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

now that's so; we can all agree with !,
that" If he told them a truthful man !
could not lie they all would agree
with him. If he were TO say chaste !
man could not be vulgar, ,
every person would endorse the
statement. But the very moment
the preacher advanced the theory, or
the assertion that go ID man may sin,
then every person was ready to cry
out, "Don'tl that strikes me, or that
me-" or something Of that
sort. Now, If an honest man could
not steal-ifone had been as truthful
as an angel up to the present time,
there was nothing to prevent one tell
ing lie just at that moment. You
people might have been as sober as
Judge (well he would take that back.
because judges were reputed to be Of
tener drunk than sober now-a-dayse
but he would say one might have
been perfectly sober, up TO to-day,
but ii be got drunk now
he certainly could not be
called sober then. Now, II there
was anything at all In
this text there was great deal. II
sober man could get drunk, IL a |
truthful man could tell lie, If an
honest man could steal, If the christian
could sin and hope to be reconciled
to his God, II was time for them all
make up to see just whore they stood.
Let them come up 10 the text. BE
loved, behold what manner of love
the father bestowed upon us that We
should be called the SONS of God" A
good man. then. belonged to God,
and royal blood flowed through his
veins. Now, there was heap in be-
ing of n good family, QLaughier.)
Yet he never yet saw the son of n
great man great MAN himself. He
never, of all that claimed to be
the grandsons and grand-nephews OF
! the great John Z. Calhoun, saw one of
them that was worth the powder ii
would take TO kill him. (Laughter.)
, And he never vet saw a boy who was
particularly proud of his daddy where
, the daddy was not ashamed of the
! boy. U.aughter.) Well, that was not
. the kind of blood he meant, because
, he only spoke in religious sense.
, lie would say, however, that the man
who would cast rcproach on noble or
I, royal parents has forgotten the best
principles that ever controlled hu-
! man being They all belonged to a
good family, for was not their
common Father the King
, of kings? God Almighty
l was their father. Aud for that rea-
/, son they should all be careful not TO
e do aught which would make them I'M
h worthy of that proud distinction
Q lie was glad, then, that this old
: world would not let people drink and
s swear and lie without throwing IL up
: TO them. lie never had any use Tor a
:. church member who could go flying
i around to balls and dances, and never
4 did ANYTHING of that kind himself
n since he Joined the church, and never,
= would. Now, it was the business oil
!, all of them to keep up and get up q
y reputation for themselves and their
Q families. Even when the Prince oil
Is Wales came to this country some
d years ago a committee oil
n gentlemen met him and reminded
r. INN that as he was the son of roya
II mother the people would watch his
Il every word and movement with jeal
IS ousy, aud the result was that he be
N hayed himself properly, aud when he
'. returned home to England everybody
II said he conducted himself while her,
s. like prince. The speaker was moi
a the son of the queen, but he was tn,
70 son of the Lord God Almighty, and
n ~ such was he not bound to behave
N himself? lie would like to see tho
rs christian reach that point where he
\ would say, am die before bring re.
II proach on the name | represent
z, There were some, however, who sold
n out cheap. Now, these fellows
II reminded him OF man
/ on the top of house whiting q
n piece of wood with knife. While
1t engaged in that pursuit the knife slips
{, out OF his hands to the very edge OF
y the roof II only costs fifty cents, aud
G there is danger that If he tries to re-
G cover il he may fall to the ground and
J. be killed, He reasoned the thing out
v saying # he fell he was bound to loose
# the knife, but if he was able to get to
Il the edge in safety he was certain to
l. make that much. Well, he went for
= 1t, but just as he caught II in his hand
@ he rolled of the roof and was dashed
i opieces on the ground. Well, he was
G killed, but then he got the knife, for
g when he was picked up afterwards
d ii was found firmly clutched In his
@ hand. He got the knife, though. II
4 was ike the story of the girl who fell
y from grace through dancing, and went
G TO hell. She went to hell for dancing,
@ but then she had the satisfaction OF
> feeling that she danced, YOU know.
r Naughter.) st. Paul said that he car
u ried marks ON his body to keep him
- constantly reminded or God, and ex-
4 claimed, "Oh, | would not grievc my
i good God for all the joys this world
c could give" What was the world to
: us If God was our enemy and smiled
8 not upon uss We are the heirs of
Y eternal life. What profltteth the man
1 who risked and lost his life on the
D roof-top in search of the 50
e cent bauble, the knife? What com
! pensation had the girl who damned
: her soul In the vain pleasures of dane
/ ingl oh, they should all live right up
} close to God, and love Him, obey Ifs
| will, and call Him Father every hour.
They would have to get bigger things
than a so cent knife TO tote the speak
er from the path of human safety, and
how much more particular ought they
be in matters affecting their eternal
salvationS Those little things the
devil gets up In Waco called ger
mans could no more lead HIM from
the path of fectitude than blade of
grass could pull an elephant along
What about the ballsr Pshawl There
was nothing In them. There were
lot Of young bucks In this town who
would differ with him on this point,
but until such time as these poor dudes
had holes bored in their heads, and a
little tar and tallow poured In, and
then let the holes heal up, their opin-
ions would not be worth worrying
about. Qanghter) II he had son |
like one of those fellows he would |
bitch him TO something and then bore
a hole in his head In order to let a