The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-18
Or are flounderfng in the quicksands a

or are founderfng in the quicksands a
shame.
No Loyalty to Kin.
A sly fox has no loyalty to her kin.
She has but one desire-to save her
sentially true OF the Satanic devotees.
All that you have to do to prove this
premise is to study how this Acelda-
ma was purchased. For weeks and
months the priests were trying to de-
stroy Christ They knew not how
they might capture him, for they fear
&c the people At last one of their
spies came and said: "Ah, ha, l 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 will take some soldiers and
go and arrest him and summon the
sanhedrin and try him and convict
him and cruelty him before his friends
can come to the rescue. Here Is my
man at hand What say you, Judas
Will you betray your Master for thirty
pieces Of silver?' II WILL" answered
the apostate. Then what happens?
No sooner is Christ betrayed and
Judas Is overcome with remorse than
he comes back to these same priests
and says: II cannot take this money.
1t is blood money. Here it is" And
be filings it at their feet. Then what
happens? Why, the priests look down
upon this blood money and say: THAT
money is too vile for Us to touch. We
cannot use murderer's money In the
temple. We are too good and holy
for that. Let US take the money and
buy a paupers' burial ground. That
certainly will hurt no one. They got
Judas to betray 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-
temptible for us to have anything to
do with you. We will not even take
back the money we paid you with our
own hands, for it is blood money
All, the evil geniuses who lead us In
to temptation will never stand by US
when they have miserably destroyed
us. In ancient Rome the defenders for
months were defying the northern bar
barians. The strong walls and the iron
gates could not be broken down. At
last these barbarians went to Roman
| woman and said, IF you will open for
us the gates at night and let us In, we
will give to you our war shields, made
Of ornamental gold and silver" She
opened the gates by night, and Rome
fell. But as soon as the northern bar
barians became masters Of 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 Of war. After Benedict Arnold
betrayed his country he was hated even
more in England than in America. One
day he was seated In the gallery Of the
house of commons when a statesman
arose to address the house. Before CON-
mencing his speech he said: II see in
| the gallery of this house contemplate
character who, by the betrayal Of his
own land, has forfeited every right to
the respect of mankind. Before enter
upon my speech hope that Benedict
Arnold, known as Arnold the traitor,
might be requested to withdraw from
this body Of honorable men," Yes, the
very men who profit by crime despise
their instrument and desert him in his
ignominy.
They VIII Turn Against You.
Man treading the path of sin, do not
be a fool. Do not suppose that those
sinful people who are praising you
now will fawn upon you after your
morals and money are gone. All that
the saloonkeeper wants is your gold;
! as soon as you are In rags his free
lunch counters will no longer give a
welcome to you and yours. All that
gambler wants is your gold; as soon
as your money is gone he will kick
you out of his presence as willingly as
he would put bullet In the heart Of
mad dog. All, yes, the far country
held plenty Of friends as long as the
younger son had horses and wine sup
pers, but as soon as his money was
gone bis friends were gone, his wine
was gone, his horses were gone, his
servants were gone; there was great
famine in that land. Companions Of
sin will fawn at your feet while you
live in a palace. They will crush you
, under their heels when they can de-
stroy you. Aceldama, the field Of
blood, was bought by the evil priests,
who had turned against Judas as your
companions Of sin will yet turn against
you.
Aceldama teaches another lesson.
The easiest way to make an apostate
is not by denounclng or ridiculing the
| divine mission of Jesus Christ, but by
developing the tendencies to sin which
have not been eradicated from his ma
ture. Let me illustrate my thought
practically. You have all wandered
| through the northern forests In the win
ter time. Everywhere you have seen
the tall trunks of the trees supporting
the bare branches Not leaf Is i'll