The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-15


l Keep thy heart with all diligence for
out OF 1t are the issues OF life--Proverbs
Many years ago in a Michigan town
lived a rising young. lawyer. He had a
young wife. and as he was talented and
energetic, life seemed to promise much
for him But he appears to have been
one OF the kind that allowed his affec-
tons to rove at VIII. and instead of
being true to his wife he began making
love to a pretty girl employed in the
local postofflce. She enjoyed the hirta-
ton and accepted his attention. One
day when the pretty girl was visiting
the lawyer at his Office. his wife came
in There was a scene during which
the wife nourished q revolver and
threatened to do some shooting.
There was a scandal. of course. and
the lawyer pulled up and went west
He and his wife were divorced The
postoffice girl followed him. and believ-
ing his protestations of faithfulness to
her. they were married
OF course she might have known bet
ter, and Of course she was punished in
due time for stealing the man from his
hrst wife. In the course of years his
briIliance gave him prominence and
considerable success as a lawyer in
spite of dissipation. He went into poll
tics and when Utah became a state.
by some hook or crook he was made
one of it's United States senators-for
a short time. In his political connec-
tions he was thrown in with a married
woman in the employ Of a state politi-
cal committee. This woman being
younger than the lawyers wife. dis
placed her in his affections. More scan
daL And it is stated that the second
wife once threatened to shoot, just as
the first wife had done.
But this time there were no divorce
proceedings SO far as the man was
concerned, although the woman-his
latest MISUNDERSTANDING separated
from her husband. The wife, however.
suffered the penalty of her own sins by
knowing that another had stolen her
husbands affections from her. and IN
time she died-perhaps of a broken
heart.
There being no legal obstruction re-
naming. the other woman now asked
that the lawyer marry her. He put her
off,. She became insistent and he re-
fused her request. a few days ago he
went from Utah to Washington and
thither she followed him, fearing that
he intended TO marry another woman
Finding him at his hotel she made
last demand that he make her his wife.
But punishment was to come to her
also for her sins He spurned her. A
shot rang out through the hotel corri-
doris. and on last Thursday Arthur G.
Brown. former United States senator
from Utah, came to his end at the
hands of the third woman he had wrong
ed He had sown dishonor broadcast,
and in his death he reaped a big yield
from 4ha seed
Sometimes the crop Is a long time
in maturing-it was in the case Of Sen
ator Brown,--but sin Is a sure crop
Just the same. 1t Is never a failure.
1t requires no irriga ting-although it
may occur to some that a certain kind
of irrigating Is very productive OF sin
and It is impossible to escape the har-
vest.
Young man. King Solomon knew
what he was about when he advised, |
Keep thy heart with all diligence. for
out Of it are the issues of life Old |
jeremiah once said, "The heart is de- |
ceitful above all things. and desperate |
~ wicked" clean heart is one OF
the best possessions any individual can
have How much more respect the l
young man of a clean heart and a pure |
life commands than does the libertine
and the roue. One great blot be-
smirches the character of David, King i
of Israel, otherwise one Of the best of
men; yet David repented and in his
agony of repentance he prayed. Create |
in me a clean heart, o God; and renew |
a right spirit within me-"
Young man, which would you choose:
the heart Of the nbertine and home
destroyer, or the heart that David
prayed for in his repentance?