Evening journal., 1916-01-08


ter. YOU ought TO know. The dance
halls all over this country are the
recruiting station Of houses of p-osti-
tuition In all this | do not mean to
throw the greater responsibility for
the social evil upon womanhood-
Men are. undoubtedly. far more to
blame for the present conditions IN
society than are women. Many an
old sinner in our chu.ch pews has
been living double life, and yet
never received a stinging Tebuke from
the church he attends that would
arouse his conscience and cause him
to quit his meanness. We need in
our country a new chiyairy. A knight
hood of the twentieth century that
says. Il will treat every woman in
this world as ] would want every
othe- man 10 treat my wife. my
mother. my sister or my daughter
Now let US combine the other COM
mandments. "ThOu shalt not cOvet.
and thou shalt not steal" and con-
slider them together. These two bear
a relation OF cause and effect. OF par
ent and child. IL is the sin OF COW
etousness inside the life that pro-
duces the sin of stealing outside the
life. We are living in a dishonest
period OF the worlds history. This
spi-it of dishonesty has permeated
. every part of our civilization. We
see il in the boys on the play grounds
playing marbles for keeps We see
il in smart youths playing slot ma
chimes and clear up to the million
aire that CANDLES in options in the
/ bucketshop or on the board of trade.
! All this comes from the spirit in ou-
civilization that is trying TO get
: something that belongs to somebody
else without rendering for Il a proper
equivalent God calls this stealing.
There is a marked disregard for
property rights, so much loose think
ing in distinguishing between what j;
mine ard what is thine, that seems tt
be prevalent in the rising generation
/ College boys frequently q boast OF
"swiping" this thing or that for SOU
venirs or for furnishing their clubs
and fraternity halls. Hotels. dining
1cars and steamboats, declare that j
is amazing how much property is
stolen by people that pretend TO be
respectable and that wbuld be- in
suited il you would brand them as
thieves. and yet that is what they are
A multitude of people. even of wealth
and culture. boast of the property
they have smuggled through custom
houses without paying the proper du-
ties. Assessors all over the Land car
testify to the prevalent dishonesty
even of. many professed Christians, in
giving in their property for taxes.
This streak OF dishonesty is seen al
through businesses life. There was
time when a marchant would put OuI
in front OF his store a sign, eggs fol
sale" YOU would know that the eggs
would be all right. Later he had q
change it to fresh eggs for sale" anC
still more lately he has had to add th'
adverb before the adjective and make
it, strictly fresh eggs for SALE be
fore folks think they are fit TO use
Short weights. adulterated goods
shoddy material and workmanship
are nothing less than outright steal
ing.
Il said to man. why do you no
accept Christi" He replied, Il viii
tell you why. I am superintendent
of a large company upon a big sal
airy and my employer demands that
sell second-grade goods for hrs
grade. / cannot continue to do tina
and be a Christian" And then he ex
cused himself by saying. You know |
man has got to live" l replied. "Tha
is not essential / would rather worl
on the streets for fifty cents a da.
than to compromise with conscience
when a man says he cannot do busi
ness and be a Christian he lies. 0
course he cannot do business dishon
estly. If you are in some kind o
business that you cannot be an hon
est man and continue in It then sc
out OF it and get into a business wher
YOU do not have to stupify your man
hood. God does not demand anything
of YOU that you ought not TO deman'
of yourself
have heard of coal dealer tina
afte. his partner was converted Il
the meetings. was asked why he ais
did not become a Christian. He re
Z nlied. Then who would weigh tn
coaly II is dishonesty that is on
of the greatest hindrances to-day tha
! is keeping men away from God. Il
: one city out west. there was wealth
man that refused an invitation 10 at
! tend the meetings. He said he dii
not believe in revivals.. When j go
back home | picked up a popula
/ magazine and found there an .articl
: exposing the land frauds in his state
There was full page picture OF thi
: man. He had stolen sixty thousan
acres from the government. No won
der he did not believe in revivals!
/ This dishonesty is evident anon
t ALI classes. IT is especially eviden
= among many who will not pay thei
b debts. A merchant told me recent
5 of a lady who came into his store an
/ said. "You ought to have been dow
! TO the tabernacle and heard how Dl
: Lyon scored dishonest merchants.
E said he, "She was the last one in tow
, that ought to have talked about dis
2 honesty. She has owed me for good
Z for years and I have never been abl
. to { her entirely to square up he
= account II is the fact Of so many vi
D paid accounts that makes the cost {
? living so high. Merchants have I