Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-08-10

hind the communion tables an0 in
churches Of Jesus Christ who have no
business 20 be there as professors 81
religion. They expect 40 be all right
with God. although thcy are all wrong
with man. And. while I want You to
understand shat by the deeds OF the
Jaw no fesh living can be justified and
mere honest life cannot enter as into
Heaven. I want you as plainly 90 un-
ferstaud that unless the life is right
the heart is not right. Grace in the
heart and grace ia The lie; SO we must
preach sometimes the faith % 3he
Gospel and sometimes the morality Of
the Gospel
IL seems 20 me there has not been
time ia the las; so years when this lat
ter truth needed more thoroughly o.
be presented in the American churches.
IL needs TO Ice presented to-day.
4 missionary in the islands 81 the
Pacific preached one Sabbath on hon
esty and dishonesty. and on Monday he
found HIS yard FUN OF oil styles q
goods. which the natives had brought.
lie could not understand IL until a ma
tive told him: Our gods permit us 20
purloin goods. but the God You told us
about yesterday. the God % Heaven
and earth. 81 seems. Is against these
practices. and 80 Ne brought all the
goods shat DO not belong 80 Us. end
they are fn the yard, and we want you
20 help ~ distribute them among their
richtfui owners" And il in all the pull
pits OF the United States to-day rous-
ing sermons could be preached on hon
estv and the evils OF dishonesty and the
sermons were blessed Of God and ar
engagements could be made by which al
the goods which have been improperly
taken from one man and appropriated
By another man should be put i'm the
city halls OF the country there is not a
city hall in the United States that
would not be crowded from cellar 10
cupola. Faith o. the Gospel; that We
must preach and We DO preach. Moral
ity q the Gospel we must just as GER
tainly proclaim.
Now. look abroad and Sec the fasci-
nations that are thrown around differ
ent STYLES ~ crime. The question that
every man and woman has been asked
has been. Should crime be excused
because 81 IS on q large scale? Is IN
lquify guilty and 10 be- pursued OF the
Law in proportion as is is on a s;na.i
scale2 Shall we have the penifensiary
for the man who steals an overcoa
from a hatrack and all Canada for a
man 20 range IN IN ne have robbed the
public OF millionsg
Look upon al the fascination
thrown around fraud in this country
You know FOR years men have beer
made heroes ofand pictorialized and IL
various WAYS presented 20 the publi'
asthough sometimes they were WORTH
OF admiration II they have scattered
the funds Of banks or swallowed grea
estates that did not belong 10 them
Our young men have been cazed viii
this quick accumulation. They hav'
said. That's the way % do il. What
The use Of our piodding on with sma.
wages or Insignificant salary when ",
nav 70 into business lie and wit
SEINE sfrafagcm achieve such fortuD
asthat ma has achieved?" A diffsren
measure has been applied TO the crim
81 Wsn street from that which ha
been applied TO the spoils which III
man carries up Rat alley.
SO a pecdler came down from Nes
! England many years ago. took hold o
the money market Of New York, hannl
"a lis abominations IN the sight Of .
the psopie. defed public morals ever
day Of his life. Young men looked u
and said: -He VAS a peddler IN on
decade. and in the next decade be
one Of the monarcbs o. the stock mai
kei. That's the way 20 do 81" To hi
: day the evil influence Of that profigai
has been felt. and within the past fe'
I. weeks he has had conspicuous imiti
tors.
There has beer sE irresistible q