The New York herald., 1874-10-19

good and faithful mon In once, such as our Mavor
and few members OF the Board Of Aldermen wnd
are associated with him for his and their labors
Do you not Know then that when you place an
honest man In Office you help religion
or dishonesty BY countenanclng it In any place 10
life. Dishonesty was ever where in ancient Israel
ana IS everywhere in America. Yet there are
honest men TO be found Ia places where dishon-
esty has often stalked iorth. Against disnon.
esty to-day there are 10 be iound In Wall street
merchant princes who are working manfulIy, and
are not under obligations 10 tnems Champions
OF honesty IN every walk OF business and society
represent colossal truth and are plllared columns
We have got God among us.
so-cALLED PROGRESS.
stealing Is, nevertheless. peculiarly and
10 all. else we ask, ..What means our strong
bolts on the doors What snS means the AHl feesraps
lin nhes connecting our domices with the police
M what are hundreds OF policemen patrolling
vW9r Whv streets u the day and night iorf
tne ar spplng 81 Of the merchant marine in our har
DOT III ihe Silent hours OF the night. What need
nave nave we OF eoustabes and sherins 1t is not tnat
men are prone 10 steal p, stealing is not confined
10 men, ior II must be said there i much disnon-
esty among women. Besides tue female shopnir.
ers and cishonesI domesucs their are wives VINO
take their nusuandS money and '.wonder where
1t is'' when ne asks abouE it, Servants steal tea
ana sugar from their masters. Children take that
which belongs 10 tneir parents Men 20 70 the
market and think they are buyinr twa nounns ~
meat, whereas they get only one pound ana
three-quarters. He was sorry 30 say there were
those who went outside their church to deal with
Others ana IN so doing they are frequently de.
irauded. rhe cnlld mas q pyoclivLty lor siealing
sugar; YET you cannot AFFORD 70 keep sugar undei
lock ana key. IL would be better To have a dray.
man carng sugar 10 your house every week than
10 excite tnat desire OF the Child to get these
steal is the lock and Key. The first attempt to take
that which did DOT belong to us was always at
tended by pressure OF the outstretched hand and
o pressure OF outraged conscience, which echoed
IN our hearts the divine commandment, "fhou
shalt not steal.n
KLEPToMANIA, WE ARE TOLD, is A DISEASE.
Stealing has been interpreted by that name.
Surely. then, kleptomanla Is terrible disease. A
young woman had Tor a long time peen persist
entity requesting the speaker to pray for her, and
he had done so. one evening alter services she
sought an audience with him, ana with paiiu lace
and trembling said she was u thief She said she
could not resist the temptation to steal everything
that she conld get her hands on at times, and
there were many articles then III her house which
had been stolen from people. lie advised her
TO make restitution at once; but sue sad
sad tie se seeaxs you'd 1eud We rass
go to heaven from Jal than to hell from
house built OF stolen goods" The young wo.
man went OF ana made restitution as Tar as lay N
her power and was happy tnencetorth Nothing
but restitution Will cure the sim Restitution Is to
stealing waat confession Is to lying, and new lie
begins with the remedy. Many have failed to re.
form because their contrltion has been unaccom.
panied by restitution. Where there Is no desire to
THE SPIRIT TO ROB WILL RULE.
He knew OF men who are In prison to-day and
enjoyment upon their regalnlnG freedom. TheY
viii go to he'll unless they make restitution, al
there IS no eXpation without restitution. A tbtei
IN prison remains thief until covctOusness IL
supplanted by the spirit OF love. Pll1erlng IS
profession, because as such we tolerate II. You
can hardly pay tribute enough to traitors. See
the position given the rebel Lee. by our news.
papers, in all illusions to tue man. Yet Lee went
out rom under the shadow OF Washington, went
out from under the government which
Iostered his fathers and himself, and de-
livered the most awful blow against clvl
liberty IN the world. Honor him II you
WILL but to me it Is something
frghtfuL II man steals a ring you sc0rn MIN as
thiei. II he steals million o dollars you honor
and respect him. II lie steals two millions OF dol
lars he becomes "BOss OF the town" stealing ID
the curse OF business and IS behind stagnatiOn In
every trade and branch or industry.
The speaker concluded his discourse by urging
his hearers unite individually in making public
feeling healthy ana respected. SO that Tor the
future 1t may be known That q great tnief u
worse than small thief. Put ro9ues IN the pill
IOry and drive them from pubic place and power
10y your individual effort. BY SO doing society
VIII be purified, and the Ties Of brotherhood viii
expand and the spirit Of truth Will permeate the
moral atmosphere, wnicn is now SO strongly
tainted by dlsobedience to the command Of God,
'tfnou shalt not SteaLn