The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-04-28

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No Loyalty To Kin.
A sly fox has no loyalty TO her kin.
| She has but one desire to save her
| own skin. This characteristic Is es-
sontially true of the Satanic devotees.
All that you have TO do 10 prove this
premise is TO study how this Acelda
ma was purchased For weeks and
months the priests were trying 10 de.
stroy Christ. They knew not how
they might capture him, for they fear
eG the people At last one Of their
spies came and said: "Ah, la, have
solved the problem. One Of Christ's
| apostles can be bribed. We will find
, out where Christ Is in hiding at night.
| Then we viii take some soldiers and
| 20 aud arrest him and summon the
sanhcdrin and try him and convict
him and cruelty him before his friends
can come 10 the rescue. Here is my
man al hand What sag you. Judasi
| Win you bctray your Master for thirty
pieces Of sllyerr Il will" answered
the apostate. Then what happensi
40 sooner is Christ betrayed and
Judas is overcome with remorse than
he comes back TO these same priests
and says. Il cannot take this money.
II is blood money. Here It is" And
hc filings II at their feet Then what
happensl Why, the priests look down
upon this blood money and say: THAT
money is too vile for us 10 touch. We
cannot use a murderer's money In the
temple. We are too good and holy
for that Let us take the money aud
buy paupers' burial ground. That
certainly will hurt no one. They got
Judas 10 betrny Christ Then as soon
as Judas had done this vile, under.
hand. sinful work they turned their
backs upon him and said: Judas, you
are too low. too mean and too con
| tcmptlhle for us 10 have anything 20
do with you We will not even take
back the money we paid you with our
own hands. for II II blood money"
Al. The evil geniuses who lead US in
20 temptation will never stand by MS
when they have miserably destroyed
us In ancient Rome the defenders for
months were defying the northern bar
barlans. The strong walls and the iron
gates could not be broken down. At
last these barbarans went 90 Roman
woman and said. N YOU will open for
" the gates nt night aud let rs In, we
will give 10 you our war shields, made
~ ornamental gold and silver" She
opened the gates by uight, and Rome
fcll. hut as soon M the northern bar
bnrians be- anne masters uf Caesars
throne they destroyed the woman who
betrayed her country They gave her
their shields Of ornamental silver and
gold. but they hurled those shields at
her with all the force Of their mighty
arms until her mangled and bleeding
and lifeless body lay buried under her
prizes ~ war. After Benedict Arnold
betrayed bis country be- was hated even
more In England than In America. one
day he was seated In the gallery Of the
house 81 commons when q statesman
Hruse 10 address the house Before com
mcncing bis speech be- said Il see In
the gallery " this house contemplate
character who, by the betrayal OF his
own land has forfeited every right 10
the respect ~ mankind Before ! enter
upon my speech ! hope that Benedict
Arnold known ~ Arnold the traitor.
might be- requested 10 withdraw from
this body % honorable men" Yes, the
very men who profit by crime despisc
their Instrument aud desert him In his
lguomluy
They WIN rpra AGsiad Voc.
Man trcadIug the path u sln. do not
De- fool IN not suppose that those
sinful people who are prilsIug you
now win f1wu upon you after your
morals and money ARE gone All that
the shlounkccpcr wants Is your gold
as soon as you are Ia rags his IRE,
lunch counters viii no longer give q
welcome a. you ani yours. Az that
gambler wants ls your gold. as soon
us your money * gone be will Mich
y1u out ~ h.s presence rs willingly o.,
De- would pui o. bullet In the heart OF
n mad dog IA. ycs, the far country
held plenty vi friends as long as "a,
younger SOU had horses and wine sup
| pcr~ but us soon us his money was
gone his friends were gone. his win,
WIS gone. his horses were gone hi,
servants we're gone there was n great
famine Ia that land Companions Of
sin will tawn az YOUR feet while yot
live In a palacc They will crush yot
under their hrrls when they can de
stroy you. Accldama. the ncld ot
blood. WIS bought by the evil priests
who had turned against Judas ~ YOU
companions n sin will yet turn against
you
Accldama teaches another lesson
The easiest way 10 make an apostat'
i not by dcnounclng or ridleullng th,
divine mission u Jesus Christ. but by
developing the tendencies to sin whicl
have not bcvn cadicatcd from his ma
turc Let mo Illustrate my thought
practically You have an wanierc,
through the northern forests IN the win
Ter time Everywhere you have sect
the tall trunks " the trycs supporting
the bare branches Not a lc1f Il u
sight; not a flower Is blooming whcr,
urc the millions uron millions " leave.