The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-11-18
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MORAL WIPES.

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SIR. Eprroa ,-Your remarks last week upon
"Mistaksn zcap were timely and needed. and
We were very much pleased with them. They
have suggested In this connection another sub
jet that We trust may be referred to beneficial
ly, and which we hope you will have the kind
mess to publish:
ID. l. Moody, when here, gave striking Il
lustrstion a the efforts Of prUfessedly good men
rendered null and VOID. He referred to the
we'll knosn incident Of the Apostle at Melita,
picking up sticks to make fre TO warm his
half-irowned companions, and . viper came
out and fastened on his hand, and the people
considered him murderer. While the "venom
Gus beast" remained il was useless for him TO
preach to them what they sap was more po-
tent than anything he might have said. And
Paul flung of the viper and felt no harm. And
after they had looked great while and saw no
harm come to him they changed their minds
and said that he was god. The greatest evils
We see are yipers clinging 70 the hearts and
lives Of otherwise good men.
If one does not break with former disreputs-
bic associates, for fear Of hurting their feelings
or confsssing the past, has been wicked, 1t is
cherishipg q viper. "If regard iniquity In
nv heart the Lord win not hear me-" neither
viii man. Suppose Lot had been sensitive about
cutting old associates in Sodomf Tenderness
20 them was death TO him.
five associate with rumsellers, invite them TO
our parlors and reciprocste the favor how can
we rebuke their internal business And II men
Of wealth aud influence, deacons In the church,
and judges, e,olly take the rental for buildings
used ss slow groggeries," what svails all their
disclsimersf Lamentations over our zone hum
dr~i breathing holes OF hell" are wasted ~
long as church members clutch at the gains OF
the traffic. Here is ample reason why "honors-
bic men" are dumb on temperance and steklers
for .'moral suasiou." The prolific evil OF Stree
liauor' has its root in the church, and christian
effort is parsliIed because professors OF religion
viii not shake OF '.the viper" Is not the "re-
ceiyer bad as the thief l' Who wants to hear
one pray for sinners when in his pocket is the
"price Of souls" and on his garments the blood
Of the ruined Oh Consistency, where Is thy
blusht
Last Sabbath dozen men lsbored all day In
the YARD Of one Of our corporations. was
this a case Of necessity Are not christians
through their employees guilty Of breaking the
fourth commandment, by making, for the sake
Of greed, that work Of necessity which Is mott
PHYSICIANS and livery stable keepers should be-
ware Of nourishing the viper. Money wrongly
obtained is cursed. And II the occupant OF .
tenement ON q corporation keeps bad house
and girls there board who prowl our streets like
a she wolf for prey, should corporators wink at
such a thlugf II they have no consc'ences.
ought they not to regard the good name Of
other boarding mistresses aud the fair fame oil
noble christian operatives whose feelings are
outraged by such ooursef The men, high IN
authority, to whom we refer, are the friends Of
the moor and posscsors Of indebted religion let
them all shake of "the VIPER" Indeed, mark
|, as one Of the worst tendencies Of our day and
city. Professedy good men and women do not
hate evil they mourn over 1t, but do not light
il to the death. "They enslsye their children's
children who make compromise with SIM" In
this. the radical is the only safe or christian
course. And as the old is ever new, II was a
very wise saying for us, "IIsppy Is he that con-
demeth not himself in that thing which he al
lowetb."