Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-22


to pass your evenings in disreputable
haunt where the name of Christ is
sneer.d at and ridiculed? How dare
you gleefully boast of those sins about
which | dare not speak in public? Do
you not know that by your Language
of action" you are not only destroying
yourself, but others also? Take the ad-
vice once given to Thomas Paine. Aft
er the noted infidel had written his
book, Age of Reason" he took the
manuscript to Benjamin Franklin to
ask for his criticism. After Franklin
had read it he commended its literary
qualities Then he said: Thomas
Paine, / would never print that book
| would throw that manuscript into
the fire. If the human race is so sin
full now. how greatly magnified those
sins will become if the bulwarks of
Christianity are taken away BY that
work you will not only destroy others,
but yourself. He that spits against the
wind splits in his own face" Like
Thomas Paine by the Language of
positive evil action" a man not only
destroys himself, but others. Inevi-
tably the world suspects that a mans
inner life is even worse than its out
ward expression.
Men sometimes have not the courage
to commit the crimes they desire, but
by their actions incite others to COM
nit them; but God and man hold them
accountable for the acts of their
agents. AS Henry ii. Of England.
goadcI by the arrogance Of Thomas
a Beckett, connived at his murder and
was punished and Inundated as Sc
verely as if he had committed it with
his own hands, so those who use other
men and profit by their crimes are re-
sponsible for them. Like the usurper
of Naboth's vineyard, he does not STAY
with his own hands the Jezreelite; but,
like Ahab, he shuts his eyes and allows
another 10 commit the crime he him
self is too cowardly to do. He wink
eth with his eyes" may mean 1.-The
wicked man shuts his eyes to crime
which is being committed in his
name"
Mans Responsibility.
oh" says the candidate for Office,
Il am an honest man. | never let a
dollar stick to my hands which did not
honestly belong to me. l never spoke
an untruth in my life" Are you hon
est, my brother? How about that $10,-
600 subscription which you made for
campaign purposes? How about that
other $4,000 donated by your party
friends? Are all those moneys in
tended for circulars and speakers and
legitimate campaign expenses? Ii they
are you are honest. If you expect to
keep your lips sealed and have your
lieutenants bride the voters at the
polls you are dishonest. Your Tan
guage Of action" proves it. oh" says
| the merchant, Il am an honest nun.
| No customer ever heard me break my
| word Are you honest, my brother?
| Do you forbid your clerks to make
| wrong statements in reference to your
| goods? Do you see that your adver-
Using agents print within the right
| limit short Of eXaggeration? II YOU
do you are honest. You are dishonest
| if you allow other lips to falsify IL
your name. That conspiracy makes
| you a falsifer too. Oh" says the
capitalist, Il am an honest man. |
am rot responsible for what my agent
does. If he rents my house for illegit-
innate purposes his good name is tar
| nished, not mine" Yes, my capital
iStic friend, you are responsible for
what your agent does. The same dogs
that licked Jezebels blood licked
| Ahab's blood. Sin OF allowing others
| to do a crime in our name may be just
as condemnable as though We commit
| ted the crime with our own hands.
Your Language of action proves it.
Every man is responsible to more or
less extent for what others may do in
his name as was that father in refer
ence to his boy who was very i'm
portant witness in New England
| trial. After the cross examining law
yer had 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 not?' Yes
answered Walter, "he has" Then,
my boy, tell US how your father told
you to testify WELL" said Walter,
father said that the lawyers would
try to tangle me, but if 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 the father
spoke when the boy spoke. Thus, my
brother, by the same law we are re-
sponsible for what our dependents and
representatives do in our name.
How Evil Is Exposed.
A wicked mans evil actions are again
manifested in his unwillingness to pub
licly protest against evil whenever lie
may see it. Silence itself can some
times make a man a party to crime,
4 although personally he may in no way
be benefited by that crime. For in
stance, a few weeks ago the three not
ed Chicago bandits. Van Dine and Me