Show TRAITORS tile ihorst M arst ale lie of humanity ly Port portrayed raed the traitor is is the moral cannibal 1 ile he feasts on the mental marital worth ILP th social reputation the political wel e fare are and the earthly life of his hia truax jug ing and betrayed friend Is the human serpent which nurses anti an 1 re la vives at the tira fire of charity ti arity and then darts darta his strengthened ven venom venoman omat at the bosom of his benefactor what this the grub grab la is to the beat of oak the gnaw ing rat to the ships timbers ta flaw to the diamond th the a amp aap to the sheltering flower till all that sloe ae sad and more is la the traitor to mankind na cause is la bo so sacred no her being ua in su so exalted oa as to be free from the tha gollu tion of his hia betraying touch even the celestial legions had bad their arch trai tor toj earth from the day of eden has never been free from his hia tr pach erous kiss kisa since the hour when man first learned to owe allegiance to his hii fellom man maa profane rebellious be have worked their insidious way like devastating worms through all the pillars upholding hug he holy ly men and noble causes the traitor is 13 tho the worst of ull all thieves for he be steals sacred freedom from his trusting associates the ahe traitor is IB the worst of all murderers for bo plunges the knife into the back of his bia believing friend two iwo soldiers are at the picket post in in the tha dark night the silent eilent forest they are sworn and trusted comrades the army or of the foe surges around them and they know that ghastly death is is grinning at them from every glade which opens opens from the dark contro centro to the blacker depths beyond and whispering to them upon every wind that stirs the odorous branches branch eq bui bat they fear no blow from a fo foeman emans s shaft that no ble death is is but the chance of war secure in in mutual confidence they tremble not they speak of country homo home of wives sand and little prattling babes and yet while the words 0 oh b soft pathetic love are on oa the lips of one the other plunges a traitorous knife hilt deep into a friendly loyal heart and then the as assassin sweeps like the shadow of a lost at soul over the face of the betrayed sentinel esc tinel he be creeps across tender moss and be tween the trunks of mighty trees everywhere leaving the crimson ao cusing stain until he be reaches reache sadia a dis tant camp fire bre and at the feet of the waiting enemy he lays down his reek ing knife and takes his bis purse parse of gold abib w tho the traitor and when the moon comes up stealing amidst the rustling leaves he be looks upon the cold white face of a betrayed friend whose list last word was of confident love levri to the ear of a hired assassin two men are joined in in a patriotic cause to jo the of the principle of just juat freedom they pledge their byes their fortunes foi tunes I 1 their heir sacred honor history will call the men man who aro are true to this cause loyal and brave the tyrant whom they seek to overthrow calls them conspirators they meet in a darkened room with curtains closely drawn soft mats mate hush bush tho tha sound of the firm footfall stern voices voices more used to the vast circumference of the held field or the re sonant heights beigh li of the forum are stilled to a womans comans whisper these two men are meeting to sign and yield to pach each other for distant corn coin rades the pledge of mutual fidelity the one who is is master of the house places his guest at a tuble table and spreads before lim him for final anal execl jiin the plans of insurrection the lists of friends arid and confederates the oaths of reciprocal fealty As the visitor attaches his name to the solemn instruments he be sighs and sacs says oh trusted driendl I 1 yield to this cause causa not only my life my fortune and my sacred honor i but I 1 pledge to it and to the integrity of yon and our allies my sweet wife and my only son HOD both at once my present pride and future ill while tho the words are uttered tire the bold and noble hand traces its ita way in story signature across aarom paren pareli mont mant and paper scarcely has baa the thrilling whisper of f the patriot ceased to ag agitate ta la the dm damask ask curtains when the h hannings hangings hang a gig ings are ara parted by therul tha tol tare hand ot f the other othar conspirator slid aad b between w an their open fol folds ds cleal the soldiers of 0 the tha tyrant these thes warlike hands grasp tho the shoulders of 0 the patriot irad and as they drag him forth to dungeon and to death the betraying host cries bind lim him fast lest leat be should es as cape and slay met mel the rhe iu in a cloak soon steals from the tha cumbre chamber cb aniber to lot the palace of the tha minister and lays before that waiting officer his trophies is broken plans and filial fatal lists hot hof ain gets lu iii return his hia patent of rank tim his gif ot oaf tReated ea eatables eat atoa taLes his hia pledge of his personal security this is in the traitor and when the still of the third day shall rise its first pitying beams will fall all upon tho tha gury ry block bloc k the lie black basket with its arrad read burden and the head headless lebs trunk trank of 0 the patriot whose trust aud and hope had been in a balao friend two men are joined with others in proclaiming an unpopular bat holy doctrine hand in hawl hand they RO go through the earth testify testifying ug to moo men to cities to nations abi tb mighty truths they say bayto sayto to all ali lands and to peoples we e know that this is the living b truth rath god boa baa spoken from 1 tie he heavens and we fire are uia ills wit blessed 1 tu to each other in all the of luns lung of 0 labors and ot of a 11 ion together when every bhawan law and hand summed against ata iut chent they iney speak in in faithful lope hope or of the glo glorious rions cause which hay tamy espouse and of the divine wh ich they are under to he be faithful to god and their brethren their views are cat in in accord with public sentiment hud and suddenly they aro are dragged be fore a cruel tribunal and cliartt charam o that bat they lire are teaching crime liui bui the be law of the tha land says NJ hunu shall bo be punished because of tits inn sin bin core ere religious views or practiced eu and the judge before whom they are arraigned call aiila to lu them tl m continue Cunti nue to declare that yo ie are doing the will of god anil and in lu prison yo ye ishall rest but acknowledge that yo ye tire are proclaiming a mu man maile mado ays tom tern and pledge that yo ye will tease cease aud and yo ya shell shall go free and one of them who are arraigned days bays oh cudgel I 1 acknowledge thy 81 supremacy I 1 I 1 wl will ill obey thy by law I 1 wi will I 1 not advise others to break it so long as thou and thy masters mastera shall command cummi ind I 1 will worship the gianell linage image ant and thou lo he takes fillies his seal real of am nesty bought sit at the tha price ut of a peo pies freedom and creeps from the presence of the court it 11 mati man nay ilay a creaturo inviolable of his bellowe fel lowe but haunted ever by tho shadow of juda this is is the traitor and when tho the other prisoner is nr ai laigner lie ile cues cries this is uy my religion I 1 GM oo 00 d gave it to niel mel ye may take my earthly life but ye yd cannot tap hap my manhood nor strangle str angla my conscience then the tha judge who has a mission to learn it those these people aro arc sincere answers to the prisoner and for the tar far off master of the tha court th thou canal not cot come coma within the law because thou canet oot not claim wincenty Bin crity centy crit thy brother and follow fellow laborer hath bath just now recanted and this is is proof that thou art ait not sincere Bio cere iut bat wickedly obstinate it if thy bro her bud bad with thee remained tied firm and immovable I 1 might have believed in in thy by cause but bat what man bath done man can do again therefore recant or rest lest thou within the cold lonely walls aud and the sun son and moru moon of another mouth stealing through iron bound chinks if ruck rock sou BOO the patriot pacing u dismal cell the traitor calls calla himself a reformer he is merely a cowards and of all the whose presence taints the air air of earth and heaven the coward is the worst oreal great said the cowards fours fears malce make him die many times before his hia death the ihu valiant never taste ot of death but price once of all the wonders that yet have heard it seems to me most moat that men should fear seeing that thai dealba necessary bendwill end will coma when it will come the traitor professes to believe that his hia nc aci of betrayal will disrupt the cause which he des deserts arts this la is the coward rebels wish how abject objected ed and miserably he fails sometimes the tha traitor lops from the sturdy trunk a strangling i rig bra branch ucb but bat does the tree thrive loss leaa tor for that nay th the a 0 ther other twigs only bear blossoms the more moie redolent und and fruit tho the more moie rosy roby sometimes the traitor tears away a cracked a seamed beamed a shaling stone from the half bait completed structure what it a measure ot of disaster follows cannot the builder renew and doeh doe he riot not choose better took lock to benr beni the weight 0 of his hia fair sometimes tho the traitor only hastens the Bucce buckets ts which he ba seela seeks to avert i sometimes ho he delays the triumph against which ha aebela but bat always ultimately the car of destiny de stilly moves to its appointed end and the cowa cowardly edly betrayer who thought thought to stop atop its career by holding bade back ith his hia puny arms is is dragged by it to bis big associates v tt e a dead or alive go with it to thed the day a y of triumph there 1 hero was waa once a man of mighty pk dawod from LIB his first Hrat breath IX with I 1 h a wondrous strength abon hen he be grow grew to iuan manhood bood brutes inea nud even arbulis fell in the da auxt 4 at his bis tet it hall hail beav oe divinely promised of him that thai he bo should bo a marvel marval of and that la ho should begin to deliver israel out of 0 tho the lands of the philistines and men and chains chu bud and bolts sad and gates could riot not prevail against his bis manly heroic lusti waa but bat there came a woman with ber herbott soft betraying bati ayin touch she febe caressed him and bogged for lovo love ol of her that he would reveal the secret of his miraculous strength lu in a foolish moment hi he yielded and then were here his bia juve like looks locks ashorn from hir hia head and he bouwina a blind lackey th neif 0 the delilah Ds lilah the with ich her kiss upon lips lip and her traitorous on whisper through the tent to his waiting memy could do what DO no of open toes fora could decow liia in nii ado the prout proud superb perfect lion iron a whelp 1 A I ral mighty f gaty king had tt a well beloved sou son to tn he ha had bad given ivea awl for riven given more than is usually bestowed uan ale oto of u aumau kind and yet thu the son eon traitorously plotted the downfall and bin even oleu thu the murder of bid bi royal sire eire had and the usurpation of the abw abrone lis might ir hm his cruel parricidal treason but that bat he be himself was wa in tarn and finally slain luin andwood and abe bo grand rued great monarch I 1 learned earned I 1 that absloum Abi Abs Blom loui the sweet the beautiful tho tha dearly beloved was vas dead hb be w wept e t booro b itura all israel aud and its aa le be went hit his sorrowful way tw chii i ho be said 0 ray my bun bon Ali my son BOO my sun aou Absal owl bould to bod I 1 had bad died lur thee 0 AbLia lum my eon BUD my sul bunt it the arrow that pierced the heart of the bulia ying and betrayed absalom could lave hava quickened but fur oue one nt how bow sharper than the liy death thrust would it lave have belt arll king KICK davids cry of infinite for but the past was medoc ble Is israels iBri iela lordly king the beloved of God wati as mo moaning to in anguish at the gatto gata of the tha chiy cit i und and the beautiful Abst absalom dorn with tho the fatal hair the belov beloved ski ut of bis royal sire bire was waa lying dead in in the pit in lu the he deserted desei ted wood with ignoble rushing crushing his life leis lehs body war murder axile were powerless to bring much desolation to these thena royal hearts but when absalom the forgiven tur givin murderer beeR became tile a betray or er infinite woe M fell around the name of the dead prince ind find the bowed head bead of the living king but though the ibe great tenderness of the psalmist could compass remission for the erime of absalom tho nation and history must be more harsh when aheu a subject for self rises against a king he is 13 a traitor but he is is a thrice damned traitor whon when that monarch against whom he rebels is is ilis h la own father women lira are often false to their lov ors ers subjects to their sovereigns and even suna sons to their sires aires divinity it self it is is no do invulnerable arable shield shiel 1 against b betrayal st rayal A merciful chnat came to save mankind from froin torment and lift them into eternal radiance he chose and grumt d bi hia a a apostles post lee he ha minis to them and with them they each could give a testimony that their muster master was wait the tha anointed savior the son of the tha living god tion came upon him like the storm cloud lowers upon ulo the snowy mogu cairis and en folded enfolded f him in in a gloomy embrace the prospect of suf suffering firing with this godlike god like master whom he had served as aa purie purge bearer when the danger was riot not great made judas weak unto betrayal bet be ruval cowardice and avarice worked together in the traitor heart ho kissed and cried s mauler Ia aler hail Lia sterl then be took his bis thirty pie pieces 0 of I 1 silver and with them he a accepted cr pt a hatred of all mankind yap rhe compassionate 11 0 debower of the wor world id hung upon the cruel cross with drops of agony upon his hia rad lad lant brow while his lips were od ed in a pained but forgiving smile and Juda atha I 1 ready tasting the internal infernal torments called in in vain to stay tho the progress of his dread act aci the black hearted deed was done the mocking trial had bad passed son sen tones had bad been pronounced and exe ess anted and then the betrayer groa groaned ned and flung the ilia money from him as a sinful burning thing which had no worth upon the bloody held field he cas cast t himself and lis big bowels gushed f forth 0 rth it la useless ueless ile he died upon the spot epol which his bs blood money pur chased for the burial of strangers and criminals in in the land A A brilliant general fell into dis grace with hw hia military superiors and w with ith the civil government of his court try he was wab imp impetuous and imps tient lent of r he was proud even to arrogance be was extravagant even to the furi furthest hest limit of bories honesty other men bit had been advanced to higher posts he felt himself f bograd t ed d his hia disbursements upon one of his heroic expeditions were mere still un tin he ditled ho ha felt himself defrauded A tyrant toe foe invested his country and boug sought tyrant tto to subjugate her people T he listened liate ned to the lie voice voice of ignoble avii ava rice ace of proud passion of of offended fondd urro arrogance ganco with deliberate lation he son sought jilt a place of vast trust the defenders of his country he was wad appointed t to 0 tho the command of d great river for forties s the key to the interior int enoi tho the storage house of mun man chions dearly bought highly prized and absolutely necessary or the re pul io of the tha iny invaders aders he 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