The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-12-03
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and pR form aud pflnllng'presa speak
out against the impurities 0f modern So
elety RlatldiOnancaa ard prulefy says
"Better MT ape k; you will rouse up nd
verse criticism you Will make worse
what ypu want to make better, better
deal In glittering generalitieei the sub,
iect IA too delicate tor polite cara" But
there comes voice from heaven over
pOWerlng the minclng sentlmentalitlea
of the day, saying: Cry aloud, spare
moi. lift up Thy voice Ike trumpet and
shnw my people their tfanagresSlons ana
the house OF David their sins" Tue
trouble In that when people wTlte or
speak upon this theme hoy are APP 10
cover II up with the graces OF lelles'
lettrps, 80 that the crime made ht'
tractlye inttead Of IepnlrlYt' Lnrl
Byron, In "DOn Juan" Rd0rna THIS crime
until II smiles Ike May Queen
Michelet, the great French writer, coy,
era II no with bewitchlng rhetoric until
it gloWs like the rising sun, when "
ought 10 be made lOaths0me aa u small
n0x hospital, There are TO dly innltnceS
abroad which, II unTesieted by the pul'
oil and the printing press, Will Iurn
Nav York and BrOOklyu into S0dom aud
(IomOTrah, III only for the storm OF IRE
and brlmstone that whelmed the cities
of the plain. Kou who are seated Ia
your Christian homes, c0mpaseed Dy
moral and religious restraints, 90 not
realize the gulf OF iniQnity That bounds
you on the north and the south and the
east aud the west. While speak there
are tens of thousands OF men and women
going over the awful plunge OF an I'm
pure life; and while cry TO God Tor
mercy upon their sOnla, lclll upon you
10 marshal In the defense OF your homes,
youT church and your nation, There IL
A ban1ueting hall that you have never
heard described. You know all about
the feast OF Ahasuerus, where u thons
and Lords sat. You know all about Bel.
shazzar's caTOuaal, where the blood OF
the murdered King epnrted Into the
faces of the banQuetters, You may know
OF the scene OF riot and wassail when
there WAS act before EsOpus one dish OF
food that cost 100000 But | speak now
Ofa different banquetlng hall, lts rool
is frettCd with tire. It's iloor IL tesselhttu
with nre lts chalices are chased with
Ore. Its song IL a song OF fire. lls walls
are buttereases OF fire, Solomon refers
to II when no eaya, Her guests are IN
the depths OF hell"
FREE LoVE,
Our American communities are suffer
ing from tho Gospel OF Free LovelSm
which, fifteen or twenty years ago, wat
preached on the platform aud In some OF
the churches OF this country, charge
upon Pfee LOyeiam that II has bllghtet
lnnumarable homes, and that II has senI
innunprahle souls To ruin, Free Love
lam IL hestial; II IL wOrae-it IN alnfernal
Ii has furnished this land with about
one thousand divorces annually. IL 0nl
county In the State OF Indiana II furnish
cd eleven divorces In one day before
dinner. II haa r0u u,ed up elOpementl
North, South, East ana West, You cat
hardly take up u paper but you read O
an elOpement. Az far M eau under
stand the doctrine Of Free L0velam, II l.
this. That every man 0nght TO haVl
somebody elSe's wife. They do moi
like our Christian organization OF socie
ty, and wish they would oil elope, thl
wretches OF one sex taking oil thC
wretches Of the other, aud start t0-m0r
row morning for the great s lhara Desert
until the Nim0On shall sweep seven feet
OF sand all over them, aud not Que pass
Ing caravan for the mex, I've hundred
years bring back one miserable bone ol
their raTcass0s. Free LOyeisml IL 1,
the dOuble.distilled extract Of nuN
yOmIci, ratshaue ani aldpr's tongue
Never until society goes bhck TO the old
Bible, aud hears IT, eulOgy OF purity
and lts Anathema Of e'l-nuyet
until then will this evil be extirpaled,
PHYSICAL POWER MUST DECAY,
Behold, also, In the giant OF the text
that great physical power must cfumble
and expire, The Samson Of the text
long ago went away. He fought the liO1
He fought the Philistinea, II could
ilqht anything. But Death was toe
much for him, He may have n qulrcd \
longer grave aud u broader grave, but
the tomb nevertheless was hls tetmit u
All, II thu giant Of The text could not
finally succeed IN the contest against
Death, we OF lesser fiber aud lesser
strength, think, will have TO surrender
What Do you tell me that the musclC
OF the arm must he ahrnnken, that thp
tongue must be palaei, that the foot
must halt In ita march, aud halt forever
Yes; II the giant OF the text surrendered
we shall surrender, BY prudence, by
dence, by good habits, by the enthrone'
ment OF moral principle, We may pot
p0ne the hour, but come II must and
come II will. II, then, wa are 10 be com
PEELED 10 20 out OF thls world, whore are
we TO 20 tor THIS body and soul must
soon part. What shall be the destiny ol
the formef2 know. Dust TO dust, But
what shall be the destiny OF the latter
Shall II rive Into the c0mpaDsh'p OF the
white r0hed, whose oina Christ has
slalnp Or shall II be down among thl
unbelievlng who tried TO gain the world
and aave their souls, but were swlndled
out OF bothp Blessed DO God, we have d
champion. He IL no styled In the Bible
champion who has couqu 'red death
and hell, and IL ready 10 fight oil ouI
BATTLES from the first TO the last,
"Who IL this that comoth from Elom
with dyed garments from Bo2rah
mighty to saver" II we fall In the wakC
OF that champion Death has no power
and the grave no Victory. The worst
man trusting In him shall have hli
dying pangs alleylated and bis future
lllumined.
THE MORE STRENGTH THE MORE REspoN-
slDlLlTY.
In the light Of this subject want II
call your attention to u fact which ma,
not have been rightly considered by fy,
men In this house, md that Ia that WI
must be brought Into judgment for IN,
employment OF our phyelcal organism
Shoulder, brain, hand, footl We mus
answer In Judgment for the use we hayt
made OF them. Have they been used fol
the elevation OF society or its depres
sionp In proportion ~ our arm Il
strong and our step elastic will our ac
count nj last be inienel1ed Thousands
OF eermone aro preached 10 invalies.
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