Lehre und Wehre St. Louis, Missouri — November 1908, Seite 515

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Cited in Eckhardt's Reallexikon (1907) under: Kirche und Staat 13

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Kirchlich⸗Zeitgeschichtliches. 515

Staat und Kirche, gegen Taft agitiert haben, geht hervor aus ihren Zir⸗
kularen vor der Wahl. In einem derselben lesen wir: Objections to Taft.
Extracts from a letter in the August number of The Homiletie Renie:
Let me call your attention to a few passages taken from the Bock of
Books, and ask vou to take a stand on the side of right, on the side
of duty, on the side of the Master, walking in His steps, and a stand
on the side of our profession, and then from the peculiar position you
hold to work for the glorifleation of our Lord and Savior. See 2 Tim. 2,
12. 19; Col. 2, 1—18; 3, I. 2. 17; 1 Cor. 16, 22; Matt. 5, 16; 6, 24; 10, 32;
24, 12; 1 John I, 7; 2, 4. 23; Acts 4, 12; 8, 37; 13, 47; Rom. 10, 9. 10;
chap. 12; 14, 12; Eph. 6; Josh. 24, 15; John 12, 26; Hebr. 12, 24. 253
2 Cor. 6, 14—18; Rev. 7, 15. I might add many more, perhaps some more
appropriate, but these are sufficient to convey my thought, which is that
those of us who are in the service of the Lord are to be faithful in all
things even until death, and that we are to be separate from the un-
believers. Under these conditions, how can a follower of Jesus Christ
take sides with those who deny Him? How can they vote for William
H. Taft (4 Unitarian) for President of our country and be true to their
profession? Now I ask vou as a fellow soldier of Jesus Christ to take up
the battle-ery and line up Christ's people on His side, not for any political
reasons, but because it is our duty not to favor any candidate, but to de-
feat one who is against our Lord. And may the Lord bless you and keep
vou and sanctify yourself and your publication to His service. Vours for
Christ and His service, Rev. Harrison D. Boyer. P. S. The eyes of the
world are upon us to see if we are true to our profession. Washington,
D. C. — EXtraets from a letter in the September number of The Homiletio
Revierno, by Rev. Egidius Kellmayer, of Titusville, N. J.: It may seem in-
nocent enough just to belong or hold to a Christless creed, and it may be
urged that a man might hold to whatever he pleases, so long as he does
not oppose. But Christ never looked upon it in that way. He says: He
that is not with me is against me.“ Personally, I will say, and say it
earnestly, I could not vote for any man to be the leader of this people
if I knew that that man knew not the leadership of Christ Jesus. A man,
IJeare not what all his other qualifications may be, who is not governed
and dominated by the teachings of the Word of God, is not, no, not for
an instant, calculated to govern this great and God-made nation. Never
has this country been given such a choice as she will have presented to
her at the coming election. It will not be a choice merely between Re⸗
publicanism and Democracy, with their various platforms and policies;
it will be a choice between a man dedicated, not only to his country, but
to God and His Christ, on the one hand, and a man who is dedicated to
nothing, for a man who does not accept Christ as the Revelation of God
disputes that Revelation, and a man who disputes that cannot be said to
be dedicated to anything excepting the powers of darkness. If ever the
Church of Christ was called upon to show her allegiance to her Master,
it will be at the next election. If ever the sacred ministry had an oppor-
tunity to exhibit real and grand generalship for their Master, it will be
during the time intervening now and the election. Brethren, let us lay
aside prejudice, party prejudice, let us forget all things else, and let us
remember only this one thing, that our Master and His cause are being

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