The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-11-25

not half cotton, and man who wore a
five-dollar coat paid for was more hon
ored than man who wore a fifty-dollar
coat not paid for.
The golden calf of our day, like the
one of t text. is very apt to be made
out of borrowed gold. These Israelites
of the text borrowed the earrings of
the Egyptians and then melted them
into god. That is the way the golden
calf is made nowadays. A great many
housekeepers, not paying for the arti-
cles they get, borrow of the grocer and
the baker and the butcher and the dry
goods seller Then the retailer borrows
of the wholesale dealer. Then the
wholesale dealer borrows of the capital
ist, and we borrow, and borrow, and
borrow until the community is divided
into two classes. those who borrow and
those who are borrowed OF; and
after awhile the capitalist wants
his money and rushes upon the whole
sale dealer, and the wholesale dealer
wants his money and rushes upon the
retailer, and the retailer wants his
money and rushes upon the customer,
and we all go down together. There is
many man in this day who rides in a
carriage and owes the blacksmith for
the tire, and the wheelwright for the
wheel. and the trimmer for the curtain,
and the driver for unpaid wages, and
the harness maker for the bride, and
the furrier for the robe. while from the
tip of the carriage tongue clear back to
the tip of the shawl fluttering out of
the back of the vehicle, everything is
paid for by notes that have been three
times renewed.
1t is this temptation to borrow, and
borrow, and borrow, that keeps the
people everlastingly praying to the
golden calf for help, and just at the
minute they expect the help the golden
calf treads on them The judgments
of God, like Moses in the text, will rush
in and break up this worship; and say,
let the work go on till every man shall
learn to speak truth with his height Dor,
and those who make engagements shall
feel themselves bound to keep them. and
a man who viii not repent of his busi-
ness iniquity. but goes on wishing to
satiate his cannibal appetite by devour-
ing widows houses, shall by the law of
the land be compelled to exchange his
manison for Sing Sing. Let the golden
calf perishi
But, my friends, if we have made this
world cur god when we come to die we
will see our idol demolished. How
much of this world are You going to
take with you into the next? VIII you
have two pOckets-one in each side of
your shroud? VIII you cushion your
coffin with bonds and mortgages. and
certificates of stock? Ali no. The
ferryboat that crosses this Jordan takes
no aggage-nothing heavier than a
spirit You may, perhaps take $500
with you two or three miles, in the
shape of funeral trappings, to Green
wood, but you will have to leave
them there. 1t would not be safe for
you to lie down there with gold watch
or n diamond ring; it would be temp
tation to the pillagers. All, my friendsl
if we have made this world our god,
when we die we will see our idol ground
to death by our pillow. and we will
have to drink it in bitter regrets for
the wasted opportunities of lifetime.
Soon we will be gone. o. this is 4 fleet
ing world, il is a dying world. A man
who had worshippad it all his days, in
his dying moment described himself
when he said: Fool fool. fool!"
want you to change temples, and to
give up the worship of this unsatisfy-
ing and cruel god for the service of the
Lord Jesus Christ Here is the God
that will never crumble. Here are
banks that will never break. Here is
an altar on which there has been one
sacrifice once FOR all. Here is a God who
will comfort you when you are in
trouble, and soOthe you when you are
sick, and save you when you die.
When your parents have breathed
their last, and the old, wrinlzled
and trembling hands can no more be
put upon your head for blessing, He
will be to you father and mother both,
giving you the defense of the one and
the comfort of the other; and when
your children go away from you, the
sweet darlings, you will not kiss them
good-by for ever He only wants to
hold them for you little while He
will give them back to you again, and
He will have them all waiting for you
at the gates of eternal welcome. o.
what God lie Isl lie will allow you
to come so close this morning
that you can put your arms around
His neck, while He in response will put
His arms around your neck, and all the
windows of Heaven will be hoisted to
let the redeemed look out and see the
spectacle of n rejoicing father and re-
turned prodigal locked in glorious en-
brace. Quit worshiping the golden
calf, and bow this day before Him in
whose presence we must all appear
when the world has turned to ashes
and the scorched parchment of the sky
shall be rolled together like historic
scroll.