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- So will I seek outA nmdy t~eh: e~~:I~l db eWmII l d~~ver them OU~ of all ~laces where they have been scattered in "the cloudy and dark day. -Ezek. y p pie, and I will be their God.-Jer. 32:38. At evening time it ~halJ be light. Zech. 14:7. 34:12. Vohnne XXXIV. Anderson, Ind., U. S. A., Thursday, August:'6, 1914. No. 31. SIN'S FINISHED PRODUCTS Are You Helping to Finish Them 1 Every form or systmn of industry exhibits, all(l PlltR on tlw l"nlll'kct, Rome kind of finished prorlnet. 'l'hongh sin, in its various forms is perhaps n6t, l)Poperly Rpt'aking, an industry, yct . it hn..q its finiKhe<1 prorhwts. "And sin, 'when it is iinished, bringeth forth death" (tJ as. 1: 15). Of course, tlle mnre intrn<1neto.I'v condit.ion of spiritual dnath ,vas c1on1)t1cHR wl~at the apostle referred to, as the result of sin; but let us view this condition in its most advanced and complete stage, as we behold it exhibited among men around U8. Do you see that man, his face bloated, staggering along with unsteady step ~ Bvery breath is tainted with the smell of drink that intoxicated. He is comparatively yonng, a.nd w,as Qnce prosperQUS and respceta.blc; hut now his manhODd is gone along with his respectability and earthly oomfon.c;;. .IIe has seen his mother go. down to. the grave, gray-haired and full Qf sorrow becaUSe o.f lwr ~;()n 's dissipated course in life. He has a compallion whom he oneecourted until he won her noble heart and then led her to the altar wherp he solemnly promised he. would love, eherish, :11111 e]enve to 'her only; yet now she is neg-lectea, and sits sad and lon'ely, with three little children, shivering in the cold, while they are hourly cxpec.ting him, whom they call "father, " to come and break their monotonous misery with drtmlron oaths and curses. You see this m.an stagger into a saloon, asking for one more drink; but as he has drank up all his money, the saloon-keeper puts him out, and he starts a row, and then a policem,an takes him away to the jail. There you behold one 0.£ sin's finisherZ prodnct<:J. Do yt>n see that woman that has just slipped and fallen on the street 1 Some men and a police officer have seen her fall, and hasten to help her up, hut she does not want to get up, and says she is all right where she is. She is still young, and Ehows traces of womanly beauty. You notice her dress is cheap, and she has only one stocking and pooor shoes; also she holds in her hand a pail that people use for C'arrying beer. She is drunk. She has com.e from a vile den but a short distance away, and, the street being wet, she fell but could not get up. The police officer takes her, also, awaY' to the jail. She was once a happy girl, as innocent as . any other. She had a good mother who died' befoTe her daughter had become a woman. W.orldly desires, such as pride, the vain love of elress, a~nd g:lY company, led her step by step down tne slIppery path of sin, A deceitful Y'Olmg man betrayed her foolis~ heart, and she became an· outeast. N ow she has lieither character no.r r~putation that anyone respects. Degraded, chseased, discouraged, and desperate, she will soon die the terrible death that sooner or later overtakes th.at class she represents. Her poor defiled spirit will go to meet God at the juclg: ment. Here again we behold one of ~in 's finished products. We must not forget the men who had their pa~·t in helping finish these products of sin. 'rhe saloon-keepers are in good standing in society; they are rich, have fine horses, carriages, and automobHes, which they use to entice the innocent and the young. 'rhus they help sin put the finishing touch on bis handiwork. ·The youl1g man who ruined the cl1aracter of this young woman is still in the business, and is a, 'good fellow" among his set. These men are finished products, but are of another type.- TheYl are "polished" a-nd do not show a rough exterior as do the others. But they also belonO' to Soin's finished products. b Dear reader, do you belong to this class ~ You sa! "I thank God, I do not." But softly, my frlend, are you sure you have not had a certain part in helping finish so'me of those products? Somebody helped license the saloon, and support. ed the politicians by their votes t11at gave the saloon men the privelege to entice men and women to drink. Some one turned a cold shoulder to the poor outcast when she was struggling to do better. . Some one failed to be interested in the rescue of their perishing souls. Some one was afraid to invest t.ime. and means to lift up the fallen. Friend, was it you? J. c. B. A CAUSE OF UNREST The Di:fference in the Man ' Two events of great social significance, occurred in Boston recently on the same day. At noon an "army of unemployed," three hundred strong, marched to the city hall. A . crowd of about one thousand ~had gathered at the hall to see what would happen, and a squad of police were there ready to keep order. The mayo'r met the army and in a brief speech offered to give any man in the crowd who could know that he was ~. registered voter of the city a job at whieh he could earn a living. Tllr~e of the" army" investigated tile mayor's ofier, and t\VO of them went to work. The rest of them marched off to Boston Common and held· an indignation meeting. Almost at the same time, the pupils of a certain high school, with a few invited guests, assembled in the auditorium of the school building to join with an immigrant family in COlllmemorating the twentieth anniversary of the arrival of the family in America. ':Ph~ head master of the school gave a brief address of welcome, and then turned the meeting over to one of the pupils, a Russian J ewesS. The principall event was an address by 1\'[rs. lVlary Antin Grabau, a J ewes,a. who spoke, she said, not for her own family only, but for thousands of our adopted ci tizcns. In a tew words she told of the limitations and tribulations of the Jews in Russia. Then· she told of the present condition of her family in this country. In short, she said that her people were satisfied. The Y mdh's Companion quotes her as saying in effect: Cl The main thing here is that the way is open to us. We have not become rich. We work hard. If you should go into one of our la.rge departm€nt stores you might see one of my sisters. If you asked for her, they would summon her by annml)er. But what we do is not the point. The thing that counts is that no position that we can fill is fOl'bic1c1en to us. In Russia many occupations are closed to my people. Here the way is open." This is not given to show the superiority of America over Russia. The great significanc'e of thes.e two events is the conflicting testimony of these two groups--the three hundred in tha army of the unemployed and the dozen or Etc, that made up the Antin family, who twenty years algo, came to America poor, nearly helpless, and ignorant of our language. The unemplo;ved army, indignant and rebellious at present eonditions is not more typical of American conditions than the naturalized imIl1igrants industrious, frugal, self-supporting, and contented. rrhere muy indeed be remedies for unrest among the working people, and we would we100me them, yet we can not deny the fact that a valuable lesson may be learned from the frugality and industry of manyt of our immigrants. In this connection we should like to quow a SC'ripture text: "And that ye study to be quiet, and to. do your own business, and to work with YOUl:"; &w.a" hands, as we commanded you;
Object Description
Title | The Gospel Trumpet - 34:31 |
Published Date | 1914-08-06 |
Editor | Byrum, E. E. |
Volume | 34 |
Issue | 31 |
Publication Name Change Note | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 |
Subsequent Title | Replaced by Vital Christianity |
Publisher | Gospel Trumpet Company |
Subject | Newspapers -- Indiana -- Anderson ; Newspapers -- Church of God (Anderson, Ind) |
Media Type | Full-Text Digital Object |
Original Physical Format | Printed Newspaper |
Language | English |
Collection | Anderson University Church of God Digital Library |
Repository | Anderson University and Church of God Archives |
Copyright | Copyright 2011, Anderson University |
Formatted Title | Gospel Trumpet, The |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Published Date | 1914-08-06 |
Publication Name Change Note | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 |
Subsequent Title | Replaced by Vital Christianity |
Collection | Anderson University Church of God Digital Library |
Full Text | - So will I seek outA nmdy t~eh: e~~:I~l db eWmII l d~~ver them OU~ of all ~laces where they have been scattered in "the cloudy and dark day. -Ezek. y p pie, and I will be their God.-Jer. 32:38. At evening time it ~halJ be light. Zech. 14:7. 34:12. Vohnne XXXIV. Anderson, Ind., U. S. A., Thursday, August:'6, 1914. No. 31. SIN'S FINISHED PRODUCTS Are You Helping to Finish Them 1 Every form or systmn of industry exhibits, all(l PlltR on tlw l"nlll'kct, Rome kind of finished prorlnet. 'l'hongh sin, in its various forms is perhaps n6t, l)Poperly Rpt'aking, an industry, yct . it hn..q its finiKhe<1 prorhwts. "And sin, 'when it is iinished, bringeth forth death" (tJ as. 1: 15). Of course, tlle mnre intrn<1neto.I'v condit.ion of spiritual dnath ,vas c1on1)t1cHR wl~at the apostle referred to, as the result of sin; but let us view this condition in its most advanced and complete stage, as we behold it exhibited among men around U8. Do you see that man, his face bloated, staggering along with unsteady step ~ Bvery breath is tainted with the smell of drink that intoxicated. He is comparatively yonng, a.nd w,as Qnce prosperQUS and respceta.blc; hut now his manhODd is gone along with his respectability and earthly oomfon.c;;. .IIe has seen his mother go. down to. the grave, gray-haired and full Qf sorrow becaUSe o.f lwr ~;()n 's dissipated course in life. He has a compallion whom he oneecourted until he won her noble heart and then led her to the altar wherp he solemnly promised he. would love, eherish, :11111 e]enve to 'her only; yet now she is neg-lectea, and sits sad and lon'ely, with three little children, shivering in the cold, while they are hourly cxpec.ting him, whom they call "father, " to come and break their monotonous misery with drtmlron oaths and curses. You see this m.an stagger into a saloon, asking for one more drink; but as he has drank up all his money, the saloon-keeper puts him out, and he starts a row, and then a policem,an takes him away to the jail. There you behold one 0.£ sin's finisherZ prodnct<:J. Do yt>n see that woman that has just slipped and fallen on the street 1 Some men and a police officer have seen her fall, and hasten to help her up, hut she does not want to get up, and says she is all right where she is. She is still young, and Ehows traces of womanly beauty. You notice her dress is cheap, and she has only one stocking and pooor shoes; also she holds in her hand a pail that people use for C'arrying beer. She is drunk. She has com.e from a vile den but a short distance away, and, the street being wet, she fell but could not get up. The police officer takes her, also, awaY' to the jail. She was once a happy girl, as innocent as . any other. She had a good mother who died' befoTe her daughter had become a woman. W.orldly desires, such as pride, the vain love of elress, a~nd g:lY company, led her step by step down tne slIppery path of sin, A deceitful Y'Olmg man betrayed her foolis~ heart, and she became an· outeast. N ow she has lieither character no.r r~putation that anyone respects. Degraded, chseased, discouraged, and desperate, she will soon die the terrible death that sooner or later overtakes th.at class she represents. Her poor defiled spirit will go to meet God at the juclg: ment. Here again we behold one of ~in 's finished products. We must not forget the men who had their pa~·t in helping finish these products of sin. 'rhe saloon-keepers are in good standing in society; they are rich, have fine horses, carriages, and automobHes, which they use to entice the innocent and the young. 'rhus they help sin put the finishing touch on bis handiwork. ·The youl1g man who ruined the cl1aracter of this young woman is still in the business, and is a, 'good fellow" among his set. These men are finished products, but are of another type.- TheYl are "polished" a-nd do not show a rough exterior as do the others. But they also belonO' to Soin's finished products. b Dear reader, do you belong to this class ~ You sa! "I thank God, I do not." But softly, my frlend, are you sure you have not had a certain part in helping finish so'me of those products? Somebody helped license the saloon, and support. ed the politicians by their votes t11at gave the saloon men the privelege to entice men and women to drink. Some one turned a cold shoulder to the poor outcast when she was struggling to do better. . Some one failed to be interested in the rescue of their perishing souls. Some one was afraid to invest t.ime. and means to lift up the fallen. Friend, was it you? J. c. B. A CAUSE OF UNREST The Di:fference in the Man ' Two events of great social significance, occurred in Boston recently on the same day. At noon an "army of unemployed" three hundred strong, marched to the city hall. A . crowd of about one thousand ~had gathered at the hall to see what would happen, and a squad of police were there ready to keep order. The mayo'r met the army and in a brief speech offered to give any man in the crowd who could know that he was ~. registered voter of the city a job at whieh he could earn a living. Tllr~e of the" army" investigated tile mayor's ofier, and t\VO of them went to work. The rest of them marched off to Boston Common and held· an indignation meeting. Almost at the same time, the pupils of a certain high school, with a few invited guests, assembled in the auditorium of the school building to join with an immigrant family in COlllmemorating the twentieth anniversary of the arrival of the family in America. ':Ph~ head master of the school gave a brief address of welcome, and then turned the meeting over to one of the pupils, a Russian J ewesS. The principall event was an address by 1\'[rs. lVlary Antin Grabau, a J ewes,a. who spoke, she said, not for her own family only, but for thousands of our adopted ci tizcns. In a tew words she told of the limitations and tribulations of the Jews in Russia. Then· she told of the present condition of her family in this country. In short, she said that her people were satisfied. The Y mdh's Companion quotes her as saying in effect: Cl The main thing here is that the way is open to us. We have not become rich. We work hard. If you should go into one of our la.rge departm€nt stores you might see one of my sisters. If you asked for her, they would summon her by annml)er. But what we do is not the point. The thing that counts is that no position that we can fill is fOl'bic1c1en to us. In Russia many occupations are closed to my people. Here the way is open." This is not given to show the superiority of America over Russia. The great significanc'e of thes.e two events is the conflicting testimony of these two groups--the three hundred in tha army of the unemployed and the dozen or Etc, that made up the Antin family, who twenty years algo, came to America poor, nearly helpless, and ignorant of our language. The unemplo;ved army, indignant and rebellious at present eonditions is not more typical of American conditions than the naturalized imIl1igrants industrious, frugal, self-supporting, and contented. rrhere muy indeed be remedies for unrest among the working people, and we would we100me them, yet we can not deny the fact that a valuable lesson may be learned from the frugality and industry of manyt of our immigrants. In this connection we should like to quow a SC'ripture text: "And that ye study to be quiet, and to. do your own business, and to work with YOUl:"; &w.a" hands, as we commanded you; |