The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03
CROOKED PATHS.
There arc Plenty of Them
That Need Straighten.
ing Out.
DR.. Talmagc Shows q Wicked
World How it Can be
Done.


BROOKLYN, Specinl.-Tlie subject of to.
days sermon was .Crookcd Thiurs." T.xt
str,;r,t /" w -A'" VIC
G.nmn,r, 1.,,, .,,o .;.. :. j,
fo"n w" .''ne ~ was discovered
." INC panHs o! the Nile, which. by its over
now annually oblitcrate,l the landmarks.
and the restoration OF these landmarks
made such n science ncressorv@I s,w
rcoma,.v o..r .;n,o ,,,,,, i...'' e'
Viii, ,;ma, s,n;.. a.t s'"'u 'nen h'ls peeh nnsy
". Wv" "n.s' ''r'''s"' ''"cs curved lines. lines
III ""s"s ana cones ana spheres, but has
never been able to evolve aIy beauty from
line that was merely crooked. The circle
anu the square were ulways considered ndm;r.
able Isaiah recognizes tna cirrls onl cow.
"Thc I,orl cit :. ,non ~, ,.,.,I. -. .' ."" s D. y
r. ,,.. fo" '"' '''''e " '"e earth.
me alsar ot the ancient tabernacle wns
io"r square,, anu the brsnstplute'' OF the
priests 'tour square," an,i heaven, nccor,l-
ing to st. John, il t.four suuure ,,nt tho
Bible bns M n,m,rnt,on .nr ,,no. ti,"t Wv
moro,, .,oei.., I,.,..1 ,,,,.'..' .' .", "'e
:., "e's .'o"n.'. ''''i'e"' NY .eStmProphesN'
."S ..,, ''e worm eomp.cte ra.'eation declares:
"iiie In crooked shall be mnde straight"
There have been so many moral earth
guakrs that many things have got into q
terrible twist-crOoked laws, crooked gov
ernments. crooked fortunes, crooked dispo /.
si'ions-and many the efforts to straightrn
things have only made them more crooked.
And some good neopIa sit down in despair
anu an, ner"m" n' pessl'nistic and give up If. and
me church nnd tho world ns dead failure.
WIN such lacl'rymose bel llaviorl have no
sympathy. 1t is promise ot the Lord Al.
mighty. The crooked ahull DO made
straight" lpropose ns may be divincly
helped, to mention some of the crooked
things that are going to he Strengthened
Much OF the wealth of this world is in the
hands oi The protiigate, while many of the
best people are subjected to stressing pri,
walton; ami there IL going to be II redistribu-
ton OF property. lfitwcrp possible, it would
hc II bad thinsto have things divitlc,leu,ally.
some men are nh!e to endure more succe 81
tiinn Others. and prosperity that might not
unbnlnnce You might destroy me. Tho De-
rlaration of American Independence dccnres
Is tle truth, for they are born unequal. In
no respect Is this more evident than in their
capacity to endure success. financial or social
have seen men by the acquisition %! $780,
900 mad, arrogant and ovrrhenring, and I
nave known Others with their millions OF dol
iafs chiilillkr ana unhss,inlinG and Christian.
We would all lie aiu"nt. hut the Lord can
not trust lis. am glad there are those lie
can trust. Much is snid against cap.
italists, hut the world would be n very
stlhky world without them. Who built the
great railroads which, while they give such
:nrilltics of trnvel. employ tens of thousands
OF lnborcrs. supporting them md their fun
lies: 'npltalists Who built great ships
ti'at sur the rivers an'l bridge the ocean?
Cnptnlsts. Who rcared the thousands Of
inrtnrl"s all over the land, in which hundreds
OF thousands OF employees earn their dai,y
bread9 capitalists. Who endowed your col.
l"Grs, and opened free libraries and built
nsyiums for the orphan, the crippled and the
INSANE! Capitalists! But for them there
w".Ild not tie an Academy of Music. or u
picture gallery. or free library or IL stenm-
boat, or II rnilrnad in America. Who put
he world on 80 years beyond what it would
nave been IN enterprise. in comforts, in edu-
rai'niill advantage, in good things without
number! Capitalists! Tho more money n
man gets the better il it come honestly and
IN employed rigtsconsly. Nevertheless VIC all
s.e ,l.a, 'hrre ncras 10 be a istribntion Of
property. communism proposes to make
mat distribMtion bJ torch and dagger aid
dynamite. Throw the midnight express
tram oil the track and put tho furtory into
r"hiiaGrat,on. Disrupt toric!;. Bnrglarize.
AssassIr;'te Such people brlicve neither in
God nor man nor woman and they know
now 10 make things worse, but never make
anything brit
tell yon how there will come n rclistribu.
tioh OF property. Under the devine blessing
g""h people VIII get more nlrrtncss nnd acu.
men nnd assidnity. Many good people are
Kept i'll Strengthened cirrums, anccs because
hey have been inio!ent. or lacked courage
to take honest advantage Oi circumst unces,
and were too stupid to got on. With tho
very same surroundings Others went ON to
ronncirncy. IN tho better days to come
good men will hnve their faculties Weakened,
ana will i'll consequence rise to larger share
OF prosperity. On the other hand, estates
wronglnlly. accumulated will Dissolve Ifnot
I he sons. then the rrnntisons will nuke the
money fly. and it will gradually scatter in
their hands. and become part of the general
w"nlh ! lien as to vast propcftics right.
cousy enthcred-nnd there are thousands of
thcm-s,rh estates will contribute toward
helping the unfortunate, not more by clnri
les ,llan by helping struggling people into
lucrative business, and the man who has
nhlassrd enough aud IL surplus will say:
"'rhcrc is u young merchant without any
capital. will start him on Fulton At rect ),
and there is II young mechanic who has n a
means of his own, and will nut him on II,
career Of prosperity" md there is n farmer
with too big II mortgage on his lind, and i
will help him lit therncumhriuce - The fuct
is tint if the Kindness and generosity man
ilcstrI BY monryed men toward the strup
Cling ,lnring the last 80 years, in crcnsrs IN
the same ratio for the next so wears there
will he IL condition of society parnGiuic.
W" are going to have n muli,pjcntion of
Wiiinm Il. Dolgrs, nnd Peter Coopers. and
Jnmcs SenOXns. aud George I'eabodys. So
will come redistribution, and the crooked
will lie made straight.
Mind this: God never vet undertook n fni).
ure. The old Book which is worth ali other
hooks put together, makes it plain God has
undertaken to regulate his world by rospel
influences, and ii He llns lie power lie will
do what lie says He will, aud no one who
amounts to anything will deny His power.
God has said hundred times III will !" but
never once has said Il cannot" We may,
with our tack hammers, pound away. irving
to mcnd and improve and straiShtcn tic
financial condition oithe world, and be dis.
appointed in the result, because our arm il
too weak aud the hammer VIC WELD too
small but the most dciinnt difficulty will
tlnttcn and disappear when Cod with ham
mcr made ofsnnnier thunder bolts, strikes
ii. saying. "Thn crooked shall be made
straight"
In your business concerns there are inHu.
cnccs perpIcxing. Your affairs may seem
all right to outsiders, for business firms do
not advertise their private troubles, hut
where one firm ms everything Just ns they
want it, there are n hundred firms at their
wit & end what to do with that partner who
draws IN ore than his shnre of the profits. or
with that stakeholder who comes in Just oft.
on enough to upset things, or with that dis
appearance OF funds which yon cannot uc-
count for. although you have suspicious you
cannot mention, or with that investment
which was made contrary to your Judgment
because here was II determination to push
it through, or because you are going behind
month by month without any prospect of
cxtrication. The trouble is putting n wrink-
pear there Tor j. years yet. md you will bc
40 wears old when YOU ought to be only 30