The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-04-22
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holy religion, IL will be because they have
made up their mindsil Ia q happy religion,
Thoy don't like q morbid Christianity, |
know there are morbid people who enjoy o
funeral. They come early TO see lhe
friends take leave OF the corpse, and they
steal ride TO the cemetery but all healthy
people enjoy wedding better than they
do burial, Now, you make the religion
Of Christ Repulchral and hearse-like ana
you make II repulaiye,
The next laughter mentioned In the biblo
that shall speak Of IL the fools laughter,
or the expression Of sinful merrlment'
Solomon was very quick at similei when he
makes comparison we all catch IT, What
10 the laughter of fool like2 He says "lt
~ the cracking Of thorna under pot
The kettle 10 swung, bunch OF bramblen
Ia put under II, and the torch 10 applied 10
II, and there 10 a great noise and sputter
and quick ertinguishmenti then II 10
darker than Il was before, Fools laughter.
The most miserable thing on earth Ia bad
mans fun. There they re--ten men In o
bar room; they have at homo wives, moth
ers, daughters. Tho impure Jest starts At
one corner Of tho bAr-room, and orAoklo,
srAokle, craokle, II goes all around. In
Ave hundred such outlaws thero 10 not one
item Of happiness. They oil fool bemoAned
n they have any conscience left Haye
nothing 10 do with men or women who tell
immoral stories, | have ne confidence
either In their Christian character or their
morally.
SO, all morriment that springs out Of the
defects OF othoru-oAricaturo OF lame foot
or curved spine, or blind eye, OF deaf
sar-wil be met WITH the judgmenta Of
God, either upon you or your children
Twenty years ago, IN this city, knew a
man who was particularly akillful IN imi-
tAtinR tho lamenoas OF = neighbor, Not
long ago a son OF the skillful mimic had his
log Amputated for tho very defect which
his father had mimcksd years before, do
not say II was Judgment of God; leave
you 10 make your own inference, 30, all
meriimont born OF dissipation, that which
starts Vt tho counters OF the drinking ros-
taurani, or from ths VINE glass In tho homo
sircle ths maudlin simper, tho meaningless
Joke, Tho snturnnhsn gibberlsh, the parox-
yAm Of mlrth shout nothing that you some
times soo In tho fashionable elub-rosm or
In tho exquisite pNrlor about Ia o'clock at
night are tho cpokling Of thorna under q
pot. Such laughter and such sin end In
doath. When | was lad book came out,
snttled, "Don JouIa Patent Sermons" II
made great E.is, very wido lsugh, IN
over tho oountry, that book ala. II was q
earicNturs Of Mo Christisa ministry, and Of
Me wOrd Of dsd, and of NE day Of judg.
msnt. Oh, wo had Hrest laugh Ths
commentary on tho whole thing 10 that long
ago the Author Of that book died In poverty,
shame, debnuohory; Kicked ont Of society
and curssd Of Almighty God. Tho laughter
OF Such men N NE schs Of hcir own
dAnznatton.
The next isukhtcr thNt shall mention as
being N the Bible N tho laugh Of Gods
sondcmnnblon; "Ho that Sltteth In tho heAy-
ems man laugh Again; The Lord vif
AuGh at him. ACuAn: II WI laugh .,
his eslamity." With such demongtrptis
WI God Efost ovory hind OF sroat mn aud
viokednsss. But mon build mp yillAiniss
higher and higher. Good n.cp almost pity
God because He Ia 40 sohoDod sgAinst by
men. Suddenly pin dpOps cut OF The
naohinsry Of wisheAnous, OF sosrot IL ~
vsnlcd, and the founda,loa beEiua 10 rock.
and, finally. oss whsle thtlg 10 demolished.
What IL tho mottori | viii tell you what
tho matter Ia. Tho orsh Of rufn Ia only
ths rowTbcrstion Of Gods iaughtoT,
On Wan street thors are gont many
good men sad greet ntay fraudulent
men. A fraudulent man hss says; 81
msun 10 have ny nfYliea." Ne Zoos to
vvrt rocakless Of honssty and he frts his
Arst e1o0,0os. lie ects after while hiu
300, 200. Amor awhile no g1ts his $500,
00o. Nov 10 eays, u have only ono
nsvs move 70 make and Shall hSyo my
nHhoa.' He pathcrpp Ail hh resources;
hs Nakes thaA sas lhst ersnd move; ho fails
md loscs all, ana he has NOT enough money
left 10 pay the cost Of Ne our 10 his homo.
People cannot understtnd ihe spaemodis
rovulaion. somo said u wha sudden turR
IN Erie railway stodk, or In Western Union,
or In IlltnSiu Central; eomo said II was Jay
Gould; some said II was ono epoculator.
some said II was another. They MI
guessed wrong. will tell you what II was.
SHs that aitteth In the heavens" laughed.
A man In Now York said he would be tho
Richest man In the city. He left his hon.
cat work Of chair. making and got into the
city councils oome way, and In ton years
stole $l5, 1000, 900 from the city government.
Fifteen million dollarsl Hs hold the Log
islaturc OF the State Of New York In tho
grip Of his right hand, Suspicious were
aroused. Tho grand Jury presented In
dictmonts. The whole land stood aghagt.
Tho man who expected 10 put half the city
In his vest pocket goes 20 Blaokwoll'a Ia
land, goeu 10 Ludlow street Jail, breaks
prison, and goes across tho aoa, is rear
rested and brought back, and again ro-
mandcd 10 Jail, and died there. Why1
"Ho that stitch In the hoavong" laughed,
Romo was great ompiro aho had
Horace and Virgil among her pocta; eho
had Augustus and Constantine among her
ompcroia. But what moan tho dofacod
Pantheon and the Forum turned into u cat e.
tlc.markot, and the broken. wallod coliseum
and the architectural skeleton OF her great
aqucduct2 What was that thundcrf "0h, y
you say, "that wog the roar OF tho bNttor-
ingram against hor walls" No, What
wOs that quiyerY son. you say, "ihat
was the tramp Of hostile logions." No,
Tho quiyor and tho roar woro The outburet
Of 0mnipotont laughter from the doHod
and ineultod heavens, Romo dohcd God
and Ilo laughed her down. Thoboa
doAod God and lo laughed hor down,
Babylon dohcd God and Ho laughed hor
down.
Thcro Ia great difference between Gods
laugh and His smile. His smile IL oternal
boatitudo. Ho smiled whom David sang,
and Miriam cluppod tho cymbale, and
Hannah made garments for her son, and
Paul preached, and John kindlod with
apooalyptic vision and when any man has
anything 10 do and does II we'll, His emlol
Why, II ia tho 18th OF May tho apple
orchards In full bloom II ~ hoayon at
high noon, Oll the bolls beating tho mar.
riogo peal. but His laughtcr May II
mover fall on usl II ie condemnation for
our sin; II Is q wasting away. We may lot
tho sotirist laugh at M, and all our COM
ponons laugh ot Nv, md wo may bo tho
target for the morfimcnt Of earth and hell;
but God forbid that wo should over como
10 The fulillment OF tho prophecy against
tho rojectors of The TRUTH n will laugh Ut
your calamity But, my friends, all Of us
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