The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-25
SERMON on .sHAMs."


Rev. Wallace Nutting. pastor OF the
Yvmoufh Congregational church, last
rsning preached a practical sermon to
hrre congregation on tho subject OF
.Shams.n taking his text from Job viii :f5:
sThe hvpocrite's hope shall perish" In
substance he said;
..sorne men are built 10 sell. 1t is IN
necessary to say that they are seif-made
men. 1t has been whispered that some
women are built for the husband market.
We have heard Of hreplaces without
fnes and seen blinds without windows be-
hind them. Ii was only Just blind.
When ne reflect that no sham exists that
Was not first concocted in some mlnd the
effect upon us il awful. We hardly dare
eat potato lest 1t shall prove a puhbalL-
The amount Of time and money. that Is
expended in guarding against shams IS
enormous. but that Is not circumstance
in comparison with the narrowing anxiety
and moral sourness and suspicion and
even skepticism that result from shams.
We therefore feel very strongly that shams
are expensive Injuries which the people
cannot afford in these times.
docs IL par 20 deceive people7 Ger
tainiy unless We can do il We should do
better not 10 try. Looking about US IL ap-
pears that most shams are detected before
~
not easily be led for many years in one
community without betraying itself.
There Is our neighbour. We know about
bis bad traits. He has had a chronic cold
for many years. and he always mentions
II when We see him to excuse the smell of
Die breath. Then there is the lady with
tas headache every Sunday morning, who
= consequence IS not able TO 60 TO
church. bnt administers as dose for her
intrnity 400 pages Of Ouida. Ali the
raghbors know it who know her at all,
nd since they know il so well 1t would
y strange il they had not seen be-
Ind our masks also. The truth
i While hypocritical life may
13lsad people in some particulars.
~ will know that the general
tsbd Of the life is hypocritical. A man
sculd need skill beyond nature TO live
81 Christian ought and keep the fact
nom the community. In other words an
honest everyday conduct Is the most
economical life because &c requires no
time for the erection of screens and the
weaving of excuses aud the manufacture
OF suhterfuges. Croker is said TO be rich,
but he Is obliged TO travel for his health.
The climate in New York Is bad for him
do not believe De Is enjoying his outing
hall Is veil as DR.. Parkhurst. / viii
venture she belief that the laboring man
who earned his strawberries last week
aud ate them at leisure enjoyed them
more than the boy who swallowed his
whole IN the corner of the lot. while he
kcpt weather eye out 10 see If anybody
was looking
In attempting to deceive 10 should be
Tememeered thai only those persons are
aaped who are not worth duping. A
dealer may dupe customer and the dealer
may be under the impression that he has
iooled the very person for whom his wiles
were designed. But as a matter of fact he
could better afford TO deceive anybody
else. but even suppose he is not dis
ecveres, aud succeeds in living on the
ga'libiil.y or the innocence of mani kind, he
can retire With nothing except money, and
iiast be will retire farther into the back
ground without that. Money will not buy
nm aenaFacter with men. though il is
supposed 10 do SO. Well-to-do but guilty
people nav make their way into a mixed
secisly and find their place in it; but IL
lacy are respected II is their dollars that
~ respected. Let no man deceive him
vi The ordinary man, who comprises
@oss al the race. will not pay twice TO
Bear humbug sing.
The hypocrite laughs when he de.
sssises, and II is disagreeabie TO be deceived
ohs, eat ~ Is not disgrace: 10 is often
- honoF, Tor IL Is proof that hope and
ssse lives In the heart | can afford to
Asse some NJ pocrife fool me better than /
s1n afford 20 believe every man a rascal.
iiie church can better afford 20 admit
ssyp"eFites than 20 Shut people out in the
va mat u will be contaminated. For
shae ihs church is like q family in some
ssaFas, there ars other respects in which
IKE school in which every student
~ an opportunity to prove his own
s1-ssetss, - Is the rule in one OF the
kSsssss schools OF the land. The church
ae society IN which character tells.
80 she drone drops out aud the hypo-
we = abashed. unless there Is enough
Fasaas energy IN his companions TO
@s1se him 10 repentance.
soeiety suffers from shams more es-
10y because those who have most i'm
IN leading society deliberately set
- " Blslead IL Peonle wonder WHY
pesiaeSl life Of the nation is SO unfor-
@e. IL Is because men strong in in
49,, Who know they ought TO do
allow sham manifesto of inten-
- - Re sent forth at the beginning Of
@pAlgns- No government can prosper
- on such tissue of deceits. The real
$3.50 o. tie politician lies behind, IN
lie attsins often 20 a success that
res am rich. invulnerable, infamous
- -. sae blot OF shame is on his life. and .
s.amrFomise with sin does not leave him on
- aaon1ment Of love.
4. x ae young men ot this country ought
80 shat " - better never 90 attain high
~ the councils of the state and
~ s 80 shan - attain them At the expense
seneombe. ! cannot afford g instead
s1eF man, for 90 do il must 80 cut OF
s.ssEaf path myself. An ordinary
,--esaIis ehen things are found IN
- has been 10 sham again. but We
Sosa@ upon times when God seems -
- So teal the world shall be forced 90 tell