The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05

headlines IN the morning papers rightfully
arouses the nations wrath. lt Is the in.
terest of every good man and good woman
who reads OF the crime 20 have lt 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 aud wrong TO
20 down on the wrong side, and you put
the business Of the world on a down grade.
/ The constahulary and penitentlary must
do their work. But while the mercilcss
and the goddess cry. Good for hlm-l am
glad he Is within the prison doors" be
u your work 10 hnd out II that man u
worth saving and what were the causes
OF his moral overthrow. Perhaps he
started in business life under tricky
irm, who gave HIM wrong notions OF busl.
ness integrity; perhaps there was com.
| blnation of circumstances almost unpar-
alleled for temptation, perhaps there were
alleyiations, perhaps he was born wrong
and never got over it, perhaps he dad not
realize what he was dong, and II YOU are
a merciful man YOU viii think OF other
perhapses which. though they will not ex
cuse, will eNtenuate. Perhaps he has al
ready repentcd and rs washed in the blood
of the Lamb, and Is as sure of heaven as
you are.
There is another evil that we ought To
abhor while we try TO help the victim, and
that Is lnhdellty. lt snatches the life pre-
server from the man ailoat and affords
not SO much as a spar or plank as sub
stitute. lt would extinguish the only
light that has ever been kindled for th-
troubled and the lost Let the spirit of
inidelity take hold of a neighhorhood.
and IN that town the marriage relation ia
a farce, and good morals give place 10 all
styles of immorals Let II take possession
of this earth. and there would be no vir
tue left in all the worlds circumference.
Have lightning in your eye and flush
IN your cheek and frown on your brow
for dastardy that would blot out the
sun and moon and st~s OF Christianity,
and leave all things in an arctic night the
! cold equal 10 the darkness You do well
TO be angry, but how about those who
have been flung of skepticism, and that is
more millions than YOU will ever know ot
until the judgment day reveals everything.
All, here comes your opportunity for gen
tleness, kindness and sympathy. The
probability is that II you had been piled
with the same influences as this unbehev.
| er there would not be Bible IN all your
| house from cellar TO attic. Perhaps he
was IN some important transaction swim
| died by a member of the church whose
| taking of the sacrament was "A sacrilegc.
| Perhaps he read agnostic books and heard
| agnostic circles until he has been befogged
and needs your Christian help more than
| any one that YOU know of. Do not get
into any labored argument about the
| truth of Christianity. He may beat you
| at that. He has whole artillery of
weapons ready 10 open fire. Remember
| that no one was ever reformed for thil
| life or saved for the life to come by an ar
| gument, but in humblcst and gentlest
| way. your voice subdued, ask him few
| questions. Ask him il he had a Christian
| parcntage, and II he saws yes ask him
whether the old folks died happy Ask
| him II he ever heard of anv one going out
nf IN ~ mi nd
| agnostlcism. Ask him II it IL not n some
what remarkable fact that the Bible. af.
| ter so many years, sticks together and
| that there are more copies of u in exist
ence than ever before. Ask him If he
knows of any better civilization than
| Christian civilization and whether
he thinks the teachings OF Confu.
| cius or Christ are preferable. Ask him
| II he thinks IL would be a fair thing in the
Creator of all things TO put IN this world
the human race and give them no direct
communication for their guidance, and II
they did wrong tell them of no way OF
| recovery.
think IL n famous infdcl of our time
instead Of being taken away instanta-
| neously had died in his bed after weeks
| and months of illness he would have re-
voked his teachings and left for his be
| loved family consultations which they
could not find in obseuues at which not
| Fresh Pond crematory, where no Chris
tan benediction was pronounced. i do
| not positively saw that in n prolonged Ill.
ness there would have been a retraction.
but think there would.
say TO all young men hoping 10 achieve
financial, moral or religious success. CON
troll your tempers. DO not let criticism
musician, applied TO become a student in
the Conservatory Of Music at Milan, and
he was rejected bv the director, who said
that he could make nothing Of the new.
conner, as he showed no disposition for
music But the criticism did not exasper.
ate or defeat him The most OF those who
have largely succeeded in all departments
were characterized bv self control. IN
battle they could calmly look at the bomb
thrown at their feet, wondering whether
10 would explode. In commercial life,
when panics smote the city, these men
were placid while others were yelling
themselves hoarse a. the Stock Exchange.
While others nearly swooned because a
certain stock had gone 100 points down
they calmly waited until II would'get 100
points up. While the opposing attorney
In the courtroom frothcd nj the mouth
with rage because Of something said on the
other side he the equipoise Dut a glass
Of water 20 ] lips in refreshment and
proceeded with the remark, As I was
me" Self control What a glorious
thing, We want II in the doctor feeling
the pulse Of one desperately ILL., we want
u IN the engineer when the headlight of
another train comes round the curve on
the same track; we want Il IN Christian
men and women in times when 20 much
IN church and state seems going 20 demo
lition-self control
Surprising all other characters in the
worlds biography stands Jesus Christ,
wrathfnl against sin. meTciful 10 the SIN
ner Witness III. behavior toward the
robed rufans who demanded capital pun.
ishment for an offending woman-denun.
citation for their sinful hypocrisy, pardon
for her sweet pentence. He did not
speak Of Herod a. his hghness' or "hIs
royal highness,' but dared TO compare
him 10 cunning fox, saying, Go yc and
tell that fox" But. alert 20 the cry Of
suffering. He finds ten lepers, and 20 how
many OF the ten awful inyalids did He
give conva,escence and health Ten. Re-
buking Pharisasm in the most compressed
sentence IN all the vocabulary of ana.
thema: "Ye serpents, Ye generation IL
vpersl How can We escape the damna-
tion Of beilg" 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 uDOn Peter, and Peter
went out and wept bitterly"
Defying the mghtiest Government of
the world. the Roman Government. yet
rubbing His hand Just below the forehead
Of the blind until the optic nerve of him
who was born sizhtiess - created. and
the sunlight has two new paths % tread
Best illustration the world ever say Of
anger without sin. anger against the abom.
nations which have mau.ed and blasted
the earth from 10 deepes: cavern 20 its
highest Cliff. but - much pity for the sin.