Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-06-13
FOR SUNDAY READING.
SOMETHING TO COMMAND ATTES-
TON On A A OF REST.
God the spirit-International sunday-schooI
Iesson.-Why They do not Go to
Church-TaImage on Roller Skating,
Etc, Etc.
TALMAGE on ROLLER SEATING.

ne IleF. LII. 4a1MaBe saul ouHdas
that roller skating eclipsed coasting,
croquet, football, lawn tennis, and slid
ing by moonlight on a pond. It had al
advantage over the gymnasium in that
it was more exhiIaratiug. 1t was good
for all men to take one hour a day for
roller skating. 1t would bring back
light to the eye and strength to the
body. It drove away neuralgia and
nervousness.
"But let us have" he continued, "no
more OF the vulgarity aud immodesty
Of young girls alone on the streets.
They should be chaperoned by mother,
father, brother, or Il who has a right
to do it. If a young man tips his hat
to a young lady in a rink and Is no
acquainted with her the proprietor must
lead him to the front door. If those
weli-dressed devils we see on the streets
and sometimes at church doors should
get iu9tice done them there would be
more honest amusements and purer
merriment. Let not brilliant lights and
exciting music tempt to prolonged exer-
else. At the door of every place of
amusement stands a group of pneumo-
Mas, waiting to escort you to the sepul-
chre. Filtration is damnation. When
in Broadway, New York, or in Fnlton
street, Brooklyn, | see at the evening
hour daughters of respectable families,
whose conspicuous behavior is intended
to attract masculine observation, a hor-
ror goes through my soul. If | had a
voice loud enough to reach from the
Penobscot to the Rio Grande [ would
say filtration is damnatlOn.
meanwhile let the old peopleremem-
Der that they were once young. Rheu-
matism is incompetent to give law to
solid ankles. People who have the taste
of the old before they reach thirty
years bore the life out of prayer meet
ings, and disgust the world with the
cant of religion. God made boys and
girls, and gave them tastes to be graft
fed. Their bodies need strengthen
ing"
INTERNATIONAL sUNDAY-sCHooL LESSONS.
May 10-Christ Our Example, Phil.
2: SIC.
May 17-Christian Contentment, Phil.
4: Alb.
May 24-The Faithful Saying, l Tim.
/: 1-6.
May 31-Paul's Charge to Timothy,
. Tim. 3: 1-9.
June 21-Christian Progress, 2 Pet:
Ill.
Missionary, Temperance, or other Les,
sons selected by the school.
THE GRUMBLER.
| In his fast day sermon the Rev. Mr..
Collyer tailed one-and a good one
against the chronic grumblers. Speak
ing on the question of taxes, he
said that last year there were a mum.
Der of taxpayers who, when the listers
called on them, were ready to swear
that they hadn't anything at all, and
these same individuals will this year
claim that their property has depre
ciated fearfullv, and they are worse off
than they were last year.-.H. AIJans
(It.) Messenger.
The Christian Obserr6r says: "lhe
Rev Phillip Brooks, in a recent sermon,
severely reprimanded the press for the
lack of discrimination in commenting
upon the moral character of men who
nave figured largely in the community
for their wealth or n public stations.
If a Boston millionaire SHOULD die, he H.
timated that the papers would extol
him for his wealth, and make him out
to be q public henefactor wheth r he
gained his wealth by fair means or fonl,
Undoubtedly the press is in faul: in this
matter. But is the pulpit so free from
fault as to be justified in casting stones
at the press. We trow not"
WHY THEY DON'T GO TO CHURCH.
Rev. Charles Fl. Eaton took for the
suo;ect of his Sundays sermon "Why
D. Not Young Men Go to Church 2
De said that, in answer to this question
many explanations had been given by
young men who did not attend services,
Some of the explanations were f~rivolou.
or given in chaff, as, for instance, Cd,
young man said that he did not 90 be
cause his sweetheart did not, and an
other that the church was too cold il
winter. The speaker then reviewe,
some of the more serious objections
Among them were that there was to-
much caste in the churches, that Chris
tians were i~nsincere and hypocritical an,
that services were tooaengthy and ser
mons too dull. Other young me,
replied that they remained away fror
church because they were skeptics G
out-and-out disbelievers in Christianity
while others sill claimed Sunday as
day for recreation after q weeks har
work, and believed churches TO be place
for women only.
The preacher said there was not mo,
caste in the church than elsewhere; III.
Christians, while not claiming perfe,
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