The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-10-24
Iss"p. 4 or'', Scientific, Historical.
An Original WING Feature.
A MODERN JUDAS.

have wrought the Betrayer still remains
upon the face of the earth, to suffer him.
self and cause others those innumerable
tormtnts flesh and soul are heir to. The
| tiatterer is the modern Judas. The flat
terer is the sinful apostle who betrays
young mems hopes and desires and am
billions; who whispers falsely in their
ears of virtues they do not possess, and
urges them on confidentialy to aims and
ends they can only conquer by diviner
power and genius than is allotted to every
child of humanity. The only trouble
with this modern Judas of whom speak
lies in the fact that his conscience has
not yet babe him look upon the bride
money in his hand, utter his 81 have
sinned," and seek an outlet for his life
through the avenue of suicide. So mi
mute portrayal of the betrayer of Christ
might be out of place in the changed
condition CT things since the reign of
Plate, but the last action of Judas would
SO benefit the human race that its strug-
Cling sons and daughters could mount
their hills and seek their heights of glory
in honest, manly and womanly ways, I'M
contaminated by the soft-spoken praises
of one who seeks to gain their favor by
such untruthful compliments as cast the
heart upon the dangerous currents of hui
man pride and selfiishness. The young
men and women of America are sincere
and earnest community, born to the de-
crees of progress and competition. The
| philosophic ends and aims of the human
creature are their lessons from early
childhood to the later and more advanced
stages Of life. Given proper under
standing of their merits, shown the
chronological condition of their systems,
and aided by the kindly, loving words of
gentle and affectionate friendship, and
their possibilities evolve from the moment
of conception to high and beautiful real
tiles. When the foundations of faith
and trust and sincerity are builded, then
the tall, grand towers of their humanity
spring upward from day to day in the
| glorious sunshine above tie dense forests
of ignorance and superstition; spring up
ward into the pale, pure light of human
perfection, gold upon their turrets-
white, immortal marble in their walls;
but if they should meet the modern
Judas in this period of evolution, alas
for the bright, sweet hopes. alas for the
grandeur and beauty of the tower. alas
for its shining gold and sanity marble!
The 81 am king" II am great and grand
aud superior to any, comes as convic-
ton upon them ere they have gained the
infancy of fame, and their towers begin
to lean towards the pathways of their
fellows towers, their turrets seek little
of the sunshine from neighboring tur-
ret, and the sublime old ambition to
surge onward and upward in the human
strife justly and sweetly is supplanted
by the selfish aims, conceit and pride
SOW in the heart.
America cannot afford the tlatterer.
The sins of human race are necessarily
many, but the crime of tiatterer is in
cACusduie. Ills dcIlOilS are So Cleif Ill u
open to the day that it needs no keen eye
of philosophy to detect them. All the
divine creeds of morality rise i'll con-
demnation of such characteristic
modern Judas, the betrayer, the hatter-
iug..serpent, whose Kisses haunt the ears
of ambition until it's life is turned from
all the sweet, pure channels into the mar
row ways and murky waters of pride,
envy and selfshness. There is nothing
more beautiful than the young man or
young woman rising through all the fet-
tiers of adverse circumstances to posi-
ton of honor in the world. The COM
munity that possesses such a creature of
genius is justly entitled to feelings of
silent qualification and pride, but bitter
are the uses of his adversely when the
flatterer-the modern Judas ugly and
S venomous as the toad, falsely criticises
1 his merits. dishonesty judges his abili-
ties and seeks his rood graces and ac-
quaintanceship for personal favors. Do
not blame the young man or young wo-
man. They, in their day of CESSATION
and accretion, are as a babe in the era =
die: if the nurse comes with milk they
v drink, whether it be pure or poisoned,
Il and the praises of the fiatterer sink as
d deeply into their hearts as the honest
# plaudits OF impartial friends. Can they
know that behind the warm, bland smile
of their Judas turks deceitfulness of
the darkest nature? Llfe's beautiful
destinies open before them in the higher
= and nobler light kindled in their hearts
by the flatterer's words, and they assume
consciousness of power they do not
l. possess except in its primal germs, un.
d developed until the long, slow years have
o run their course, and the blossom has
a ripened into fruit. The abolition of the
fatterer, like the abolition of the slave,
must become national and universe
II conflict. 1t needs it's Wendell Phillips
s. it's Lincoln and Whittier, in every land
J. and day till their voices and actions have
u rolled down torrents to sweep the Judas
of their wrath out of the vale of exist
4 ence; then the ambitious of spirit, the
"a aspiring of soul may rise through noblel
" ways to nobler heights; through sweetel
,r avenues to sweeter recompense. The re-
~ lation of the fatterer to the needs Of
the universe and the necessities of the
human race is very distant, indeed, bu
III there is a warm, close connection will
n the world and the honest judge of hui
h man actions. The child who aspire.
al Snust seek encouragement, or his ambi
ID tions falter in their first faint flush;
kindly word of praise, well meant, truth
= full, and prompted by the pulsings of tn,
- heart, will be as velvet upon many
y rough rock in his way, and it's influence
upon his heart will be as the influence 0
the solemn, silent forests upon the monk
like scholar. But the exaltations of tn
modern Judas awaken a state of feelings
that inhabit the boSoms of the vain AM
envious alone. 1t may be said that til,
y, soul lacking strength to resist the fiat
r. terer's words is weak throughout. Ie
s, may strong hearts have misunderstood,
n. the natures of their critics and ABSORBED
d, the tatterer's statements in all sncerlt,
nv and confidence. The natures of thos