Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-07-04

| having your pulses tnglc, and your heart
thump. and your entire nature shocked
| with the villany? II 80, you are not much
of man or much Of woman. You
ought to be angry, for there Is no sin in
such vehement dislike. 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 de.
nounce such stupendous robbery. Let IL
be known that the only successful game
In which man plays for money Is the
one in which he loses all and stops.
But while you are holly indignant
against the crime, how do you feel about
those who were feeced and slain? They
did not know that their small boat was
80 near the maclstrom. Some OF them
were born with tendency to recklessness
and experiment and hazard. They inner.
tied disposition to tempt chance Do
not heap on them additional discourage.
ments, do not derde their losses. Help
them to start again. Show them that
there are more fortunes yet 10 be gained
than have yet been gathered and that
with God for their friend they will he
provided for here and through the Sa-
viours mercy they may reign forever in
the land where there are no losses and in
hiltt EHlIiS W NV you HNN rptupn In the
face at the fact that gambling is the dis.
graceful mother Of mutitudnous crimes.
Of envies. jcalousics. rrvcnges, qunrrels,
crucltcs. falsehoods, forgcrics. suicides,
murders and despair he careful what you
say of the victim Of the vice and what
you do. He needs moro sympathy than
the man who cnme up from inebricty and
debauch and assassination. for many
such repent and are saved. but confirmed
gamblers hardly ever reform
During the course Of a prolonged minis.
try | have seen thousands redeemed.
many Of them who we're clear gone in
SIN 10y Almighty grace rescued. In all
parts OF this land and in some parts
of other lands ] have seen those who
were given M as ncorrigible and lost
recovered for God AMI heaven. but how
many confirmed gamblers have scen
converted from their evil ways? A thou.
sand? M Five hundred? No. Fiftyi
No. Two? No. One? No. I read in
book Of one such rescued. I have no
doubt there have been other cases. hu,
no evil does is work so Thoroughly and
eternally rs gambling. Such almost
hopeless OF reformation ought 10 call
forth from you deeper sympathy than you
feel for any other unfortunate Pity nv
all means. for those who. shipwrecled
and bruised among The timbcrs. have ncy.
cr'hcl"ss climbed up to the fshermnn's
cabin and found warmth ana shelter. hut
more pity for those who never reach
shore, but are dashed 70 death in tho
breakers BE angry at the sin but sym.
pathize with lis victims.
INDIGNATION Over Fraud.
mere IS another sin that we are often.
times called TO he angry with. and that
Is fraud We all like honesty. and when
II is sacrificed we are vehement in do.
nrnciaton. We hope that the detectives
VIII soon come upon the track OF the
apSconding bank official. OF the burglar
VINO blew up the safe, Of the clerk who
sklilfnlly changed the figures in the ac.
count hook. of the falsifcr who secured
the i"an on valucless property. Of the
agent WHO because OF his percentage
wroncfully admits n man to the benefit
OF ME insurance policy when his heart
Is ready to stop and who comes from an
ancestry characteristically short lived.
One act Of fraud told OF in big headlines
IN the morning papers rightfully arouses
the nations wrath. II is the interest OF
every good man and good woman who
reads OF the crime TO have it exposed and
punished. Let ii go unscathed, and Won
put premium on fraud, you depress pub
lie morals. you induce those who are on
me renee between right md wrong 10 get
down on the wrong side. and you put the
business Of the world on down grade,
The conStabulnry and penitentary must
do their work. But while the mercilcss
and the goddess cry: Good for him!
am glad he is within the prison DOORS.
be it your work TO find out il that man is
worth saving and what were the causes
Of his moral overthrow. Perhaps he
started in business life under tricky
hrm, who gave him wrong notions Of
business Integrity; perhaps there was
combination Of circumstances almost I'M
paralleied for temptation; perhaps there
were aeviatons: perhaps he was horn
wrong and never got over il; perhaps he
did not realize what he was doing, and il
You are mercful man you will think OF
other perhapses which. though they may
not excuse, will extenuate Perhaps he
has already repcnted and is washed in the
blood OF the Lamb and is as sure of
heaven az you are. What nm opportunity
you have now for chewing my text. You
were angry at the misdemeanor, but you
are hopeful for the recovery OF the re.
calcitrant. Blessed oil prison reformers!
BLESSED are those governors and presi.
dents who are glad when they have
chance TO pardon Blessed the forgivng
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 paradise"'
There is another evil that we ought 10
abhor. while we try to help the victim, {
and that is inddeity. 1t snatches the life {
preserver from the man nloat and affords /
not So much as q spar or plank rs sub. |
stitute. 1t would extinguish the only q
light that has ever been kindled for tho q
troubled and the lost. Let the spirit Of S
inhdelity take hold OF a neighborhood, /
and in that town the marriage relation is '
a farce, and good morals give place to all {
styles Of immorals. Let 1t take posses. G
sion OF this earth. and there would be no \
virtue left in all the worlds circum. )
ference. All the sins rebuked in the Ten :
Commandments would be dominant The /
torch that shall kindle the copfagration I
OF the earth in its last catastrophe will q
not do Us much damage as would infdel- q
ity and agDosticism il they got the .
chance, BE angry with such theor les OF I
unbclief and hatred OF God. Never laugh |
at the wittcsms Of those who would he +
little the Bible with their POPULARITY. Z
Quote TO them the four lines Of Whittier:
And weary seekers Of the best
We come back laden with our quest |
To find that all the ssyes said
Is in the book our mothers read. T