The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1878-05-18
Father ssnTac's solemn
Words or G5ursiaag.

There is nothing i'll heaven.
nothing on Garth, for which the
Almighty God has so great a re-
gard as His own Name. When He
speaks OF the people of Israel, He
says 81 will be their God | will
be i'll the midst of them. | will
give them every grace and every
gilt" and lie tells us that He
will crown His graces by putting
His Name upon ;hem-'.and NV
Name shall DE amongst them"
Nhen the Inspired Evangelist
wants TO describe to Us the glory
OF heaven and the brightness of
God'S saints, he tells us .hat the
highest glory in beayen will be to
have the naGe OF God written
upon orr forrheutis. ''F0r | be,
held an bundled and forty four
thousand aal they followed the
Lamb, for they were the first
fruits CT the Lamb, aud they had
Lis Name ana His Fathers
Name written upon their fore-
heads And this is the Name
that The Hebrews oi old were not
permitted to mention, even in
praye' ; yet tins is the Name that
tue half druuHtn wretch. the
man who is reither drunk nor so.
her--tbo man whose flushed face
and blOodshot eye and shaking
hand easily SHOW him to be a
drank"rd though he is not drunk
will take upon every occasion.
1t Is nothing but "GodD here and
God there and perhaps that
awful habit Of cursinE in which
the Almighty God is called upon
to execute vengeance, as, for in
Stance, When u man says, ':Damn
you J! Blast yon y or when a
man tells another in anger to
''go to hell /" or any of these
things. Consider the insult that
man offers to Alnighty God. Lis.
ten Il will put it before you in
three words as clearly as possible.
The greatest insult that man can
offer TO God is to pass sentence
upon his fellow man and theu
call upon God to execute it. Ac.
corilng to the laws OF the laud,
II a ml.n Is found guilty-if he is
tired for aay crime and brought
before a Judge and Jury-when
his trial is over, and the Jury
find him guilty, then the Judge
sentences him. For instance, after
trial for murder, the Judge
passes sentence upon him, and
1t Is that ''on such d day, at such
an hour, YOU are to be put to
eath."Who executes the sentence
Will the Judge do it ? All no,
he is too high and dignifed a per
s.onage. Will the sheriff do it ?
No. VIII the humbieSt peasant do
it No; but when ghe day OF exc
cntion comes, Il wretchcl creatnre
WEo was never seen before, who
arrives III the nighttime, and
has mask npon bis face, in or.
DER that no man may know who
he lS-the common hangnau
comes with q mask upon his face,
and puts the rope round the
mans neck, and launches him in
to eternity. Now the man who
curses his fellow-maE, and saws
to him, damn you.' 'Biast yon,n
"ro bell with ycu,' that man puts
God into 'he position of the com
mon hangnal. He Says, "You
have offended me / ain not able
to damn son | canoot send you
to bell bat ask Almighty God
to 90 ito carry out my sen.
tence.' Actually, that man puts
himself in the position of the
Judge OF his fe low IL an, and then.
with impuGeGce aud audacity
past ali believing. he calls upon
the Eternal aud Omnipotent God
to execute his sentence. and
damn his fellow creature ! The
greatest insult that can he offered
to cur Lord and our God.