Opposed to the Decalogue.
By M. E. C.
The London Advertiser states a fact which shows that men occupying prominent positions are not above the need of the most elementary Sunday School instruction. It says that a candidate for Parliament to the recent election, in the course of an electioneering speech, was asked, "What do you think of the Decalogue?" Confounded with the inquiry, he turned to a friend and asked, in a whisper, "What does that mean?" The friend whose acquaintance with divinity was on par with his own, replied by suggesting that it probably meant "flogging in the army." Whereupon the candidate replied, "I entirely disapprove of the Decalogue, and will never rest until I see it abolished." The gentleman was elected, and is now a member of the new Parliament. The Advertiser adds, "We pledge ourselves for the perfect accuracy of this statement." The above is as I found it in the Christian Age, (Campbellite paper,) without alteration. It is a good story at any rate. The candidate's reply would not misrepresent the sentiments of several teachers I know of. M. E. C.