The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-16
DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
SHALL WE HAVE ANARCHY AND
REBELLION IN AMERICA2

luce Oh waters '-Oeu0SlS
Out in space there hung great chunk OF
rock and mud and sand and shell, thousands
of miles in diameter, more thousands OF miles
In circumference, great mass Of uglinesS,
confusion, distortion, useleSsness, ghaStliness
and horror. 1t seemed like some great COM
mons on which mashed dup worlds had been
dumped. Poetry and prose. scientist and
Christian, all agree in calling it chaos. That
was the ugly, unshapely egg out Of which
our beautiful world was hatched. God
bent over that anger and turmoil of elements
and he said: Atlantic Ocean, you go away
and lie down there. Pacific Ocean, you go
and sleep there. Mount Washington, you
stand sentinel here. Mont Blanc, you put
on your coronet OF crystal there Mississippi.
you march there, and Missouri, you marry it
there" God took up in His almighty arms
the ro:k aud the mud and the sand and the
shell and tic Eeare it and He rolled it and
compressed it into shape, and then He dropped
It in four different places, and the one de-
post was Europe, and another deposit was
Asia, and another deposit was Africa, and
the fourth deposit was America, North
and South. In other words, 1.-THE spirit OF
God moved upon the face Of the waters. "
Well, now, that original chaos was type of
the anarchy into which so iety is ever and
hnon tempted to plunge. God said: Let
there be light of order, light Of law, light OF
gympathy, light of justice light of love" An
Inal chicol voice said: mo, no; let there be
darkness, let there be cutthroatery, let there,
be eternal imbroglio, let there be chaos" "
That social confusion, that moral chaos Is the
condition into which great many supposed
our land was to be plunged be- ause of the
uverhanging contest between Capital and
Labor. During the past three months, aye
during the last five years, the ln-
tslligent people of this country have been
asking: "Are we going to have anarchy and
bloody revolution in America 2" Thousands
Of voices have answered in the affirmative.
answer this morning in the negative There
may be, as there have been outbursts Of pop
ular frenzy, but there will be no anarchy, for
the Church Of Christ, the .grandest and
migbtieSt institution on earth, will come out
in the name of the Eternal God, and putting
one hand on the shoulder of Capital and
the other hand on the shoulder Of Labor,
viii say: Il come out in the name Of the
God who turned chaos into order to settle
this dispute by the principle of jus
mand that you take your hands off of
each others throatS" The Church of God is
the only impartial institution on this subject,
for it has within its borders capitalists and
iaborerS. and it was founded by the Christ who
was carpenter, and therefore has right to
speak for all laborers; and who owns this
world and the solar system and the universe
and has, therefore, right to speak for capi-
talists AS an individual I have right to
be heard on the labor question. My father
was a farmer and my grandfather was q
farmer and they toiled for q living. l have
not n dollar in the world that I did
not earn by the sweat Of my
brow and I owe no man anything.
II have forgotten any obligation, and you
will meet me at the foot of the pulpit when
I he
pose to say all have thought or felt on this
beet and without any reservation, and
only ask of you that you pray God that
may be divineiy directed in this impartial
series Of Sabbath morning discourses; and
also ask that you receive what have to say
in silence, and without either approval or
diSapprobation in sound When say there
will be no anarchy in this country l
do not want you to think that l ander-
estimate the awful peril Of this hour. The
tendency has been toward chaos and toward
anarchy. Excited throngs causing disturb
ances in nearly all our great cities; rail
trains hurled over the rocks; workmen
beaten to death in tine presence Of their wives
and children; faithful policemen exhausted
by vigilance by day and vigilance by night;
IN some cities the military called out; thou
sands Of people ask ing: What nextE"
A great earthquake with one hand has
cific beach, and with the other hand has
taken hold of the continent at the At
lantic beach, and has shaken it, and
oil agricultural and manufacturing and COM
mercial aud literary and artistic aud moral
and religious interests have been nightly
shaken. 1 look across the water and l find
part of Belgium one great mob. Russia and
Germany and Austria keeping the people
quiet by standing armies that are eating the
life Of those nations. Ireland at peace
to-day only because it anticipates Home Rule
and the triumph of GladStoneiSm. The quar-
rel between Capital and Labor is iShemispheric,
aye, 1t is worldwide, and every man must
admit that the tendency has been to-
waId Anarchy. Now, my friends,
one way in which we are to avoid anarchy is
to let the people know what anarchy is.
Show Us the hole that we may steer clear Of
it. Anarchy is the abolition OF all rights of
property. 1t is every mans hand against
every other man. 1t is making your house,
your store, your honest estate, your home,
your family mine-and mine yours. 1t is
arson, rapine, murder, lust and death tri-
umphant. 1t is hell let loose on earth. and
society combination of devils incarnate.
It is the overthrow of everything good. and
1t is the coronation Of everything Infamous
It means no law, no rights, no de-
fence, no family, no church, no peace, no
happiness and no God. That is anarchy.
Now, who wants it in this country! Let US
look at the old dragon. Let me take one
square and scrutinizing look at him before we
allow him TO rut his foot on this continent.
The people want to know what anarchy is,
and then they will rise up, all the good peo-
pie Of the United States, and in conjunction
with the officers ofthe law, city officers, state
officers, national officers, we shall COM
mand peace, and have peace unive sal. and
peace all the time. Within Sly mouths
there will in this country be a better
state ct feeling between Capital d Lab L
than there ever has been, because tury ..a:e
learned as never before, they have had it
demonstrated that they are absolutely de-
pendent on each other. Meanwhile I give
three words of advice to the laboring classes
of America so far as my words may reach
them. My first word Of brotherly counsel
to laborers is to those who have work now.
Stick to it. Do not under the turmoil
your employment with the idea that
something better will turn up. Because
you do not like the line of steamers oD which
you sail, do not jump overheard in the mid.
die Of the Atlantic Ocean. Those railroad
men, those mechanics, those carpenters,
those mascns, those clerks in stores, those
employees in all styles of business who give
up their work, probably give it up for star.
vation Iwould say to this class of laborer.
who have work, not only stick to it in these
times of excitement, but make this change
Go q little earlier to your place Of
work and do your work better thar
you ever have done it before
with more intensity and more earnestneSs
Let additional assiduity chara"terize YOU
That is my first word of advitc to those WHIT
have work. My second word of advice is tt
those who have had work but have resigned
it. The best thing for you, and the best thing
for everybody is to 60 back Immediately. DE-
not wait to soc what others will do. Yor
get on board The train of rational prosperity
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