Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-14

out nunun8 or tr0mpin9 through the
woods and you were lost. You ~
member how YOU tramped on and on
until you became faint from lack Of
food, ana perhaps your lips bscnmN
swollen for water to drink. bue
there was no watcr, no FOOT. no
house In sight. How. u,sn, dad you
look at life9 Does hungry f,an,
cold man. have thu samo chance for
virtue and honesty ana purity "a
we'll fed men and O warm man! Oh,
my friends. n YOU and s<er find
tifnc wien VI can relieve some Of
these financial distresses I beiievc we
WI take away large per cent OF
the cfimoR anc the dishonestles Of the
world. Indeed, I know what ! say Is
true. Mose me1, are not tlishons4t Tor
nero pleasure. but only when thcy
have become bruta lixed by hunger aud
bodily wants ind financial necessities.
The majority Of men are honest ct
heart
This truth was forced upon me some
months ago In q powerful way. met
one Of tho boys OF one Of the old farm.
ers Of my Bushhll church, where
preached for two summers as a theo-
logical student. thirteen miles from q
railroad. From being a farmers son
he had worked his way through college
and was travelling through the country
10 q camping wagon lecturiug at the
little towns and schoolhouses upor the
Anthracite Coal Beds Of Pennsyl-
vania." As lecturer that man had
been everywhere. On the deserts, in
the mountains. at mining camps and
In railroad towns he had spoken. lie
had camped alone in ravines aud By
Mexican dugouts and by Indian viii
lagos. Were you never afraid Of be-
ing attacked and robbed?' cd him.
Never" said he. Il started out years
ago believing that most people were
honest and that II YOU trust them they
would not betray you. have been
among the cowboys and had Indians
ride up to me upon the desert miles
away from my human being. and I
have never been molested. Further
more, I have never carried firenrm,
either gun or pistol I never locked
up my things. But I'd go away from
my wagon for days at q time, ana
when I came back I always found my
goods just where left them. II you
believe people ars honest and trust
them they will not bctray you." 50
sag I. From rather varied expefi.
ence feel sure that most people want
to do right. II men Go cheat, forgV
and steal inevitably you will find tina,
they were first led astray because hun
ger or cold or financial exigency OF
some sort drove them to crime. Col
inspire US TO help those "ho arc with
out work to get work, and those who
are without food ana clothing to Rel
food and clothing. and those who are ir
financial difficulties to weather theil
few months OF financial storm. Hrlg
that man financially Do you not heal
the words Of my text. loose him ant
let him co." Cod will save that mar
In financial distress n you disciples WI!
do your pnrt.
We must save men morally "a vel
M help them intellectually and flnan
cially. apply that word morally" I;
all that is most vile aud corrupt Il
human nature. do not. however. ap
ply II III the sense that you and
should 60 into the city Sums and If
up the social outcasts. although thei
rescue should and must nc done by tn
proper Christian workers. But d
apply II in the meaning that we shoul
reach out helping hand and kee'
inen and women aud young boys an,
girls from slipping over the precipice
Of moral ruin. In ninety nine case
out OF "A hundred this can be done
we only place around the young folk
the right kind OF Christion associa
lions.
The Lesson Of Heredity.
There are many influences which d.
welOp the moral life besides environ
ment. l believe absolutely and en-
phatically In heredity. The reason th
domestic dog circles around two @
three times before he lies down I
sleep at tho kitchen stove IL becaus
or on western prairie circled around l
the same way to track down the leave
or the grasses before he lay down
sleep beneath tho campfircs Of the gil
tering stars. The reason the Jew ia tn
shrewdest and most successful buye
and money lender OF the world is t'
cause for centuries he was downtrOt
den by the gentiles. He could hold Il
real property. II he was landown.
his estate was coniscated at I'll
whims Of his neighbors. The onl
means Of livelihood opened to shyioc
was that Of trader and money lende
; The reason the American Indian
what he Is today u because the will
romantic life depleted In Cenimo'
: Cooper's "fAatherstockIng Tales
stlll In his blood. and the redskin seem
to be unable to anchor his existence
a farm aud change bis wigwam to
stone hsvsidc. But, though believ
Ilnct, In prenatal influence, l alsO b.
lieve much In environment. II 20
and place the right kind OF associate
about our young folks we can inevit'
lAy save them for God II we will.
How powerfully this truth came
me few weeks ago. Our last nation
al holiday Of Fourth Of July was
, very busy one for me. was worSin
hard In my study. In order to haste
) my departure for tne COUNTRY, whs
dear friend OF mine called sn'
against my protesting voice, carrie
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