Arizona republican., 1899-01-23
A CERTAIN HARVEST
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lower than Saul?' Yes, he fell
 lower The higher he is Nit
 ed the greater is the fall; it was be-
 cause David had more light than Saul
 had. Why did Sod dethrone Saul and
 put David on the throne? l will tell
 you why. When David had fallen
 from his former condition down into
 the dust, there came up such Wal
 from his heart. that God restored the
 joy of his salvation. Now I'll go 10 tne
 third head. A man will reap more
 than he sows If I sow ten bushels or
 wheat I will expecs to get a hundred
 bushels. A man showed me a bean once. that he said he would guarantee
 would Droduce a thousand to one, and so it is with sin, it multfplies a thou
 sand to one. You talk about Jacob
 having told a lie, and if you will re-
 member few years after that his ten bows came back to him with lie upon
 their Iips-that is, it was multiplied
 ten-fold. It didn't take Jacob long to fall into the sin of telling that fTst lie to his father, but ie took him long time to reap the harvest of that lie and it was multiplied ten-fold. It didn't take David long to fall into his sir with Uriah's wife, but it took him a long time to reap the harvest-years and years There is no doubt about that There are men that will commit an act while I am talking that will take years to reap the result of it. It takes years to build up Christian character, but it doesn't take long to destroy it, and when man once loses his character, it is hard to recover it.
 '1 ou will hear men say, I am only sowing my wild oats.' l have heard fathers and mothers in a laughing way speak of their children-their sons --'Oh, he is only sowing his wild oats, but he will get over it I don't see how a man can talk in that way. It makes me shudder, for I look down the stream of time ten or fifteen years hence and see him reaping the shame and disgrace and modification I say there is no joke in it then, because they make others reap with them. No man ough9 to be laughing when he hears another talking about sowing wild oats. I have heard foolish wives. in spirit of levity and in jeering way, speak of their husbands as Oh, they're a little wild, but they will get over it. Do they get over it? What do they say about it in this country to- day? About three hundred in every tWenty-four hours go into drunkardS' graves, and this, young men, is reap ing what they have sown. The saloon men every day are making a demand for the boys, and they want our best boys; they want the flower of the fam fly, those that are cheerful and cheery and liberal. Not long ago at the con- Vention of the liquor league in Ohio the president said it would pay them to give tn boys nickels to encourage them to create an appetite for strong drink. Isn't that horrible-deplor- able? It don't take long time to get the habit fastened onto one, but it takes a long while to redeem ones self from it. It takes a good deal lorger time to reap than il does to SOW.
 "A former millionaire who has re- gently died in Ohio has spent from thirty to forty years of his life in the penitentiary. They wanted to build a railroad through his farm, but he didn't want it divided and wouldn't sell. They went into court and com missioners were appointed to appraise the damages and the railroad was built One dark night some one put an obstruction on the line of that rail road and an accident followed in which many lives were lost. Suspecion cen tered upon this man. He was arrested, taken to court, tried and found guilty of the charge and sentenced to tie pen
 
 and this mans farm was all cut up into lots and sold off, making him mil lionaire, for this little town had grown to be of 100000 inhabitants, but what | good did it do him having to spend l from thirty to forty years in prison? I'll venture it didn't take him but an l hour to plan and execute that hellisn | act, but it took him from thirty to forty years to reap the harvest.
 "'I was speaking in 9 meeting once when a man sitting in the gallery right | in front of me dropped his head and | put his hands to his face and sobbed | so that he disturbed the people sitting | around him. He came down as though had shot him with an arrow. After | the meeting was over a man said to | him: You seem to be in trouble; can't | help you" and he said, No, sir, not | now And he said, What is your | trouble and the man said, I don't ! want to bother you, but what that man said is true. I don't know him, but | it does take longer time for man to reap than it does to sow. Four years ago l held high position in this city and had the confidence Of my employ CTS. I was their head clerk and conf dential man, and had good reason to believe I would be taken into the firm if I had behaved myself. But one night l committed an act for which I was sent to prison for four years and am here now, just out. I called upon my old firm today. l was going to tell them that while in that cell had made up my mind to live a better life, but when 1 went into their office I was or dered out. They said: You have dis graced us once and we want nothing more to do with yOu,' and they wouldn't hear word from me I have been | looking for work, but whenever I tell them where I have been for four years, they say, No, sir, we don't want you tell you it takes a longer .iIne to reap than it does to SOW. Is there a man or woman in this audience who will challenge that statement tonight? If you don't think this is so, go over to your own jail and ask thaa man thirty to forty years old-who was re-