The state herald., 1890-02-28
Rev. Cooks Sermon.


represented under the emblem OF good and
naughty iigs. The class represented under
the emblem OF good ligswas already In captlv-
ity while those who remained and would bs
carried Into captivity In i've or six years
wcrn represented under the emblem Of
naughty hgs. have selected this passage
to help me In saying something that shall
help the children and youth. To one class
or the other you surely belong we must
class you with either the good or naughty
,igs. Which shnil II bc?
You might ask me "lIOw shall we know
10 which class VIC belong? nm here to tell
you. lfyou belong to tho class represented
under the emblem OF naughty ligs, you will
be disobedlent. You will surely ind tlIs0-
Incidence In ths basket of naughty ngr.
Dlssosllienss u the Oldest vatissy of
al ~ nauxhtg ss.shs niaaaal
as ol6' MS the human race. Our
first parents ,fisobeycd the Lord and were
driven from Eden. II was their disobc,i-
ience that iilled the world with sickness,
death and sorrow.
Children sometimes think II pretty hard
that they must obey and wish for the time
when they can do MS they llavea mind to.
Dear children that time will never come.
We all have to obey and we are the happier
for II. No one can do ms he has n,ln,i tn
The soldier Obcys his officer, the sailor otcys
his captain. IN NIL the stores. offices and
shops, somebody gives orders and the rest
obcys On the railway that runs through
our village, brakemcn portcrs. engineers,
tremen. conductors, telegraph operators
and train lispatchers look nj the time table
and mind what It says. II one Of our en-
gincers should start cut some night and run
his train as he had a mind to We would soOn
hear Of frightiml accidents and he would
lose his position, perhaps his life. The
train dispatcher might say 81 will not mind
the time table tonight, will send the trains
as please" but he would soon lose his la,-
sltion. The Bible says, "Childrcn obey
your parents In all things for this is
well pleasing to ihr Lord"
But again there is the naughty liz of false
hood. That follows closely upon disobcd
icnce. Any boy or girl is unfortunate whose
tongue does not act right, The hoy who
does not tell the truth at all times hnds II,
hard to say yes and no n, the right time and
place. lie says yes Wien he should have
said no, and no when he should have said
yes. lie thinks there can be no harm IN
telling II little white lie, but before he knows
II he can hardly tell anything right. After
awhile people begin TO say they can't he
licvc an, thing he says mud then he is pretty
bnd OF, for when he does tell tile truth no
one believes him. The conseqnc Ires OF ly-
Ing are dreadful. 'One time little hoy
was playing where two roads met. A man
came riding along In great haste and
asked II he had seen the doctor. The boy
said yes, not hive minutes ago.
Which road did he take and the boy point.
cd the wrong road jus, for trick on the
man. The man rode ON as fast NJ hc could
but Of course did not lind the doctor, W lie
came back and took the ether road and soon
found the man he wanted. But ride as fast
as he would he arrived home too late his
little boy had chOked IL death with n tish.
bone and at the funeral the minister said
that the boy was killed by n lie which an.
other boy told with his finger" oh, beware
Of this naughty iig.
Then there Is the naughty fig Of sciish-
ness. There is II Irovcrb. "Eycry man for
himself and tod for us all don't think
much Of II. | nm afraid where every man
is for hinsclf The devil will have all. A
man by the name of Churchill was riding
along one day when he met nm old lady.
lie knew siie was po1r and he gave her
twenty-five cents and rodcon. After riding
n little ways he began 10 think about his
gift 10 that poor old woman. lie wondered
" II would not have been as well II he had
kept his money. At last lie said ~ viii 90
back and get that money" SO he turned
about and demanded the money. Bn, as he
took the twenty live cent piece frun the
poor woman he put live dollar bill into her
hand and as he turned away he said, there
old sclhshncss guess yon whii you lad
kept siill about the quarter" His heart was
hight, he would not he mastered By 50 ,nean
n thing Ms s,lnsines-. Dear children do not
bc scliish. BE kind and helpful; yuu can
always do something TO MAKE soinc one
glad
But there is one more naughty liz; II is
hN v" w ihll w lbiH'i
almost one hundred thousand men and wo-
meL ARE killed with Il every year. II is the
very woisi oi ail the naughty Ii.s; II hurts
and ruins all Who meddle with II nnd n,
d0nb, these boys and girls are thinking they
VIII never have anything to do With II. M
boy expects Ia be n drunkard. When he
thinks ahead and dreams Of the il,ae when
lie will be- man he does moi dream that he
will,when drunk turn father and mother
ont door; or that he VIII murder wifc aud
children. But he takes one glass and an
other and another and u, las, he says at
bIirih like serlsni and siinrcil like an
adder" Beware Of this naughty hg. BE
gin now Ia he total abstinence boyB and
girls. II you have anything 10 do with
wine, elder and beer they viii lead To sonic-
thing else: they start ysu In tho broad way
iha, leads 10 poverty. shame, crlu,o and
death.
The extent of the damage done by