Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-08-25


Ring and chirrap, and whistle with glee,
Nothing his music means TO me;
None Of these beautiful things shall know
How soundly heir love sleeps below,
Harriet P. sp0ffori.
Small Sins VS.. Large Dividends
1t is time that we learn in America that
sin is not excusable n proportion as it de-
clares large dividends and has many out.
riders in equipage, Many a man is riding
to perdition position ahead and laokey be-
hind. To steal one copy Of 3 newspaper 3
: guat. To steal many thousands of dol
lars is a camel. There is many huiJ.
dealer who would not consent 10 steal
basket of peaeheg IRON q neigbber's stall,
but who would not scrup.e 80 depress the
fruit market: and as long as l eau ramem'
Der every summer the peach crop OF Mary
land is 4 failure, and by the time the trait
crop Gomez IN the misVepTe sentat.On makes
difference Of millions OF dollars. a man
who would not steal one peach basket
steals City thousand peach baskets. Go
down into the Mercantile Library, IN the
reading-rooms, and see all the newspaper
reports Of the crops from all parts of the
country, and their phrassology is very
much the same, and the same men wrote
them, methodically cpd UNANIMOUSLY carry
ing out the huge lying about the grain crop
from year to year, and for 2 score Of years.
Alter awhile there viii be a corner
IL the wheat market, and men who had
contempt for a petty theft will burglar.
ize the wheat-bin Of q nation and
commit larceny upon the American corn
CRIB. And in this hot weather some Of the
men will sit in churches and in reiOrmat0ry
institutions, trying to strain cut the small
gnats Of scoupdrelisrl, while IL their grain
elevators and III their storehoGses they are
fzttening huge esmels, which they expect
after q while to swallow. Society has TO
be entirely reconstructed On this subject.
We are TO find that sin Is inexcusable in
proportion as it is great, l know IN our
time the tendency Is to charge religious
frauds upon good men. They say, "Oh,
what class OF frauds you have in the
Church Of God IL this day." and when an
elder of . church, or deacon, or a minister
Of the Gospel, or a superintendent Of
Sahhath-school, turns out defsnlteT, what
display heads there are in many of the
newspaper primer type, hve.line
plea =" Another Saint Absconded =
Clerical Scoundrelism p "Rsiqion st
Discount" "Shame in the Churches !"
while there are g thousand scoundrels ont
side the Church TO y here there ia one inside
the Church. and the misbehavior Of those
who never see the inside OF a church is SO
great 1t is enough 20 tempt a man to be-
come a Christian to get ou5 of their com
psuy. But in all circles, religious ana
irreligious, the tendency Is to excuse sin
IA proportion as i is mammoth. Even
D.
he condemns Satan, gives such grand de-
scription of him, you have hard work to
suppress your admiration. Oh, this strain
ing cut OF small sIns like gnats, and this
pulping down great iniquities like cBmels.
This subject does not give the picture Of
one or two persons, but ia 4 gallery il
which thousands Of people may see their
likeness For instance, su those people
" 40, while they would not rob their neigh
Dor Of farming, appropriate the money
and the treasure Of the public. \ man has
g house 80 sell, and he tells his customer it
is worth $50, 000 Next DAY the assessor
comes around and says it is worth SIS, 600,
The Government OF the United States took
of the taE from personal income, among
other reasons, because so few people would
tell the truth, and many man with An in
come Of hundreds of dollars a day made
statements which seemed to imply he was
about TO be handed over to the overseer Of
the poor Careful TO paw their passage
from Liverpool TO New York, yet snug
Cling IL their Saratoga trunk ten SILK
dresses and . balf-dozsn watches from
Geneva, Switzerland, telling the Custom
house officer on the wharf, There is moth.
ing in that trunk but wearing apparel,
and putting s. gold piece in his hand TO
puuotuate the statement, q Dr.. Talmage,
IN Sunday Magazine.
Did you never write letter, and lust as
you were finishing It let your pen fall on II,
or drop OF ink blot the fair page 1t
was the work Of moment, but the evil
could not be efectually effaeed Did you
never cut yourself, unexpectedly aud
quickly? IL took days or weeks 70 heal
the wound, and even then scar re-
NAMED It is related of Lord Bronghsm,
a celebrated English noblemsn, that one
DAY he occupied 3 conspicuous place IN a
group to have his daguerreotype taken.
Bat at an unfortunate moment he
moved. The picture was taken, but his
face was blurred. Do you ask what sppli
cation we would make Of these facts
just this g It takes lifetime to build q
character it only takes one moment to
destroy it." Watch and pray" there
fore, " that ye enter not into temptation,
" Lat him that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest lie fall. "-[Baptist Weekly,
The celebrated Robert Hall once said
The most extraordinary thing about
Wesley was that while he set al in motion
he was himself perfectly calm aud phleg-
matic, He was the quiescenee Of turbu-
lence Wesley was not phlegmEtic. "
He bad warm heart, an active spirit. He
said, 90 [ am always in haste though never
in a hurry" He one day remarked to
Clarke, 8" Az I was passing through st,
Paul's churchyard I observed two women
standing opposite to each other, the one
speaking and gesticulating violently, while
the other stood perfectly still and in ST.
lence. Just as ! came up and was about
to pass them the Virago, clenching her fist
and stamping her foot at her imperturbable
peighbor. exclaimed, Speak, wretch, that
I may have something to say Adam,
that was lesson to me, Silence 10 often
the best answer to abuse
Nothing in me or by me. No rites or
ceremonies ; no formal obedience no keep
going, or sacrament taking, much praying.
with or without beads no giving tithes in
coatritiOn while living. or requests when
dead 20 buying OF Roman masses or
Protestant applause no feast days or fast
days, Puritan Sundays or Episcopal Lent
no creed, short or long, hard or easy TO be-
heve, though It abound with damnatory
clauses for Gil the rest of mankind and
saving clauses only for ones sell. God,
l thank thee that I am not as other man
are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or
even as this publican. I fast twice in the
week give tithes Of all L possess all
shis takes not the place Of the willing
mind that fears God and the willing life
shat works righteousness. Il Lyman Alb
bott
This matter of evil atmosphere is not
confined to the openly goddess it applies
to the households OF many protested ser.
wants Of Christ as well. We pastors do
not hope for many conversions in families
OF certain church members we know too
well that the effect OF the most faithful
preaching is counteracted by the malsrious
influence that contaminstss the home.
One hour Of Sabbath preaching makes
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