The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-10-31
vllainies, with all disgusting propensities,

man. You must DC so certain that Il math-
ematical demonstration is doubtful com
pared with it.
And. then. when you investigate Il man
ON such subjects you must go to the Who'll"
length of investigation and find ont whether
or not he has repented. lie may nave peeh
on his knees before God and implored the
divine forgiveness and he may have i'm
nlored the forgiveness of society and the for
giveness of the world: although il Il man
commit that sin at thirty or thrty-hVe
years of age there rs not one case out OF Il
thousand where he ever rcpents. lou must
in your investigation see II the ON" case III
ycStirated may not have been the eXccp-
tion But DO not chop oil The seventh COM
m,uImcnt To suit tho case. DO not change
Farbankss scale to suit what you are
weighing with it. DO not cut OH Faru-
stick to suit the dry goods you aie ileasui
ing. Let the law stand ana never '"n'pei
with it. o+ io;, !,
Above all, I charge you do not JON III
tho cry that | have heard-for t1teell'
twenty wears have | heard it-that there IS
no such thing as purity IL you hl'.h mus
that charge YOU are Il foU.-mouthed scan
Iaer of the human race. lou are II lopci'
Make room for that leper. When man
by pcn or type or tongue, utters Such u
SANDER on the human race that lhe'c -
no such thing as purity, know rlgh' away
that tha man himself is Walking l''ZaIc',o
a rocking ulcer. and is fit for no society
better than that of devils damned. We
may enlarge our charities i'll such case.
but in no such case let us shave OIL the
ten commandments. Let them stahti -
the everlasting defense OF society ana OF
the church of God.
The committing of one sin opens the door
for the commission of other sins. on
see it every day Those embeZzlers. those
bank cashiers abSconding as soon as 1li"F
are brought to justice develop the fact
that they We're in all kinds Of SIN. y"
.,J h.,I
exception to the rule. lhey a. KEPT Day
company, they nearly all ganbled. they all
went to places where they ought not. " ny :!
The commission of one sin opened the gate
for all the other sins. Sins so III 1lockS,
in drovcs and in herds. GU open the
door for one sin, that invites IN ail the
miserable segregation.
Some Of the campaign orators TINS au-
tunn. some Of them, bombarding suffering
candidates all the week. will think no wrong
in Sabbath breaking All the week hurting
the eighth commandment at one candidate,
the seventh commandment at another can
didatc. and the nintl. commandment at stlll
another, what are they DONG with the
fourth commandment. "Remember the Sab
bath day to keep it holy Breaking ii.
Is not the fourth commandment as import
ant as the eighth, as the seventh, as the
ninth? Some of these political campaign
orators, rs | have seen them reported Ill
other years, and as | have heard ii in re-
gard to them. bDmbardng the suffering
candidates all the week, yet tossing the
name of God from their lips recklessIy, gull
ty 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 i'll vain,
for the Lord will not hold him gutless
that taketh His name in yain,~is not the
third commandments as important the
other seven: Oh, yes, we lind III AL de
partmentS men are hurllng their indigna-
ton against sins. perhaps TO which they are
not especially tempted-hurling it against
lHIquIty toward which they are not par
ticularly drawn.
l have this book for my authority when
L say that the man who SWears or the
man who breaks the Sabbath is az culpable
before God as those candidates who break
other commandments. What right have you
and | TO select which commandment we
Will Keep and which we will break? Better
not try 10 measure the thunderboltS of the
Almighty, saying this has less blaze, this
has less momentum. Better not handle the
guns, better not experiment much With the
divine ammunition. Cicero said he saw the
Ilald written on Il nutshell. and You and
] have seen the Lords prayer written OF II
hVc-cCnt piece: bat the whole tendency of
these times is 10 write the ten command
ments 50 small nobody can see them. |
protest this day against the attempt to re-
wise the decalognc which was given on
Mount SINAI anna lllt DlaSl OF lIuu l}etS
ANA the cracking of the rocks and the par
oxysm Of the mountain Of Arabia Petrea.
| bring up the candidates for ward, and
township, and city, and state office; | bring
them up. and | try them by this decalogue.
OF course, they are imperfect We are all
imperfect. We say Things we ought not to
say. we de things we ought not 10 do. We
have all been wrong. We have all done
wrong. But | shall find out one OF the can
.hn n
est TO obedience of the ten commandments,
and | will vote for him, and You VIII vote
for him unless you love God less than your
party: then you will not.
Herodotus said that NitocriS. The dangh-
ter of NebuchadneZzar. was so fascinated
with her beautiful village of Arde1Ecca
that she had the river above Babylon
changed so that it wound this way and
wound thar. and curved this way and curry
cd that and though you sailed on II Tor
three DAYS every day You would be III SIGHT
of that exquisite village. Now do not care,
which way YOU sail i'll life, If You only sal
within sight of this beautiful group Of
divine commandments. Although th"I may
some, mes seem to be Il little angular |
do not care which way You sail. II you
sail in sight OF them You VIII never run
aground and You will never be shlpWrecked.
Society needs lOuin% up on All THESE sub
iectS. / tell You there iS-n0thin% worse TO
fight than the Ten ftplHtliH, Win ''H 'li' -
and sabcrs of fire, marching down he SIDE
of Mount Sinai. They always gain the
victory. and those who fight against them
20 under. There are thousands and tens
of thousands of men being slain by the
decaloguc. What is the matter with that
young man of whom | read. dying III his
dissipations? In his dying delirium he SAID :
Now. fetch on the dice. 1t IS mIne. NO.
no, II is gone all is gone. Bring on NOR"
wine, Bring on more vine. CA, now 'hry
rattle their chains, Fends. tiends. hehdS
T saw Won cheat. The cards are marked .
on death, oh. death, oh, death. lendS'
tends ticnds" And he gasped ms last
and was gone. The ten commandments
slew him. 49,.
Let not the ladies and gentlemen IN TINS
,;nnrunnth century revise the ten com
manjlments, but let them III society ami ut
no noIls nut to the front those VINO come
tiie nearest 10 the God-lifted standard.
On the first Tuesday morning III NoNrm-
| Lnr road the twentieth chapter OF EXouuS
NJ family prayers The moral or immoral
! Chnr,rtcr Of the officers elected VIII add
| rs per cent unto or Subtract - per cent
! from the public morals. on and can
not .ffol,l 10 have bad officials; the young
| mcn of This country canno; afford 10 nave
| han nfjicials: the commercial. the moral,
| thc artistic. the agricultural, the manutac-
! turin., the religious interests of this coun-
| NV. r,nnot afford to have bad officials; and