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16 Christian Citizenship and Righteous Civil Government INE vital purpose of the Civic League of America is to promote the study and I practice of civilization from the stand point of the Bible and sound morality. [O] tea Private duties and publie* duties run in paral lel lines —he that sins against the one does in jury to himself —he that falters in the other does injury to the common welfare. Sound morality is essential to good citizen ship and righteous civil government, and sound morality means salvation from sin. “There is away that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” From the fourth chapter of the Acts and other chapters of the Bible we find that no one can be saved from sin—its guilt, power and consequences — except by Jesus Christ. And we can render another no loftier benefaction, we can yield him no such supreme service as to bring him into personal acceptance of and fellowship with Jesus Christ. Any other kindness we may do another pales before this. The world will never be won to Christ by the pulpits alone. The church of Christ must do the work of Christ. Every Christian is under obligation to help in evangelizing the world. The preaching of the pulpit reaches many, but there are other millions that can be reached by the printed page and the love and kindness of the friendly human heart. A large portion of the people seldom, if ever, enter a church. Especially is this true in the large cities and among the working classes, It is claimed that fully 55 per cent, of the able bodied population in America never go to church, 25 per cent, go occasionally, and only 20 per cent, regularly. The church member who is not an evangelist God. Among the number was the great Wilberforce who afterward wrote “Practical Views of Christiani ty,” which in turn was used of God to bring a vast number into a saving knowledge of the truth as it is in Je- WATER HELPS SOUTH CAROLINA MINISTER. Last summer, after undergoing medi cal treatment for kidney trouble at Baltimore, where he submitted to an operation at the famous Johns Hop kins Hospital, Rev. A. McA. Pittman, of Carlisle, S. C., lost forty pounds in weight. He writes: —“I found it nec essary to take laxative medicines to keep my liver and kidneys active. But since I began to drink Shivar Spring Water six months ago, morning, noon and night, I have not taken a grain of medicine of any kind, and now weigh one hundred and eighty pounds —about thirty pounds more than my usual w'eight. I am now doing more work, and harder work, than at any time within the nearly forty years of my ministerial life. Shivar Spring water is probably the greatest remedy for Stoamch, Liver Kidney and Bladder disorders ever discovered. Its curative powers border nigh onto the mar velous. Case after case of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Gall Stones, etc., pronounced incurable by eminent physi cians, have been permanently relieved and cured by It. Hundreds of gallons are shipped daily all over the country, and here is the unusual basis upon which Mr. Shivar sells it, an offer which enables any one to try it personally without risk. Deposit $2 with the Shivar Spring Com pany and they will ship two five-gallon demijohns of this celebrated water. If you do not receive any benefit after using the ten gallons, ship back the two empty demijohns, wtih your statement to this effect, and your money will be refunded —every cent of it Your word is accepted without question. The fact that this water has exception ally wonderful curative powers has led Mr. Shivar to adopt this method of guarantee ing its beneficial effects, and giving to the suffering public this great remedy. Mr. Shivar is personally known to the adver tising manager of this paper, who can as sure you of the honesty of his offer Ad dress your letter to N. F. Shivar, Shivar Spring, Shelton, S. C. is missing his opportunities and-mistaking his calling. It is not necessary that all should ad dress audiences. The quiet evangelism which makes no parade of its purposes, plans or do ings, is often wonderfully more effective. There are various ways of winning souX but the gospel message of salvation as a gift can be brought to the attention of the unconverted in no w T ay that is more convenient, inexpensive and effective than by means of tracts or the sending each week into a home that needs it a paper that stands for the things our Golden Age does. The clearest expositions of gospel truth, the most striking illustrations, and the choicest thoughts are to be found in religious literature. These gems of Christian truth are for both the unconverted and the comforting, uplifting force of Christians of every class. Thousands of Chri tians have been immeasurably blessed by reading the earnest, helpful words of Moody, Spurgeon, Monod, Miss Havergal, and a host of other writers who have used the religious press. To other thousands the same kind of truths w r ould be the inspiration needed to lift them to a higher plane of Christian life. To get, we must give; to accumulate, -we must scatter; to make ourselves happy, we must make others happy; and in order to become spiritually vigorous, we must seek the spiritual good of others. Tracts or religious papers often open the way for conversation and are better than spoken words; besides, you can send these silent mes sengers to places where you cannot convenient ly go yourself, and the regular, constant habit of sending them by mail would be the means of comforting numerous troubled hearts and of sus, one of whom was Leigh Rich mond, who wrote the tract entitled “The Dairyman’s Daughter,” of which hundreds of thousands have been pub lished in our own and foreign lan guages, and which has been blessed of God to the salvation of uncounted multitudes. The tide of influence which was started b ythat religious tract which came into the hands of Richard Baxter and which is extend ing and growing broader and deeper, and will continue to flow on until it reaches the shores of an endless eter nity you can duplicate if you will. Who can measure the influence of one little tract or one paper each week go ing into the home and life of both the saved and unsaved with its helpful message? “And they that be wise shall shine as the brightnes sos the firmament; and they that turn many to righteous ness as the stars forever and ever.” “Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.* The Civic League of America stands for Christian Citizenship, and for righteous civil government in City, State and Nation—for Christ and His law as the true basis of government, and the supreme authority in National and individual life, its claim is that Christ rightly formed in the heart will solve all social, politica and commer cia evils. Public spirited citizens everywhere, male and female, desirous of promot ing the public ewlfare, are cordially invited to become members and to co-operate in carrying out the pur poses of the League. The Golden Age for June 19, 1913 After severely rebuking a young man who had been laughing and talk ing during the service, a brother step ped up to the minister and said: “My brother, you have made a great blun der today. That young man you re proved is ‘an idiot, and we always look t Chronic Diseases Cured Without Drugs If you are afflicted with Paralysis, Dyspep sia, Rheumatism, Nervous Debility, Asthma, Bronchitis, Catarrh or other diseases, that medicine has failed to cure, write for our Free book which tells all about this new and bet ter way. THE BIGGS TREATMENT As surely as medicine proves useless, our natural methods and Sanitarium appliances will restore your health and put you on your feet. Liberal guarantee of satisfaction. Low charges. Write at once for names of physicians, ministers, lawyers, merchants, bankers, farmers, teachers, former patients and oth ers who endorse our treatment. 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Enclose them in cir culars, packages, and library books. Lay them on the table in your parlor and guest chamber. Leave them in the cars or hotels. Give them to the bootblack or newsboy. Drop them on the doorstep or sidewalk. Give them to the postman, the policeman, the meatman, and the milkman. Toss them into the saloon. Send them to your customers, your neighbors, and your employees in the city, town and country. Send them to boys and girls off at school, and to the operatives in the factories. Enclose them in parcels of merchandise from your store. G ve them to the inmates of jails, almshouses, and ho pitals. Use them at the entrance and on the outside of Races, Circuses, and Theatres, and in many other ways, whenever and where ever you can. We shall never know all the good which comes from this kind of silent preaching. Eter nity alone can reveal the number of souls that have found Christ through the blessing of God upon His truth presented in this way. There are many remarkable cases on record bub, for want of space, we will here only mention What One Tract Did. To a very wicked man named Richard Baxter a tract was given one day, through reading of which he was converted. In after years he wrote a book entitled “A Call to the Unconverted,” which was the means of bringing multitudes to Christ, one of whom was Philip Doddridge, author of the well known book, “Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul,” by which thousands and tens of thou sands have been brought into the Kingdom of over his misbehavior.” The minister said he had always been afraid, since thus blundering, to reprove misbeha vior in church, taking it for granted that any one who would act the fool in the church, or at religious services, must indeed be a pitiabli idiot.