The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-11-13

lumber again and again by
Il own conscience. getting him
~ up ON elbow and cry
'g out into the darkness. who Is
leref"
Therr are large fortunes upon which
DDS favor comes down, and II is Just
honest and Just as Christian TO be If
uent a. Il IL TO be poor. In many a
ouse there Is a blessing on every pic
ured wall and on every scroll. and on
very traceried window, and the Joy
hat flashes in the lights. and that
mowers In the music and that dances
n the quick feet Of the children pat
.ering through the hall has In Il the
IaVor Of God and the approval Of man.
And there are thousands and tens OF
thousands Of merchants who. from the
nrst day they sold a yard OF cloth. or
nrkin OF butter. have maintained their
integrity. They were horn honest.
they viii live honest, and they viii die
honest. But you and know that there
are In commercial life those who are
guilty OF great dlshonestles Of speech.
A merchant says. Il am selling these
goods at less than cost" Il he getting
Tor those goods a price inferior to that
which he PAID for then? Then lie has
kpokea the truth. Is he getting more7
Thea he lies. A merchtnt sayr: Il
paid s25 for this article" Is that the
price he paid for Il? All right. But
suppose he paid for Il $50 instead OF
1857 Then he lies.
but there are just as NAM faise-
hoods before the counter az there are
behind the counter. A customer comes
In and asks: How much Is this arti-
cleg" 1T Is FIVE dollars" Il can get
that for four somewhere else" Can
he get II for four somewhere else. or
dld he say that Just for the purpose Of
getting II cheap by depreclatlng the
value Of the goods7 II 80. he lied.
There are Just as many falaehoods be-
fore the counter ne there are behind
lne CouutcIs
Social life is struck through with
lnslncerlty. They apologize for the fac,
that the furnace IL out: they have not
had any IRE IN II all winter. They
apologize for the fare on their table;
they never live any better. They de-
cry their most iuxurlant entertainment
10 win a shower OF approval from you.
They point at a picture on the wall as
a work Of one OF the old masters. They
say Il IL an heirloom In the family. Il
hung on the wall Of a castle. A duke
gave Il TO their grandfather. People
that will lie about nothing else will
lie about a picture. on small income
We want the world 10 believe we are
afiiuent. and society today Is struck
through with cheat and counterfeit and
sham. How few people are natural,
FrigidNy sails around. iceberg grind
ms against iceberg. You must not
laugh outright: that Il vulgar. You
must smile. You must not dash quick
" across the room: that IL vulgar.
You must glide. Much OF society Is a
round OF bows. and grlns and grlmaces
md obs aud abs and he. he's and
and namby-pambylsm,
whole world OF which Is not worth one
yood homes, round Of laughter From
Iuch a hollow scene the tortured guest
'etlres at the close OF the evening. as
Iurlng the host that he has enjoyed
llmself Society Is become 70 contorted
md deiormed In this respect that
cabin where the rustics gath
u at a quilting or an apple-parlng. has
n Il more good cheer than an the
reseocd roirigerators OF the metrop-
,lls.
pass on 10 speak OF ecclesiastical
les. those which are told for the ad-
or retardlng Of a church or
cct. Il Is hardly worth your while
o ask an extreme Calvlnlst what an
Arminian believes. lie will tell you
hat an Arminlan believes that man
an save himself An Arminian be-
leyos no such thing II Is hardly worth
our while to ask an extreme Armlnlan
THAT a Calvinist believes. lie will tell
ou that a Calvinlst believes that God
made some men just 10 damn them. A
believes no such thing. II Is
.ardly worth your while to ask Pc
o-Baptlst what a Baptist believes. Tie
VII tell you a Baptist believes that
IA necessary for salvation.
Baptist does not believe any such |
hing Il IA hardly worth your while |
o ask man. who very much hates
'resbyterians. what a Presbyterian be-
Iovcs. lie will tell you that a Pres
yterian believes that there are In |
ants In hell a span long. and that very |
hraseology has come down from gen
ration TO generation In the Christian
hurch. There never was a Preshyte-
Ian who believed that. "Oh." you say,
! heard some Presbyterian minister
wenty years ago say So" You did not.
here never was a man who believed
hat. there never will be man who
'ill believe that And yet. from boy
cod, ! have heard that particular sian
or against a Christian church going
own through the community.
Then, how often Il Ia that there are
Misrepresentation on the part OF in
ivldual churches In regard 10 other
especially n a church comes
} great prosperity. AS long as a
nurch IL in poverty. and the singing
poor. and Ell the surroundings are
screplt. and the congregation are 20
ardly bes,ead In life that their pastor
pes with elbows out. then there will
ways be Christian people In churches
no say, "Wlat a pity what a pityw
at lci the day Of prosperity come TO
Christian church. and let the music
triumphant. and let there be vast
Isemhlagea. and then there will be-
zen ministers Of the Gospel critical
ID denuuclatory and full OF mlsrepre-
nlation and falalhcation. giving the
ipression to the outside world that
rV DO not like fha corn harnuaa n n /