The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-24
TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH


REv. J. BoARDMAN HAWTHORNE OK LYING.
The Rev. }. Boardman Hawthorne preached res
terday 1T this church on familiar subject-,hat
oflying-and ne was listened 10 with the utmost
attention BY mis- congregation, which was not
large. He took FOR his text that passage IN the
scriptures wnicn says, Gle that speaketh lies
snail perish.u Mr. Hawthorne said that no sin was
more universal than lying. He said That the spirit
or lying was associated with all the baser quail
ties. II was not the open, generous nature
which would De guilty OF lie, bus
rather the low, cunning disposition which
reyened in deception. The strong man was usu-
ally truthful, the weak generally otherwise. We
aud tie SANE IN the animals. the lion y not cum
ning lie Is strong. God has made MIN 10 be the
king OF beasts, ana ae knows his own royal
preroaatyes. When he stalks through the forest
II Is with the noble Of the that cisdans
concealmeut on the other hand, tue hyena
shirKs the sight or all and sneaks sfealthly and
furlNeiy IRON one place 70 another. IL rec0g-
nizes lts weakness, and IL proportion - u y COW
ardly il IS deceptive Inus you Will ma cunning
ana slypess ana deception IN tue weaker animals,
sucA as the iOx, the squirrel the RABBIT, aud the
contrary Ia those waica are strong aud
able Tho same remark Will apply TO the
North American indian. lie was TOO weak 70 re-
stst tne encroachmenL OF the white man, ana,
therefore, resorted to treacherY ana ylng TO
supply the place d strength. They feel justified IA
using this toward tie pale iaces who had ROBBED
General Canuy is an Illustration Of this tendency
not 81 the strength, bus OF tue WEAKNESS 81 the
Indian. He accompanies Dy stealth and cunning
what he cannot ny strength o. arm. rms race
the oppressOr mas stripped OF every clement Ol
MANHOOD. They are the natural seris ~ our social
system. For this very reason IL was mat wing
was 70 common among the Jews. The cruelty
ana violence o. parents were causes oi the dispose
non among them, and the weakness oi the enid
inspired the terror which caused the lie. Tney,
therefore, attempted 70 accomplish Al ny
crah. Ia TINS we nave an example " the innu-
euce ol the parent In the case Of Drutes, slmDe
weaKuegs IL the cause OF deception. Ihey rear
and dare not be open. Therefore, ialsehood -
most criminal wnere educated. We have knowl-
edge or right ana wrong, and are responsive now
We use Il. great deal ~ the iyiRg 0i TINS world
T. caused by our impatlcnce for results and seek
ing TO make these results more quickly ~ false
appearances. IL is constant he on the face OF
boy Is always attempting make him
seif more mature; the young LAWYER
VINO has Just passed. aud whose funds are Snort
anu whO must make q living, prciends - nave al
immense amount Ol WORK nand when ne mas
none. Another man fails as the editor Of a news
paper, lie, therefore, determines 70 make up ~
lying and he has Inserted in some paper need
not say how Il IS d0ne-tnat "Mr 30 ana 20, tue
eminent Journalist, proposing TO travel lew
months tor MS health's sake, intends de-
nverfng a few lectures, as much as MS
leisure time will permit We cOngrhtulate
OUT Fellow citizens on the opportunity they
put In the editorial columns OF some paper "A neeu
not say how ne succeeds Ia having " donel, and
IL goes from one paper 70 another until the ne
goes round the world.
soul ana corrupts the moral sense. Great lies are
usually less nurffui than little Ones ~ II great
sin and great shame, but 10 ~ the petty untrutns,
wnicn are 40 numerous that We 90 not estimate
them that d. the narm. These Il - tnat take tne
enamel on tue moral sense one r0usinR I've -
not nal 80 bad As a great many small ones.