Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27
ALL MORALLY
CROSS EYED,
SAYS PASTOR
STIRRING ADDRESS DELIVERED
BY MINISTER
DECLARES DEVIL OCCUPIES PEW
IN FASHIONABLE CHURCH
Old Description of Satanic Majesty
Misleadng-tiorns Now Hidden
by SILK Hat and Tail by
Stylish Trousers

was the topic of a stirring sermon
delivered yesterday morning at the
church of the Unity by Rev. Burt
re+as Howard, the pastor DR.. Howard
said in part:
"If anv one were to start out on
still hunt for the devil he would PROB
ably find him, not in the tenderloln ana
the saloon districts of our cities-those
places he can leave with little looking
after-but he would in all likelihood
find him occupying the best pew in one
of o,,r most fashionable churches.
This fact would be no reflection on
the church. but simply would sho"
fashion and good custom can make
even the devil look respectable, ana
that questionable characters are some
times clothed in the livery Oh heaNeu'
His satanic majesty is l take it, gem
tleman by instinct and finds more TO
arouse his admiration in the Dig,
smooth sins of the modern social Worlo
than in the cheap and tawdry vices Oh
the tough. - 5.u
1.-The old conception o. the deVll,
which furnished him with the useless
apnendage of hoofs, horns and forkea
fan NAV fit one of the lesser ana
rougher members of the Independent
Order of Imps, but as description OF
the modern devil it is misleading Inc
horns are hidden under SILK nat, Ihe
hoofs neatly encase in patent leathers
and the tail run down a creased
trousers leg.
Old Earrisrks Lacking
"Hodern sin is the orsprlng oI
modern social organization ana the
n,,oi,Sant resnecta bility of it's parentage
blinds most of us to its true nature
The old earmarks which made SIN re-
nulsive are lacking and the want OIL d
definite personal element IN wrong
doing obscures moral judgment. Pc Pc
cause modern sin presents none of the
faafnres to which we have been useu
we fail to recognize it. We appreclate
murder because of it's dramatic lhcl-
dents. We can see the murderer anu
his victim and blood cries out from
tha ground against him, but the duul-
terant of foodstuffs, the dealer III I'M
nure milk, the manufactures OF pateLe
t1adicines that stimulate craving Ior
intovicants or drugs, is too 1ar away
from his victims for shortslghtei
public to mark connections
1--WE can appreciate the SIN OF sonie
hiehwayman who gets caught win tle
goods on him, or who is happeu py
of1cers while breaking into BANK put
tla man who manipulates the market
to the injury of thousands or innocent
men and women, the man VINO puhhoeS
his fellowmen out of millions py jug
Cling with stocks ana tne 1ins az va mnS
climbs to power on the ruined me anu
S,,racked businesses of feebler COM
,,o.i+ors we life out hat to as master
~ high finance and talk about MN ia
the nolitical conventions as gooo seIla-
torial timber.
Fail to See Sins
..r1,be fact is we are morally cross
avad We fail to see sins tnat iooIIl
mountain high above our social lol - iAol,
We have been slaVishly applyIiIss. -. 80 ~
old conception of sin to new coHale.1Iis t1,1I,
and have succeeded in obliteratlng
moral distinctions instead ol Si0- p-'
accentuating them, ,,.. :. +,,ao-
awe do not see that boodling is trea-
SON. that blackmail is piracy tnat
embezzlement is theft; that specuisi. a.
tion is gambling; that tax-uouslnS 70
larceny; that railroad oiscIiii,ii,ler i nc of
ia +reachery; that the factory lapor ol
children is slavery and that deieterl-
Gus authorizations is MURDER: .ho+
"It has not come home 10 'us tla'
the fraudulent promoter 'devours wa
ows' houses, that the monop1hhstt that
'grinds the faces of the poor, erat nc
rnercenary editors and spellbinders put
hitter FOR sweet and sweet for bitter.
The cloven hoof hides in patent
leather. and today, as in Hosea
time, the people are destroyed Ior
lack of knowledge soa
"The mob lynches the red-hahueu
murderer. when it ought to Keep ga ga
inspector. the seller of infected mllk'
the maintainer of a fire-trap theater.
rTha child heater is forever blasted IN
renutation, but the exploiter or lnIant
toll or the concocter of a sootnlns
syrup for the drugging OF papieS
stands pillar Of society
Petty Thieves Ahhorred
The petty shop litter is more ap-
borred than the stealer of francnise,
and tbe wife-whipper is outcast long
before the man who sends his over
insured ship to founder with it's crew
"Perhaps there is an explanation
for this state of affairs In the 1act
that modern sin is largely impersonIal
in its nature We all recognize tne
nid personal forms of sin, especially
when they take that shape-the only
corn, many of us appear to recog-
nize at all. They thrust themselves
1Inon our attention. They are Of
fensive. Nowadays sin Is or the
syool,eIess variety. We can clear for
antjon when some craft bears down
unon MS floating the black flag at the
ynastbead but the unseen submarine
nan scuttle In while the band is play
INC hymn tunes on the upper deck.
SThe whole social organization Is
mechanical. 1t is a series of intricate
machines, wheels within wheels So in
tricate is it that the point where sin
emerges is so far from the point at
which The power controlling the sys-
tenn Is applied the connectioh Is iost
sight OF. aooi u,,.h
sModern society does not deal with
persons but with men In the lump
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