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perpetuate the wrong done. The undoing of the wrong done, with a graceful acknowledgment of the blunder committed, would at once conquer the hearts of the people and secure their active co-operation. The latter also ought to do their best to co-operate with the governing body for the preservation of Law and Order; for their own prosperity depends on the maintenance of peace in the land. It was for this reason that it was said: "Render unto Cæsar the things that be Cæsar's and unto God the things that be God's" (Luke, XX. 24). It should never be forgotten that fault-finding is a means of reform only when the object of criticism happens to be one's own self; to reform others, it is necessary first to make them feel their shortcomings by example rather than precept. It is no good to raise one's voice in denunciation. The voice which makes itself heard is not the voice of many persons uttering incoherent, inconsistent, selfish, bigoted or offensive speech, but the voice which speaks for all, steady, clear, inoffensive though firm, neither over-polite to border on flattery, nor lacking in courtesy to savour of rudeness or impertinence, the voice, in short, not of any particular caste, or creed, or section of men, but of sober Reason.
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
Spiritual influence would, thus, be found to be the most potent means of removing the existing evil from all the departments of life.
The problem of reclaiming criminals would also be found to be one of spiritual morality. It is no use hoping to suppress crime by the enforcement of penal laws, nor is there any lasting good to be had out of the preventive methods of binding over men for good
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