The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-18
Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist
Church Pictures Troubles of
Modern Diogones.
PRIME FAULT IN HOME
Desire for Show and Frenzy
to Get Something for
Nothing Cause.

philosopher, Dogenes. might find In tho
United states should he again be able
TO set forth In his quest for an honest
man, and the things which might keep
him from finding one, weEc last night
pointed out by the Rev, Lewis s. Bow
erman. at tho Emmanuel Baptist church,
when seven OF the chief causes OF dis
honesty from the text found OF Corin-
th:ans S~2l, Providing for honest things,
not only in the sight OF God, but In the
sight OF man
That the homo is not only tho rock on
which nation stands, but is also the
foundation OF all true greatness Is proved
by the history Of all nations from The
beginning, was the speakers assertion.
IL children are taught 10 be honest tney
are likely to be truthful, but If com,
mendation Is given To small deeds OF
shrc cwdness the way Is paved 10 an ave-
nuc of deception which is only limited
by the energy and ability OF the man.
But II child is reared to seek the un-
DERIVING cause and true result OF an ac-
ton the influence for good is immca SIR
able. Aud when the child So trained
he will attract the people and things who
are just and his life Will nc buildcd on
q rock unshukablc among even the most
complicated of this commercial country.
Holds Honesty Pays.
An employer who has dishonest meth
OdS In ms business lFne SiHnus
and the man who has been trained TO
truthfuness will not combine his efforts
with business That cannot stand under
a management whose policies arc ad-
and truth representing goods arc the Two
factors which have made some OF the
oldest establishments Of today able TO
point with pride 10 the oaks of their
creation by giving The proper roots of
candoT TO their business
In the land of plenty. and therefore a
land of waste. i, is not strange thai TIC
many should desire what the few have in
abundance. III their desire to seem TO
have the tokens Of wealth and good liv-
ing. II is not strange that the many
should overreach themselves and weave
fabric of deception in accepting The
easy credit and the lax enforcement OF
Justice that characterize modern society
in this country. Much may be learned
from the thrifty French people, with
their system of savings banks and inter
woven commercial interests Of the family
unit.
Bringing home forcibly the results Of
extravagancc was the revelation OF the
investigating committees on the condi-
tlon in many cities during the recent
morality crusade of cities. that Inc de,
sire fer show among working girls caused
them to sell their very souls 10 obtain
the mere symbols of opulence.
Our credit system OF stores, that OBJ
tains for those who feel they must keep
up appearances. things that exact an
unrea sonable toll. by what appears TO be
an easy Sign here please" also tend to
help newly married people TO deceive
themselves and others by their apparent
comforta bencss. The bankruptcy act
also tends TO buoy UP this man when inc
wadcd consciously beyond mis- depths in
n financial way.
Woo Goddess Of Chance.
That the desire OF all human beings
10 accomplish the never accomplished
trick of getting something Ior nothing is
one that seems TO go on with the ages.
On the shores of the sea OF speculation
are more wrecks than on the rocky jut-
land Of the Maine coast testifying TO
the never ce8sinG impulse of man to rise
as the gilded ily hicks the water II
man has once obtained something for
something in every nothing that pre-
sents itself and this is not conductive 10
honesty.
Legislation all over the country TODAY
points TO but one insistent point. and
that is honesty, Honesty in public senu-
nent that has acclaimed the thief who
has abstractcd thousands in a gentle
manly manner and condemned him who
has stolen thousands in n rude uncourte-
ous way, Vigilance in our boards Of par
dons and less lsXity In showing discrim-
nation 20 the big stealer and the man
who kept the letter Of tho law once too
often. These vltb the other examples
so vividly presented should be looked
out for and remedied by those having
the co,Intly's real interest at heart, That
the country realizes this is shown by
the steps now being taken IN all large
ties and by the national Legislators at
Washington.
Tho Rev, Mr.. Bowevman concluded his
remarks by stating "that in the wco and
woof OF our present day commercialisu1
the COMPASS which always pointed 10 the
North star Of honesty was firm faith
! in God and undying belief in Christ"