The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-06
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Agricultural, Commercial, Mechan-
ical and Ecclesiastical Lies
A Pointed Discourse on the Sins of the
Tongue misrepresentation and Pre-
y.rications In Business-so-
cial Falsehoods-

ton OF the wees OF speech, and pleads
for honesty in al. that is said and done.
The text IS:
certain man named Ananlas, with Sap
ph.rl rs wife, sold possession, etc. - Acts,
", Lilo
A we,l-matched pair, alike in ambi-
ton and in falsehooi. Auauias and
Sapphire, They wanted reputation
for great bene icence, and they sold all
their property, pretending to put the
entire proceeds in the charity fund,
while they put much Of it in their own
pocket. There was no necessity that
they give all their property away, but
they wanted the reputation OF so do
ing. Auauias first lied about It and
dropped down dead. Then Sapphira
lied about il, ana She dropped down
dead. The two fatalities warning 10
a. ages Of the danger of sacrificing
the truth. ...
There are thousands of ways of tell
ing lie. A mans whole life may be
a IA school and yet never with his lips
may he ia.sity once. There is way
Of ultcr.u- ta.srhool by look, by man
nrr, as We. Is By lip. There are per-
Sins who are guilty OF dishonesty Of
speech and then afterwards say may
DE. calling il a white lie, when no lie
= j. that to,or, The whitest lie ever told
was as black a. perdltion. There are
those 50 given to dishonesty Of speech
tina; they d not know when they are
lying With some it is an acquired sin.
am w!:a others it is natural in
hrMtty. There are those whom you
VIII recognize rs born liars. Their
wuo.e life, from cradle 70 grave, is
filled up with vice OF speech. Misrep-
reservations and prcvarication are as
natGra. 10 them as the infanti.e
disease, and are a sort of moral
Group or spiritual scariatiua. Then
tu.rc are those who in after life have
opportunities Of developing this evil,
and they 20 from deception TO decep-
ton, and from class 70 class, until they
are regularly graduated liars. AT
times the air in our cities is flied with
fa.srhoui and lies cluster around the
mechanics hammer, blossom on the
merchants yardst!ck, and sometimes
SIT ~ the door Of churches. They are
ca..ed by some fabrication. and they
arv called by some fiction, You might
ca. them suOterfuge or deceit, or ro-
nance. or fable, or Misrepresentation,
or Ge.u>.Du; but as know nothing 10
be gained by covering up God-defy-
in SIN with .eXicugrapAcr's blanket
lsua.. ca. them in p.a.nest vernacu-
lar lies. They may be divided !uto
agricultural, commercial, mechanical,
SOFA. and eGc.es.ast.ca..
FIRST 81 al, l speak OF agricultural
"a schools There = something in the
presence OF natura. objects that has q
tendency 70 make one pure. The trees
never issue false stock. The wheat
feds are always houest. Rye and oats
ncrer move out in the night not pay
ius for the pace they occupy. Corn
sAusHs never maze false ass gument.
Mountain brooks are always current
Inc god OF the wheat fields is never
counterfeit. Bat while the ten
de4cy Of Agricultural life is 10
maze one honest, honesty is
not the characteristic OF all who
come 70 the ely markets from the
country districts. IOu hear til
creaH.ug II the dishonest farm wagon
IL almost every street in our great
Cites farm wagon IN which there
= 10. uAr honest spoHr. or one truth
tG- r.vcc, from tongue 10 tail. board.
Again AMI again Aus domestic econ
ouy = oar srca. cities tUuuaerei on
tie farmers ArH.n. WAea New York
al Washington SIT down aai weep
oyvr tAe.g sins, let We,l-hes ter county
al. tae ae.EADDrhyDIs around this
capita. >. down and weep over theirs.
The tendency II al rGrg. districts IS
l >lYpD,c taat sins and tran sgressioas
c..,.er IN our great cities; but citizens
al 4 merchants -OAg ago learned that
i = not safe - calculate from the
Character OF the apples On the top of
the farmers barre. yha. Is the charac-
;er Of the apples a.. The way down to-
war. the bottom. Many Of our citi-
zru> a4l merchants have learned that
il = always safe 20 see the farmer
measure the barre! Of beets. Mi.dcans
are not always honest There are
those who, in country lie, seem -
:h.nN ,hcy have right 70 overreach
grain dealers and merchants Of ali
styles. They think It is more hon
oraD.e 10 raise corn than 70 deal
in corn. The producer some
times practically says 70 the
merchant: You get your money
easily. anyhow Does ne get IL easily?
Wake the farmer sleeps, and lie may
go 70 sleep. conscious Of the fact that
his corn and rye are al. the time pro-
crossing, and adding 20 his fortune or
his liv.ihoud, the merchant tries to
Sleep, while conscious OF the fact that
at that moment the ship may be driving
on the rock, or "a wave sweeping over
enc hurricane-deck spelling his goods,
or the spectators may be plotting a
monetary revolution, or the burglars
may be at that moment at his money
safe, or the fire may have kindled ON
the very block where his store stands.
Easy, Is it2 Let those who get their
living in the quiet farm aud barn take
the place of one of our city merchants
and see whether it is 50 easy 1t is
hard enough to nave the hands Bills
tered with outdoor work, but 1t is
harder with mental anxieties to have