| Show lh 11 i t 11 PS AN D POLI I 1 ID Miu itera nu dually ally mika maka themselves thein selves I 1 appear when iben they thay bring their position into poll 1 i i 1 ties tica tho clergymen clergyman hired as chap lains in the oate legislatures often prostitute their position in ia the man ner stated elated A few days day a ago the chaplain of tt tie a kansa legislature rov rev W G TODD opened the assembly by a prayer in tho populists lists liss special favor he eon con keyed to GOD the in intelligence tell ilg ence that in this controversy the populists lists are right ri ht and thanked thank ed providence Provid enco that they stood as p q a stalwart spartan band ready read y to boits do its duty his hia prayer concluded with a stirring stump speech against the tha rep republicans ebli in colorado the chaplain prayed especially for the tha majority of this house and continued as follows we hope bope that they will be beatr than the last legislature or else elme that they may not have a majority sf f one we are told to pray for 0 conr ur enem enemies es and an 4 we do so SZ so far as they need I 1 our prayers political contests engen engender lor enough strife and bitter feelings it seems to u us s without a ming aming religious fanaticism to the flames ministers alo prostitute their positions by uttering partisan prayers are not acting in a christian spine they degrade their own profession by eo bo doing doi tift und and bo little religion tho gospel that our savior taught is broad enough to bless men of all ali political parties partied so far as said parties do not overstep the moral laws the love IM of should be common ground on which all men may insy stand and no clergymen should seek beek to carowil others off of it the strength strOng th of a state after all lies in fil its ita godliness not dot its ita wickedness and all patriotic citizens should strive to see 00 that godliness gOi liness abounds the f first stop necessary to that end is ia that thai religion be placed above partisanship guard well ita sacred influences and do not seek to bring religion into any party tle mission ol of the church should be ba slim politics religion should be able at all to unite the hearts of men me n for the attainment of something higher than what politics polities can bring it should stand out moro more distinctly as common property than even sm which latter no political party has yet laid 4 aim 1 to as exclusively its ita own no beitter bow fi fiercely patties in america may combat och ach other they find I 1 little difficulty in standing together under ander the folds of the flag and repelling a foreign enemy religion Ee ligion also should have that independent position to us BS as americans there should be ba one GOD one nag flag and one country |
