Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-11-10

/ them stand AS the everlasting defense of Sc
: ci"ty aud the church OF God.
Tho committing OF one sin opens the door
| for the commission OF other sins. You sec
4 II 'syery day. Those embezzlers. those bank
cashiers absconding as soon as thsy are
brought to justice. develop the fact that
they were IN all kinds ot sin. No exoeption
to the rule. They all kept had COMPANY
they nearly all Gambled, they all went to
places where they ought not. Why? Tbs
commission OF the one stn opened the rst,
Tor al the other sins. Sins 60 In dooks. In
drovcs and in herds. You open the door for
one sin that invites In all the miserable
Segregation.
Some Of the campaign orators this autumn
some OF them-bombarding the SUFFERING
candidates all the week, will think no wrong
IN sabbath breaking. All the week hurting
the eighth commandment Mt one candidate
the seventh commandment at another can.
dl'late and the ninth commandment at still
another. what are they doing with the fourth
commitment, "Remenber the Sabbath day
to keep it holy" Breaking II. Is not the
fourth commandment as important as the
eighth, "a the seventh, rs the ninth2
Some OF these political campaign orators,
rs have seen them reported in other years,
AMI as | have heard It In regard TO them,
homhAVding the suffering candidates all tlf
week, Yet tossing the name OF God from their
lips rerkicsSly, guilty of profanity-what are
they doing with the third commandment
Is not the third commandment, which says,
Thou shalt not take the name OF the Lord
thy God in vain, Tor ina Lord will not hold
him guiltless that taketh his name in vain
is not tho third commandment as impor-
tant ~ the other severn Oh, yes, We find In
nil departments men are hurting theirindig-
nation against sins perhaps to which they ara
not especially tcmptoi-hurling It against
iiniquity toward which they are not particu-
larry drawn.
have tins book Tor my authority when
say that the mar who 9wears or the man who
breaks the sabbath is rs culpable before God
MS thcS" candidates who break other COM
mnndments. What right have you and to
select which commandment We will keep and
which va viii break? Better not try to
measur" the thunderboits OF the Almighty.
saying tins mas less blaze, thus has less mo-
m'ntum. Better not handle the guns, better
not experiment much with the divine ammu.
milton.
Cicero said he saw the "Iliad" written on
nutshell, and You and | have seen the
Lords Prayer written on five cent piece,
hut the whole tendency OF tht SO times Is to
write the Ten Commandments 50 small no.
body can see them. | protest this day against
the attempt TO revise the Decalogue which
was given ON Mount Sinai amid the blast OF
trumpetS, and the cracking OF the rocks. and
the paroHysm Of the mountain OF Arabia
Petupl.
bring IN the candidates for ward and
township and city and State office. | bring
them up. ant try them by this Decaogue.
Or courS" they are imperfect. We are all
imperfect. We say things we ought not to
say We do things We ought not to do. Wa
nlVp MI hppD oil
wrong But shall find out one OF the can
didatcs who comes. in my estimation, nearest
to obedience Of the Ten Commandments, and
l VIII vote for him. and you will vote for
Him unless you love God less than your
phrty-then you will not
H"rodotus id that Ntocris, tho daughter
OF Nebucha incHzar, WAS so fascinated with
her beautiful village Of Ardericca that she
hal tho river above BABYLON changed SO II
wound this way and wound that, and curved
this way and curved that, and though you
sailed on IT for three days every day you
would b" in sight OF that exquisite village.
Now. DO not care which way you sail In
morals or which way you sail In life II you
only sail in sight Of this beautiful group OF
divln" commandments Although they may
sometimes seem to be little angular, | do
not care which way you SAIL II you sail In
sight OF them you will never run aground,
:
needs toning up ON all these subjects.
| tell you there Is nothing worse to fight
than the ten regiments. with bayonets and
sabres OF fire, marching down the side OF
Mount Sinai They always gain the victory,
and thosn who fight against them 20 under.
lh"r" ARE thousands and tens OF thousands
of men being slain by the Decalogue. What
Is the matter with that young man OF whom
/ read dying in his dissipations2 In his dy-
in p Inlirmm lA said tsNnu nfO
dice. 1t is minc. No, MOI 1t is gone, all Is
gonci Bring on moro wine! Brngon more
vino! Oh, how they rattle their chains
ticnds, ilends, fends l say you cheat The
cards are markell Oh, death oh, death
oh, death Fiends, hends, fendsr And he
gasped his last and was gone. The Ten
Commandments slew him.
Let not ladies aud gentlemen In this nine
tccnth century revise tho Ten Command
ments but let them In society and at the
polls put to the front those who como the
nearest to this Goi-lifted standard. On the
first Tuesday morning OF November read the
twentieth chapter OF Exodus ut family
prayers. The moral or immoral character Of
the officers elected will add seventy-ave per
cent. unto or subtract seyenty-1ve per cent.
from the public morals.
You and cannot afford to have bad off,
Gals. Tho young men Of this country can
nv hilpl'I ~ uhNb bHl OIlCIAlS. Inc COM
the moral, the artistic, the agricul-
tural, the manufacturing, the religious in
terests OF this country cannot afford to have
bad officials, and II you, on looking over the
whole field, cannot ind men who In your
estimation como within reasonable distance |
Ot obedience o. the Deca,OSue stay at home
and do not vote mt all
suppose when in the CITY OF Sodom there |
We're four candiGRtes put up for office, and |
Lot did not believe in any OF them, he did |
not register. | suppose II there came
crisis in tho politics OF Babylon, where
Daniel did not believe in any OF the candi-
dates, he staid at home on election day,
praying with his face toward Jerusalem.
Du; we have no such crisis. We have no
such exigcncy, thank God. But have to
say to you to.-ay that the moral character Of
rulers always affects the ruled, and appeal
10 history.
Wicked King Manasseh depressed the moral
one of all the Nation of Judah and threw
hem into idoatry. Good King Josiah lifted
up the whole Nationhy his excellent example.
Why Is 1t that to-day England is higher up
n morals than ut any point In her National
listoryH II is because She has the best ruler
Il all Europe-all the attempts to scandullze
Ter name failure The political power OF
Ialleyrand brooded all the political tr'cksters
II the last ninety years. The dishones, vice.
presidency OF Aaron Burr blasted this Nation
Until important letters were written in cipher,
because the people could not trust the United
states mail. And let tho court circles OF
4ouis XIV and Henry VIII march out, fol-
owed by the debauched Nations.
The higher up you put q bad man the
worse is his power for evil. The great fab
Hist says that the pigeons were In fright at
! kite flying In the air, and 80 these pigeons
lowered near the dovecote, but one day the
lite said "Why are you so afraid2 Why
10 you pass your life in terror Make me
Ing and I'll destroy all your enemies" SO
he pigeons made the k:3 king, and rs soon
g he got the throne his regular diet was a
igeon day. And while ono OF HIS victims
1as waiting for its turn to come II said
Served US right !" The malaria OF swamps
ises from the plain to the height, but moral
Malaria descends from the mountain to the
In N nn hal hoe -. |