The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-21


the city. you make candidate fer the
state Legislature.
onnipotent Indignation,
mere IS Il good deal OF uncasincss
ana nervousness now among some peo-
PIE lii our time who have got un-
righteous fortunes, a great deal OF un.
eaSiness about dynamite. tell them
that God viii put under their un-
righteous fortunes sometime. more ex.
p'0Sivc than dynamite, tie cartnuuakc
OF his o!nn'pUtent Indignation. II is
time tLat We learn IN america that sin
Is not eIcuSrbe in proportion as il, de-
Clares large dividends and has outiil.
ers III eQuip&gc. Nany q man is rid
ing to p":diton position ahead ana
lackey behind. 10 steal one copy of n
newspaper is a guat: to steal many
thousands of dollars is camel. There
is many fruit dealer who woulI not
consent TO steal n basket of peaches
from ne!EhGor'S stall, but who would
not scrup!e to dCprcss the fruit mar
Het, ana as long as | can remember
we have heard every summer the
peach crop Of Maryland is 4 failure.
and by the tiui2 the crop comes in tie
misrepresentation makes Il difference
Of millions Uf dollars \ man who
would not steal ore basket of peaches
steals 5o,G00 baskets of peaches.
Go down into the public library, in
tho reading rooms, and see the news
paper reports Of the crops FROM all
parts cf the country, ana their phrase
olcgy is very much TIE samc, and the
same men wrctc them, methoGicauy
and iufar!ously carrying out tue huge
lying about uh@ grain crop from year
to year and FOR score OF years. Ara.
or awhile there will hc q corner" In
the wheat market. ana men who had
Il contempt tor petty theft will bur-
GlnrZe tile wheat bin Of Il nation and
commit larceny Upon the American
corn crib, and suinc OF the mcu Will sit
III churches and in rcfOvu!atory iusti.
tutions trying to strain out the small
GnGt5 Of SCOunirclism. while III their
grain elevators ani in their stcyc.
houses they are fattcning huge camCis'
which they expect after awhile TO
swallow. Society has to Ec entirely ~.
constructed Oh ibis subject We arc
TO iind that Il sin is !neXcusahlc in PRO.
portion as it is great. / know in our
time the tendency is to Charge reli
Gious frauds upon good men. They
say, "Gh what Il host OF frauds you
have in the Church of God in this
day.! And when IN elder OF q church.
or q deacon, or minister Of tic goS-
pei, or superintendent of q Sabbath
school turns out Il dcfautcr what dis.
play heads there are in many OF thc
newspapers. Great primer type. Five
line plea. Another Saint Abscond.
cd" Clerical Scoundrelism," "Eell-
gion Mt DISCOUNT "Shamc on the
Churches" while there are thousand
scOundrCls outside the church to one
inside the church. and the misbehavior
OF those who never see the inside of 4
church !c so great that ii is enough to
tempt n man to become n Christian TO
get out of their company. But In all
circles, religious and irreligious, the
tendency IS 10 excuse sin in proportion
!n as !. !. 49, .d'tS !IT
demns Satan, gives such n gTaa2llpaI
scription OF him YOU have hard work
to withhold your admiration. Oh, this
strainiuS out Of small sins like gnats
and this Gulping down great inquitics
like camelS!
Gallery of Pictures.
This subject docs not give the pic-
ture of one or two persons, but is Il
gallery in which thousands of people
may see their likenesSes. For instance,
all those people who, while they would
not rob their neighbors OF n farthng,
appropriate the money and the treas
ure of the public. \ man has n house
to sell, and lie tells his customer 1t is
worth $2O,0O0 Next day the assessor
comes around, and the owner saws 1t
is worth $4,000. Tie government OF
the United States took off the tax from
personal Income, among other reasons
because so few people would tell the
truth, and many man with ali in
come or hundreds OF dollars n day
made statements which seemed TO i'm
ply he was about TO be handed over 10
the ovcrseer of the poor. Careful 60
pay their passage from Liverpool to
New York, yet smuggling in their Sar-
atoGa trunk ten silk dresses from Paris
ana Il half dozen watches from Gene.
va, telling the custom house officer on
Tie wharf, There is nothing in that
trunk but wearing apparel" and put.
ing go gold piece III his hand to
Dunctuatc the statement
Described In the text are all those
who are particular never TO break the
aW of grammar and who want all
heir language m elegant specimen OF
TntaX, straininG ont all the inaccura.
les OF speech with n fine sieve of lii.
crary criticism, while through their
conversation go SANDER and innuendo
and profanity and falschood larger
than whole caravan of camcls, when
they might better fracture every law