The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-06-02

heart right?" Then he assumed a
dramatic attitude and waited, as il
fully aware that he had raised
question of interest. Then chang
ing his position he repeated the
question and, in explanation of il,
continued: "With mettled horse at
full speed, for he is celebrated for
fast driving, Jehu, the warrior and
king, is returning from victorious
battle, and leaning over the side Of
his chariot he salutes Jehonadab
with the words Of the text, is thy
heart rightp Jehonadab gives an
affirmative answer, and Jehu extends
his hands to him and receives him
into his chariot" Mr.. .Talmage
waited agaiu'to see if his explana-
ton was satisfactory, and then look
ing slowly over the audience he
drew himself up and saio: 81 am
not come here this morning 10 talk
of our earthly affairs, but to take u
scrutinizlng diagnosis OF our spirit
ual condition. The great question is
not whether you hold lands, houses,
stock I'm banks or bonds of monopo-
lies, but whether you hold in your
hearts the government bonds of
heaven, redeemable at the entrance
gates" and the preacher clenched
his hands as IL grasping untold NIL
lions. 81 don't look at your dress or
the style ofhouse You live in. don't
stop and ring the bell aud wait for
you TO come out, but | walk right in
and ask you if your heart is right. l
will not insult you by arguing the
question whether by nature our
hearts are evil. Everybody at bottom
knows that they are. BY nature we
are all atwist and awry and askew
and asquint and unjointed.' Mr..
Talmage illustrated his meaning by
contortions as he uttered these adj
jectives and continued: "You will
hear men say that so-and-sO's habits
are not good but he is right at heart.
II isimpossible. The best part of us
is our outward lives. When there is a
great explosion, sacrificing perhaps
hundreds of, lives, nobody asks
whether something was wrong or
not. Everybody knows there was
something wrong. somewhere. The
Bible does not exaggerate when IL
represents human nature as poor.
wretched, miserable and blind.
There is not rag Of nobleness any
where to cover the shame of our
iniquity. But the meanest thing
| can think of is TO enlarge upon an
evil without pointing out n, remedy.
would swing open the door of
Gods wardrobe TO you and give you
your choice of its pearly white robes.
For the mouldy bread of toll and
tribulation, ] would give you celes-
tial wheat, garnered from the hills
of Heaven and cooked by the flame
Of the fiery cross, Here is the rem
edy: Tho Lord Jesus Christ can
make every heart right. Tell every
body. The FIRST requisite is repent
apce. The foul dog Of sin and the
herd Of trapsgressioh have been kept
in the heart too long. Turn out the
beasts and let Christ como ins % Often
has man walked up in his dying
hour TO find bis sins tramping on
his soul. They. would climb upon
the right side of his conch and on
the left, and crowd upon him from
over the head-board and 0Ver the
foot-boafd. But with repentance
these horrible hordes vani6hias the
lllghtning's fash. If we are TO have y
right repenting heart we must also
have a believing heart. Centuries ago,
q man said to humanity, Hllcarry all
your sins and the people, ,spat on
him and cried, Away with him.
Don't yourthink on that hill Of car
: mage amid those bowling rioters our
sins i may have persisted? ]
believe 1T. Christs arms were
stretched out wide enough TO take
10 the sins of the universe.e Mr..
Talmage extended his arms al full
length and drew them together
again. with the doxology of. the
eternal Jubilee in that high place
(pointing upward) let ourIaprayers
for the, lost souls of to-day, be heard.
Let the Lord Jesus come forth to us
and there viii be a grand harvest.
And VIC can kiss his feet!h And he
will 90 back and tell the immortals
of the glorious work, and there will
! be a dance in the FathersH,house.
But.-aboye all you must have for
giving heart. To return good for
, evil is GOd-like; to return good for
, GOOD is man-iike; to return evil for
| GOOD isi deyilish. There are men
, who have cheated you drilled about
you, and yousay when yop get
chance you'll give 'am fits; take the
, last ray ofreputation from them and
ali that, That is not right Many
!, men are ready TO forgive ihost OF
their enemies, but have SOME special
, villain in their mind whom they
won't forgive il they never get 70
Heaven would mot dare to go to
sleep at night If q man lived foi
whose temporal and spiritual wei
I fare l could not fervep1y pray
} Light match mr.. Talmage meta.
pborically. lit the end Of his
Il forefnger on his trousers) and
A burn up yonr OldWingnndges
d The gates of Heaven are barred
against You till you DO, There il
no use Of praying TO God until You
} have forgiven your last enemy. II
won't doNOu any good Forgive oil
: forever .dier shouted the pastor
1--WE must also have an expectanI
heart, and witt repentance BELIEF
| and forgiveness our castles In thu
r air viii become our celestial homes
y deeds of which we will have in onI
: pockets. There win BE no vacant
: chairs in Heaven. The thrones will
2 be all mounted and tho crowns AL
worn. bone talk of Heaven as IL il
was a little church where a .selcci
few, all by themselves, will sit on
/. the easy cushions and sing songs OIL
praises for ever aud ever. Not al
: all. 1t is a stupendOus Heaven np
there, and there is room for al. Arc
Won ready? When are you going 10
siart2 Some say they WIllput it og
on this account, some on that Fla,
tai mistake. William III. once
granted amnesty TO all his foes who
would take the oath of allegiance
before certain date, and those who
did not come'must die. All agreed
. to come. But one chief AIcAylon,
ii wanted to be the last man 10 take
4 the oath. So he started very, late,
only two days before the last day.
IA great snow-storm came, and the
tsSse was up and past before he ar
rived. He mIserably persisted. II
\ YOU don't start now 1 fear you will
lose the amnesty offered by the Cos
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The latest senatorial story is the
organization OF the Michigan brew
ers and saloon keepers Nihilist Con-
federation. As great many Michi-
| GAN towns voted on the nrohihition