The Washington herald., 1918-01-25

wrote them on ten tablets Of gtone.
Any man who doesn't live In harmony
with the Ten Commandment deserves
to be IN the penitentiary.
Thou shalt have no other Gods be
fore me-" A mans god IL the thing
that he thinks more Of than he does
Of God. II may be money. Money
Is the God of many. Many q fellow
sacrifices his conscience, his morality.
his virtue. and his obedience. TO God
for that. Money Is as truly q god for
some people as II they prayed to so
gold pieces.
Oh, we are making money In Amer
lea by bucketfuls, but we are goins
to hell In car-lots on excursion rates.
oh. the magic Of money! Oh. the rush
for money! oh, the counting Of
money! Oh, the boarding OF money!
oh, the envy Of money! Oh the Jeal-
ousy OF money! oh, the lying for
money! Oh. the stealing for money!
Oh, the contentious after money! Oh,
the expressions for money! oh. the
murder for money! The adultery for
money! The gambling for money!
Selhshness for money! oh. the lone
liness Of the man that has lost all but
his money! oh, the loneliness OF the
man who has nothing but money!
The fellow that has no money Is poor
the fellow that has nothing but money
is poorer still.
A friend Of mine, a preacher. had
friend who had been poor In his
youth. He worked hard, listened to
the jingle of money, resolved to have
more, entered the Unsuitable scramble
for wealth. He became rich, he Gu,
on God, he cut on his family COM
forts, cut on the Sabbath for rest, he
worked seven days.
He broke down with the dew OF
youth yet on his brow. He became
uneasy about his money. He was
afraid of his bank, wouldn't trust 1t.
He was afraid of his boys and his
wife, and his pastor, so he kept his
money In a big oaken chest. He grew
sick. He was suspicious of every
body but the doctor.
The doctor came to see him one
day. and he handed him a key and
said, Doctor, take the key and open
my chest, and pile up everything that
is in there. Go get my double-barrel
gun"
Take Account of stock.
His purple-lipped jaw fell. This man
of means, this coiner of cash and this
musician OF the mint, this minion OF
Moloch, this master OF misfits and
this misfit Of the money mill, this
rasping, grasping, skinfiint of q miser
raised his shotgun and said to the doc
tor. You leave this room"
The doctor said, Don't shoot. ]
don't want your money or stocks and
bonds, hold on Jim, don't shoot, don't
shoot"
So, he took his watch In his hand
and backed out Of the door and closed
1t. The doctor stood there holding
his watch in his hand, and in fifteen
minutes he walked in. There the man
sat, with his gold, and stocks and
bonds piled around him, his double
barreled shotgun in his hand and he
was gone. He hadn't taken one blank
check with him to check back on his
earthly account.
1t Is good thing to have money,
and the things that money will buy
but 1t Is a good thing to sit down
once in a while and check up and take
an inventory and be dead sure you
haven't lost the things that money
can't buy. Check up on 1t!
So, money is the god Of some folks
With some of the people 1t is society
They do things because society de-
mands it, and IL they didn't they'd lose
their social cast and position. So.
ciety Is your God and you have to
do it. II you don't believe 1t, you Just
try 1t, my friends, and see what will
hannah Won - III
usages, and see how quick you will
be ostracized.
There are men here today, IL you
die they wouldn't need to preach your
funeral sermon. Just put a whisky
bottle on your coffin Oh, that is the
story Of your life. Booze has been
your god!
There are other men, If you die they
wouldn't need to preach a funeral ser.
mon. Get your stocks and bonds and
pile them on your coffin. That is the
whole stoy of your life. There are
others, if you die, you wouldn't need
to preach the funeral sermon, &c
down and get some red and white
chips and put them on their coffin
That's the story of their life. All II
is is to get something from the other
fellow without giving an equivalent In
money or work.
There are others, II they die, put
their body in their coffin, lead in the
victims of their lust and you will see
their god. Sir. all they have lived
for is the qualification Of their desires.
There are some women, II you'd die
today, go to your home, get your jew
els and fine clothes. get all you have,
that is all you have lived for. Just a
fashionable frame on which to hang
your fashionable clothes, that is your
god!
Thou shalt not take the name of
the Lord thy God in vain.''
Some people think that that is of no
consequence and they break that COM
mandment every day. There is not In
this universe, in my opinion, a greater
cause for amazement than Gods for
bearance and patience with the bias
phemer. Oh, profanity comes either
from a depraved heart or shows that
a blasphemer has the scorn and con-
tempt of God.
Swearing Foolish Habit.
When a man swears, he has tagged
himself. There is no street car. no
factory, no shop, no camp. no college,
no place that seems to be free from
the plague. The motorman swears
at the motor. The engineer damns
the engine. The fireman cusses the
fires. Boys swear at their lessons.
Ball players cuss the umpire. Mer-
chants cuss the clerks. Employees
swear at the boss. The boss swears
at them. The fisherman cusses his
hooks. The travelling man damns be-
cause his train is late, or his meals
are late. or no water in the pitcher.
Sailors swear at the ropes, swear at
the wind. Farmers damn the cattle
and cuss the hogs. Editors swear at
the reporters and reporters damn edi-
tors. Policemen swear at the cross