New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-07

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So at last sober Law. in the person OF the town
clerk. somewhat recalls anarchy to It's "Ye
ought to be quiet and to do nothing rash" III the
Craftsmen a,r,s have matter against any man, the
concerning this days riot Not much danger in
weight. and they disperse. 1t yet suggest
ed that they should fix the courts
THE SAME TRAGIC FARCE STILL PLAYED.
That bosterous heatre is ruin. The
echoes Of that uproar have ceased Temple and
idol and idolaters mngle in the dust. Those blatant
provincial interests have passed. There is Ephe-
sus. But still upon the worlds changing stage is
set the same tragic farce. The drama is the Greed
OF Craft. Enter and exeunt-a truth-teller or two;
an ihterested demagogue; excited citizens prudent
friend. is yours? Some part Are you one who
buys the truth and sells 1t not-even when the bot
tom drops out of the market? Are you whole
saler In shrines and sophisms. playing upon the
passions OF plain men and bidding them sell to-mor
row Tor to-day, FOR your ADVANTAGE doing business
at the same old stand with Demeirius Co? Are
money at any price. vexed at all that insists upon
ultimate reality? Are you in the role Of the town
costs, reluctant TO touch the prevalent idolatry
which brides the crowd? You can see whose feat
ures in the 18th chapter Of The Acts are least I'M
like your own
To the text. by this business have our
wealth There is danger that our trade come
into disrepute." That the substance; all else
was mere padding. Here the ethics Of Nam
mon confronting the truth OF God. There be
no bimetallism in morals: Righteousness or alloy,
universal-the baser If accepted will always Danish
the better We always spend our less valuable and
dirty and lightweight dollars and of Canadian
quarters at the first opportunity.
BUSINESS ON CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.
Not only can business be done Christian
principles" but in the long run it cannot be done
in any other way Good faith is the basis of and
bulwark of credit Panic is distrust. But credit
bases on fact and truth 10 fact Integrity is not
DEVICE it is a devotion. Violate good faith. or fail
TO know what it is. and the bears will reckon with
We should need no radstreet This silver ring
so lauded Diana meant TO make good ming OUT
false. Paul to them troubler and nuisance:
They sought their own. and the bewltchlngs OF
naughtness obscured the things that were honest
In their insolence Of strength and insolvency OF
reason they supposed that the Ephesian dolatry
preached. They voted down the way OF Christ by
reclamation. But truth has an eternal veto. the
tce Will not abdcate Where now Is that great a.!
shrine pampered by asia and All s the s,Doy o,
idols is better than the one true God? what man
does not know how that the city OF the Ephesiahs
Is fallen down?
SURVIVAL OF PAUL'S TESTIMONY.
But this Paul" and his testmony-have two mil
lenniums dimmed that, THE Lord doth take away
the cunning artifcer and the eloquent orator. be-
cause their tongues ard their dongs provoke the
eyes of his glory" They who think only with their
stonachs may set commodity above conscience but
he that stitch in the heavens shall iamgn So one
and all practice must at last do business win Goo
In that city popular was Inc nreended 70
maintain a cause. Indulgences always nght relor-
nations rnere fraa an efror always calls
truth innovation. The excuses men give TOT houune
conscience are seldom their real reasons They
hide behind evasve generalities and offset the in
trinsic issue by some ad cantandum cry
UTILITY GODDESS.
Diana" served the turn of these dealers in her
trinkets But their creed was not really Diana. but
Diana of Ephesians." utility goddess, the
worship of a worship for Interior ends an idolatry
idolized. They took the IDOLS name IN Naih'
and had their way and where 1t led them we know
The specious use Of fine phrases the unscrnpul tb
dare not own the fruit OF the SEED II hpiaI ny
lie of the semitone-all these are the old Tricks OF
damsei at Philppi. vexed the interference q
Paul and Silas with their hope ,oi gains accu s'
they cared for was not customs" but customers!
SO Judas once made his objection, not that ne
Envy is always fluent The Illicit deed always at
empts plausible explanation Every 'Fr re nan ex
PLOTS telling maxims TO screen its real ends Just as
pickpockets ordinarily respectfully dressed
TRUTH AGAINST THE MOB SPIRIT.
Men Of moral vertebrae who not at the mercy
OF trade-wnds but engined by duty, must sound
ont an intrepid testimony toward all dolatrous nat
tina, would NEEDLE with axioms and interpret re-
snonsibilitv for the creed OF greed-"They be no
gods which are made" Contempt OF truth anger
against all that would curb its fierce self-Wlll ne
refusal to reason. this Is the essence OF me mop
sorit in all times Against the riotous speech that
cries down the eternal standard OF rlght anu "Ions
he who would live under the Jaw 10 h W.
oppose the indomitabe front OF truth. Whaterul
fantastic idoatry resens the forGe oil nos esq
imtely are those indelibe principles to be man
famed For the madness that desplses eNerlas LIZ
rigbtnousness goes with resentment against HIS
authority who is its foundation ana aai'iy
Twin Of atheism IF any man teacheth ulieIeIis
d"c,rine and ronsenteh not to sound words even
me words Of our Lord Jesus CHRIST. ana 10 tiie
rvffed nm knowinr nothing. but doting about ques
,ionirqs and disputes Of words WHEREOF cofneth
envy in mind and bereft of the truth sup
posing that godness is way OF gam
ALL PUBLIC ISSUES MORAL ISSUES.
All npblic issues are at last moral issues The !
man who truly seeks the honor OF Goa must seen
Tho honor OF his country As chastity knows no
COMPROMISES so integrity holds fast what Is soou
and refuses the nostrums Of empires.
The gospel that Paul preached was given 10 rec. |
~, ny Inc OF God into a lie to expose the cruelty
of selhshness. reouke envy anu ila,r. ~ s,ens
let ms keen what we have hardly won let US not
be entanged in the yoke OF - 90 ell II
hood, let us at all costs buy the 'r"'" anu
hE rho oo,ro, he double standard OF duty-we
,o,,no, serge cod and Mammon Diana or christ
not both God grant that II may not De WILL
agans, SnlS m Ofalsehood-Thou laid in the
balance and art found wanting
DR.. BTRTSELLS thoh'H ''N"N'' '' "'
Kingston. " Y Sept 6-lmpressive services TOOK
nlace today in St Mary's Church. or whlch parish
the Rev Richard Lalor Burtsel Is pastor Inc
church being free of debt. II was cohse'fd'eu "s
,rcbbishon Corrigan. assisted by the Rev J. j. /
CO, y, puNalo and by dozen priests al I !
o'clock the service lasting two hours AT II 0 CLOCK
q solemn high mass celebrated the Rev T. D. /
Canon dean Of the diocese of Buffalo, being 'he
celebrant the Rev. Or. McSweeney OF 81 piiuse'
,.t,,rcb New-York deacon. and the Rev James
ST., ~ :, Peters Poughkeepsie sub-deacon /
-- --.-. .roached In, he ReN John Shan |