The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-25

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of the pure.
Sometimes il seems TO me as IL society
were going back to the state of morals o.
Herculanetim, when il sculptured its vile
ness on pillars and temple wall and moth
ing but the lava OF burning mountain
could hide the inmensity of crime. AT
what time God will rise up. and extrpate
these evils upon society know not nor
whether He will do IL by fire or hurricane
or earthquake, but a holy God. l do not
think, will stand it much longer. be-
lieve the thunderbolts are kissing hot,
end that when God comes to chastise the
community for these sins, against which
He has uttered Himself more bitterly than
lgainst any other. the fate of Sodom and
Gomorrah will be tolerable as compared
with the fate of our modern society,
which knew better, but did worse.
We want about 10000 pulpits in Amer
.ca to thunder, "All adulterers and whore
mongers shall have their place in the hell
that burneth with FIRE and birthstone,
earth and hell forever. We have got to
understand that iniquity on Columbia
Heights or Fifth avenue or Beacon Hill is
as damnabe in the sight of God as it is
in the slums.
Whether il has canopied couch or elder
down or dwells amid the putridity OF a
low tenement house, God is after it in His
tian church has been so cowed down on
this subject that II hardly dares speak.
and men are almost apoogetic 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 ms execu-
TONERS of the law, and they go scot free.
You say that they had their provocations
God gave life. and He alone has a right
to take il, and He may take it by vista
tion 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 muir
der. If citizen going along the road at
night is 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 a slung-
shot, the law has quick spring and heavy
stroke, but you know that when men get
aillueut and high position and they avenge
their wrongs by taking the lives OF others
great sympathy is excited. Lawyers plead,
ladies weep, judge balts, Jury is bribed,
and the man goes free. II the verdict
happen to be against him a new trial is
called on through some technicality, and
they adjourn for witnesses that never
come and adjourn and adjourn until the
community has forgotten all about it, and
then the prison door opens and the muir
derer goes free.
Now, il capital punishment be right
say let the life of the polished murderer
go with the life of the vulgar assassin.
Let us have no partiality of gallows, no
aristocracy of electrocution chair. Do
not let us float back to barbarism. when
every man was his own judge. jury and
executioner, and that man had the SUI
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 be cleared by an enthusiastic
courtroom, he may be sent by the Gov
ernment of the United States as Minister
to some foreign court or modern literature
may polish the crime InSil it looks like
heroism, but in the sight of God murder
is murder, and the judgment day will so
reveal it.
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,
pendent of all such influences Put your
confidence in the Lord God. He win be
your strength. Vengeance is mine. /
viii repay, saith the Lord"
Cultivate old fashioned honesty. This
book is full of it. Old fashioned honesty
such. as was spoken OF by DR.. Livingstone,
the famous explorer. You may not know
he was descended from the Highlanders.
DIR. Livingstone said that one day one of
the old Highlanders called his children
around him and said: Now, my lads, |
have looked all through our family line.
| have gone back as far as | can, and |
find that all our ancestors were honest
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rogue among them, and you have good
blood. Now, my lads, be honest"
There are hundreds OF young men who
have good blood. Shall | ask three or four
plain questions? Are your habits as good
as when YOU left your fathers house?
Have you a good ticket in your pocket?
Have you fraudulent document? Have
you been experimenting to see how accur-
ate an imitation you could make of your
employers signature? Oh, you have good
blood. Remember your fathers prayers.
remember your mothers example. Turn
not in an evil way Have you been going
astray? Come back. Have you ventured
out too far?
As | stand in pulpits looking over au-
dlences sometimes my heart fails me-
There are so many tragedies present. so
many who have sacrificed their integrity.
so many far away from God. Why, my
brother, there have been too many prayers
offered Tor you to have you go overheard
And there are those venturng down into
sin, and my heart aches TO call them back
At Brighton Beach or Long Branch you
have seen men go down into the surf to
bathe, and they waded out farther and
farther, and you got anxious about them.
You said, Il wonder if 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
after awhile a great wave with a strong
undertow took them out, their corpses
the next day washed on the beach So
sec men wading down into sin farther and
tarther, and call to them: Come back
Come baekl You will be lost you will be
lost! They wave their hand back, say
ing, No danger; no danger" Deeper
down and deeper down until after awhile
a wave sweeps them out and sweeps them
OH forever. Oh, come back! The one
farthest away may come.
came on fyom yo~ say on ySS0 Son dopt }t know where
history has been You don't know what
iniquity ! have, plotted / have. gone
brother, ] do not know the story. but I
tell you this: The door of mercy is wide
open Though your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be as snow; though they be red
like crimson, they shall be as wool .
Though you have been polluted with the
worst OF crimes, though YOU have been
smitten with the worst of leprosies, though
YOU have been fired with all evil passions.
this moment, ON your brow, hot with mi.
aultous lndulgences, may be set the flash.
ing eoronet oil saviour's forgiveness.