Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-06
qHE TWO PATHS.
Farce Of Moral Gravitation In HUI
man Nature Always Makes It
Easier 10 Go Down than Up,
- The shaekles May BE Unriyeted
.na How the Paths Of Virtue For
ssken May be Regalned.
.undsd souis Find Cure In Gods ON
nipotsnee-.io monopoly Along
the Route to Heaven

,,lsl 10 the Gasotte'
|crxyELASD, 0HIo, Dec. 1.-The Rev.
ne witt TalmaRe, ID. D., preached
= to-day. Subject; "on Track; How
Get On Again"
|r,yt. Proverbs xiii, 3s, "when shall
sruke? VIII seek 1T yet again"
hvnh an insight into human nature
i n AZ no other man ever reached, Sol
.on. in my text, sketches the mental
's,aiions Of one who, having stepped
\ M from the path OF rectltnde, desires
rs,nrn. with wish for something
~, he said; "When shall awake (?
Isu shall come out OF this horrid
-stmare Of iniquiiy2' But, seized
I'M nv an uneradicated habit and forced
.wa hill by bis passions, he cries out;
viii seek 1t yet again. l will try it
- more"
bpr libraries are adorned with an ele-
literature addressed to young men,
5nnng out 10 them all the dangers and
I. Is of llfe--complete maps OF the voy.
Il showing all the rocks, the quick
n. the shoals. But suppose man
81 slready made shipwreck; suppose he
4 Already OF the track; suppose ne has
4 [sdy gone astray, how Is he TO get
In Thst is a field comparatively un.
Ncbed, propose to address myself
morning TO such There are those
(. INA audience who, with every passion
their agonized soul, are ready to hear
Hfha DISCUSSION. They compare them
Ies with what they were ten years ago,
ery out from the bondage in which
are incarcerated. Now, II there
~ any in this house, come
+ IN an earnest purpose, yet feeling they
~ beyoud the pale of Christian symps-
Ia and that the sermon can hardly be
sected to address them, then, at this
inert, give them my right hand and
1 hem brother. 4 ok up. There Is
Nous and triumphant nope for you
s | sound the trumpet OF Gospel de-
lance. The church is ready TO spread
rquet at your return, and the hier-
Of heaven to fall into line of ban
IN procession at the news OF your
huelpatlon. SO far as God may help
+ II propose to show what are the OBJ
kles Of your return, and then how you
10 surmount those obstacles.
be fret difficulty in the way of your
u IS the force Of moral gravltaton
as there is natural law which
Ags down to the earth anything you
Nhw into the air, so there is a CORE
aiding morsl gravitation. Iu other
0iids, 1t Is easier to go down than It is
Aeo up; II Is easier TO do wrong than 1t
Z. u do right. Call to mind the comrades
hour boyh0od days--some OF them
bod, some OF them bad-which most at
Std y VI Call to mind the anecdotes
I'D you have heard in the last FIVE or ten
nfs-some Of them are pure and some
hem impure. Which the more easily
Is TO your memory? During the
w Of your life you have formed certain
es OF c0nLust---some of them good,
v, of them bad. To which style OF
w did you the more easily yIeld9 Ali
4 fends, we have to take but q mo-
wa Of seli.inspection to flud out that
W IL In all our souls force of moral
htiou. But that gravitatioD may
assisted JUS as you may pick up
Rthng from the earth and hold 1t in
hand toward heaven, Just so, by
lOwer Of Gods grace, soul fallen
be lifted toward peace, toward par.
toward heaven. Force of moral
aton In every one OF rs, but pc Wer
1 Pas grace 10 overcome that force of
l& gTaytatinn
next thing in the way of your re-
fis Inc powerof evil habit. know
Pa h. Ia f,V
y Htoglye up evil habits. do not be-
lhem. Here Is a man given TO in
Atlon, He knows II IL disgracIng
&mily, destroying his properly, ruin
m, body, mind and soul. II that
81 Being an intelligent man, and low
/, family, coulc easily give up that
y would be not do SOP The fact that
s not give 1t up proves 1t IS hard to
up II is very easy thing TO sail
!, stresm, the tide carrying yea with
\ M iofce; but suppose you turn the
" p stream, Is 1t 80 easy then to row
long as VT yield TO the evil In
sous IN our hearts, aud our bad
We are sailing down stream; but
lfment we ivy 10 turn, we put our
+ The rapids just above Niagara, and
row up stream.
man given to the habit OF using
n y ~, as most OF you do, and let him
70 stop, aud he tlnds it very Diff
, lWenty-one wears ago | quit that
y And would as soon dare to put my
ST snd 10 the flre as once to indulge
n, Whyt Bee use II was such ter
unlk fnggle to get over IT.. Now, let a
wv Nv sovised by his physician to give
- Use OF tobacco. He goes around
4. foWng what TO do with himself. He
ADD up a line Of figures. lie can
% ~ nights. II seems as If the world
theo upside down. He feels his
'sN going TO rain. Where be was
~ eu o0lipng he is scolding and fret.
ne eomposure that characterized
~ n, given way 10 fretful restless
NY s 'Ia ne has become = complete
~ hhAt power Is II that has
wave OF woe over the earth and
81 portent IN the heavensp He has
~ stop smoking After q while
W III u am going to do as | please
~ s.loi Doesn't understand my case
8ss oack to my old habit" And
W. FIhs Everything assumes iIs
suposure. His business seems 10
y XIV. The world becomes an at
g place. TO live in. His children,
q, &c llnerence, hail the return OF
y. -ets genial disposition. What
\, 'oior has dashed blue into the
~ 4 greeuness into the mountain
~ - "I ~, the glow OF sapphire into the
X. WhN enchautment has lifted a