The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-18
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Men have manipulated the command.
ments. but defy anybody 70 live hv then
ss smenGsc. Our hapless treasurer was
PeIsasuea % ~ u, but be II reported 10
have said that be had made = fool az h,rn.
SELF. That islt any man makes a fool of
himself who undertakes bout WITH the
commandments. They last right ar, for,
the CID dtspensation 20 the ner. and thew
seem TO get stronger a. they grow Older.
iEeFe are men who have broken them for
seventy years, and with an anxious laugh
you will hear them say tlas thev hsvs mt
tnem aside 80 lar aud will probably soc
ceea IN doing 50 to the end But the fact
- tnat u - impossible for any one of Us to
get more than belongs 10 ham. If he is
racner nov ne will be poorer for IL later.
ne children OF this world are wiser for
sneiE generation than the children OF hight,
ou1 Ior ineir generation only. They are
al soorssixhted. They simply choose TO
nave their good things now And in their
naste ana fear lest God will cheat them out
Oh their own, they grab ct the cheap things
ana gorge themselves like suitures. The
rich miser Of the Bible laid his plans and
aaOUkQ
Thou foolp
re only way 20 do business 10 TO have
the books aud the cash balance every night,
because II Is on the night that they don't
palsnce tnat the soul Is required. And
tney must balance for God as well as for
men. At the bottom of the sin that now
abstracts the city Was the haste 20 get rich.
do not say IL was in the treasurer; IL not
y was in the men who egged him on. God
knows their motives; but somebody who
had enough already was anxious
10 get more. Take notice that no
Insn ever stole 10 get rich IL he
INTENDED TO do good with the money. We
All know that God does not need stolen
money. OF all the detestable wre.ches on
the face OF the earth the rich man who wilt
steal 10 among the worst The fellow
whose family goes hungry has at least q
paliiating plea; but he who. In the enjoy
menf OF plenty, and even afflaence, reaches
out his hand and snatches the hard earned
TAX money that the poor has paid is the
bloated incarnation of self, the concrete
essence OF the diabolie. And does 10 make
him any the less black because he was a
coward In the bargain; because he stood
behind the man who got the scorching:
because the suffering of many enriched
fessed 1t. Where 10 the man or men in
whom dwelt seven devils that helped
this process forward7 desire to go no
farther than what is manifest TO
all. but when the coid-blooded and there
fore impenitent wretches who concocted
this bitter cup for the city are found out,
let not q mail Of gold keep the lash of Law
from their backs. The gospel of love
works two ways-where il cannot melt il
scorches. The fullness of bread. the en-
Joyment OF just laws, the opportunities Of
q new country, the affectionate appeals TO
Thanksgiving that arise from sixty
churches-aIl these blessed the men who
abetted krug. All these were the heritage
of men who in this hardest OF hard years,
when the poor are in danger Of losing their
little estates and must sometimes see them
sold or starye their stomachs to pay their
taxes. have laid heavier burden upon the
shoulders already breaking, and have
taken the last dollar and said 'Morep
1T may not be altogether in vain that
something has happened in this city TO
arouse moral sentiment. For in a city
where muItitudes 60 10 church there 10
yet n slowness and inertia as regards
righteousness that is perfectly appalling.
"For minister of the Gospel to be met
and begged by some of has own people to
dodge and keep still and let sin alone, 10
enough TO make one mad. In the name of
the God whose we are and whom we serve,
if the truth is not to be spoken from the
pulpit. where will you get il? Did the
Lord Jesus bow down to Herod7 Did he
make soft speeches to him? Did he toady
to rich rascals7 Please let il DO Under
stood that the religion of Jesus was not
founded by a coward nor a policy man,
ana Ii stirs my soul to be called on to 20
SOW when there are 80 many going to the
bad as fast as they can. And if you want
10 keep still, l can't and won't try; hut in
the fear lest | become n coward l will
speak out all the more.
The ehurch's sin in the past--ifs COM
monest sin-has been fear of displeasing
not the people without, but those within.
thank God that nearly oil Of this church
believes tn mailing lie when they see IL,
aud the few who do not are lacking. not in
well meant kindness, but in faith in the
power Of the truth.
I'VE need a tonic, and if the events OF
the past week have been sufficient 10 show
us this, let us thank God and take cour-
age.
while 10 look az In connection with this
subject.
The defaulter was not pious man, or
q Sunday school superintendent, nor 8
deacon this time. nor were the men who
did business for him. lie was not their re-
ligion that spoiled them. Their high and
mighty moral professions did not prevent
them from being hypocrites."
Mr.. Nutting then went on at some
length 10 SNOW mat WeIc not
the worst of employees and that n man
might in q few cases. like in this one. 60
wrong. and still people have no chance TO
cry out that another Christian had been
found out: that the cloak had been
snatched away from another Sunday
school superintendent. OF his own knowl-
edge five of Seattle's national banks were
managed by Christians, and their funds
were still intact, while officers were after
krug. who served the city treasury and
was not a Christian. Turning again TO
the subject Of trust funds and their man
agement. he said that they were best han
died when handled least. Using what be-
longs TO another person is stealing at least
a part of 1t. he said. and theft of service.
or Of love. was Just as much a theft as any
other Mr. Nutting then closed by again
returning 10 the principal lesson of the
sermon, that every man needs God TO help
him IN his business, and that no mac
could keep the commandments without
His help
THE PHISSEY MEMORIAL.