The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-06-25

tHis tcAt tOT Tue OccasiOn, huu uOn't
remember distinctly whether Ldis-
cussed 1t when was here before or
not, but have never been able to
preach two sermons alike, / don't
think. But use this text, aud IL
may be some of that used here be-
fore. II it is good sermon, we can
afford to preach 1t twice. If couldn't
preach any better than you, Cunning
to the ministers seated on the plat
form,) one time would be too
much. QLaughter.) But, maybe,
can afford to give il twice. "As righ-
teousness tendeth to life so he that
pursueth evil pursueth 1t to his own
DEATH" Righteousness does tend to
life, evil does tend to death. When |
good man dies he not only goes to
heaven, drawn thither by the natural
forces and spiritual gravity-not only
does he go to heaven by the approval
of God and angels, but good man,
when he does, goes to heaven by the
common consent Of every other
man alive on the face of the earth.
When bad man dies he not only
goes to hell, drawn tbither by the nat
ural forces and spiriiua, gravity-not
only by the approval of GOD aud an
gels, but he goes to hell by the com
mon consent OF every other man alive
on the face of the earth. Have you
ever attended the funeral of good
man, one known as good man, u
man that was faithful to God and
faithful to his generation Have you
seen his coffin reposing before the
pulpit with beautiful boquet of
. flowers lying upon II, and have
4 you heard the minister of God
' say "this is the body of our deceased
G brother, his spirit has gone home
4 to heaven. And when the
d services were concludcd-when
J, all walk out of the
Q church, saint and sinner, everybody
|. says: "That preacher told the truth,
p that good man has gone home to
: God" But did You ever attend the
z funeral of doubtful character, who
= didn'tlive righip lie is member of
IS the church, however, and the
Y preacher said, "This man. our
Is brother, our departed brother
II has gone home to heaven
@ A preacher had bet or tell any sort OF
j." a lie than that. That's one thing
IS like about the Episcopalian church
= She don't have any funeral sermons
: She does her whole duty towards the
l. dead, whether she does her duty to-
e wards the liyingor not. That preach.
@ er says "this man has gone home to
C heaven Did you ever walk out OF
G the church, and walk down the street
). and hear every man, saint and sinner
p say: "rhat preacher has outraged
i every principle of truth, and
e don't believe | will ever
Q. go hear him preach again. When
o good man dies he gets waited
o home To heaven by the common con.
I. sent of every man on earth; when d
n bad man dics he is consigned TO he'll
Ie by the common consent of every Other
e man alive on the face of the earth
% When a good man uies he goes to
D; heaven just as naturally as this book
N would drop out of my hand on to the
floor, if were to turn it loose; when
re bad man dies he goes to hell just a.
D. naturally, not that God Is mad oil
ne angry with him SO much as because h,
is bad. Heavens the center Of
gravity to all that's good, and
hell's the center of gravity to all that's
~ bad, and that's the whole logic of It,
y There's not enough devils In hell tC
" drag good man down 10 hell when
~ he dies, and there's not enough an
y gels in Heaven 10 take bad man tt
10 Heaven when he dies. Nothing more,
" !, nothing less. God don't bind peopl,
~ hand and foot. and cast them into
u hell. God can't keep sinner out o.
" hell, and the devil can't keep a good
~ :, man out of Heaven. This is true IL
~ ~ the vry nature OF the case
'" and each goes there because It's th'
:. place for him. As Righteousness
10 tendeth to life; just IN the same wa,
% sin dwarfs the soul and makes II Il
"A only for the damned. just as II II
"a true that good man, when he dies
% goes to heaven, IL is also true that I
e bad man goes to hell. ale that pur
- sueth evil pursueth II to the death o
- his soul" We might stop here Il
Z, discuss this word "evil," but | dom
T. u pretend to be u tbeologian, aud W,
70 will 20 on. | love TO say dom
know nothing about theology or bot
y, any, but do about religion ant
Y, :, flowers. Some people go back al
- the way to Adam, and tell you al
" about him. Now. don't like 10 talk
!, about the poor man. Let him rest
- We have enough to do "a
- tote our own skillet without
;, interfering with Adam. IL is useless
NJ to discuss ''total depravity," for since
r. each of us have In our very nature
: enough to damn us, what more do We
. want? II we have not Gods saving
a grace we are bound to be damned for.
= ever, and that is about all any Of US
I need care to know. Whatever Adam
y may have done for us away
= back, | tell you Jesus Christ
4 did more, because when the devil
= went for Adam he fell al
/, the very first lick, but when he tried
T, his hand on old Job, he stood IL like q
: man. and for once the devil got fooled
T, But think, even II Adam did drop q
: little poison In the ocean some b,OOO
, years ago, it's pretty well diluted now
, and we should let the matter
pass. knew that no inoanncss was
ever charged against inc until was
ten years old, and why keep up those
, lit 10 things so long against Adam.
(Laughtef') Ii 10 enough for W 10
know that all of us have sufficient
meai,ness in us TO send us TO damna-
tiou. no matter whether II came from
Adam or from our mothers. SIN Is
n disease, and lying, swearing, steal :
Ing, violating the Sabbath, are all bui
the outward manifestations ofinward
disease. (IIere thu speaker drew. q
picture OF tho late senator liill's fatal
illness, descriptive Of the virus which
poieOnad his blood and even
iually led TO his death) Now
lif the greatest man that
Georgia ever had was killed because
of the virus that corrupted his body,
tell you the virus of sin " just as
fatal 10 the soul. This Is no question
of church. II Is broad and deep and
long, and unless the virus Of sin Is OK
tracied from our souls, and II can only