Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-03-17
y beinu twenty-five cents Il was worth

Of being twenty-five cents II was worth
only twenty cents. Then the young
man gave his card to the laborer and
said, "You take this up to Governor
Grimes; / want to see him." "Ah,"
said the laborer, II am Governor
Grimes" ''Oh," said the young man,
'you-I-excuse me-" Then the gov
ernor said: II was much impressed by
the letter you wrote me asking for a
GER hin Office IN my gift, and | had
made up my mind YOU should have it;
but a young man who will cheat a
laborer out OF five cents would swindle
the government OF the state If he got
his hands on IL. | don't want you.
Good morning, SIR" II never pays:
Neither in this world nor in the world
to come will it pay.
lido not suppose there ever was a
better specimen of honesty than was
found in the Duke of Wellington. He
marched with his army over the
French frontier, and the army was
suffering, and he hardly knew how to
get along. Plenty of plumber all about
but he commanded none of the plum
der to be taken. He writes home these
remarkable words: 1--WE are over
whelmed with debts, and / can scarcely
stir out of my house on account OF
public creditors, waiting TO demand
what is due 10 them" Yet at that
very time the French peasantry were
bringing their valuables to him to
keep. 4 celebrated writer says Of the
transaction: Nothing can be grander
or more nobly original than this adj
mission. This old soldier, after thirty
years service, this iron man and vic
torious general, established in an en-
emy's country at the head an an i'm
mense army, is afraid of his creditorsl
This is q kind of fear that has seldom
troubled conquerors aud invaders, and
| doubt if the annals of war present
anything comparable to its sublime
simplicity"
Oh! is it not high time that we
preached the morals of the Gospel,
right beside the faith of the Gospels
Mr.. Froude, the celebrated English
historian, has written of his own
country these remarkable words
"From the great house in the city OF
London to the village grocer, the com.
mercial life of England has been sat
urated with fraud. So deep has il
gone that a strictly honest tradesman
can hardly hold his ground against
competition. You can no longer
trust that any article you buy is the
thing which il pretends TO be. We
have false weights, false measures,
cheating, and shoddy everywhere.
And yet tho clergy have seen all thi:
grow up in absolute indifference
Many hundreds OF sermons have !
heard in England, many a dissertation
ON the mysteries of the faith, on the
divine mission Of the clergy, ON bish
ops and justification, and the theory
Of good works, and verbal inspira
ton, and the efficacy of the sacra
ments; but, during all these thirty
wonderful years, never one that / car
recollect on common honesty"
Now, that may be an exaggerated
statement of things in England, but
am very certain that in all parts O
the earth we need to preach the mo
~ralities of the Gospel right along be
side the faith of the Gospel.
My hearerl What are you doinl
with that fraudulent document il
your pocket Myother hearerl How
are you getting along with that wicked
scheme you have now on foot2 /,
that a pool ticket" you have in YOU
pocket Why, 0 young man, wer,
you last night practicing in copying
your employers signature2 Whers
were you last night Are your habits
as good as when you left your father,
housel You had a Christian ances
try, perhaps, and you have had toe
many prayers spenton you to go over
board.
NO EXCUSE FOR WRONG DOING.
DR.. Livingstone, the famous ex
plorer, was descended from the High
landers, and he said that one Of Iii.
ancestors, one of the Highlander, ON,
day called his family around him
The Highlander was dying; he hae
his children around his death bed. II,
said: Nov, my lads, ! have looket
all through our history as far back as
can findit, and / have never found dis
honest man in all the line, and / wan
you TO understand you inherit GOOD
blood. You have no excuse for doing
wrong. My lads, be honest"
All, my friends, be honest befor
God, be honest before your fellow
men, be honest before your soul. i
there be those here who have wandered
away, come back, come home, com,
now, one and all, not one exception il
all the assemblage, come into the king
dom Of God. Come back on the righr
track. The door of mercy is open ant
the infinite heart of God is full of com
passion. Come homel Come home
Oh, / would be well satisiledif Icoult
save some young man this morning
some young man that has been going
astray and would like TO get back.
l am glad some one has set 10 music
that scene in August Of 1881, when {
young girl saved from death a Who'll,
rail train Of passengers. Some Of you
remember that out west, in that yea
on a stormy night, a hurricane blew
down part Of a railroad bridge. A
freight train came along and il CRASHED
into the ruin, and the engineer ant
conductor persisted. There was a cir
living in her fathers cabin near III,
disaster, and she heard the crash O
the freight train, and she knew thatir
a few moments an express train wal
due. She lighted a lantern and clam
bered up ON the one beam Of tn,
wrecked bridge on 10 the main bridge
which was t%rcstle work, and started T.