Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-08-01

Such almost hopelessness of reformation
ought, to call forth from you deeper sympa-
thy than you feel for any other unfortu-
nate. PIty, by all means, for those who,
shipwrecked and bruised among the tim
bsrs, have nevertheless climbed up to the
fisherman's cabin and found warmth and
shelter, but more pity for those who never
reach shore, but are dashed to death in
sympathize with it's victims.
There is another sin that we are often
times called to be angry with, and that is
fraud. We all like honesty, and when it
Is sacrificed We are vehement in denuncia-
ton. We hope that the detective will soon
come upon the track of the absconding
| bank official, Of the burglar who blew up
| the safe, Of the clerk who skilfully changed
| the figures in the account book, of the fall
siier who secured the loan on vaueless
| property, of the agent who because of his
| percentage wrongfuly admits a man to
| the benefit of life insurance policy when
his heart is ready to stop and who comes
| from an ancestry characteristicaily short
| lived. One act OF fraud told of in big
headlines, in the morning papers rightfully
arouses the nations wrath. 1t is the in
terest OF every good man and good woman
| who reads of the crime to have it exposed
and punished. Let it go unscathed, and
| you put premium on fraud, you depress
public morals, you induce those who are
on the fence between right and wrong to
the business of the world on a down grade.
The ,constabnlary and penitentiary must
do their work. But while the merciless
and the goddess cry, Good for him-I am
glad he is within the prison doors!" be
it your work to find out if that man is
of his moral overthrow. Perhaps he
started in business life under a tricky
tirm, who gave him wrong notions cf busi-
ness integrity; perhaps there was COM
blnatlon OF circumstances almost unpar-
alleled for temptation; perhaps, there were
and never got over it, perhaps he did not
realize what he was doing, and if you are
| merciful man you will think of other
perhapses which, though they will not ex-
cuse, will extenuate. Perhaps he has al
ready repcnted and is washed in the blood
OF the Lamb, and is as sure of heaven as
you are.
What an opportunity you have now for
obeying my text. You were angry at the
misdemeanor, but you are hopeful for the
recovery of the recalcitrant Blessed all
prison reformers! Blessed are those Gov
ernorS eE and Presidents who are glad when
the forgiving father who welcomes home
the prodigal! Blessed the dying thief
whom the Lord took with Him to glory,
saying, This day shalt thou be with Me
in paradise"
abhor while we try to help the victim, and
that is intidelity. 1t snatches the life pre-
server from the man ahoat and affords
not so much as spar or plank as sub.
sstitute;; 1t would extinguish the only
light that he's ever been kindled for the
infidelity take hold of neighborhood,
and in that. town the marriage relation is
farce, and good morals give place to all
styles OF immorals. Let it take possession
OF this earth, and there would be no vir.
tue left in all the worlds circumference.
instead of being taken away instanta.
neously had died in his bed after weeks
and months of illness he would have re.
yoked his teachings and left for his be,
loved family consultations which they
could not find in obsequies at which not
Fresh, Pond crematory, where no Chris
tan benediction was pronounced. | dc
not positively say that in a prolonged i'll.
ness there would have been a retraction
but | think there would.
= l say to all young men hoping to achieve
financial, moral or religious success. coz.
troll your tempers. Do not let criticism
or rebuff defeat you. Verdi, the great
musician, applied to become a student in
the Conservatory of Music at Milan, ana
he was rejected by the director. who said
that he could make nothing of the new
music. But the criticism did not exasper
ate or defeat him. The most of those who
have largely succeeded in all departments
were characterized by self control. In
battle they could calmly look at the bomb
thrown. at their feet, wondering whether
it. would explode. In commercial life
when panics smote the city, these men
were placid, while others were yelling
themselves hoarse at the Stock Exchange,
While Others nearly swooned because a
certain stock had gone 100 points down
they calmly waited until it would get lOC
points up. While the opposing attorney
IN the courtroom frothed at the mouth
with rage because of something said on the
other side he of the equipoise out glass
of water to his lips in refreshment and
proceeded with the remark "As l was
saying when the gentleman interrupted
me-" Self control! What a glorious
thing. We. want it in the doctor feeling
the pulse of one desperately ill; we want
1t In the engineer when the headlight of
another train comes round the curve on
the same track; we want it in Christian
men and women in times when so much
IN church and state seems going to demo-
litlon-self control!
Surprising all other characters in the
worlds biography stands Jesus Christ
wrathtnl against sin, mercifu to the sin
ner. Witness His behavior toward the
robed ruftians who demanded capital pun
i,hi.iSie IVA oH oic!luliiS NOlulil--ueuuu-
ciation for their sinful hypocrisy, pardon
for her sweet, penaitence. He did not
royal highness," but dared to compare
him to a cunning fox, saying, ''Go We and
tell that fox" But, alert to the cry of
suffering, He finds ten lepers, and to how
many of the ten awful invalids did He
give convalescence and health! Ten. Re-
buking Pharisaism in the most compressed
sentence in all the vocabulary of ana
thema: 'Ye serpents! Ye generation of
vipers!. How can yc. escape the damna-
ton of hell?" Yet looking upon Peter
with such tenderness that no word was
spoken. and not a word was needed, for
The look spoke louder than words "And
The Lord looked upon Peter, and Peter
';ent out and wept bitterly"
Defying. the mightiest Government of
he world. the Roman Government. yet
'ubbing His hand just below the forehead
'f the blind until the optic nerve of him
Who was born sightless is created, and
he sunlight has two new paths to tread
Best illustration the world ever saw of
niger without sin, anger against the abom-
nations which have mauled and blasted
he earth from its deepest cavern to its
highest cliff: but so much pity for the sin