Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-23

was concerned but this is only box of but
! tons, or a row of pins, or case of needles. Be
| not deceived The article purchased may be
SO small you can put it in your vest pocket, but
the sin was bigger than the pyramids, and the
echo of the dishOnor will reverberate through
| all the mountains OF eternity.
Too Many to Estimate.
Would you dare to make an estimate of how
| many falsehoods in trade we're yesterday told
by hardware men, and clothiers, and fruit deal
ers, and drygoods establishments, and impor-
tiers, and jewellers, and lumpermen, and coal
merchants. and stationers. md tobacconists'
Lies about saddles. about buckles, about rib
bons, about carpets about glcves, about coats.
about shoes, about hats. about watches, about
| carriages, about books-about everything In
the name of the Lord Almighty, l arraIgn com.
mercial falsehoods as one of the greatest
| plaques in city and town.
In the next place. notice mechanical lies.
| There is no class of men who administer more
| to the welfare of the city than artisans. To
their hands we must look for the building that
| shelters US, for the garments that clothe US,
for the car that carries US. They WELD wide.
| spread influence. There is much derision of
| what is called Muscular Christianity;' but in
the latter day of the worlds prosperity, think
| that the Christian will be muscular. We have
right to expect of those stalwart men of toll
| the highest possible integrity. Many of them
answer all our expectations. and stand at the
front of religious and philanthropic enterprises.
| But this class, like the others that have
named, has in it those who lack in the element
| of veracitv They cannot all be trusted. In
times when the demand for labor is great, it is
| impossible to meet the demands of the public.
or do work with that promptness and perfectIon
| that would at other times be possible. But
! there are mechanics whose Word cannot oe
| trusted at any tlme No man has right to
| promise more work than he can do. There
are mechanics who say that they Will come on
| Monday but they do not come until Wednes-
| day. You put work in their hands that they
tell you shall be completed in 10 days, but it is
So There have been houses built of which it
might be said that every nail driven, every foot
of plastering put on, every yard OF pipe laid,
every single hammered, every brick mOrtared,
could tell of falsehood connected Herewith
There are men attempting to do 10 or 10 pieces
of work who have not the time or strength to
never fulfilled keep all the undertakings within
their own grasp. This is what they call "nurs-
ing" the Job.
And Still Another Glass.
next notice ecclesiastical lies; that is false
hoods told for the purpose of advancing
churches and sects. or for the purpose of de-
pleting them. There is no use in asking Cal
whist what an Arminian believes, for he will be
apt to tell you that the Arminian believes that
a man can convert himself, or to ask the Armin-
ian what the CalvinIst believes. for he will tell
you that the Calvinis. believes that God made
some men just TO damn them. There is no use
of asking a pRdo-baptist what Baptist be-
lieves for he will be apt to say that the Baptist
believes immersion to be positively necessary
to salvation. 1t is almost impossible for one
denomination of Christians, without prejudice
or misrepresentation. to state the sentiment of
all opposing sect. If man hates PreSbyterians,
and you ask him what Presbyterians believe. be
will tell you that they believe that there arein-
fants in hell a span long!
1t is strange, also. how individual churches
will sometimes make misstatements about
other individual churches. 1t is especially so
in regard to falsehoods told with reference to
prosperous enterprises. As long AS church
is feeble, and the singing is discordant. and the
minister, though the poverty of the church,
must go with a threadbare coat, and here and
there a worShiper sits in the end of pew
having all the seat to himself religious svmpa-
thizers of other churches will say, what a
pltyr' But, let great day OF prosperity come
and even ministers of the Gospel, who ought to
be Tejoiced at the largeness and extent of the
work, denounce and misrepresent and talsify.
starting the suspicion IN regard to themselves
that the reason they do not like the corn is be-
cause 1t is not ground in their own mill. How
long before we shall learn to be fair in our re-
ligfous crIticismsl The keenest jealousies on
earth are church jealousies. The field of Chris
tian work is so large that there is no need that
our hoe-handles hit.
Next, speak of social lies. This evil makes
much of society insincere. You know not
what to believe. When people ask you to
come, you do not know whether or not they
want you to come When they send you their
regards you do not know whether it is an ex-
preston of their heart, or an external civility.
We have learned to take almost everything at
a discount. Word is sent Not at home"
when they are only to lazy too dress themselves.
They say. THE furnace has just gone out"
when In truth they have had no fire in it all
winter. They apologize for the unusual bar
renness of their table. when they never live
any better. They decry their most luxurious
entertainments, to win shower of approval,
They apologize for their appearance, as though
it were unusual, when always at home they
look just SO. They would make you believe
that some nice sketch on the wall was the
work of master painter. 1t was an heir
loom, and once hung on the walls of castle;
and duke gave it to their grandfather"
When the fact is, that painting was made by
man down East" and baked, so to make it
look old, and sold with others for ten dollars
a dozen. People who will lie about nothing
else will lie about picture. On small in
come we must make the worlI believe that we
are afiuens, and our life becomes a cheat a
counterfeit and sham.
The Result of Insincerity.
But to many, through insincerity this life is
a masquerade ball. AS, at such entertain