Christians and Political Reform
By Editor
SOME professedly Christian people assume that Christians should hope for aggressive Christian work through the mediumship of politics. A late press despatch from Chicago shows how much there is to hope for from a political source. It says:— "Here is the way the new council starts out: A gambler and saloon-keeper for leader and chairman of the Finance Committee. A saloon-keeper for chairman of the Committee on Streets and Alleys South. A saloon-keeper for chairman of the Committee on Streets and Alleys West. A saloon-keeper for chairman of the Committee on Election. A saloon-keeper for chairman of the Committee on Gas, Oil and Electric Light. A saloon-keeper for chairman of the Committee on License." Would it not be better for Christians to "seek unto their God"? Would it not be better to seek counsel of his Word, and the aid of his Holy Spirit, than to trust in the arm of flesh ruled by the spirit of strong drink?