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Show . . Christianity and Patriotism. The first duty of a Christian to his country i to observe faithfully its laws. Christians arc fnl to their God when they ignore or break down th just, laws of a land. The Christian who bribe legislators,' who pays the police or other authorities authori-ties for the privilege of evading statutes, who pros- titutes public opinion for the sake of relaxing respect re-spect for law. is by such acts belying his Christianity. Christ-ianity. Christians must obey the laws. When ther do not, when by technical subtlety, or by financial influence, they succeed in postponing the operation of the law in their ease or in escaping from it a" together, they bring discredit on the church of Christ, and they are traitors to its spirit and to Him. It does not matter how benevolent or philanthropic phil-anthropic they are. A man cannot by erecting hospital or contributing to a charity atone for tno ' sin of disobeying the laws of his country. In addition to obeying the laws himself, it duty of a Christian to help to enforce the laws. It public officials accept bribes, and he knows it. ifc I? I his duty to report them. If private citizens violate the laws, and he has evidence of it, it is his duty to assist in securing their conviction. There ar limitations, doublcss, to the duty, but they are jmnji s and obvious, and do not affect the clear and obh- ! gatojy principle. that Christians are bound, not on.J f ! to obey tho laws themselves, but to help to scur '! 1 their obedience by all. St. John Monitor. ' I S I I t I I ; 1 - |