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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 * iirinrnl : * nml Ti'iiilrtir ) So rrrl [ 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. 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This Wort is Comnlele in One Volume , If vou have secured one book do not send in for another , bid > ou sail farewell' ' As we turn from > ou tonight , molded and ennobled by jour connI I sel and direction , vvo place the KUIof \ our I ambitions not at vvorldl > fame or power , not at pleasure nor at IIRIC , but to so live that the world mnj Know us ns the product of i jour hand-as cultured , Christ ! in Kcntlcmcn | I men whose acts exemplify e-ven-handed ' justice , whose intellects seek the everlasting . wells of truth ; whose hearts belt In eternal unison with all that Is pine and holy on earth , e\Uted and adorable In heaven , whoso j every facult > lends ornament to friendship , 1 honor to country , glory and homage to re ligion nnd to God. Oh , Alma Mater , these arc the Ideals formed within thy hallowed walls , these are , the ideals which we bear be > end th > portals , resolved to live them before a scrutinizing ' world That we may do so LUess , Oh bless thy children true ! 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. " DeWltt' * Witch lliuel calve cure * pilot. Deer Park and Oakland On the Crest of the Allcglicnics , ( MAIN LINE K , & O. R. R. ) Season opens June 23d , 1894 It ites $00 , ? 7fi and 890 a month , according t locution. Address GKOItOi : lU'PHinM ) " . Manager. Deer 1'urk , Uariett County , JI4 Mountain Lake Park niir\viiN : L > IIU I-AKK AND OAH.LANI Season opens June 1st , 1894. MOUNTAIN LAKE OAMP MEETING , MOUNTAIN LAKE OHAUIAUQUA , ( W I. . DAVIDSON , D D , Sup t of Instruction. ) INDFESl'ATE W. 0. T. U. CONVENTION. Hates $7 to $15 ptir week. Address L. A KUn-IU. ! , biipoilntondcnt , Mountain Lake Park , Md. 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