The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-07-05


without having your pulses tingle. and
your heart thump, and your entire ma
ture shocked with the villainy? II so,
you are not much Of u man or much OF
woman. You ought to be angry, for
there is no sin in such vehement dis
like. You ought to be so angry that you
could not repress your feelings In the
presence of young men who are Just
forming their life theories. In every
possible way you ought to denounce
such stupendous robbery. Let 1t be
known that the only successful game
in which a man plays for money Is
the one which man loses all and
stops.
indignation Over Fraud.
There is another sin that we are Of
tentimes called to be angry with, and
that is fraud. We all like honesty, and
when it is sacrificed we are vehement
in denunciation. We hope that the de-
tectives will soon come upon the track
of the abscOnding bank official, OF the
burglar who blew up the safe, OF the
clerk who skillfully changed the figures
in the account book of the falsfler who
secured the loan on valueless property,
of the agent who because of his per-
centage wrongfully admits a man to
the benefit of a life insurance policy
when his heart is ready to stop and
who comes from an ancestry char
acteristically short lived.
One act of fraud told of in big head
/ lines in the morning papers rightfully
arouses the nations wrath 1t is the
interest 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 a premium on
| fraud, you depress public morals, you
| induce those who are on the fence be-
| tween right and wrong to get down on
the wrong side, and you put the bust
ness of the world on down grade. The
constabulary and penitentary must do
| their work. But while the merciless
and the goddess cry: Good for him!
am glad he is within prison doors!"
| be it your work to find out if the man
| ID W Oll odNlllE9 anu WudJ hClC Ihc
causes of his moral overthrow. Per-
| haps he started in business life under
a tricky firm. who gave him wrong no
;ions of business integrity perhaps
| there was a combination of circum-
| stances almost unparalleled for temp
tation; perhaps there were allevia-
tons; perhaps he was born wrong 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 perhaps which, though they
may not excuse, will eXtenuate. Per-
haps he has already repented 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 obey
ing 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 governors and presidents who
are glad when they have chance to
pardon. Blessed 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 para
dise,"
Help for the Unb,liever.
Have d lightning in your eye and a
flush in your cheek and a frown on
your brow for dastardy that would
blot out the sun and moon and stars of
Christianity and leave all things in an
arctic night, the cold equal to the
darkness. You do well to be angry, but
| how about those who have been flung
of scepticism, and that is more mil
/ lions than you will ever know of until
the Judgment day reveals everything
All, here comes your opportunity for
gentleness, kindness, and sympathy.
/ The probability is that if you
/ had been piled with the same in
/ fuence as this unbeliever there
/ would not be a Bible in all your
/ house from cellar to attic. Per-
all your house from cellar to attic Per-
haps he was in some important trans
| action swindled by member of the
/ church whose taking OF the sacrament
was a sacrilege. Perhaps he read agnos-
| tic books and heard agnostic lectures
and mingled in agnostic circles until
he has been befogged and needs your
Christian help more than any one that
you kno-J of. Do not get into any labor
ed argument about the truth of Chris
tianity. He may beat you at that He
has a whole artillery of weapons ready
to open fire.
Remember that no one was ever re-
formed for this life or saved for the life
to come by an argument, but in hum
blest and gentlest way, your voice sub
dued. ask him a few questions. Ask
him if he had Christian parentage,
and if he says yes ask him whether
the old folks died happy. Ask him if he
has ever heard of any one. going out
of this life in raptures of infidelity
and agnosticism. Ask him If it is not
a somewhat remarkable fact that the
Bible. after so many years, sticks to-
gether and that there are more
copies of it in existence than
ever before. Ask him If he