Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-10-03

oack 10 the principles Of our fathers and
Erandfathers, when twice three made Is
instead Of 80 and when the apples at The
bottom vi the barrel were just as good A.
the apples on the top of the barrel and a
SILK handkerchief was not half cotton and
man who wore 81 coat paid for WAS
more honored than man who w0rs a
$50 coat not paid for
The modern golden calf like the one Of
the text, is very apt to be made cur of
borrowed gold. These lsraeltes of the
text borrowed the earrings of the ESyp-
tianS and then melted them into coI.
That Is the way the golden calf is mad,
nowadays. \ great many housekceuerS
not paying for the articles they get boz
row of the grocer and the baker and the
butcher and the dry goods seller. Then
the retailer borrows of the wholesale
dealer. Then the wholesale dealer Dor
rows of the capitalist, and we borrow
and borrow and borrow until the com
mun:ty is divided into two classes, those
who borrow and those who are borrowed
of. and after awhile the capitalist wants
his money, and he PUSHES upon the whole
sale dealer. and the wholesale dealer
wants his money, and he rusheS upon the
retailer, and the retailer wants his mon
ey, and he ruShes on the customer, and
we all 50 down together. There is many
man in this day who rides in carriage
and owes the blacksmith for the tire and
the wheClWright for the wheel and the
trimmer for the curtain and the driver
for unpaid wages and the harnesSmaker
for the bride and the furrier for the robe,
while from the tip of the carriage tongue
clear back to the tip of the camels hair
shawl tuttering out of the back of the
vehicle everything is paid for by notes
that have been three times renewed
tell you that in this country we shall
never get things right until we stop boz
rowing and pay as we go. 1t is this
temptation to borrow and borrow and
borrow that keeps the people everlasting
ly praying 10 the golden calf for help,
and just at the minute they expect the
help the golden calf treads on them. The
judgments of God. like Moses in the text
will rush in and break up this worship,
end | say let the work 90 on until every
man shall learn to speak truth with his
neighbor, and those who make engage
ments shall feel themselves bound 20
keep them. and when man who will not
repent of his business iniquity, but goes
on wishing to satiate his cannibal appc-
tite by devouring widows houses. shall,
by the law Of the laud. be compelled to
exchange the brownstone front for the
pcntentiary, Let the golden calf perish.
Idols Demolished.
But If we have made this world our
god. when we come to die we shall see
our idol demolished. How much of this
world are you going to take with you into
the next? VIII You have two pockets
one in each side of your shroud? VIII
you cushion your casket with bonds and
mortgages and certificates OF stock? Al,
no, The ferryhoat that crosses this Jor-
dan takes no baggaEe-nothing heavier
than an immaterial spirit You may, per-
haps. take $500 with you two or three
miles in the shape of funeral trGppings to
the cemetery, but you will have to leave
them there 1t would not be safe for YOU
to lie down there with gold watch OF
| diamond ring. 1t would be n temptation
! TO the piilagers. IL we have made this
world our god, we shall see our idol when
we die ground TO pieces by our pillow.
and we shall have to drink ii in bitter re-
/ grets for the wasted opportunities Of
| lifetime. Soon we will be gone Where
are the men who tried Warren Hastings
| in Westminster Hall? Where are he
| pilgrim fathers who put out for Ameri-
! ca? Where are the veterans who on the
| Fourth of July. 1T9l, marched from New
| York park to the Battery and fired a sa-
| lutte and then marched back again. and
| the Society Of the Cincinnati who dined
! that afternoon mt Hontine coffee house
| on Wall street? and Grant Thohurn who
! that afternoon waited fifteen minutes Mt
! the foot of Maiden lane for the BROOKLYN
| ferrybOat, then got in and was rowed
! across by two men with oars, the tide SO
! strong that it was an hour and ten min
utcs before they landed? Where are the
veterans that fired the salute and the men
Of the Cincinnati Society who that after
noon drank to the patriotic toasty and
| the oarsmcn that rowed the bont? and
| the people who were transported? Gone!
| oh, this is a hccting world. 1t is a dying
! world. A man who had worshipcd it all
! his days in his dying moment described
! himself when he said. Fool, fool fool"
UufailinR Securities.
! want You to change temples and 10
! give MP the worship of this unsatisfyius
and cruel god for the service of the Lord
! Jesus Christ. Here is the gold that will
never crumblc Here are the securities
! that will never fail. Here are the banks
that will never break Here is an altar
on which there has been one sacrifice
| that does for all for by one sacrifice
! hath Christ perfected forever them that
are sanctifcd." Here is a God who will
| comfort you when you are in troubic and
| scothc you when you are sick aud save
you when you die For he has said:
when thou passcth through the wat
crs. / viii be with thee, and through tie
rivers they shall not overflow thee; whru
thou walkost through the fire. thou shalt
not be burned, neither shall the flame
kindlc upon thee"
When your parents have brcathcd their
last and the old, wrinklcd and trembling
hands can no more be pat upon your
head for blessing he will be to you a
father and mother both, giving you the
defense Of ore and the comfort of the
other. For have we not Pants blessed
hope that a. Jesus died and rose again,
even 50 them also which sleep in Jesus
shall God bring with him?" And when