Topic: By Mark Twain Sept. 2, 1905
imrare's photo
Wed 07/21/10 12:44 AM
"Is there such a thing as Christian citizenship? No, but it could be
created. The process would be quite simple, and not productive of
hardship to anyone.

It will be conceded that every man's first duty is to vote; it will
also be conceded, and with strong emphasis, that a Christian's first
duty is to God. It then follows, as a matter of course, that it is
his duty to carry his Christian code of morals to the polls and vote
them. Whenever he shall do that, he will not find himself voting for
an unclean man, a dishonest man.

Whenever a Christian votes, he votes against God or for Him, and he
knows this quite well. God is an issue in every election; He is a
candidate in the person of every clean nominee on every ticket; His
purity and His approval are there, to be voted for or voted against,
and no fealty to party can absolve His servant from his higher and
more exacting fealty to Him; He takes precedence of party, duty to
Him is above every claim of party.

If Christtians should vote their duty to God at the polls, they
would carry every election, and do it with ease. They would elect
every clean candidate...and defeat every soiled one. Their
prodigious power would be quickly realized and recognized, and
afterward there would be no unclean candidates upon any ticket,
and graft would cease."

"Christianity was on trial then,it is on train now. And nothing
is important is on trial except Christianity."

"(Christanity) is the one force that can save, and it sits with
folded hands...The Chritian vote alone-will decide the contest.
It, and it alone, is master of the situation, and lord of the
result."

Italy0219's photo
Wed 07/21/10 05:29 AM
I agree.