Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29

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his name. as was that father IN refer
ence to his boy who was a very i'm,
portant witness In New England
trial After the cross examining law.
yer bad in vain tried TO break down
the lads testimony he at last turned
and said. Your father has been telling
you how TO testify. has he notr' "Yes,"
answered " liter, he has" "Then,
my boy, tell us how your father told
you to testify" We'll" said Walter,
father said that the lawyers would
try to tangie me. but IL l would just
take my time and be careful and tell
the truth could tell the same thing
every time" Though that father was
not at the time on the witness stand,
by his language OF action tbe father
spoke when the boy spoke. Thus, my
brother, by the same law we are re-
sponslble for what our dependents and
representatives do in our name.
How EVIL Is Exposed.
A wicked mans evil actions are again
manifested in his unwilllngness to pub
| licly protest against evil whenever he
may sec it. Silence itself can some
times make a man party TO a crime,
although personally he may I'm no way
be benefited by that crime. For in
stance, a few weeks ago the three not
ed Chicago bandits. Van Dine and Me.
dermeier and Roeski. fled to Indiana
and lived there In a dugout While
refugees from justice those three men
one day entered country store to
purchase some food. a country school
teacher saw them and recognized them
| by their published pictures. Had that
schoolteacher not telegraphed his In
telligence 10 the Chicago police in one
sense he would have become party to
their crimes. So. my brother. If i'm pub
lie you hear the name of Christ bias
phemed. II you see young manhood,
young womanhood. about to be degrad-
ed and utter no protest; II you see an
injustice about 10 be done another and
lift no warning voice, then, by your
Language OF action" you become n
party TO Satan's infamies. As an hon
est man. speak when God bids you to
speak. AS an honest man. keep silent
when you please. provided no one is to
A wicked mans evil actions are
again manifested In his willingness to
! take advantage OF a helpless brother
or sister through a technically of the
law. BY that 1 mean that through a
technicality he is willing to become a
moral criminal, a Insurer, a swindler, a
destroyer, a vampire IL he car only
do 1t and escape the 'fine tooth comb
OF the law.
Actions Rarely lie.
There goes an cid proverb, - times
| nothing Is falser than figures and moth
ing more unjust than exact legal jus
| tice." So at times we have seen men
become thieves though they could rot
be arrasgned In the criminal court
We have seen men become liars though
by the Language OF action they
could not be proved perjurers before
any legal tribunal. One day, about O
year before Abraham Lincoln was nom
mated at Chicago. a Mr.. Lord entered
the law Office OF Lincoln & Herndou
and heard q conversation between
Honest Abe" and one OF his clients
This conversation closed In the follow.
Ing way: Eyes, we can doubtless gain
your case for you. We can set the
whole neighborhood at loggerheads
We can distress a widowed mother and
her six fatherless children and thereby
| get for you six hundred dollars, tc
which you seem TO have a legal claim
but which rightfully belongs, il ap
pears to me, as much TO the woman
anu her children as II does TO you. You
must remember that some things le
gally right are not morally right We
shall not take your case, but will give
you little advice, for which we shall
charge you nothing. You seem TO be O
sprightly, energetic man. We would
advise you to try your hand In making
six hundred dollars In some other
way" l cannot express my thought
that "some things are legally right and
not morally right" better than by rest
ing 1t with the blunt words OF one
whose Language OF action never in.
tentionally gave utterance TO a lie.
Message OF Hope.
When some one asked the great
| Athenlan orator what were the three
most effective essentials for successful
public speech. Denosthenes answered
First, action; second. action; third, nc
ton" So let the lesson OF the text be
translated into your lives. Let your
actions. public and private. be OF such
n character that your influence will be
one that stimulates. ennobles and spir,
ituallzes the lives OF others. In secret
and in the eyes OF men so act and 10
live that your associates, your neigh
bors. the community ard the world will
be the better for your having lived. BY
your Christian example you may lead
others To become Christians. BY your
gospel handshake you can win souls
for Christ. BY your welcoming and en-
couraging eye you can cheer up the
oppressed and the downtrodden. BY
your gesturing finger you can point on,
the right path wherein the sinner car
forsake his sin and walk hand In hand
with God.
My fathers life demonstrated the
power OF the Language OF action" be
cause In his public ministry he never
made close affiliations with any one
man or class OF men who were trying
TO tear down tic great bulwarks OF the
gospel. After Car,sinal Manning was
dead these words, which ne had spoken
into the records Of a photograph. were
repeated Mt o mass meeting gathered In
London for memorial OF his, life; 81
hope that no word OF mine. written OF
spoken In my life, will be found tc
have done harm to my fellow mon
when I am dead" II .my father was
to come back to life. we would find
that this sentiment was his hope while
he was npon this earth. and this senti
ment Is now his hope while he is In
heaven He always tried 10 preach a
safe and cleansing gospel. His '!an.
guage OF action" was right upon the
temperance question, right upon the
Sabbath question. right upon Gods
word, right upon the Fa.herhood of
God and the brotherhood of man. He
not oaiy preached God with the Iip.
but he also lived God in his daily life.
My brother, my sister. always let
your influence be cast upon the safe
side OF every debatnble moral question.
Let your Language of action" always