The Red Cloud chief., 1891-04-03
%FALSEHOODS DENOUNCED
Dr.. Talmage Characterizcs LIVING
as the Fifth Plague.
the First Lie Originated With sasan-A
Plague That Has Invaded Society and
the Churches-Two Ways OF Ilv-
ing Compared.

uons Oh Inc flagucs Of These Thre,
Cities Rev. 7. DE Witt Talmag,
preached his fifth discourse at Brook
lyn on the Plague of Lies. His tex
was Gcnesis, iii, q: "Ye shall no
surely die" DE Witt Talmage said:
That was a point blank lie. Satal
told IT to Eve 10 induce her 10 put he
semi-circle of white, beautiful teeth Ia
10 q forbidden apricot, or plum, o
peach, or apple. Tie practically said Z
her: 20, Eve. just take a bite Of thi
and you will be ornnipotent and omnis
cient fou shall be a. gods" jus, ou
posite was the result II wa the frs
lac that was ever told in our world. i
opened the gate for all the falshood,
that have ever alighted on this planet
IL introduced a plague that covers al
nations. b Plague Of Lies. Far wors.
than the plaques Of Egypt, for they
were on the banks Of the Nile. but thi,
on tt.e banks of the Hudson. on IN.
banks OF tire East river, on the banks q:
the Ohio, and the Mississippi, and In,
Thames, and the Rhine, and the Tiber
and on both sides of all the rivers. Tn,
Egyptian plaques lasted only a few
weeks, but for 5000 years has rage,
this plague Of lies.
There are IA hundred ways Of telling
"a lie. a mans entire life NAV be =
falsehood, while with his lips he NAV
not once directly falsify. There are
those who state what is positively un.
true. but afterward say may he" soft
~. These departures from the truth
are called white lies" but there i,
really no such thing as a white lie. The
whttest lc that was ever told was a.
black as perdition. No inventory OF
public crimes viii DC sufficient tina,
onits this gigantic aGomination There
are men, high in church and state, actu-
ally useful. self-denying and honest In
many things, who, upon certain subjects
and an certain spheres, are not at all u
bc depended uponfor v~eraritv. Indeed.
there are many men and women who
have their notions of t~ruthfulness So
thoroughly perverted that they do not
know when they are living. With many
II l. a cultivated sin; with some il seems
Ii natural intirmity.
hhve known people who seemed 10
have been born liars. The falsehoods
OF their lives extended from cradle 10
grave. PRESENTATIONS, misrcpresenta-
tion and dishonesty Of speech appeared
In their first uttcranccs, and were rs
natural Ia them as any 81 their infnntilc
diseases, and were "A sort Of moral
group or spiritual s~carlatina-
IT.. .f-..F 81. Ia :. All
hoods. They hang pendant from the
chandeliers IF our finest residences;
they crowd the shelves of some Of our
merchant princes: they fill the side
walk from curhstone 10 brownstonc
facing. They cluster around the me
chanic's amme and blossom from the
end Of the merchants yardstick and sit
ia the doors Of the churches. some call
them fiction" Some style them fab
rication." You might say they we're
.suhtcrfugc, disguise, delusion. / shall
chiefly call them what nv father taught
enc 10 call thcm-lies.
| shall divide them into agricultural,
mercantile. mechanical, ecclesiastical
and social lies.
~ 1919 q a af.A VI it'fN Ailul
are more particularly agricultural
There il someth ne in the perpetual
presence Of natural objects To make "A
man pure. The trees never issue false
stock" Wheat fields are always hon
est Rye and oats never move out in
the night, not paying for the place they
have occupied. Corn shocks never
make false assignments Mountain
brooks are always current" The
gold on the grain is never counterfeit
The sunrise never flaunts in false col
ors. The dew sports only genuine dia-
imondS.
Taking farmers as n class, / believe
they are truthful and fair in dealing
and kind hearted. But the regions sur
rounding our cities do not always send
this sort OF men 10 our markets Day
10y day there creak through our streets
and about the market houses farm
wagons that have not an honest spoke
IN their wheels or "A truthful rivct from
togue 20 tailboard During the last few
years there ave been times when do
mcstic economy has foundered on the
farmers firkin. Neither high taxes,
nor the high price of dry good, nor the
of labor could excuse much
that the city has Witnessed in the be-
havior of the yeomanry. Rural dis
tricts are accustomed To rail ut great
cities as given up "a fraud and every
form Of unrightcouSncSs; but our cities
do not absorb all the denominations
Our citizens have learned the impor-
of not always trusting Ia the size
and style 81 apples In the top Of n
farmers barrel as an Indication of
" hat may he found further down.
Many Of our people are accustomed To
watch and sce how correctly n bushel
of bects is measured; and there are not
many honest milk cans.
Deccptions do not all cluster round
city halls. When our cities sit down
and weep over their sins, all the sur
rounding countries ought 10 come in
and weep with them. There i often
hostility ON the part of producers agains;
traders. rs though the man who raises
the corn was necessarily more honor |
able than the grain dealer " no pour il
his mammoth hin. There ought
- he no such hostility. Yet producers
think il no wrong "a snatch from
the trader: and they say ~ the bargain
You get your money easy"
10 they get it easy? Let those who in
the quiet field and barn get their living
exchange places with those who stand
to-day amid the eNcitemcnts of CONNER
cial life and see If they find il so very !
easy. While the farmer goes to sleep
with the assurance that his corn and
will be growing all the night
moment by moment adding 20 his reve-
que. the merchant tries - go TO sleep |
conscious that hat moment his cargo
nav DC broken on the rockso damaged
by the wave that sweeps clear acroSs .
the hurricane deck: or that reckless |
may that very hour be plot
ing some monetary revolution, or the
be prying open his safe, or his
debtors fleeing the town, or his landlord
the rent or the fires kindling or
block that contains all his estates
Easyl Is its God help the merchants
Il is hard 20 have the palms Of the
hands blis.ered with outdoor work. but
, more dreadful process when, through