The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-15
ASATURDAY
GlS NIGHT
4 SERMONS
BY
~sAi,,!M!l AhuHwPvRyrn
THE MAN WITH TIE MASK.

| Inere RfleI UP NJ Tue phlhCe %
wicked King Jereboam. His child 81
sick-very sick. Medicines have fat
ed; skill In exhausted. Death, with
slppered foot has come up the broad
marble stairs OF the palace. He,
reckoning his lank finger toward llttlr
>Abijab, the sick prince. No one can
save the boy but God. Jereboau
knows that. but he's defed God s.;
his life and now hasn't right to ask
favors. He orders his queen lay asids
her royal robe, disguise as peasant WI
man and go see the prophet OF God A.
Shiloh. She goes, not with gifts ~
gems and gold, but lonf OF coarse breaG
and pot OF honey. The prophet penn
trates her outer disguise and inner de
ceit at a glance. Come in. thou wife
OF Jercboam. Why feigmPst thou tn.
self to be another? | have evil tiding>
for thee Get thee back to thy house.
and when thy feet touch the gate Ot
the city the child shall die" She haL
right to ask recovery. hut none e.
practice imposture. Her tears fall a.
the way home from shiloh to Tirzah
God hates deception. Years before
Samuel proclaimed penalty on King
Saul when the lowing oxen and blen'.
ing sheer of AmelakiteS proclaimed he
was deceiving God. Years after Pet"t
said TO Ananias, deCeiving about the
price OF the land. Thou hast not lied
unto man, but unto God"
"SincereIy Yours"
A hypocrite is one who pretends 10
| 1t, rit
That's Il rare word, 10y the way, com
posed Of two Latin words, sine ana
cera, without wHX." Ancient pottcr7
filed out impcrfcctiGnS with wax.
When the work was perfected no d.
ception needed, 1t was said to lie sin"
cera. EnGliShman closing formal le'-
ter writes: "NOuv humble, ohedicrt
servant" the Frenchman "With esp
! cial sentiments Of the highest cOn>u-
eratiOns" Chinaman will say, "Far"-
well. favored of heaven-may the god~
preserve your honorable teeth wr
are accustomed to write, "Sncercly
yours" without wax, 30 duplicity
sincerely But many Of us are some
what insincere We are like the Ko-
man god Janus which had two faces.
| We like to be popular. A prea"h"",
lawyer, politician-any one dependeh'
| on public favOr-likeS TO be known go
a good mixer" grateful smile, plea
ant word gracious manner, friend.
inquiry-often as hollow aS a soap huh-
BILE We praise the dinner, complimrnr
the speech, Eush over the pianist, us
superlativcs over the singer After tn
reception we get behind the palms.
shrug our shoulders at the hostess ana
shoot poisoned arrows at the guest.
Janus, There are hypocriteS in IN"
church-lots of them more's the pity.
But the parlor's the place. There they
breed like germs in gelatin.
"AlI That Gitters Is Not Gold"
! met an old claSsmate last weeN.
! He stands high in legal and political
| councils. | felt pleased when h" iu-
| qured if my baby WAS over the whoul-
ing cough ana assured me Il nation
awaited my recognition. | would have
| invited him out to lunch but for %
painful personal reason. But his poN
zeal opponent assured me when | qu..
ted him later that he has about ~
many virtues as Il fox and can taxi
on as many COlOrS as chamcleoh.
| This opponent laid as for himself, like
Henry Clay, he would rather lie right
than be president. But | remember
now how close the LeXow committee
! of his city came to giving him VA
cation ut the states expense. "Bu>i-
ness is business" quoted II young man
when demonstrated with him about =
tricky deal. You have to do that in
business. preacher. Might as wei
| beckOn for the sheriff as follow your
Golden Rule" Much that passes H.
shrewd tinancierin% is nothing hut
| highway robbery. When | addressed
the board of trade in our town the
chairman faCetioUSly said, There are
tricks in all trades but ours" and quot
ed Barnum that "Americans like to be
humbugged." But its mighty eNpen-
sive. 1t compels safeguards, bonding
companies. detectives. commercial
| agencies, lawsuits and about every
disaster known in business.
Kisses That Sting.
The man with the mask of deceit is
to be particularly dreaded in religion,
even though to one hypOcrite in the
church there are 800 outside, the field
being wider. OF the twelve disciples
one was inSinccre. Judas is still kiss
ing his Lord. Each kiss stingS worse
than n Scourgc lash in Herod's palace
Many come into the church with wrunE
motives. $50 You sing to the preSi-
dent" said n visitor TO Il sOoist in a
Washington church. mo; sing to the
Lord, and the president has the pryi-
lege of listening" beware of the
heaven Of the Pharsees which is by
pocrisy." said Christ Some "pillarS"
In the church are hollow logs. DR.. Jekyll
and Mr.. Hyde. 1t is wrong TO speak az
q convicted church member as "a good
man gone wrong" He is bad mar
found out Don't let them brighten you
from church. ! threw five dollar biz
down 10 the paying teller one day l.
had done n lOt Of good maid widow