The sun., 1870-01-03

when sickness lays hold on youi l have seen the
strong man In the morning and he has been feebler
and he had fallen helpless on his couch. The old
Adam IN us is forever working decay through sip
sparkling eye OF beauty, when quenched in death,
becomes the banqueting hall Of worms. That beau,e
Gus form, when shrouded In the CONN becomes pu-
tresent and exhales In odors from which your deor-
est friend turns away In distress. might dwell on
mese things but You see that as the prophet says,
as the flower OF the field"
=, How appropriate Is this prophetic figure The
world, and fades the quickest under any injury. IL
Is the emblem OF youth and II s the emblem Of the
deoacy OF youth also, and also, In too many cases,
OF IT'S fate-1rst trodden under foot, plucked by
violence. aud then cast away to wthcr and perish.
But pass on to the pride Of intellect,
HARD REBuKE.
From the time that ilrst started In the pursuit
OF knowledge till now, there has boon succession
Of theories, notions, and systems, world without
end; and the theories Of have had about all
ahead Rud now nS Se preacher sss ,nas %
several hie persons attempted to ieave) want to
toIi you one plain, practical thing before go on
with my sermon, and that is this all you who have
got in here must stay In here I'LL this sermon Is
through. We didn't ask YOU to come, but you came.
suppose and while am talking you must stay In
this house, whether my talk is good or bad We
sometimes go to your churches aud when We do &C,
We stay until you say amen, although Il Is some,
times mighty trying to do it-l yes. yesl-and now
you must stay until say amen, or you DO taken In
Aud now, to 20 back TO the wisdom OF man and his
theories; We know tint the nineteenth century
laughs at all things belonging TO days gone by. We
laugh at the wisdom of our fathers. Looking at ou.
railroads and telographs wo laugh at what has gone
before and Just as we laugh ut what We call tho
wisdom Of our nthers so will our children laugh at
what we call our own wisdom. Future generations
VIII look back on the nineteenth century and laugl,
at our absurdities, and call us old ioges and slow
coaches. And thus you see that all wisdom, except
that which comes from God and tho Bible, whether
II be theories either OF free love free divorce ad
vanced by ministers Of the gospel who have stolen
the livery OF heaven to s0rvo the devil In IAN, yes
yesl, or whether 1t bo some short cut to heaven
without the help of q Saviour, will pass away aud
become the laughing stock of lishtened men In
future ages, as II is row.
In The word OF God which we have. there is sense
enough TO stand on aud u will stand That word
tells us, whether there be tongues thoy shall cease
whether there be knowledge 1t shall vanish away :"
but Isaiah says the word OF God shall stand for
ever" Audit will stand, you may try your best To
pull down, TO write II down. TO preach down, 20
talk down, TO lecture itdown, but there's
aHJa on high just 80 sure Gods word shall stand
lThat's so, Amen.l There is such a thing expert
mental religion. aud the wisdom which comes Of 1t
That wisdom Will stand. All other wisdom shall
perish Sir Isaac Newton standing on tile sea shore
With pebble IN his hand, ielt himself TO be mere
child Without religion In his soul all his worldly
wisdom would not help him " take hold Of anything
which would live forever
TnE REPUBLIos GREATEST DANGER.
WHY. the very instruments used to perpe,uate the
Wis ION and the iamo Of worldly gre3ncss-the
marble, the brass, the parchment, the canyas-arc
all perishabe and pass away. The statues OF Greece
and Rome are destroyed by an unappreciating aOl.
dery. aud moths and time eat up tho costliest pant
ings. And so too with wealth. II is constantly
Changing hands in this country, and am glad OF IT,
curse Of this nation. II IA eating out the very heart
OF the people. II Is corrupting everything. The
LEGISLATORS, the judges and everybody Is yielding to
the madness. The greatest danger ~ our republican
institutions is TO come from the Capitalization OF
enormous wealth IN few hands. II We don't look
sharp the railroad companies and q few rich men
will own us all. They already own the legislatures,
national and state both, and they also own enough
f1sra anil
look out they'll have US all ensiayed. am glad
therefore that wealth, like all worldly things passes
stands still, but goes round - round all the time
30 that the famly that Is Top will be at the
bolton by and BY and The family tina, Is now at the
the top, and get new view Of things. Lies, yes
And then there is fame why do men sacrifice 20
much for fancy II s but a summer cloud You
have sometimes seen cloud rising from the horizon
to the zenith. II would change from shape to
shape aud CLEAN with gold and fade into obscurlty,
and finally disappear forever. such Is fame. To-
day man is auded to the skies; tomorrow he is
forgotteL. was never more impressed with this fi-t
than when 1 stood IN tho oad Senate Chamber at
Washington, whose walls Clay, Webster, and Cal
houn used to make rcsOund With their eloquence,
and who were Idols Of the people. And where is
their fame now. One seldom hears their names, or
s reminded that they ever lived, except when some
schooiboy deeIims scrap from one OF their
speeches TO persons who would just soon hear a
comic poem. And as It IS with men, so It Is with
past--the Persian, tho Babylonian, the Abyssinian
W
OF gold, and body Oi silver, and thighs OF brass aud
legs Of iron, and feet OF clay and he also san The
stone cut ou, OF the mountan without hands, winch
snote the Image and destroyed 1t. lles, yes,
ah-hl. That stone was the power OF GOd-l
power which heroes, or kings, or empires cannot
withstand. Look at Napoleon, who made Europe
his play ground, and gave away q rones ami king
douls as baublcs and playthncs But God touched
him with his power ana he crumbled.
The world Itself Is an Illustration OF tic text Il
shall be DESTROYED. l"Ah-h, Lord have mercy"
Yes, th.s gloue-,his round solid globe, which has
u as VUgfl tfa lfa.r
with its mountains, hills, valley s,'rocks. rivers. rlls
seas, oceans, lakes and all modern improvements,
must pass away and be destroyed. God has AZ
pointed It TO be the last thing to pass away In an
things there must be last time, except one thing
and that Is The word Of God. The grass wthercta
the flower adeth, but the word Of our God shall
stand forever. l"Good glory yes, yes-amen.
SHARP APPLICATION.
How many OF this congregation VIII be living at
tins Time next year lAh'hhl Some who watched
WIN Us tbs hands OF tue clock year ago Tonight
have found their last time. Yes, yes.l There was
We sung his ayOrite HYMN. And must be TO jud,.
ment brought remembered how he sung Il a
year ago. lie vas a strong man then, but he las
gone, / was with him in his last moments-the last
time 10 him-When Goo sent his ange 10 take dow
The old tabernacle OF flesh, and saw him when the
Old ten, fell down He was carried TO his home
above; he was ready. tTrue, true.l Since last
dead children, and children weeping for lost moth.
ers. The last time on Garth for them had come and
gone; Yes; an, yes.l The grass withereth sud
God has decrced shall be the next 10 fade the grass
which shall be the next to wther, mo, Oh, don't
al earthly things. You are passing away, young
young man. tAh.h.hl God has written on yo1is
hrOws Dust tAou art, and unto dust shalt thou re-
turn" tOh don'ti yes, yes; true, trucl In a
e more minutes we shall be ushGred into the year
hut the word or our God shall stand forever. Amen
Now We viii sing another familiar hymn that eve.
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