Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-23
=" PLAGUE OF. LIES"
REV DR.. TALMAGE DISOOURSgS ON THE FIFTH
PLAGUE
OF the Series Of lis Interesting SermOns-Fye Lies
That are Rampant the Agricultural, Mercan-
tile, Mechanical, Ecclesiastical and
SOciAl-Ths Application Made.
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SOelal-Ths Application Made.
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New YORK, March 29.-"The Plague
of Lies" was selected by DR., Talmage
for the subject of the fifth OF the dis
courses on The Plaques Of The Three
Cities" which he preached to-day. Both
at the morning service in Brooklyn and
the evening service under the auspices
OF the ChriStidli Herald in New York,
the vast buildings were not large enough
TO hold more than one-half the crowd
who came 10 hear the sermon. His
text was Genesis 3: 4: "Ye shall not
surely die
That was point blank lie. Satan
told il To Eve to induce her to put her
Semi-circle OF white, beautiful teeth in
10 forbidden apricot,Or plum, or peach,
or apple. He practically said to her,
/ "Oh, Eve. Just take bite OF this and
you will be omnipotent and omniScient.
You shall De as gods" Just opposite
was the result. IL was the first lie that
was ever told in our world. 1t opened
the gate for all the falsehoods that have
ever alighted on this planet. 1t intro
duced a plague that covers all nations,
| the Plague of Lies. Far worse than the
| Plaques of Egypt, for they were on the
/ banks OF the Nile, but this on the banks
of the Hudson, on the banks Of the
East River. on the banks Of the Ohio,
and the Mississippi, and the Thames,
aud the Rhine, and the Tiber, and on
both sides of all rivers. The Egyptian
| Plaques lasted only few weeks, but for
six thousand years has ragged this Plague
Of Lies.
There are hundred ways of telling
lie. \ mans entire life may be false
hood. while with his lips lie may not
once directly falsify.
/ shall divide them into agricultural,
mercantile. mechanical ecclesiastical
and social lies.
AGRICULTURAL INTERPRETATIONS.
First, then, l will speak of those that
are more particularly agricultural.
There is something in the perpetual
presence Of natural objects to make
man pure. The trees never issue 'falSe
stock" Wheat fields are always honest.
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 colorS.
The dew drops only genuine diamonds.
Taking farmers as 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
by day their creak through our streets,
aud about the market-hOuSeS, farin-
wagons that have not an honest spoke
in their wheels, or 4 truthful rivet
from tongue to tail-bOard. During the
last few years there have been times
when domestic economy has fOundered
on the farmers frkin. Neither high
taxes, nor the high price of dry goods,
nor the exOrbitaney Of labor, could ex-
cuSe much that the city has witnessed
in the behavior Of the yeomanry. BY
the quiet ireSideS in WestcheSter and
Orange counties, / hope there may be
seasons Of deep reflection and hearty
repentance. Rural districts are ac-
IE Il
up TO fraud and every form OF upright
eouSneSS; but our cities do not absorb
all the denominations. Our citizens have
| learned the Importance OF not always
trusting TO the size and style OF apples
in the top of a farmers barrel, as an
indication Of what may be found farther
down. Many Of our people are accuS-
toned TO watch and see how correctly Il
buShe OF beetS IS measured; and there
are not many honest milk cans.
MERCANTILE LIES.
In the next place we notice mercan-
/ tile lies, those before the counter and
behind the counter. will not attempt
TO specify the different forms of COM
mercial falSehoOd. There are mer-
chants who excuse themselves for devia-
tion from truthfulnesS because OF what
they call commercial custom. In other
words the multiplication and universal
/ ity of sin turns il into virtue. There
have been large fortunes gathered
where there was not one drop of unre-
Quilted toll in the wine; not one spark
| of bad temper flashing from the bronze
bracket: not one drop OF needlewO-
mans heart-bloOd in the crimson plush;
while there are other great establish
ments in which there is not
one door,knob, not one brick,
not one trinket, not one
thread Of lace. but has upon it the
mark Of diShOnOr. What wonder il,
some. a hand of toll that had been
wrung, and worn out, and bliStered un-
/ iii the skin came Off, should be placed
against the elegant wallpaper, leaving
/ its marks of blood-fOur fingers and a
| thumbs; or, that, some day, walking the
halls, there should be voice aecosting
the occupant, saying, "Six cents for
making a shirt; and, flying the room,
another voice should say, Twelve cents
for an army blanket; and the man
should try to sleep at night, but ever
and anon be aroused, until getting up
on one elbow, he should shrek out,
who's there?'
one Sabbath night, in the vestibule
OF my church, after service, woman
4 fell in cDnyuSiOnS. The doctor said she
needed medicine not 81 much as some
thing to eat. AS she began to revive,
i'm her delirium she said, gaid, gaSping-
lv. Eight cents Eight cents Eight
cents, wish l could get it done; am
50 tired. wish ! could get some sleep,
but ! must get it done. Eight cents.
Eight cents! Eight cents" We found
afterwards she was making garments
for cents apiece, and that she could
make but three OF them in day
Three times eight are twenty-fOur!
Hear Il men and women who have COM
Portable homes.
Some OF the worst villains OF the city
are the employers Of these women. They
I beat them down to the last penny, and
try TO cheat them out Of that. The wo-
man must deposit dollar or two before
she gets the garments to work on.
When the work is done i is sharply in
spected. the most insignificant flaws
! picked out, and the wages refused, and
sometimes the dollar deposited not given
back. The WOmen's Frotectiye nion
reports case where one OF these poor
souls. finding place where she could
get more wages, resolved to change en-
ployerS. and went to get her pay Tor
gork done. The employer says: Il
hear you are going to leave me.
yes" she said, "and am come to get
what you owe me-" He made no ans
wer. She said. "Are you not going 10
pay me?" "YeS." be said. II will pay
vou." and he kicked her down the