Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-12-05

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ance. We ara = great deal happier
when We don't know too much. Do
You remember that wonderful poem
- few words written by Owen Mere
IN and In which he explains true
SoNledge? He says.
b thee be all men heroes; every
r1ce, noble:
az Sxonen, virgins; every house q
KEW thou nothing base.
the rest OF Nhis band of tea drinkers
doesn't agreA with me, am sorry.
but do think IL women didn't know
quite SO much II would be great
deal better and every individual wo-
man would be great deal happier.
Every blessed one of you mas
fashion Of taking it for granted thu.
what q man says to you isn't true.
Now, nine times out of ten it is. So
the tenth time give them theN benefit Of
the doubt, and when he finds you do
believe him he viii take fancy Of
living up to his reputation and VIII
tell the truth so that he may not go
back on you.
"a man is like prophcs-he wants
to be believed in his own country
and when the women OF his household
don't show him that they have faith in
him he is pretty apt to give them cause
for their unbelief. Just take one OF
your babies, and when 1t comes and
tells you that it loves you suppose you
are brute enough to push 4 away be-
cause you are too busy to listen to 1t
Gas il woman ought ever to be too
busy to refuse to hear whas her own
child says). Well. the next time that
small boy feels the same inclination he
will work it out in his baby mind that
you didn't believe him before, that you
won't now, and pretty soon he will stop
giving expression to his love, and in
little while the love itself will disap-
pear.
New, men in some respects are only
grown up babies; SO just have faith in
them, and after awhile, from sense
of pride, maybe, they will make them
selves what you think them to be. But
there! | have meandered from my
subject"
Somebody just here said something
then about my always drifting to the
L
looked Inundated, but l didn't, and
simply, but forcibly, announced that
Al was only following the example set
by my foremothers, who, from Eve
down. had shown the same inclination.
Mrs. Jack laughed about my preach
ing a sermon, and told her that
wouldn't do that, though I did have
ideas Of my own about sermons. My
idea of a sermon is one that lasts about
five minutes, and in which l am told
how to be less quick tempered and you
are told how to be less selfish, and
somebody else is told how to be more
generous, and somebody else is told how
| to honor his father and mother. don't
want to hear sermons about cree6s,
don't want to hear sermons tina. tell
the $500 different meanings of one line
in the Old Testament. want sermon
that's going to make you and me better
in practical way, a sermon that takes
the Ten Commandments and reads be-
tween the lines. Did you ever try that?
Well, I'll give you modern set:
Thou shalt not worship thy
dinner.
II.-Thou shalt not fall down and
worship brandy, burgundy, any wine
in bottles, or much rich food, for the
sins of the father will depend Upon
the children unto the second or third
degree of them that are drunkards or
gluttons.
HI-Thou shalt not speak lightly of
that which thy neighbor honoreth.
IV.-Thou shalt not make the Sab
bath day one of horror; but, instead, a
day of gladness and good will.
V.-Thou shalt not make light Of the
weaknesses of thy father or thy
mother, for age and weakness will
come to thee some day.
VI.-Thou shalt not, by word or
deed, hurt any living thing.
VTI.-Thou shalt not defile thyse.f
with vulgar words or mean thoughts.
vIII-Thou shalt not long with an
i'll will for that which is the posses
sion of thy neighbor.
IX-Thou shalt not talk scandal.
X-Thou shalt not speak of love to
the wife Of thy friend.
When | began to write this, thought
it might turn out a song; instead of
that, it's turned out a sermon. Well,
it's published on Sunday, or close unto
it. so read, learn and inwardly digest
the wisdom of