio utllltailanlsm
nml atheism. Dnngeious , bccauso It In
volves , nay , it opposes nnd attacks the
foundation nnd cornerstone of this , the guat-
est , the grandest , the truest of govein-
ments , for It is directly opposed to olvll
and religious liberty , and to n goveminent
of the people , foi the people nml by the
people.
Time will not allow us to follow up the
subject In detail , so vvi > will for a few
moments view It In u. gcneial way and un
ravel n few of tlu principal niguments
urged In UK favor , Hill fiom hlstoiy a few
of the many examples of Caesailsm , and
show the illffeiencu between true and falsa
state's supremacy , or Chtlstlan and pagan
C.K'f.irl.sm.
Cardinal Mannlngi defines the latter as-
"Tho siipremiic ) of thu civil over the
spiiitual power" Ih other vvoids , the state
Is despotic and demands undivided al
legiance In nil thing ? temporal and spiritual.
Kt'gardlng Itself at * n thing of Us own
ciei.tlon nml not tlio ciontlon of Oed , It ac-
Unowlodges no superior , It knows no God.
It recognises no rlghtR In the Individual
which It cannot annul at will , Its peuplo
are Its slaves and belong to It body and
BOUl. ' '
If this bo true government , then. I argue ,
then ) Is no such a thing as Injustice , and
tyranny and oppression1 are but Idle fancies ,
chimeras of home overtaxed anil demented
brain. Then , man cannot renounce the allegi
ance that gulls the neck and breiks the
spirit , and our ancestors had no right tu cum-
plaln of tyranny , and finally , throwing off
the > eKe and bidding dellnnce to mother
country , proclaiming this a free and Inde
pendent nation
The exponents of thH doctrine my thu
state can do as It pleases , and whatever It
docs Is and must be * right , then the conclu
sion must follow , that if the state oppresses
Ita people they cannot , > ea , they must not
complain.
Again , since they claim that the state Is a
thing of Us own creation , they argue that It
can and should demand allegiance In spiritual
as well as In temporal affairs , In other
} 9U W } ° "r allegiance Qrst to your
BitgT
country , then to jour home nnd to jour God.
Whj ' Is it because the state Is greater and
more powerful than God' or Is it because
the temporal welfare of the state Is of moro
Iniportince to the people than their own
eternal welfare' The fall icy of this argument -
ment Is appirent to any cicir-mlndod man ,
for If we can piove th it the state Is not a
thing of Its own creation , the rest of the
argument must fall
Now , the slate Is an assembly of Indi
viduals and families , for the purpose of mu-
tu.il protection and advancement. And In the
\ury nature of things , a multitude conspiring
to a common end by the use of common
mentis , postulates an element of authority In
such a body. I'rom the author of nature ,
from God therefore , are derived all power
and authorltj to rule. Hence , it Is as false
to claim that the state Is a thing of Its own
creitlon as It would bo to maintain that man
Is the author of his own reison. And as
man can use his reason only dependently on
God , so the state can exercise Its authority
only as subject to Ills laws.
Now let us look at a few of the many
examples of Caesarlsm with which the
pages of hlstoi > me icplete and see the de
basing effeelit must necessarily have on
the morals of the people and the stability
of the government. I need not mention
the immorality and crimes of Homo under
the Caesars , foi jou are all too well ac
quainted with Its hlstoiy , but will pass on
to a later day and will look at the history
of some of our neighboring nations.
A most stilKIng example Is to be seen In
England , when Hcniy VIII. overthrew
Catholicism because It would not bo sub
servient to his pisslon , nnd In the ineny
times of good Queen Hess we see crime on
every hand iii.d the whole Lnurt wallowing
In the deepest mireof immorallt } . Mur
der , rapine and tyranny were then the
watchwords of nnglaml It was the founda
tion of nngland's famous Impressment of
American seamen , for , she argued , once an
Hngl sliman , alwajs an Kngllshman Again
Germany buffered from Its ravages under
the Iron mlo of her gicatest and able t son ,
Prlnco HIsmarcK , until Catholics nnd
Protestants joined Issues and forced him to
change his attitude toward religion
'llien look at Russia that mighty , broad
nnd iexpuislvo emplro of Ignorance and
crime , wheie despotism rules supreme ,
where every pilnelpal of Caesarlsm has full
Mvnj1'eter the Great laid , the foundation
of his emplro on these two faulty and un
stable pilnclpleH willed alwajs go hand In
hand , Immorality and despotism. Anil
strive as they will so long as despotism
rules Itussla so long her ev.ars will mlo u
dl-conlentcd and rebellious people.
Wo had not done our subject Justice did
we not , before closing , see what the Chris
tian theory of state supremacy implies
It ugards tlio nl.ito as the creation of n
higher being than man , and treats all civil
power as subject to God and Ills lawn
It regards all civil power as formally
from God , and spiiitual power as excluslvily
and dliect fiom Clod , and dependent on Him
alone "Thus , " sajs Cardinal Manning , "It
will be seen that religion is by divine right
higher than the state and ban supreme
autl orlly on all iiUKtlons | i elating directly
or Indirectly to man's eternal vvilfare. "
Hut It cannot and docs not tiacli that In
questions of convenience or In tempoial
affairs has religion supiemaey.
It ri'tognl/es In every man certain In
alienable rights , tmch as the pursuit of
of happiness , civil nnd religious liberty. It
mnkcb the people sovereign , not the state
It Invokes divine blessings on all UK under
takings , ami teaches Ha people to love and
glvo allegiance I'lrst , to their God , bo.
ciuso Ho Is the supreme ruler of all ,
secondly , to their country , because their
God hau given It to them and because of
the protection It affords thorn nnd I heirs f
thlidly , to their firesides , btcauuo of thu
ties that bind their hearts to the homo
that shelters all they love and hold most
dear.
In conclusion I will cay that to long as
our country Y1U folio * | tg teaching Uctory
will perch on our banners In time of strife ,
and prosperity- , happiness and advancement
In time of peace and future generations
v ill ralso their voices In earnest prayer of
thanksgiving to Him above for having so
guided us to bequeath to them so grand ,
so contented and so triumphant a country ,
and such noble , such Godglven principles.
AVus OIIUIullj i\ciiipt. :
Chicago Tribune : Irate Cltben I want to
make complaint against a man whose barn
faces mine on the alley between Ham street
and Hone avenue , near Li/arus court.
Police Olllclal What Is the trouble' "
"Ho piles all Kinds of rubbish out there.
Wo could keep a clean alley If It wasn't for
him. He mixes his ashes and garbage and
throws It half the time over aglnst my barn.
I've talked to him about It time and again ,
and It doesn't do an > good. "
'What s his name ? "
Hlggson. "
'Hlggson ? Does ho live on Ham street ? "
Yes. "
'In n big brown house ? "
'Yes , That's the man. I want to enter a
complaint against him. I want him prose-
Cllte'd "
" .My friend , jou had better go back home.
Hlggson'i. the health olllccr. "
Viiltlitul Clerk.
As a cleik In a country store In Illinois ,
sajs Youth's Companion , Abraham Lincoln
quickly became known for his honesty. Ho
was truthful In what he said about the
goods , ho gave good weight and , In partic
ular , he lost no time and spared no pains In
correcting mistakes.
Ho was closing the store one evening when
a woman celled for a half pound of tea. In
the morning he saw from the weight In the
scale that ho had given her only a quarter
of a pound Leaving cveij thing else he
weighed out the other quarter and carried It
to her
Another customer paid him C.i'i cents moro
than was his duo and when the store was
closed at night he hastened to correct the
mistake , although she lived two miles awaj- .
Washington Star"Will jou , " he raid ,
timidly , "will jou have some Ice cream ? "
"No , thank jou , " replied the joung
woman. "I very seldom cat It. "
IIo looked surprised
"Do jou mind getting engaged to me' "
I know that you have been engaged to sev
eral other young men this summer. Hut
that doesn't count "
"I wjs never engaged In my life , " she re
plied.
A slight pallor ramo over his face.
"Pardon me , but do you know that your
hat Is not on exactly straight. ' "
"Isn't It' Oh , well , I can fix It when I
get home "
Ho looked nt her with n ghastly stare.
"Great Scott' ' " ho exclaimed , "have I read
the comic weeklies all these jears for
nothing' "
And ho sank to the pavement and moaned.
A Ciuitin ItiHistrr ,
"I once sivv a rooster swallowing a small
chicken snake , " sild A. C. Thomas to thu
Cincinnati Knqulrer. "Ho hid sel/ed the
loptllo by the tall , and with ono gulp hid
him In his craw , when the captive darted
out on the ground again and started to run
If a chicken can look surprised , that rooster
did , but , catching the snake again ho re
peated the performance , the reptile once
moro escaping after It looked IIH though ho
had been effectually disposed of. Again and
ngnln he was caught , every tlnu getting
away In the same manner At least twenty
times this performanro was repeated , until
It Dually dawned upon the rooster that ho
must cliangi ) his tactics , nml grabbing tlio
rcptllo by the head , ho swallowed him that
way , and the sniko did not reappear. The
rooster croved as though ho had won n most
gallant victory. "
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