Show WHERE DRAW THE LINE We Va want to bo be very good to Brother Brown the preacher in politics It is possible quite a number of ot other people peo peo- pIe believe as he ho does does or or as ho he says ho does There may mayor or may not be a difference position is as we understand it that tIt It i is not improper for ministers to advise members of ot their congregation p tion how to vote It is a necessary consequent that these members of ot the congregation will be under the influence in in- fluence of or orthe tho the preacher that he can control them to some extent that they will look to the preacher for direction direction direction tion as to their wisest way of ot voting yoUng Now that may be an accepted doctrIne doctrine doc doe trine in minds other than that of at Brother Brown Is it right Should people look to their ir pastor for counsel counsel counsel coun coun- sel in voting Wh Why Thy not He lie is or is-or or should be be-a be a better judge of current conditions than most of or his hearers There Thero will be some In every congregation congregation congregation congre congre- gation who know more than the preacher about local affairs and men and measures but as a rule the minister minister min min- ister will l ow more than his people know Why Is it wrong t for r him to advise them Any man who knows politics knows that man many voters do ask advice that j t they ey do vote as someone else wishes Thousands of ot men men and and women women are are uncertain and in a way indifferent They want to make the tho best possible r use 1150 of or their ballot baUo and are not at all allIn allIn In the tho class of ot tho vote yoto sellers but they are arc not fully informed They have bave not the tho opportunity to know all aU the conflicting conditions or tho the menor men i f f or what Issues hang bang on an election They are going to ask advice In the tho matter of or voting as in every other I matter It If they dont don't ask the preacher 1 they will get counsel from someone else t Somo Sorno of or them will take a hint from the tho saloonkeeper Some will watt walt t around In the presence of tho the grocer and find what ho he thinks about It it Some will be bo directly influenced by comrades In the work work whatever whatever the work ma may be The stronger the more informed informed or or plausible the more aggressive ag ag- ag- ag the tho more skillful the more politic these politic these ch characters in ar varying Ing degree will control man many votes in ad ad- to their own The Tho preacher has baa an advantage advantage-a a abig big advantage Ho He can probably exert exert exert ex ex- ex- ex ert more influence in elections than any other ther one man man because he Is IB alread already already al al- al- al read ready a leader Already people are in III inthe I the habit of following him of ot taking their helpful suggestions from him What is ron wrong with Brother Browns Brown's position that the tho preacher in politics is a n good thing Add to that another of ot Brother Browns Brown's factors There is nothing essentially essentially es es- es unrelated in tn politics and re re- re- re jj ligion The best bost politics is la the best I policy polley It means meana good government I prosperity happiness advancement ReligIon to Is not opposed to these things And also as suggested the greatest leaders of religious thought fr havo hl often been beon great political masters masters mas mas- and builders as QS well That Is true Many a preacher has hag exerted VL L. L U an Influence on the politics of his bis time Beecher did It In this country That we all know So did scores of other ministers Where There shall we draw the theline theline theline line All right then What Js ls wrong with the thc preacher In politics 7 Maybe other men have thought Just as Brother Brown did Isn't their position a tenable one Yf Yes s. s providing you belong to the rI right church Moral says some Esop It makes a great deal of difference whose ox is gored |