The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-19

I never right to mEs.5sr h;rl- Capital
/ punishment has been fogr<i ~ the expe-
/ rienee OF the highest civilized states
/ and nations to be a necessary. penalty
Z Tor murder. This law is founded upon
+ he nature Of man and cannot be disre-
( garded with impUDity by any govern
/ ment
The Seventh Commandment is the Law
Of social purity. It puts the guard OF
protection around the home. which is
the fountain head of social life If the
sanctity Of the home life be destroyed
the whole fabric of society goes DOWN
with it The homo has existeji. and does
exist. IN Mormon. heather, and Moham-
medan Ianis under a pOlygamOus form.
but even n that form its sanctity has
been considered invioiabI. from time
irnmemorial.
ImDurity. in any of its phases. is a
mortal blow at the marriage tie. which
IS the foundation stone of the home.
That which corrupts the home corrupts
society. Lewdness is an ulcer which
poisons the Ifeblood of the body petite.
Cur age of the world is one which needs
especially TO remember the seventh
commandment, because it Is in special
danger OF violating It. Wherever the
members Of society. consisting of both
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as they are in large cities. there the sin
Of lewdness ard unchastity is liable to
become prevalent. The seventh com
mandment strikes at a sin of SppaI-
ling nature and growing with frightfuI
rapidly No sin more speedily and
more thoroughly undermines character .
It completely destroys every moral
sense, wrecks the body, and brin.,s > he'll
Of remorsc and misery and despair. here
and hereafter No aduItere.-Or aduIter-
ess, as a rule, ever escaped swift and
awful punishment This sin degrades
men below the level of the beast That
civilization is the best which exslts in
the highest dc gree or the virtue 90 We
men and the honor OF men.
The Eighth Commandment is ne law
Of property. This is natural right The
Instinct OF men says that what a man
makes with his own labor OF brains or
what is freely given to him is his own
and that it is a sin TO deprive him If i
without his consent. A thief is exc
Grated by all men IN all rude eozdmun-
tiles stealing is dealt with in the Sc
verest manner. It is often made crime
10 be visited with capital punishment
Robbers are often shot dowS in their
tracks with impunity as an act of jus
tee. Stealing is q very desI icabJe sin
and one hard TO forgive. Yet = is a
very prevalent sin It may oe harder
Tor men to steal IN our day on q small
scale but owing 10 the Various intr1ca-
cies and combinations Of modern bust
ness and the various techaicaIities Of
modern law It Is easter to steal on
broad scale To deprive man OF his
due in any way. whether it be debt
owed him, or a Just wage, or a eomDe-
s~a# To- h
ties is 10 steal from him 4 reputation
Tor honesty is good eapitsl IN business
affairs.
The Ninth Commandment Is the law of
truth telling Men naturally hate liar.
The conscience tells US that lie IS
never justifable. There aye ~ white
lies. To bear false wftp ess- pgaz INST ones
neighbor is always tC deprive him OF
bis reputation and may Cause him the
loss Of his property, his employment, or
his life 'Slander is tongue murder
Gossip is a thief Of reputation This
commandment COmpels US 20 guard with
sacred care the jewel OF the good name
OF our neighDoF- Better to steal our
neighbor's money than his good name.
Speak praises rather than i'll of ones
neighbOr- Splash no mud upon his char
acter- Liars are children OF the devil
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eternity in hell Yet il is easy to lie
and hard TO tell the truth. man who
tells the truth always is greater hero
than he who lands an army to victory.
Sincerity is one of the most beautiful
OF graces. The love of truth is the
foundation Of noble manhood
The Tenth Commandment is the law
of contentedness with ones lot as com
pared with the lot Of other people. This
commandment condemns greed. It con-
dennis seIfishness in all its forms. It
condemns gTumbling at ones fate Gov
etOusness is the desire to possess what
another person has" The Tenth Com
mandment 'forbids all the methods of
acquisition which play so large a part
in modern business whereby a mani
seeks to enrich himself not by his earn I.
ings but by his shrewdness in appro- /
priating the earnings of other people"
The Tenth Commandment is the climax
of the Decalogue. IN that il makes II q /
sin 70 feel or think wrong as well as to /
do wrong. The only safeguard against /
the violation of all these commandments (
is perfect love toward God and man It
is possible to break all OF these com /
mandments in motive and thought before
the overt act occurs Keep thine heart /!
with all diligence, for out of it are the |
issues of life"