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moon. UTo Ibolloveu :in tho 3H131oainU Ure Mlevod
Mn'floa. 'Ollroughmo ulloll'Whentt -was oriiytworfty
31io Jhad Impressed upon aneUho .idea 'that oulll
rrffford to '1)0 4n tho jriiubf Ity UMt that 1 coiIlU
mtit nffortl to bo wrong onumy stfbjedt. Ho salcl
ifliat, tf J was Jn 'tho minority arid TtlGHT, 1
woUHl Homo day Ore in Ure majority, but that, if
TL -was in tho majority and "WRONG, 1 woiilU
Bomo day be in tho minority. Ho 'had faith in
tho omnipdtonco of 'truth mocauso God 'Stood
Vlradk of 'it, anil he tuught -me to believe 'In it.
And my faith is stronger today than it evor
wub kboforo .'because I have scon 'truth 'tfiump'h
'vOvorrUbstadlcB that seom insurmountable. Bhdlre
Bpanrc -says: "Ho is thrlcO armeu Who math -his
'.nunrrdl just." .To bo three times as well armed
'lis ran opponent is quite anradvantage, but tho
IDible -makes it stronger than 'that. 'Tho fflibio
nays: 'fOuo-witli God 'shrill dhasom thousanUond
.two 'Shall .put 'ton thousanU to 'flight." H3o you
bollove it? 'Are you willing to be the 'ono,
xWIHi GotI?"
VWlion, -aB .n boy, 3 road that .wtckeU cities
rmiglit ttiuvo 'been saved iby n tfow Tlghtcous anon
a (did nidt mndorstand Jit then iaB .wall as H dn
mow. (A wldkod city (CAN bo saved iby a few
wlglitooiiB imon ; it .cannot bo saved .in mny retlrer
nvay. J. :fow .Tighteous men can .save mot only
m oity ibilt a stato. IlHioy Hiave done it, but tlrey
(cannot Uo it umlosB 'tlrey .have tthe caurogo to
Jbogln and 'tho -willingness to 'die, 'if necessary,
' for tho HrUth as ithoy' boq 'it.
The teadliingB of Clrrlst.apply !to the .structuro
'anil admlnldtratlon of government as kwoll :as to
tho JHfe and contluct rdf the individual. JLn the
ninth dhuptor of Isaiah, .in the vorse itliat
-follows the tprophecy which describes ; 'tire
-coming flVIosslah -as tire :BrJnco rdf tReaco tt is
-written: '"Of the )ln crease of Miislpcacem! Ijgov
orivmont thoro idhrfll bo mo tend." iW.o aro tdltl
'that )ho will: 'Establish :it With jjudgmont -and
with jjustico ifSm Uioncdtorth 'ovon iforeyor."
!Ab Christians we 'bnllovo 'that tthe .spirit of the
Boimon on tho "Mount CAN be trundlated :into
'tho tormB tff government, !nud .as 'Christians we
h -can alU in ;tho .eBtablishmont -of justice ithrongh
tho iapplicatlan of 'Chidstls '.teachings ".to jgovorn
mant ;und tthus hadton itliat moace Which is tto ibe
tpromisod.
$Vq 'have great questions bo'foro us in tho
-mTJfnltoU SUttos. "Wo aro waiting for 'tho 'treaty
that 1b 'bdlng wrltton and -praying -that It may
mBher'in tho peace -which the -Bible 'has foretold.
Uf nvo !oro .to 'have peace on eaTth it 'must 'rest
upon 'tho doctrine of tho Prince of Peace,' and
tho same doqtrlne -must bring us peace In :this
country, ff'wo aro to ;havo 'peace 'here. nnUodk-
.ing ovor tho program of tho -Wdoral Council
pf Ohur(Hios, II Und :that one of the items Us:
''fllho solutlon -of -tire iprdblaihB '-that ttlro vor flxas
brought upon ub." 'Ar.o:youproparxjd touloyour
, tVntit In Bdlving 'these iiroblems'? Airethor itom
iie: "Tho interpreting of ;Bomacraoy, ospeoially
(tn tthoso who .do mot -Bpeak .the English ilan-
tBuago;,, nihttt is '.maoessar-y, but Ut is ;also utqcbb-
Ba-ry tto 'iittorprot iDomocraoy to some who mpeiik
Dire aanglish llan-guago.
Aro you prepared to join in this effort ?to
iirttorpvdt Bamooracy? What ttoea TBomocracy
mnoan? Thore can bo mo uloubt about tlio mioan
ilngif4'WO want to undordtanU it. It 'means tho
T.tgWt :Uf 'the lyeopUo to rUle the srlght . of 'the
peoplo 'to have what they want in goveTirmorit.
What is rill there is 'to 'Domocrnoy. Thrit is 'the
renre f untlamoiital prludiiile 'df Bemacraoy. This
aloes 'not moan thrit -tho people nwHI inalco no
julstakos; Ut simply means that tho people 'diave
m uUght to aairike thdlr lown mlstrikes nnd that
no ffow oeoplo hove a God-givon -riht 'to mavko
anlatnkes for all tho rest of tho people. 'Are you
Willing .to truBt Demonrnoy and lot Che neonle
fluwo nvhrtt ithoy want?
"IDlre JlUlUattve .anil -rrfforondum aro tire 'beat
.inrranteoB af popular government localise 'they
mut 'into -tire hands -of tlre-.poapio 'the irowor :to
mntko 'their .goveraiment What they want it to bo
ttireryou a'fraid tff the j)eople.7 Weliaar some'talk
nat tire ?Bo'liilrevlki -movement in this .country and
thore are those who know no romody for it 'but
the flJifflot. l havo no fear Df a.gonoral rrovdlu
ttion Un this country because wo have the htflrif
but thoro is ganger of revolution 'in proportion
. us tho jroople aro not free to -remedy at tho
ballot .'irex -Whrtt tlrey 'believe .to be , wo, K in
njovornmout. ,b 1U
ffloyolutlon Js discouraged .in iproportion ,as
evolution 4b made easy. It , may .be .necessary ?o
exeouto .Borne, just ,as .a limb mmy aiave tn h
amputated to .save aire .bo but much
.batter .to commence manlier and, ;by .romovh
tli9 cause, mako surgery unnecessary s0n
tho bodynidliticiprflverition'is b(ittormnU lrcapiar
than euro.
The iriitlatlvo and referendum iUt the gov
ernment in tho hands of tho people. When you
adopt ttlio imitiativo mnd iroforondum you Bay ito
.tiro pooplo '.his govornment jIb yours, imalce At
.What :yjou mvHI! il mm Un l'favor tif tthe iiriitirttivo
iin'd iTOforontlum because SI 'bdliove the meoplo
can ibo ttrusted. fTlrorfi is .no rother ibody with
Whom we -can -sdf dly (dopoBlf power.
il ammfraid, byttlre AvdyyouUraveVcrtodilown
fEaBt, :you diave mot .always iunUoidtood mo. Somo
'f you mmy liave thought -me .dangerous. I waB
irevor a jpoor iman, iin tho aonse in "Whidh -that
term is ?gonorally .used. My tfother 'was wdll 'to
do. jBq .sent -me to xdllege; I did not mavo Ho
v.ork cray way through college, Unit C onviod the
boys who did 'and wondored wlrether I coUld
maloj as -much o'f myBdlfmsthey would make to'f
thomBolves. I Uid moi tBomo mnnoy while I waB
in law school, mot ifrom rmecessiby "but tbetause
-I wanted to .draw aB 'little 'as jposible tlrom tthe
family :und. 1 made two ddllaTs !a weok, ifor a
-While, cswooping :out u -law office .-at night mud
Kimubblng thd xilaor on -Saturday might, and ifihon
took dinner the next day wlth tire 'lawyer,
Lyman .Tr.umbull,:in-whoseioffiTo.I.waB a-studont.
My . father taught -me to bellove iin .Domocraoy
as -well .as in Clirlstiariit-y.. He taught im to 4)e
;Iievo that Gvor,y human ibolng was .entitled sto
tho same eights 'that xl Claimed, and I have
asked for nothing more than that all should be
treated alike by the government under which
tlrey live.
H (have -never -been .as harsh -in my criticisms
as Christ -was in ;his denunciations. 3 said itliat
idnanciors were ."NO BETTER -than .other pe-Qple.
'Ho tsaid that "the mioney -changers had '.made
his mouse a den wl thieves." I sald tlrat -.we
could udt -afford 'to turn ovor 'the question ?df
iroforms to ttlre -rich dlono.; 'that the whole
ipeopleJiada right to a 'voice. 'Have 'you re-read
lately -the ;parablo vof 'the Sower :and TClirist's
intorprdtatlon of the jphrase, "and 'some .seoll
fdll where tire thorns sprang mp rand choked ilt."
IJo explained that 'by these words she imeaiit that
'itlre cares 'Of the world and the rdeceitfulness
of .riches choke the truth." If, anyone tells you
that Christ was ndt IBivine ask how ;a 'young
man, irearod In a carpenters shop sand without
acquaintance -with the philosophies df tko past,
could have givon in a single sentence .an epitome
of all history, ms he did when 'he .said 'that "the
cares ;of this world and the deceitfulness of
riches -rdhoke the truth."
iKou -cannnt wait -until 'reforms come .from
those wire jproflt by the ;abuses that meed to '.bo
reformed. Ourrerttest economic question today
is the issue between -private mamapoly and ;gov
oimmont ownership, -dan 'thonChristian church
ignore the iBsue or ItB 'ministers die asleep upon
the subject? JBo :you 'believe that a private
anonqpoly iis .ddfensible? JDo ,you think that we
can afford to dot a few ipeople .decide, without
appeal, xwhat they will charge .for that which
the .people must .have .and whldhlthe mrenondlies
:alone can furnish? You wiU .not trust a ijudgo
liowever iupright, 'tip decide diifl own .case: iis m
monopolist more to ibe trusted than .a judge?
iau will .not .let a man .serve on a jury .if ,lre
has any interest in the result .orthe contro
versy; have ..you more .faith in -a unonopdlist
woracing .for ,his wvn .interest, than you :irave in
.a citizen -sworn to do Justice iin trial of daw
ffhe private -monepoly .is .indefensible and in
llt U 8 toralble -from an Unx.mic
dtandpolnt -and, therefore, intolerable, and t. s
also intolerable tor, political reasons it not onW
ilestmys the .incentives to dmprovement "ut at
tenlls to convert -its .benofiQiariGs .into autocrats
and -to make them .distrustful -of popular k
ornment, while it -breeds .discontent among to
.victims of private .monopoly. ' The .plutocrat 'car
ries the jgorm ;of revolution in ,his ibite -as surolv
as the .mosquito tarries the yellow fevd! Sf
The-mrivate .monopdly cannot be controlled
it .must be .prevented. uu
iEho tabor question .is.mlso before ur mm if
does not differ in midneiple. d)rom other Ivnt
doctrine that can reconcile the ''employers and
Those qiiQstlonB .are Ujeiore aw. Thev onnnnt
be .avoided; they -must Ore .settledand ch ?n?h
onomberB must take their a)ait' in the se t
ment; .ministers .also .must dlave -a vdic fftlUs"
n Vtr flI"8htwat.it.moansto takoifrom
Teluses to allow larUehSirTs
' mtitiin .ddtv Ibomiti .tn iHw.u.., ...
ftir.m uiplifteaXfor Ihia tiijury ? 0 rm i
'toUuy Is to rprdtadt Hire 'codlmado at8t
man-made giant. The God-madR li'
itirral jrights; ccioo ."couporatlc S Tn llas
foxcoilt -tthoso -confonred tby 'laV ti 8 un
Adored tho difference :bdtween' th?
coiporation ,ia tmaii's cre-UoV nf0? k
)brougllt jrito 'existence To make mLt1
wub -created y tire ' Almighty L?0?
learth 'to-xarry t a Dlvlnf dLree ?
mmtie mran 'He mm ndt make th?' mi en
vmudh Hdller than ttlre IrorSt, o p S 5?
mmn much stronger -than the wiUt ?
had miaile tire .corporation a hundr d
HtmU,'OTeven?a million times strnW,? i
;a 'linlit 'to his exsistence, so Tat S ViM
baa mon he coUld irdt'be bad ioi,L L x
Uiim that he woulU in ih Ixt woS
ccoinrta-ble for sins committe I Z ..! eJ
hen 'man .matto Hire corpoSon "i, ,"1!
length of days, 'and some corporations hiv !t
miatte mernutnril! rrnri tiw i.,.J ".8. tiavo be
mextwlU -iff .they con escape nZSt :
'. ?Gan we, as ''Ohvistlaus, be indifferortt if tu
man-made ianttramples upon the ric s If V
. .GotlnadenmrtJ? Are you aurprh d S"m
tWlro cories if or rredress .and hears no answerS
tho odho tff ibis .own -voice becomes the Si 1
which rtlreHeetls.o-f anardhy can be sown V Z
Hugo Mays .that 'tthe -mob is .tho human rS
un sory '; we rcanndt Afford to have man
.miserable iby injudtioe; -we cannot rittord ii
oitlMng, onuoh lless -as Ohuistians. 'Put the m
wuuuisrtt In rtfe maiTUs of the people ana E
will iretiress their .grievances and ;wwbM
justice,
Imientiontheseias a;faw of -im nrri.imD a.i
we.iha.ve tto rniedt iproblems that Christians
roiuBtmreet, mnyd II lay them before you who 'be-
HlevethatClniistJBrgospel is sumdent unto every
mOlErd tthfi ?Rrilittfnn "rff .Avam --1.1w. m.1
ibalm or reveny wound. Lot mo conclude wlfh
dines w.liidh I JlrearU a fow years ago and whiA
.-aro tlll ringing in may ears :
''Ikirow-a'lart'd that is sunk in shame,
Or hearts that taint and tire;
3utTlttrdw aName, a Name, alfat,
'OJhat 'can rset that land on fire.'"
Ministers vof .Baltimore, this is the Name that
.1 mrcsont to :you;; it lis to 'His gospel thitw
miuflt -do ok. for a'llof , ar.d It .is to you, the Inter
.preters so'f HIb iWord, that U appeal for thought
Jand if or. action on rail tthe a. jbjeots that concern
'Our.mat'onJs nvdlfnre.
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- BEN0TJNOBS -'PRBIjVRY REPEAL
CCoifti. aed'from pa:' 3.)
'the 'passage of tlre so-called code bill a jla
'WJiidhmat'oneipencon't o'fthe peqple ofNebrask'a
'heardof during itlre campaign, not tliree percent
'o'f them mow 2kirow .what it means or what It
contains, .and Uf JreportB are true, a majority
the "legislature do mot know what it contains.
Time "people learned through brief reports of the
eontents of the 'code bill thdt it greatly increase
'tire coBt of admihidtration of the state govew
nnent Although "tire meople were pledged dums
the -campatgn -'that there would, be a .reduction
matie. "
HIGH SAATSIED SECRETAKIES
We ihave .learned it rom press reports that tl
3jovernoT'.is UUthoried to .appoint a fMJ
'.bor 'of Uiigh-sdl&ried partisan secretaries,
that the 'bill also fgives the governor aJ?
power 'far 'beyond, .any -intimation that tnoFJ"
araU during thevcampaign would be placed ma"'
cone 'mauJs lrairds. . ,,n,i
Wliile Tour ifcmerican -boys .are fight" b" 'um
to 'maKe .aemooracy saie uiiuub"" v ,.Qt m
Sthey -.ma mot expect an .autocracy to he w
iintho,Nebrislca.fltate:house.or that the ioiw
o'f the ispecial liritereSt would again ue s
contrdl .tff the momination of all the Bta iej
servants but une, ilt iis to bo hoped
,go.vernor will mrge the .presont legis J &
,pass;some-lQgiBlati6n that will ronieay.ln aiflnn
if or the growing mnreat that is cW"
throughout tthe lOnitod states and tai ,e tb8
.veto the -bill .that .takes -from th J,,Jed th
y.iotocy that tlrey won when they set"
passage Of the .Nebraska state prirnaD
.Since-Januauyl, di01'9,mo less ! Bt,gl iSuI
legislatures Ihave given womun pres" yerm0nt,
frago. They fare Jndiana, Wisconsin, offB
a'inc.Minnespta, issouiii, 'Tennessee an
Woman 'Citizen.
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