The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-08-11
True RELIGION.
!. Saws 1t Must Be from
Heaven.
4. :, Human Manufacture
when Measured by
N. plumb Line-The
van of Character
L., 1900, by Louis Klopsch'l .
washington

,,eht, 1900. by Louis hiop
washington
T,oudhjem, Norway, where
- q now staying, he sends
,s;ug discourse, in which he
u The world can never De
~ Z religion of human man
~ wbich easily yields to one. s
W. Int must have a reli-
' as'sn from Heaven; text,
J. sand the Lord said unto
Z Z what seest thou? And l
plumb line"
ia masonry of the world has
- fascination. Walk about
ne triumphal arches and the
\. =, 400 or 900 years old, and
stand as erect as when they
m walls of great height, for
not bending a quarter of an
,vav or that. So greatly
were the masons who builded
III that they were free from
and called Stree" masons.
Iuel gets most of the credit
buildings, and its clear ring
stone and brick has sounded
HI ares. But there is another
I'M at lust as much Importance
rowel, and my text recognizes
Dklayers and stonemasons and
"a. IN the building OF walls,
instrument made Of a cord,
end of which a lump OF lead
med They drop it over the
he wall, and, as the plummet
IL seeks the center of gravity
earth. the workman discovers
the wall recedes and where it
out and just what is the per-
liar. Our text represents God
Idiup on the wall of character
the Iraelites had built and in
ay testing it. "And the Lord
to me, Amos, what seest thou?
said, A plumb line"
the world wants is straight up
Dwn religion. Much of the So
piety of the day bends this way
lat to suit the times. 1t is
with low state of sentiment
orals. We have all been build
NALL of character, and it is glar-
imperfect and needs reconstruc-
How shall it be brought into
Ddicular? Only by the Divine
rement. sand the Lord said
me, Amos, what seest thou?
said, A plumb line"
whole tendency of the times is
IKE us act by the standard of
Others do. We throw over the
b our character the tangled
bline of other lives and reject the
lble test which Amos saw. The
Jon for me should not be what
blink is right, but what God
B is right. This perpetual refer
Ito the behavior of others, as
n 1t decided anything but hui
falhbility, is a mistake wide as
World. There are 10000 plumb
in use, but only one is true and
and that is the line of Gods
al right. There is a mighty at
being made to reconstruct and
the Ten Commandments. To
they seem too rigid. The tower
"a leans over about 10 feet from
rpendiculaI, and people go thou
Of miles to see its graceful in
ion and to learn how, by extra
and various architectural con-
ces, it is kept leaning from CEN
70 century. Why not have the
ante blocks of Sinai set little
(? Why not have the pillar of
a leaning tower? Why is not an
as good as a square? Why is
| oblique as good as straight up
'wn? My friends, we must have
ldard. Shall it be Gods or
Divine plumb line needs to be
over all merchandise. Thou
Of years ago Solomon discovered
ndency of buyers to depreciate
lie saw a man beating down
Gle lower and lower and saying
not worth the price asked, and
ne had purchased at the lowest
he told everybody what sharp
q he had struck and how he
ted the merchant. at is
! saith the buyer, out when he
his way, then he boasteth"
fDs 20:1). Society is so utterly
IN this matter that you seldom
seller asking the price he ex-
D get; he puts on a higher value
e expects to receive, knowing
will have to drop. And if he
$50, he asks $75. And if he |
$4,000, he asks $4,000. ut is
;" saith the buyer. "The fabric
ctive; the style of goods is
can get elsewhere better ar
smaller price. 1t is out of |
/; 1t is damaged; it will fade; |
not wear WE'LL" After awhile
rchant, from overpersuasion or
eslre to dispose of that partic-
'ck OF goods, says: "Well, take
our own price," and the pur-
goes home with light step and
10 his private office his conf
friends and chuckles while he
wv for half price he got the
In other words, he lied and
bud of it.
ng would make times so good
earning of a livelihood SO easy
universal adoption of the law
T. Suspicion strikes through
gain making, Men who sell
OF whether they will ever get
ney, Purchasers know not
the goods shipped will be ac-
to the sample. And what,
e large number of clerks who
ing false entries and then abb
8 and the explosion of firms
1 for millions of dollars, hon.
q are at their wits end to
living. He who stands up
the pressure and does right
nplishing something toward