Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-11-16

man NAV have, o. noweyc. his.A thi
position he e Is, ne has no es'7e ;ial liz
arty given him in Ike interpr -tit on 0
the Ten Commandments. A great SIN
ner is no more TO be excus ID than
small sinner DO MT charge iilustrion
DIGESTION to eccentricity, or chop o..
Re Ter Command. n ents to suit cspecia
s. TIE right IS everlastingly rigs
!. ~ - wrong is everlastinglv wrelg
Il = MA. nominats I'd for any CHI e II
t-,.a &. y or late differs from the bsea
iogus. Dc rot Il up the Decalo9ne bal
!. ( him ur. The law must stand what
ever else may fail.
ca II vclr attention also TO the fac
that you are all aware OF. thai tn
breaking Of one commandment make
it the more easy to break all OF them
and the phi !osoph is plain. Any lin'
OF sin wea kens the conscience. and i
the conscience is weakened that opens
the door for all kinds of trangression.
IT, for instance, man go into this pc
litical campaign welding scurrility a
his chief weapon. and he believes every.
thing bad about a man and rcthing
good. how long before that man him
self will get over Che moral depression.
Neither in time nor eternity. If utter
falsehood in regard to a man may
damage him, but ! get for myself ten
fold moe damage This is gun THAI
kicks IT, for instance, a man be pro-
fame, under provocation he will com
nit any crime. / say under provoca-
ton. For if man will maltreat the
Lord Almighty would he not maltreat
his fellow man? If man be guilty o.
nalfeasanee in office he Will under
orovocation commit any sin. lie wht
will steal viii lie and he who will lie
viii steal.
If. for instance, man be impure il
opens the door for all other inic'' ~. fc.'
IN that one iniquity he com theft
of the worst kind, and covetousness
If the worst kind, and falsehood-pre-
tending to be decent when he is not
and maltreats his parents by disgracine
their name. if they were good. BE care
iul. therefore, how you charge that sin
against any man either in high place
or low place, either in Office or out o.,
office. because when you make that
charge against "A man you charge him
with all villaines with all disgusting
propensities. with all rottcnness.
A libertine is beast, lower than the
vermin that crawl over summer car
cass-lower than the swine for the
swine has no intelligence to sin against
BE careful. then. how You charge thal
against any man. You must be 50 cor
tain that mathematical demonstra-
ton is doubtful as compared with It.
And. then. when you investigate y
man on such subjects you must go tt
the whole length of investiga ton, anc
nj out whether or not he has re
aented. He NAV have been ON his
knees before God and implorcd the
Divine forgiveness and he may have inn
plored tae forgiveness Of society and th'
enr ~iv moss of the world: although II
man commit that sin AT thirty o.
thirtv-fve wears Of age there is not one
case out of Thousand where he evet
rep ,nts. You mast in your investiga.
ton see If il is possible that the one
ease Investigated NAV not have beer
the exception. Hut do not chop of. the
NtN1ii III w sun VIZ Ntt'N
DO not change Fairbanks scale 20 suit
what you are weighing with it, Dc
not cut OF a yardstick to suit the dry
Goods YOU are measuring. Let the law
stand and never tamper with it.
Above all charge you Go not join
in the CIV that have heard-for tif-
teen. twenty years | have heard il
that there Is NJ such thing as puritv
If YOU make that charge You are foul
mouth scanlalea Of the human racs.
You are a leper Make room for that
leper, When a man by pen or type o,
tongue. utters such Islander on the
human race that there is no such thing
as purity. | know right away that thal
man himself is a walk ing lazaretto Z
reelctng ulcer, and is ft for no societr
better than that of devils damned
We may enlarge our charities in such Il
ease. but in no such ease let MS shave
off the Ten Commandments. Let them
,tanl a, the everlasting defense of so
e;ety ana Of the church of God.
The committing of one sin opens the
door for the commission of other IA
You see Il every day. Those embcz
zlers. those bank cashiers absconding
as soon as they are brought 20 justice
develop the fact that they were in nj
kinds OF SIN. NoeNocptiOn 10 the RUE
they all kept ba company. they near
IL all gambled. they all went to places
where they ought not. Why? The
commission OF the one sin opened tins
rate for all the other sins. Sins go IL
hoc6s, in drove, and in herds YoL
open the door for one sin, that invite
ia all the miserable segregation
some of the campaign orators, thi
autumn, some of them. bombard.ng ne
suffering candidates all the week. vii
think no wrong in Sabbath-brea5ing
All the week hurting the eighth com
man dment at one candidate. and the
ninth commandment at still another
what are they doing with the four;l
commandment Re member the sab
bath day to keep il holy? Breaking
IL. Is not the fourth cor -aandment q.