The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-24

CHOSEN the weak things OF the world
to cOnfound the mighty. ZaccheuS
come down. come down.
notice that this tax-gatherer ac-
companied his surrender to Christ
with the restoration of property that
did not belong TO him He says: IF
I have taken anything by false accu-
satiOn, I restore four-fold. % That is
If have taxed any man for $40 900
when he had only FIVE thousand dol
lars worth of property, and put in
my own pocket the tax for the last
i've thousand, 1 will restore to him
four-fold. If / took. from him $40 /
will give him $40 If took from him
$40 will give him S1e0-
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
have been sent to Washington during
the past few years as conscience
money" I suppose that money was
sent by men who wanted to be Chris
tians, bnt found they could not until
they made restitution. There is no
need of our trying to come to Christ
long as we keep fraudulentIy a
dollar or farthing in our possession
that belongs to another. Suppose
you have not money enough to pay
your debts, and for the sake of de-
frauding your creditors you put your
property in your wife's name You
for pardon, but you would not get it
without first making restitution In
times of prosperity it Is right, against
a rainy day, to assign property to your
wife; but if. in time Of perplexity and
for the sake of defrauding your credi-
tor you make such assignment, you
become a culp irt before God,
and you Fmay as well stop praying
until you have made restitution. Or
suppose one man loans another money
on bond or mortgage, with the under
standing that the mortgage can lie
quiet for several years but as soon as
the mortgage is given. commences
orclosnre-the sheriff mounts the
auction block, and the property is
struck down to at half price, and the
mortgagee buys it in The mortgage
started to get the property at half
price. and is a thief and a rObber.
Until he makes restitution, there is no
mercy for him. Suppose you sell
goods by SAL ple, and then afterward
send to your customer an inferior
quality of goods. You have committed
fraud and there is no mercy for you
until you have made restitu ton Sup
pose you sell a man hand xerchief
for silk telling him it is all silk and
it is part cotton. No mercy for you
until You have made restitution. Sup
pose you sell man a horse. saying
he is sound, and he afterward turns
out to be spawned and balky.
No mercy for you until you have made
restitution
The wav being clear. Christ walked
into the house of Zaccheus. He be-
comes a different man: his wife diff
ferent woman; the children are diff
ferent OH it makes a great change
in any house when Christ comes into
it. How many beautiful homes are
represented among you'll There are
pictures on the wall, there is music
in the drawing room; and Injuries in
the wardrobe; and a full supply In
the pantry. Even If you we're half
asleep, there is one word with which
I could wake you. and thrill you
through and through, and that word
is homer There are also houses of
suffering represented, in which there
are neither pictures nor ward
robe, nor adOrnment-onlyo one room,
and a plain cot a bunk in a
corner; yet it is the place where your
loved ones dwell and your whole
nature tingles with satisfaction when
you think Of it and call it home
Though the world may scott at u.s. and
pursue us and all the day we be tossed
about - eventide we sail into the
harbor at home Though there be no
rest for us in the busy world, and we
go trudging about, bearing burdens
that we'll night crush us. there is
refuge, and it hath an easy chair in
which we may sit, and lounge where
we may lie, and a serenity of peace IN
which we may repose. and that re-
fuge is home
Up to forty years men work for
themselves; after that, for their chill
dren- Now, what do you propose to
leave them Nothing but dollars!
Alasl what an in heritance! 1t is more
likely to be curse than a blessing.
Your own common sense and observa-
ton tell you that money, without the
divine blessing, is a curse You must
soon leave your children. Your
should ers are not so strong as they
were, and you know that they will
soon have to carry their own burdens.
Your eyesight is not SC clear at once;
they viii soon have to pick out their
own way. Your arm is not SO NIGH y
as once; they will soon have to fight
their own battles OH let it not be
told on Judgment day that you let
your family start without the only
safeguard-the religion of Chris t
Give yourself no rest until your
children are the sons and daughters of
the Lord Almighty. Your son does
just as you do. He tries to walk like
you, and to talk like you The
daughter imita ties the mother. Alas!
If father and mother miss heaven the
children will Obi let Jesus come into
your house Do not bolt the hall door,
or the parlor door, or the kitchen door,
or the bedroom door against him
Above all do not bolt your heart