The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-08-05

anu goes 10 psayer-meettng
IN fact, ne does everything the church
requires Of him. But he swindles his
neighbors every chance he gets.
Inc other character is an outsider,
outside ofthe church, but he won't
swindle any one out Of a penny. He
is charitable and kind hearted, and
gives literally to the poor. Which
is the better man Of the two? YOU
ask. Why, I'd better be like the
big.hearted, generous, manly sinner,
you say. And SO would /. And ON
this excuse many keep out Of the
church. But why be a fool and be
exactly like either Of those charac-
ters? Laughterl AS for me, I'll
come into the church and pay God
what is due him; then I'll pay the
world its dues. IF I rob anybody it
will be you--I won't rob God--and
every man out Of the church who
hasn't given his all to God is robbing
God OF all the dear Father wants.
| Amen. Amen.] But Ill do right
toward God and my neighbor-for
such q man is In the army of Jesus
Christ and trying to do right by all.
l was called good" myself while
out Of the church. Oh, yes--I was
good! l was goodness on wheels.
But behold the aBsurdity! We
have all known men out of the
church 'ofwhom it was said. "He is
good as he is, and he believes it." He
thinks himself, perhaps, too good TO
join, but when pressed to Join he says.
"I'm too mean." Laughter He
is first one thing and then another /;
he is like a poor old OK in a long hot
lane-all the grass he gets is what
no bites through the crack of the
fence on either side. Laughter. He
is neither in garden Of God nor in
the DEVILS plantation. [Laughter].
Every man, to occupy his true po-
sition, must be on the Lords side.
! know merchant by the name Of
Lee. / once saw customer come
into his store to buy q plow, and he
asked whether the blade was hard
enough 1t seems to be too soft" was
Mr.. Lees reply. Wasn't he a strange
merchant? ! asked him why he
hadn't told the man that perhaps il
was hard enough, or something ofthat
sort, but he wouldn't tell q lie. /
should suppose a merchant of that
kind would feel lonesome in most
plaoes-lonesome about in spots.
tLaughterl.
A man can lie and never open his
mouth. That's the way a horse.
trader lies-not knowing that to keep
his mouth shut is the biggest sort of a
lie. GLaughterl. ! have heard men
brag about cheating conductors out
Of q ride, and then the conductors,
catching the disease, steal from the
roads. Some fellows thinkthey have
done smart trick II the conductor
overlooks them and they get a'frse
ride. Before would do such o thing
as that I'd hunt the conductor from
the Smoker to the Sleeper" and
then chase him down with a pack OF
hounds. Laughter].
It's ten thousand times harder TO be
just than generous. Ii iseasy enough
10 give poor woman q dollar. but
when il comes to following q straight
line. being just in all things, just to
God, to your family, to your child.
reu, to all men, il Is . different thing.
Some men are never just 10 their
wives. They pay their cook s. very
willingly Saturday night, but when
when tbe hard.working, economical,
painstaking wife asss for q little
nsney on Monday, the brute will say;
"Oh, wife, what do you want with
Iknew q fellew In Georgia who had
been married 10 years, His wife one
morning suggested that was her birth.
day, and he said 10 himself, ave
got q good wife; she has been kind,
selfsacrifcing and trpe IN all respects;
I must buy her q present" SO he
went down town that day and walked
into store and bough. himself o
new hat, oonsoling himself that moth.
ing would more phase q good wife
than TO make her husband q present
Of new hat. [Great laughter-es.
peoially among The married ladies'.
He's the meanest man / ever saw,
[laughrer1 and there are a great
many men just that way
We are teo o!tea unjust TO our
children, exacling ofthem things we
don't doourselves, and berating them
with tongues when they don't under.
stand what we want. And then We
arc too mean TO say ten worlg to
make oae Of them happy, oh: how
unjust we arc 10 wives, husbands,
children!
If you'll put o little downright
Justice ia your conduct with your
children you'll have happier homes
Did you ever start anywhere will
your vito aud keep hurrying her uT
when you ought 70 know she has mol
only to dress herself, but Eve child
| rem besides. while YOU have nothing Il
do but get ready? "IIurry up, hurry
up, I don't want 10 b latel If yot
don't hurry, Ill 20 on by myself
And after awhile She tells you 20 "g'
on, husband; I'm afraid can't &c
ready in time for youi | don't van
TO hinder you."
I've done Just that way. Laughter
1 have walked Of, out the gate an
ffty yards down the road, and the
I'd siop and think. I'D say; "Sar
Jones, you are the meanest man lis
ing. and you shan't 90 TO church no
anywhere else I'll you learn how |
behave YOURSELF" And then / wal
. back and 20 In and find worry in m
wife's face and tears In her eyes, 90
I 20 up and put my arms around hs
and kiss her--.there's nobody thei
: but Us two-[Iaughterl and sa
"wife, I'm just as mean as o dog:
know | am, and / want you 10 10