Milford chronicle., 1904-04-22

rk to me, and l will keep them. If yo
I'd are dishonest | can be dishonest too
I'd That is the way Mr. So-and-so wa
ct supposed to have had his fnancia
is start in life. But. of course, as he i
Is so rich and generous with his money
n the church ana the world are ready t,
If overlook this sin of his youth" \
great temporal success is held by some
n TO atone for the sinful means by which
r that success is won
5 Emptiness of Temporal Success.
g Think not this illustration purely i'm
l aginary. l am speaking about one Of
: whom Dame RumOr is telling this
5 story at this moment. And vet. my
2 brother, as l relate this incident
: want you to answer this question.
J Does God ever allow us to make any
successes true in his sight. at the ex-
pense OF our Christian integrity viii
ne forgive us our past sins because we
bring to him our gold and silver and
precious jewels that have been stolen
from the Golfers of another's treasure
/ vaults! What is worth having is worth
/ paying for; but we always pay too high
for our temporal successes when we
! pay for them with the coin of deceit
and dishonesty and theft and with .
gold smelted by unlawful and immoral /
/ fires. a good name is rather 10 be
chosen than great riches" That means.
though you pile upon one side of your
scales all the gold buried under thou
sand hills nd 1H
make the money markets fawn at your
feet, and all the diamonds taken from
Nolconda mine, and yet put upon the
other side of that moral scale one dis
honest act by which those riches were
Won' IN the sight of God and Christian
men you have paid for your wealth at
too high a price. You have paid for
them at the expense of your Christian
integrity I
But there is still another very foolish J
sacrifice many men and women make |
Tor temporal successes of life. That is I
the respect and love which all good l
men and women should feel toward "
their fellow men. 1t is one thing 10 he
,aretul about our Christian integrity r.
nat others may think well of us. But G
t IS another and a more important o
hing that We 90 rot foolishly sacri6cn a
'ur Christian integrity. lest we lose II
ur respect and love for our neigh. b
Ors. d!
A Thought Illustrated. cl
nat 90 / mean by this statement re
ct me Illustrate my thought. Nv m
amer. in an address On the Bright mi
lne Of Things" began in this wise. Of
ms world always appears to man hU
exactly the same colors rs arc tbo di,
'lored glasses through which he looks pa
ne uses green glasses. it is a stupiG Ee
or!u; II red glasses, a martial world; act
yellow glasses. a jaundiced world. cia
ii II crystal glasses. the same bright gri
orious world in which the birds sina pai
d the brooks Surgle. ana the young shi
ople and the Old people love: the ono
ne bright glorious world rs God full
iue IT. What, again." you ask. lis bro
meaning Of this:" Why. sfmplv fro
It If you are dishonest in your nc. offe
ns' you will think all other peoDle the
ulShohest; II you are mean, You fail
i think others are mean. If Won self
deceitful. you will be looking only and
BAD motives in others. But if Won Ter
pure and good. and true and low chi!
you will intuitively begin to seek of V
what is good and true and loving the
'thers. Therefore. my brother. when spot
dishonest man seeks temDOrai In Il
'eSs at the expense Of Christian in en- d
lly ne Is always doing it at the not,
ehse OF his respect for his neigh Chri
= AS bad man, he always feels you
hough he was surrounded bv bad an a
; While, on the other hand. if a
man absolutely refuses to win rb,
)oral success. unless he himself rro,
llns good and rrue and pure he is gl,r.
Us rich in his earthly associates. icoIi,,
p? Because a good man always WI,
that he is surrounded by good covor
lbors. q
e ee TOO High. sis Of
must be an awful sensation for and
who has sacrificed his Christian that
rity to feel that he always has to with
n the CITY of Dishonesty" upOn diod
Boulevard of Deceit" 1t must he soid.
vful thing to feel that every per tho
Who comes in touch with YOU is mi,b+
49, ~ 9GeN your friendship with to pro
lister desire | once read of ocai,,.,
'ending scene. During the bonn bruto
-. VI CNni 'estoii' D u young text di
: e.ie ie VI 'i,e Prlncipal mansions her ia
;.,' "a, eI'9 VI 'ne south was stand that il
lth her soldier lover before the II mo,
lge altar. Just as the chaplain who r.,
bout to pronounce the twain one. ,,or1d
sounded a ringing of shell. II boor, q
into the room, and the Young bor nc
dropped dead at the feet of her fro,, ,
Oh, that death was horrible. wos ba
=! That was a tragedy. But the lovod
OF horror which met the Young we'll,
'oom's eyes that night is not so Decossa
e to ME as must be the taunting- wboso
izing feelings of a bad man who bv o,,,.
that every marriage altar is to so,.o
pom the hard rock of selfishness. asl,s nc
] friendly greetings are mareIv -, IS,