Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-05-16

money or your life" All the power of the state is directed against thai robber; by the side of that picture l place another; into the saloon the poor laboring man is entering Ovsr the door is written: "Youl money and your life" The state or territory licenses that robber. And yet the highwaymen demands only money or life; We read of the labor
 ing men boycotting this firm and that, but we do not hear of them boycotting a saloon: the greatest robber of the working man. The young man who spends bis money for beer, wine, whiskey, or tabacco, saddles uppn himself an appetite which can never be fully grati6ed without most seriously en- dangering his life, and Is quite sure if he lives until ha is fifty or sixty years of age, to spend a sum of money which would give him a comfortable home; many a man has slowly but surely spent bis money for the poisons mentioned until his property has had to be sold to pay his debts; sad day to him and his family. At one time in Bos- ton, | went with my cousin into a large six story building, m which there were several stories below, and offices and restaurant above; while We were in the restaurant, my cousin called my attention to an old man, who seemed very feeble and tottersd when he walked; said my friend, That man used to own this entire building, but he drank it all up: now the rum seller owns it; he took it. from that man wi bout giving him an equivalent in return; he stole it.. . Then, again, employees piliering from their employer, Is a common violation of this commandment. 2 Then many persons who are honest in other directions, think it not wrong to steal from the government or corporation; to escape paying taxes, they conceal their property; that is robbing the government, or the state or town. The effort to live beyond ones means leads frequently to the violation of this commandment. Now how many gamblers have We in this cityi How many frequent the gaming table, or "buck the tiger" in these dens of iniquityl But we can never break up these black leg gamblers until We clear cards out of our houses; l have seen number Of times since being in this city, artl- cles advertised to be rallied of; in- deed, was invited to take a chance on one thing that was being gambled of in this way; church ratfie IS just as bad as any other form of gambling. Never enter iuto partnership with a man you know to be dishonest; if he defrauds or cheats others sooner or later he will take advantage Of you, I would say to the young men here this evening, never take part in a dishonest thing; have nothing to do with chance games; resist every temptation; dare to do right; stand by your convictions of truth if you stand alone. But let me tell you, to stand the sneers of scoffers, to conquer feshly appetites, to direct all your plans and purposes straight toward the highest mark. requires a power above your own; Christ's mastery of you will give you self-mastery; and mastery over the powers of darkness and hell, and enable you to stand among the crowned conquerors m glory. Tomorrow, if you will listen, you may hear a voice sweeter than the harps of angles from the mansions of rest saying, Seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteous ness, and all other things shall be added unto you; yet some who are sharpest at a bargain are cheated out of their immortal blessedness by strategems more palpable than any "drop game" of the street; they put their valuables in a safe not fire proof; they give full credit to in- huences that will not pay one cent on the dollar; they take into their partnership the world. the flesh and the devil; and the enemy of all un- will boast through eternal ages that the man who could not in life be outwitted, was at last outwitted out of heaven. We read of a tomb in India of mar yelous architecture, twenty thousand men were twenty-two years in erect ing that and the buildings around it; standing in that tomb, if you speak or sing, after you have ceased you hear the echo coming from the height of one hundred and fifty feet; it is not like other echoes; the sound Is drawn out in sweet prolongation, as though the angels of God were chanting on the wing
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