Milford chronicle., 1905-07-14
&C of schur1er coIfnr

D. heart an honest man. He was promi
e nent member of the Christian church
u For years his name was the synonym
r of all that was good and true. My IA
?. ther told me that If thousand mer
L had come to him and before column
{ OF Bibles mile high had sworn that
I Schuyler COlfax was dishonest he
would have denounced every one of
them as a periurer. He had known
Schuyler COlfax for years. He knew
he might be guilty Of an indiscretion.
but Of an intentional dishonesty-nev-
er! What was his indiscretion? Some
dishonest men were trying to organize
fraudulent conspiracy under a guise
Of building the Union Pacific railroad.
! The company was capitalized at So
| 100000 In order to induce gullible
/ public to take stock the promoters OF
this company came and said to Vice
President COlfaX, I'VE will make you
a present of so much stock for the use
Of your name. which wfl give us a
standing in the community" Schuyler |
Colfax, being a professional man and |
not a business man, was innOcently 1
caught in the trap. He did not intend
TO do any wrong. He thought the busi-
ness enterprise OF building a transcOn-
tinental railroad a worthy one. He
thought the value of his good name
worth the price offered. But when
the sc0undrelly promoters Of this COM
pany had filched the money out of the
pockets Of the American people and
decamped the accumulated wrath of
the people as a hurricane broke over {
Schuyler COlfaX's head, and he was I
iriven into political oblivion. "Now." d
said my father to me- never risk r
'our good name. Never be drawn into d
my financial enterprise In the out b
ONE Of which you cannot as an honest k
nan face the world with clean hands" s.
'hus / say to you: Never risk your b
ood name. Never risk 1t by evil as II
0dates. Never risk it in shady fnan- pi
al transactions the full story Of I'll
'hich you are not willing to tell the e,
orld. Be cautious. Be cautious of OF
)ur name for yourself Be lovingly W
lutious Of your good name for your ct
'ar ones. Be lovingly cautious Of
'ur good name for the good you car sp
your fellow men. Avoid that whicb de
high. Run no dangerous risks. W
But we must not limit our theme SEE
re- Be prayerfully cautious about NJ,
ur faith in God and your relationship aw
God. BE careful that you never do the
ything to endanger that deep. ear hig
It gospel faith in Jesus Christ which mo
] learned at your Christian mothers NE
ee. Be careful that you never 90 hou
ii those men and women who are Il
to cast slur upon the the
SIS or to joke about the divinity of owl
us Christ. BE careful also that You the
er read a book. which viii in any Wit
sap your religious vitality. know and
Ie people like to make the foolish star
st that they are strongminded surI
ugh not to fear contact with evil the
'ciates or evil books. Thomas JEFF seeil
on In his old age wrote beautiful they
II to John Adams 1t went some and
g like this: Il thank you f1r the wen
you have just sent. Ehave made iagr
e rule OF my life for tile last fifty mace
$ never to be afraid tev read any wing
Of book, and l shall study this into
with pleasure But, though sBat destT
,nce may seem to be a very bgave WI
ment, believe it is a very foolish struc
TO make Yhere are boOKs.-Pyfl said
s-which you and l shouid shlIn. rescu
are tnfidel companions you and and Z
d fear. YOu have no more right and
m any useless risks about yossr to Go
in God by perusing bad books er to he
ssoefattng with blasphenlous and gun
ing infdef companions than you spirit
to risk your physical life. Or coed nay;
by that which is high" me W
not the legendary course, Of the der h
INT be your course. Perhaps you come
read about the temptation OF ST needle
ny Of Alexandria. Born tDgreaa destro
b and social position. he, Qave Oh,
an and clothed himself In monks you v
and went to dwell In hermft7s will
n order to purify his LIE, for Christ
: Then Satan came to, TEMPT llOera'
With his hfrelings. Satan flied ~ ass
be with the cOstliest OF wines seek
fnnds and said, 'MOnk. eat AMI the s.
and make merry with me!r Brt zealOu
ny turned hfs face to the vail tonS 9
aged to God to give him strength SELF p
st the temptations Of the flesh. by you
Satan inearnated his devils in the LCop
Of the most beautiful Of wan.
Who came to the cell ana safi. HouE
and love me- Tban ss+a,,'.. A 20
With the hermit against the ex- TO war
Of Christ and why he. should himself
o temptation until in great ag- Doasts
mind and body St. Anthony eoAgrei
d dead away. The. hetnits hlnnseiI
aRd fORnd him thus. and took sing In
fay. But no sooner did St An act as I
open his eyes than he said: neip "a
me back. Take me back 10 my nnaliT
And when they took him back OF usha
I him there alone snd he again IIty' 4
e Satanic tempter st. Anthony the NIL
'ut, saying: "Aha thou arch each pc
Dfdst thou think had ied? So nrss th'
am again, I, Anthony. to defy the env
} challenge all thy malice. sI'eeihet
thee. / have come back TO but aIt'
thee" Beautiful story that. wcrK on
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