The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-10


them or do we leave all to the
overworked and over worried moth
ers? There are plenty of fathers who
waste time with others that ought to
be spent with their families. IF any
man does this, let him stand on one
side and no longer claim to be an
honest man. He is not paying the
debt he owes to his family.
There Is the wife, Do men pay
their wives all that they owe them?
In the counting days. how attentive
and careful he Is. He Will do any
thing and go anywhere for the OBJ
5ect of his love. But when that is
over what does he do? Does he ever
give her the attention and care that 4
he should? Some men do not. A
man once heard lecturer speaking
In this fashion and went home with a
bouquet of flowers. His wife took
them and looked sideways at him as
though she did not know what to make
Of 1t. A day or two afterwards. he
took home box of candy. She ac-
|cepted 1t in the same suspicious fash /
ion, and wondered what he was after.
When the next night he attempted to /
kiss her, she said "go away you old
fool, what's the matter with you. Are
you drunk again." He did not know
that while ne had been forgetting
her, the hunger had been so strong
that it had killed her love for him,
and the long years Of neglect had been
silently doing their work. If men
neglect their wives in this fashion,
they must be careful as to how they
begin again lest they should arouse
suspicious az to their sobriety or
sanity
We owe debts to society. II is
part of the debt that we owe to see
that our cities are clean, and that the
Ifmmoralities that somewhere and in
many places flourish are either de-
stroyed or rendered SO uncomfortable
that they will pass out Of existence.
ANY man who is satisfied with condi-
tions in the average American city or
knowing them to be wrong, does not
seek to set them right, is not dis
charging his duty, and is therefore not
paying his debts. He is not an honest
man Many men are very comfort
able while their boys and neighbors
are going to the devil through the
agencies Of sin and wrong that are
everywhere around them. What Is
being done In Keokuks in this direc
ton? 1t is a good old town, and has
much which is to be admired. Do we
tolerate the things that we know are
destroying the morals of society?
would do their duty to the commune
lily Any man who is not doing this
is not an honest man. He may pay
!. his debts, be model citizen outward
Ilv and seem to be all that he should
# but that is not all, he owes 1t to his
e city to see that it is clean and that
e there are no temptations which lead
il his fellowmen to destruction. If he
Ii does not do his utmost, or if he does
g. nothing, let him stand aside. He Is
w HOI oil uOhCSI
r Do we pay our debts to God? We
l. owe Him something. He has cared fol
t. us and sent His Son to save us
a There are many men who say tina
r they believe in God, and they do
s with sort of half-hearted faith tina
is does not find any expression. Mos
d. of the time they forget Him, and d.
4 nothing to show that they believe II
n Him. They are not charitable, ant
is they are selfish even II they are re
% spectacle. They never think of pay
IS ing their debt to God. You canno
y. think these to be honest men. Al
is honest man is one who pays all hi
d debts, and does not choose between
e those which shall be paid and thos
st which he will leave unpaid. Any mai
e with an unpaid debt is not an homes
0. man. We may say that he is homes
n as far as he goes, but there are n
e reserves in honesty
'e Last of all, we owe debt to tn
lie church Men say they owe nothin
y to the church. Well, but they dc
re Keokuk would not be fit to live in
= it were not for the churches. II Their
had been no churches in Keokul 70
the last fifty years, this place woul
be bowling wilderness, and gatt
ering place for thieves and robbers
Yet men make no acknowledgment
> to the church. They do not 60 t
worship, and many who do neve
: think of joining the one great societ
that stands for the publication an
: the preservation of society. Thi
: country owes its greatness to til
: church. Every community is under
/, debt to the church, and some me
: never think of paying it. Some VIII
go think they have done everythin
when they put little bit of money |
|, the plate and tell the minister the
ne has preached a good sermon. BIZ
Al man is not an honest man IL h