The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-26
-, ..,,h,,.hmen. ana Get. a salary for

.,ncs,,r,tion al confidence. Now. when
No, man takes that money--thc money OF
others-and goes 10 speculating with " Tor
his own purposes, he - guilty OF inert,
falsehood and perjury, and IN the most
intense sense OF the word Is miscsean'
There are families to-day--widows and
ornhnns-with nothing between them ana
staryation, but 4 sewing machine. or Kept
out of the vortex by the thread OF needle
red with the blood OF their hearts, who
were by father or husband LETT eompe-
tence. =,
You read the story in the newspaper OF
those who have lost by bank ceiGlc@tlon,
and IL Is only one line. The name oi
woman YOU never heard Of, ahi Just one or
two figures telling the amount OF stock
she had, the number oi snares, IL -
very short line in newspaper, but IL IN
line of agony as long as time. III Is story
long as eternity.
nation thrown around hberilnism. So-
ciety is very severe upon the impuri,y that
turks around the alleys and low haunts
of the town. The law pursues x, smites
il, incarcerates il. tries 10 destroy it,
You know as well as that society be-
comes lenient IN proportion as ,mpnriy
becomes aitluent or Is IN elevated eireles,
and finally society is silent or disposed
TO palliate.
Where is the Judge. the jury, the police
officer that dare arraign the wealthy hber-
tineg He walks the streets; he tldes the
parks he faunts his iniquity IN the eyes
OF the pure.
were going back TO the state OF morals OF
Hcrculaneum, when it sculptured Its vlle-
ness on pillars and temple wall and moth
ing but the lava of burning mountain
could hide the immensity OF crime. At
what time God will rise up and extirpate
these evils upon society 4 know not nor
whether He will do il by fire or hurricane
or earthquake, but holy God, do not
think, will stand il much longer. be-
lieva the thunderholts are Kissing hot,
and that when God comes TO chastise the
community for these sins, against which
He has uttered Himself more bitterly than
against any other, the tate OF Sodom and
Gomorrah will be tolerablc "a compared
with the fate OF our modern society,
which knew better. but did worse
We want about 10000 pu,plts IN Amer
lea to thunder, "All aduterers and whore.
mongers shall have their place IN the hell
that burneth with fire and birthstone,
which is the second death. II is he'll on
earth and hell forever We have got to
understand that iniquity on Columbia
Heights or Fifth avenue or Beacon Hill ls
az damnable in the sight OF God as 1t Is
in the slums.
Whether il has canopicd couch or elder.
down or dwells amid the putridlty ot
low tenement house. God is after 1t in His
vengeance. Yet the pulpit OF the Chris
tian church has been so cowed down on
this subject that II hardly dares speak,
and men are almost apologetlc when they
read the Ten Commandments.
Then look at the fascinations thrown
around assassination. There are in all
communities men who have taken the
lives OF others unlawfully, not as execu-
,Nf tl,., Ia ND
You say that they had their provocations
God gave life. and lie alone has right
to take IL, and He may take IT by v,slta-
ton of Providence or by an executioner
of the law, who is His messenger. But
when man assumes that divine preroga.
tive he touches the lowest depth OF CRIME.
Society is alert for certain kinds OF mur.
der. IL citizen going along the road at
night IL waylaid and slain by robber
we all want the villain arrested and exc
cuted. For all garroting. for all beating
out Of life by club or an axe or slung-
shot. the law has quick spring and heavy
stroke, but you know that when men get
affluent and high position and they avcngo
their wrongs by taking the lives of others
great sympathy IL excited. Lawyers plead,
ladies weep, Judge halts, jury is bribed,
and the man goes free. III the verdict
happen to be against him a new trial IL
called on through some tcchnicaiity, and
they adjourn for witnesses that never
come and adjourn aud adjourn until the
community has forgotten all about it, and
then tho prison door opens and the mur~
dcrer goes free.
Now. if capital punishment be right
say let the life of the polished murderer
90 with the life Of the vulgar assassin.
Let us have no partlality OF galOws, no
aristocracy OF electrocution chair. DO
not let Us float back to barbarsm, when
every man was his own Judge, jury and
executioner. aud that man had the su.
premacy who had the sharpest knife and
the strongest arm and the quickest step
and the stealthiest revenge. He who will
fully and in hatred takes the life of an.
other is a murderer, ! care not what the
provocation or the circumstances.
He may he clcaret%Aa~ an enthusiastic
courtroom, he may be sent by the Coy
ernment OF the United States as Minister
TO some foreign court or modern literature
may polish the crime until ~ looks like
heroisrn, but in the sight OF Cod murder
is murder, and the judgment day will so
reveal 1t.
Now, do not be fascinated by the gla-
NOR thrown over crime OF whatever sort.
Because others have habits that seem bril-
liant but yet at the same time are wicked,
do not choose such faults. Stand inde.
pendent of all such influences. Put your
confidence in the Lord God. He viii be
your hlTtnKL0s NftlRtdUIt 10
will repay, saith the Lord"
Cultivate old fashioned honesty. This
book is full OF IT, Old fashioned honesty
such as was spoken OF by DIR. Livingstone,
the famous explorer You may not know
he was descended from the Highlanders.
DR.. Livingstone said that one day one OF
the old Highlanders called his children
around him and said: Nov, my lads, /
have looked all through our family line
j have gone back as far az / can, and l
find that all our ancestors were bODest
people. There doesn't seem 10 be one
rogue among them, and you have good
blood Now, my lads, be honest"
There are hundreds OF young men who
have good blood. Snail l ask three or four
plain questions, Are your habits az good
~ when You left your fathers houscy
Have you a good ticket IN your pocket
Have you q fraudulent document Have
you been experimenting 20 see how accur-
ate on imitation you could make OF your
employers signature Oh, YOU have good
blood. Remember your fathers prayers
Remember your mothers example. Turn
not m an evil way. Have you been going
astray? Come back. Have you vcnturcd
out too far
As / stand in pupi,s looking over au.
dIences sometimes my heart fails me.
There are 80 many tragedies present, 30
many who have sacrificed their integrity,
80 many far away from God. Why, my
brother, there have been too many prayers
offered for you 10 have you 20 overheard.
And there are those venturing down into
sin, and my heart aches 10 call them back.
At Brighton Beach or Long Branch you
have seen men 90 down into the surf 10
bathe, and they waded out farther and
farther, and you got anxious about them.
You said, II wonder " they can SWIM"
And you then stood and shouted. Come
back, Come back You will be- drowned"
They waved their hand back, saying:
NO danger" They kept on wading deep.
or down and farther out from shore until