The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-09
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Thou shalt not steal" said Moses.
So says Christ 10 us. All that Moses
asked of Israel, Christ demands OF
America. No man can steal and be
| plumb 10 the law OF love. With the
entrance of Jesus the heart Will seek
20 give rather than TO get; and with
| the soul that walks with Moses God,
! the right will ever reign supreme.
But despite all the unwholasome-
ness around US. the signs of the
times presage glorious transfor-
nation that is near at hand What
ever may have been the evil sowing
Of yesterday, and whatever may be
! the alarming harvest OF to-day, we
need not fear for the harvest of to-
morrow. The Lord is coming into
His own. Society is coming 10 its
senses and better men are moving 20
the front. The dormant will of q
mighty people is awaking and woe
betide the wicked charlatan who
/ fails TO see the writing on the wall,
or seeing, fails 10 heed II. And the
awakening will come most largely, as
in the nature Of the case it ought.
among the common people of the
sophical slander is so often hurled
that they are not worthy 70 be trusted
because they are SO hcGle, so foolish
and so weak.
That a social regeneration and
moral revival is taking place in So
ciety no man may. with reason,
doubt. 1t is in the air. Men are ap-
plying moral standards that for
calHny,,
heard employed in the judging Of in
dividual and public actions. The
newspaper to-day blazes the trail
ahead Of the pulpit, and many an ed
itorial handles the ethical cudgel
more forcefully and effectively than
many a sermon. Men, within ana
without the church, are asking for
more decisive, concrete. fearless ethi-
cal preaching from the pulpits OF our
land. Ecclesiastical authorities are
hesitant about receiving the money
OF our tainted millionaires, not be-
cause they are convinced that money
itself can partake Of the moral quail
ties of the individual who possesses
it, no matter how had man he may
be or however fagitiously his money
may have been acquired; but because
ed of being rec eeeivers of stolen goods
or lay themselves open to the charge,
just or unjust. Of compounding wick
edness. Reforrl movements are rife.
and the bottom plank of the reform
alton platform "a, almost without eX-
ception. in substance, the Eighth
Word Of the Mosaic law.
Now and again we hear 1t said that
those VINO promise us reform Will, in
their turn. wheG they shall have en-
tered into power, exploit the people
for their own advantage, as has been
done Of yOre. do not believe that
this is so, as / read and interpret
to-day's events; but Of this | am
sure, that they who betray the con-
fidence of the people under the prom
ise of a clean reform, will go down,
at a later day. 10 a political disaster
beside which the downfall OF an Ar
mold will be counted tame.
Hand in hand with the moral
reformation, a religious revival which
shall purify mems souls will sweep
the land. Spiritual blessedness and
10y and neace in holy spirit" will
become the chief desire of mems
hearts. Having tried the comfort
that the world gives and found it
faulty, men will seek the peace OF God
which Daesaih all human cOmnreher-
sion, which the world cannot give and
which tho world cannot take ava"
Let us place our trust in the Go' or
Israel and of America. Let us face
The future with Q cheer.