The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-08-04

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49, .et OF the dry desert.
~ &c down from my library the oiogra-
p .es Of minister. and writer's o! the past
ages, inspired and u%ninspired. Who nave
done the most TO bring sous 10 jesus
Christ, and I and that without a single ex-
ception they consecrated their Wit and
their bu nor to Christ. Elijah used it when
he advised the Baalites, as they couio not
make their GOD respond, to call louder, as
their god might be sound asleep CT Gone
a-hunting. Job used it when ne saio 70
his se~lf-conccited comforters. wisdom
will die VI h YOU" Christ not only used
1t Ia the text, but when He ironically COM
plimented the corrupt Pharisees. saying.
"The whAe need not a phys;cian.' and
when by one word He described the cum
fox" Matthew + enry's commentaries from
the frs. page to the last corruscated Will
humor, as summer clouds with heat light
hing.
Again, my subject photographs all those
who are abhorrent OF small SIM, While they
are reckless in regard to magnificent the'ts.
You will find many II merchant who, while
he is go careful that he would not take a
yard OF cloth or n spool Ct cotton from the
counter without paving for it, and who, II
a bank cashier should make a mistake and
| send in a roll of bills IS too much, would
dispatch a messenger N hot haste to re-
turn the surplus, vet VIC will 80 into 6
stock in which after awhile he
| gets control OF the stock and then waters
the stock and makes 800 900 appear like
$500, GOO. He only stole 500 900 by the
operation. Many Of the men OF fortune
made their wealth in that way.
J One Ofthese men engaged in such un-
righteous acts that evening, the evening OF
the very duy when lie watered the stock,
will find a wharf rat stealing Il daily paper
from the basement doorway and viii go
out and catch the urchin by the collar and
twist The collar 80 tightly the poor fellow
has no power to say that it was thirst for
knowledge that led him to the dishonest
at, but grip the collar tighter arc tighter.
saying: Il have been looking for you u
long while. You stole my paper four
or five times, haven't YOU, you mis-
arahIo wretch?' And then the Old
stock gambler. With y voice they
can hear three blocks, will cry
out. "Tolice. police!'' That saro
man the evening OF the day in
which he watered the stock will knee! vita
his family in prayers and thank God zoe
the prosperity of the day. then kiss his
children good night with an air which
seems to say. II hope you will all grow up
to be as good as your father!' ] risons
for sins i%nsectile in size, but palaces for
crimes droNedariap. No mercy for sins
apimalcule in proportion, but great lem
iency for mastodon iniquity. A poor boy
elyly takes from the basket OF Il market
woman a choke pear, faving some one else
from the choiera, and you smother him in
tho horrible atmosphere OF Raymond
cousin. who has been skillful enough to
steal $50 COO from the city, you make a
candidate TO-. the State Legislature.
There Is q good deal Of uneasiness and
nervousness now among some people in
cur time who have got unrighteous for
tunes. a great deal Of uneasiness about
dynamite. l tell them that God will put
npIar THAR nnriuhfconc forfnnoc emma
thing more explosive than dynamite. the
earthquake OF His omnipotent indig-
nation. It is time that We learn in America
that sin IS not oxcusable In proportion as
it declares large dividends and has out
riders in tquipage. Many q man is riding
to perlition position ahead and lackey
behind. To steal one copy Of n newspape,
Is Il Gnat; to steal many thousands OF dol
lars is a camel. There is many a fruit
dealer who would not consent to steal a
basket OF peaches from a neighbor's stall,
but who would not scruple to depress the
fruit market. and as long as I can re-
member we nave near, every summer the
peach crop OF Maryland is a failure. and
hy the time the crop comes in tho mis-
representation makes a difference o: mil
lions Of dollars. man who would rot
steal one basket OF peaches steals t.90)
hlCkc.s OF peaches.
Go down into tie pabuc library. in tha
reading room, and see the newsparer re-
ports OF the crops from all parts OF {: y
country. and tleir phraseolocv is very
much tho same. anil the same meu wrot,
chem. metho1icaliy AMI infanou-lv carry.
ing out the huge lying about the gram
crop from year to wear ani for q scor,. Of
voar-. After awhile there will il, ",.9r-
ner' in the wheat market. anil ~aa WHO
hal & contempt for petty the't VII buzz
lacIZe the wheat bin OF Il nation m c3p-
nit larceny Il on the m"icI7 I'm c~if,
aud some OF tae men will sit 10 elur.t.,
amt IN retorinatorv Institutions ,Yc
strain oct the small cna.a Of scpta - -.
whlif N their grain eievat IRA an ttia :
siore'ioIsaS they are fa'!tniu. ~, -
rrmals which they EXPECT after NJ H.. =,