Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-07-27


paper, but it is a line of agony long as
time; it is story long as eternity.
Now. do not come under the fascination
which induces men to employ trust funds
for purposes of their own speculation.
Cultivate old-fashioned honesty Remem-
Der the example Of Wellington. who.
when he was leading the British army
over the French frontier ANA his army
was very hungry and there was plenty
of plumber on the French frontier and
some of the men wanted 20 take it,
said; soldiers, DO not touch that God
will take care of us He will take care
Of the English army. Plenty Of plumber.
| know. all around, but do not take it,
He told the story afterward himself how
that the French people brought 10 HIM
their valuables to keep-he supposed to
be their enemy-brought him their ,alu-
ables to keep and then. he said. at
time when the creditors OF the army were
calling for money and for pay all the
time and they had so much all around
about, he did not feel it right for him to
take it or for the army to take it. An
author beautifully wrote in regard to it:
Nothing can be grander or more noble
and original than this admission This
old soldier, after thirty years of service,
this iron man aud victorious general. cs-
tahlished in an euemy's country, ut the
head of an immense army, is afraid of his
creditors. This is kind of fear that has
seldom troubled conquerors and victors,
and doubt if the annals Of war present
anything comparable to this sublime sim
plicity."
oh, that God would scatter these fas-
citations about fraud and let Us all under
stand that if steal from you one dollar
am a thief and if steal from you
$500 600 l am 100000 times more OF
thief.
Dangers of LibertinisIn
So there has been great deal os fasci-
nation thrown around lihertinism. Soci
ETY. is very severe upon the impurity that
turks around the alleys and low haunrs
of the town. The law pursues it, snites
it, incarcerates it, tries to destroy it. You
know as we'll as that society becomes
lenient in proportion as impurity becomes
atiiucnt or is in elevated circles, and
finally society is silent or disposed to pal
late. Where is the judge. the jury. the
police officer that dare arrajgn the
wealthy libertincf He walks the streets.
he rides the parks, he iaunts his iniquity
in the eyes of the pure. The hag OF I'M
cleanness looks out of the taprstrcd win
dow Where is the law that dares take
the bra2cn wretchcs aud put their faces
in an iron frame of a State prison Win
dow?
Sometimes it seems to me as if society
were going back to the state Of morals
of Herculaneum, when it scuptured its
vileness on pillars and temple wall and
nothing but the lava Of a burning noun
tain could hide the immensely of crime.
At what time God will rise up and extir-
pate these evils upon society know not
nor whether he will do it by fire or hurri-
cane or earthquake; but holy God do
not think will stand II much longer,
believe the thunderbolts are kissing hot
and that when God comes to chastse the
community for these sins against which
he has uttered himself more bitterly than
| against any other the fate of Sodom and
| Gomorrah will be tolerabe as compared
| with the fate of our modern society,
which knew better. but did worse.
The Sacredncss of Life.
Then look at the destinations thrown
around assassination. There are in Ill
communities men who have taken tho
lives of others unawfully, not MS exc.
cutiouers of the law, and they 20 scot
free. You say they had their provoca-
tons. God gave life. aud he alone has Il
right TO take it. and he may take it by
visitation of providence or by an cxccu
toner of the law, who is his messenger
But when a man assumes that divine pre-.
negative he touches the lowest depth OF
crime
Now, IL capital punishment be right
say let the life Of the polished murderer
go with the life of the vulgar assassin.
Let MS have no Partially Of gallows, no
aristocracy Of electruCution chair. DO n0t
let us float back to barbarsm. when ev-
cry man was his own judge. jury and exc
cutioner, and that man had the suprcm-
ncy who had the sharpest knife and the
strongest arm and the quickest step aud
the stealthest revenge. He who willfully
and in hatred takes the life of another is
n murderer. care not what the provoca-
ton or the circumstances. He may be
cleared by an enthusiastic court room, he
may be sent by the government OF the
United States as minister to some foreign
court. or modern literature may polish the
crime until it looks like hcroism; but in
the sight Of God murder is murder, and
lHt Judgment HdH VIII 81 ItNtdl II.
Now, do not be fascinated by the
glamour thrown over crime OF whatever
sort Because others have habits that
seem brilliant but yet at the same time
are wicked, do not choose such faults
Stand independent Of all such influence.
Pat your confidence in the Lord God
He will be your strength. vengeance
is mine, / will repay. saith the Lord"
Cultivate oldfashioned honesty This
book is full Of it. Oid-fashioned honesty
such as was spoken OF by DR.. Living
stone the famous explorer You may not
know he was descended from the high
landers. Or Livingstone said that one
day one of the old highlanders called his
children around him and said: Now. ms
lads, have looked all through our family
line | have gone back as far as | can.
and find that all our ancestors were
honest people There doesn't seem to be
one rogue among them, and you have
good blood. Now. my lads, be- honest"
Some Plain Questions.