Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-09-12

may the Lord help you to become an honest
man II you belong to amy one of them.
First: "rhe man who robs his brother
man.
10 this class belong the niekpocket and
the housebrenker. those outcasts Of society,
who prey upon their fellows using their
God-giyen wits and fingers In the DEVILS
service of gaining a livelihood. Alongside
of these / would place the people who rob
their grocer by running up large bill aud
jhen refusing to pay,and the people who rob
heir landlords by moving between sunset
md sunrise, leaving balance due. beliey-
ing IL Is cheaper to move thnn pay rent. -
Any man who deliberately contracts debt
without the money on hand or in sight to
my IL, Is rohber. The neanest robber
OF all In this class Is the robber Of good
reputation. Shakespeare says: "Who steals
my purse steas trash Who steals my good
name destroys my happiness.
Rohbers Of your fellownen, hear me,
tonight. bet him thnt stole steal no
more 7 aud perhaps you answer me in tones
| Of sorrow: 81 have tried and failed.'i A
4 man in Paris who wns accused OF robbery
was about to BIZ married. friend hearing
OF the charge voluntarily surrendered him
punished accordingly. In after life the first
man when tempted to steal would think Of
his friend who suffered punishment for him
aud the Thought would strengthen him 30
he would overcome the temptation. Rob
friend, bore punishment for you, aud IL YOU
will turn to Him and In tinas OF temptn-
tion think Of Him, you will be able TO steal
no trore, but working with your hands thu
thing that is good have to distribute to the
needy.
The second class OF robbers in Whining
ton tonight Is the offlceholder who rons his
telowmen.
| Jesus tnught to whom much is given OF
them shall much be required, and To whom
II ms hsiva tftan I,nItnb nF than, oh
they require the more.
The modern expression Of this teaching IL
contained In the phrase 1.-THE greater the
trust, the greater the responsibility.
There arc degrees OF SIN, The bootblack
4 who steals i've cents from his employer ID a
| sinner, for he has violated trust md
4 aused one man loss. The bank cashier
| who embezzles q large amount is greater
sinner, for he has violated greater trust
II and caused large number OF depositors a
loss But the oificehoider who violates his
Il trust and robs in bis office Is the greatest
4 sinner of them all, for he steals from all the
4 people,.
There are three things practiced among
olficeholdefs today that | designate as rob
berry, as follows:
Extravaganza that could be done without
and Is not Is robbery.
Waste that could be avoided and Is not Is
robbery.
pilfering (either public or secretl in the
name of expense Is robbery. There is Il
4 need today in political otfioiAldom for the
same standard of integrity as exists in husi-
ness life. A salesman of a large business
house in town goes to Philadelphia and col
.lects large bill. Then he remembers he
had an invitation to attend statesmen 3
convention at Buffalo,so he gathers up few
friends and goes. They travel on u special
Cur, eat the best food and drink the best
wines, stop 10 Buffalo at the finest hotel,
take in the fair, then run over to Niagara
u for a couple OF days and then 20 hume.
NJ When the salesman reaches home he decides
K not to tell his wife what he has done for
she would make him pay for the trip out of
"A his own pocket, but thinking he is smart he
burns over To his firm the balance OF money
on hand, and in mis- account explains the
III amount spent under the head OF "expenses. -
VI The firm Investigates and calls him rob-
NJ Der. They swear out warrant and charge
Elm with robbery. They discharge MIN, for
ehey will not keep a rohber, and when be
y appears liz court the charges read out against
N him are extravaganza, Wrists and pilferlng.
If FNNheu he Is sentenced to Ave years at hard
II labor the people say served him right.
IN Citizens OF Wilmington, could make a
comparison any palmer tonight? When 1
III read in reputable newspapers of the extrava-
~ gance, waste and secret pilfering that char
" acterized the recent trip of Council ard
\ some city officials to Buffalo, by the very
standards Of Integrity III business. yea and
more so. as servant of God and preacher
"A, OF righteousness, am compelled to cry out
VI Robbers and robbery. y
III Just few broken strands in one of the
H great suspension chains stopped the entire
"a traffic on the Brooklyn bridge the other day
W and just few broken strands OF robbers IN
vi Council or the Poor Board or the Education
ii Boprd. Will cause the whole structure of their
u departments to be unsafe. But the workmsll
N OF the bridge when the danger was seen,
mi quickly as possible, replaced the broken
A \ strands with new ones, strong and true. and
NJ traffic was resumed. Tonight / say "God
N speed the effort OF the eitzsns Of Wilnnng-
fH ton, for honest workmen TO replace the
III broken strands of official life with men who
M will love righteousness, deal justly and fear
III Cod
n Some OF you may say: MAKE the new
n officeholder swear TO live by the Eighth Com.
mandment," and while | say amen to this,
NJ yet tonight my heart goes out to the office.
holders now to whom the Eighth Command
ment is a broken reeil What OF themi
" Listen m6n, Zacchaeus was an offigeholdei
ltn PaestineI he knew how to Cypress and
how to defraud; he was an adept in all tbs