The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-17
ssWhy Do The Wicked Llve?o Is
Made tho Subject Of
Discourse.
When God Can Wipe Them Ont, What
Reason Is There for Their
Existence.
The Query Answered-sinners Are Per-
mitted 20 Live That They May Re.
pent and Prepare to Die
Sin and Satan.

BRooKLYN, n. Y, May 10.-Six thousand
people as usual thronged the pews, the aisles,
the corridors and the adjoining parlors of
the immense audience room OF the Brooklyn
Tabern aole this morning. DR.. Talmage read
passages Of Scripture In which good and bad
character was set off in vivid contrast, and
gave out the hymn:
s'Arm of the Lord, awake awakei
fut Oh thy strength, the nations shake!"
The subject discussed was: "Why does
God permit Satan and sin 10 exist, when
with one blow He might annihilate them?"
do the wicked live~ Following is the SER
mon:
Poor Job-with tusks, with slings, with
horns with hoofs-all the misfortunes of
life came on him at once; Bankruptcy, be.
reavements, standardization, eruptive disease
so irritating that hs had to re- enforce his ten
finger nails by piece of earthenware to
scratch himself withal. His wife took the
diagnosis OF his complaints. and prescribed
for him profanity. She thought he would
feel better If between tbs paroxysms of pain
and grief he would swear a little; for each
boil plaster Of objurgation. Probably no
man was ever more tempted to take this bad
advice than was Job, when at last his
three exasperating friends, Eliphz,
Bildad and Zophar, came to COM
fort him: You old sinner; this serves you
right. All this is because you are a hypocrite.
What sight you arel God has chastised
you for your wickedness." The ds6gured
invalid lifts bis swollen eyelids and puts
down the piece of broken saucer with which
he had been rubbing his arms and tells his
earrulous group of frien ds that it is often the
wicked who have the best health and the
most rosperity, aud in this connection hurts
the question which every nIan and woman
that ever existed has at some conjuucture of
events asked: Why do tbs wicked live?'
They build up fortunes that oyershadow
the earth and confound al the life In 1rance
tables on longevity, some OF them diving oc-
togen arians or perhaps homage arians Aheb
in the palace md Naboth in the cabin. I'm.
clean Herod on the throne al d Paul the
consecrated. twisting ropes for tent making.
Mannaseh, the worst of ell the Kings OF Ju
dab. lived the longest. While the ge aerai
rule is that the wicked 90 not live out half
their days, there are insta lces where they
live to great age In para1lsss OF beauty and
luxury aud die with q whole college OF pby-
sicians expanding its skill in the attempt for
further prolongation. and then have a 10.
neral with casket under mountains CT Gala
lily and procession with all the finsst equip
age of the city flashing nd jiugling into line,
taking the poor sDgle.worm OF the dust out
to its mole In the ground with a pomp that
might make the passing spirit from some
other world think that the Archsngel MI
chael Was dead. Go up among the great res.
licences of our cities and read the door plates,
aud see how many of them hold the names
OF men mighty for commercial or social
iniquity,
VAMPIRES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
Gorgons Of the ages. Every wheel of their
carriages Is a Juggernaut wet with the blood
OF those sacrificed to their avarice and evil
design. Men who are Like Caligulia, who
wished that all people were in one neck that
he might be cut Oft at ore blow. On! the
slain! the slain! What procession of liber-
tines, OF usurers, Of infamous quacks, of
legal charlatans. OF world grabbing mon
sters. What apostles OF despoliation! What
demons incarnate Thousands of men who
have concentrated all their energies of body,
mind and soul into one prolonged and ever.
intensified and unrelentipg effort to sacrifice
and blast and consume toe world. / do
net blame you for asking the qu,vering,
throbbing burning, resembling, appalling
question of the text why do the wicked
liveY'
First, they live TO demonstrate beyond
controversy the long suffering patience OF
God. You rouse mp and say: 81 will not
stand II any longer" but perhaps You are
compelled to stand IL. God, with all His
batteries Of omnipotence, loaded with thun.
derbolts. STANDS IL century after century.
Sometimes, have no doubt. an angel comes
up and begs that he may unlimber the bat.
tories, crying: Now is the time to strike"
NO. says God, wait year, walt twenty
years, walt century, walt i've hundred
year," What God does is not 90 wonderful
as what he does mol do Ito has enough ie-
serve corps 10 sweep rom the earth Nor.
monism, Mohammedanism, paganism, In
one day. lbs could take oil the frauds OF
New York City on the west side Of Broadway
and In an hour pith them into the Hudson,
and all the frauds Of New York on the east
side OF Broadway, and In an hour pitch them
into the East River. lilo understands the
combination lock Of every dishonest money
tafo In Christendom, and could blow IL up
Written al over the earth from east TO west
and Iom north 10 south and oil over history
are the words: "Divine Patience, Divine
Forbearance, Divine Long-suilering" Iti
N wooder to me that God did not burn mp
the world GOO years ago, and scatter the
ping into other worlds and kept In their
museums rs specimens of a desunct planet.
People talk OF God rs though He were
hasty with His Judgments, and
; NJ" Before the ancient dessp tn, S SsSs
ark. The Anchor line gives only months
notice OF the sailing OF the Circassia the
White Star line only q months notice OF the
Britannia, the Cunard line only months
notice OF tho sailing OF the Oregon, bat OF the
sailing OF that first ship under Noah the CON.
msndsr, God, gave 40 years OF notice Pa
tience ante. diluvian. Patience post dilu Wan.
Patience In times Adamic. Mosaic, DAvldic,
Psulineic, Lutheran, Wnithsldisn. Patience
with men. Patience with nations. Patience
with barbariaus and civilizations. Blk thou
sand years OF patiepcs, over.towsring sttri-
huts OF . God all OF whose attributes are
immsAsurable.