Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-07-21

they shall be buried with tlIclr race
toward the east aiid not AT Gll anxious
that during heir whole life they
should come up in the resurrection or
the just whichever way they are
buried. How many there are chiefly
anxious that o minister of the gospel
shall come in the line OF apostolic sue
cession. not caring so much whether
he comes from Apostle Paul or Apos-
tie Judas. They have a way Of meas
uring gnat until 1t is larger than n
camel.
Again, my subject photographs all
those who are abhorrent Of small sins.
while they are reckless in regard to
magnificent thefts. You will nnd many
a merchant who. while he Is so careful
that he would not take yard OF cloth
or a spool of cotton from the counter
without paying for II, and who. II a
bank cashier should make a mistake
and send in u roll Of bills So too much,
would dispatch messenger In hot
haste to return the surplus. yet who
will 90 into stock company. In which
after awhile lie gets control or the
stock and then waters the stock and
makes 100000 appear like 100000.
He only stole 100000 by the opera
ton. Many of the men OF fortune made
their wealth in that way.
One of those men engaged In such
unrighteOus acts that evening. the
evening of the very day when he wa
stealing n daily paper from the base
ment doorway and will 20 out and
catch the urchin by the collar and
twist the collar So tightly the poor fel-
low has no power to say that it was
thirst for knowledge that led him 70
the dishonest act. but grip the collar
tighter and tighter, saying: IL have
been looking for You a long while.
You stole my paper four or five times.
haven't you. you miserable wretch
Aud then the old stock gambler. with
voice they can hear three blocks.
win cry out. Police. p0lice." That
same man the evening of the day IN
which he watered the stock will kneel
with his family in prayers and thank
God for the prosperity of the day. theu
kiss his children good night with an
air which seems to say. 81 hope You
all viii grow up TO be as good as your
father" Prisons for sins insectile In
size bur palaces for crimes drome-
dlrian No mercy for sins animalcule
i'm proportion. but great lenlency for
mastodon iniquity. \ poor boy slyly
takes from the basket of market wo-
man n choke pear. saving some one
else from the cholera. and you smoth-
or him in the horrible atmosphere OF
Raymond street Jail or New York
Tombs. willie his cousin. who has been
lkillful enough TO steal $4,000 from
The city, you make a candidate for the
ltate legislature.
Omnipotent Indignation.
There is a good deal OF uneasiness
and nervousness now among some peo-
Die In our time who have got IN
righteous fortunes. Il great deal or un-
caslness about dynamite. | tell them
that God will put under their un'
righteous fortunes something more ex-
plosiye than dynamite. the earthquake
of his omnIpOtent Indignation. IL Is
time that we learn in America that sin
is not excusable in proportion as II de-
clares large dividends and has outrid'
ers in equipage. Many man Is rid
Ing to perdition position ahead ana
lackey behind. To steal one copy OF
newspaper is a gnat; 10 steal many
thousands of dollars Is a camel. There
is many a fruit dealer who would not
consent 10 steal a basket OF peaches
from a neighbors stall, but who would
not scruple to depress the fruit mar
ket, and as long as can remember
we have heard every summer the
peach crop of Maryland is failure.
and by the time the crop comes In the
misrepresentation makes a difference
Of millions of dollars. a man who
would not steal one basket OF peaches
steals 10000 baskets OF peaches.
Go down into the public library, In
the reading rooms, and see the news
paper reports of the crops from all
parts of the country. and their phrase
ology is very much the same, and the
same men wrote them. methOdically
and UNANIMOUSLY carrying out the huge
lying about the grain crop from year
to year and for n score of years. Art
er awhile there will be corner In
the wheat market. and men who had
contempt for petty theft will bur
glariZe the wheat bin Of a nation and
commit larceny upon the American
corn crib. and some Of the men will si'
in churches and in reformatory instl'
| tutiOns trying to strain out the small
gnats of scOundrelism. while In theii
grain elevators and in their store
houses they are fattening huge camels
which they expect after awhile &c
| swallow. Society has TO be entirely re
constructed on this subject. We are
to find that n sin Is inexcusable In pro
portion rs it is great. know In oui
time the tendency Is TO charge reli
gious frauds upon good men. They
say. "Oh. what n host OF frauds yot
have in the Church Of God in thi'
day. And when an elder Of a church
or deacon. or a minister OF the gos
pei. or superintendent Of Sabbath
school turns out a defaulter what dis
play heads there are in many OF TN
newspapers. Great primer type. Five
line plea. Another Saint Abscond
ed" Clerical Scoundrelism.' "Rell
gion nj a Discount" Shame on the
Churches" while there are a Thousand
scoundrels outside the church to on'
inside the church. and the mlsbehayiol
Of those who never see the inside OF
church is so great that II is enough t
tempt n man to become a Christian t'
get out of their company. But In al
circles. religious and irreligious. th'
tendency is to excuse sin In proportion
as IL is mammoth. Even John Miltor
i'm his Paradise Lost" while he con
demns Satan. gives such grand de
scrlption of him you have hard worl
TO withhold your admiration. Oh. thil
straining out of small sins Ike gnati
..t. -..l..f.,c. Inv,n erpaof fnfUuffia