The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-24
A BLASPhEMER'S DOOM.
-" Awful Incident Related by DR.. Tai
mage In One Of His Sermons Said to Bs
Sustained by Many Witnesses.

An Awful Incident Related by DR.. Tai
mage in One Of His Sermons Said to lie
Sustsined by Many Witnesses.
In a recent sermon Rev. DR.. Tai
mage discussed blasphemy and its con-
sequences. He drew from ancient and
modern history for instances of the
sudden and awful punishment inflicted
by Divine power upon blasphemcrs
and warned his hearers 10 avoid the
sin as one that brings them into spe-
cial danger from an offended Provi-
dencc. His most striking illustration
was an incident that he declared hap
pened only last August. He gives to
reporter the following corrected YER
sion OF his narrative:
30 common has blasphemy become that
the public mind and the public car have got
down this country IN his lectures def, ing the
plain law against hlasphenly and there ia not
= mayor m America that hAs ckbone
enough enc: 70 interfere Nth him save one, and
worse than theft, or arson. or murder. for
these crimes ere attacks on humanity. That
|. 90 attack q. o. God. Tbs country IL Pre-
cS"% - 1oT Ss:pse%S The crime !, null.
vhas He thinks Of Il but for TIE most part
the fatality 10 hushcd up. give you .
49, ~. thu; !" proved By scores Of Witnesses
voked at tho continued drought and tho ruin
Of hs crOps and in the preeence OF hts neigh.
Dorp cursed God. -, ing that he would cut
His heart out II he would come, calling HIM
liar and coward. and flashing knife And
while be WAS speaking bis lOwcr jaw dropped,
s1oke issuoi from mouth and nostr,lA
snd the hest Of be body wss ~ intense It
esOve back thOsc who would come near
hcoIes Of people waited the sccno and saw
the blaaphemer II the svful process 81 expir
Ing. Do not think that God has bcen silent OF
your case, O prOfane swesrer! that He 10
dead. 10 there noh ipR now In the peculiar
Ieeiiug OF your tongue o. nothing 10 tho
God may como 10 avense your bssphem 80
or ~ already aveny NJ thems There AFRO hun.
dreds OF SUCH oAse< Fam lies keep them st II
TO AVOID the terrible conspicutty. Physicians
suppress them through professional CONT
aeIce'
Mr. Talmage Was asked for . cir
eumstantial account Of the blasphemer
who was miraculously burned TO death.
His response was - follows: II appre-
ciAte the desire for further details in
this matter. but ] purposely avoided
locating the event, and the reasons
that actuated me then impel me now
TO keep the affair from the pubic.
Such an event Il . terrible thing for
the family and friends of the man who
was punished. and it was out Of con-
siIeration for them / omitted to state
where the scene was laid. That 1t ID
strictly true, however. l have cOnclu-
sive evidence. ! forget just how it was
hrOu vht In NV attention l heard II
reported BY somebody or got my frs,
information from private letter,
csa not say which. but 1 am inclined
TO think 1t WAS the latter. But no mat.
ter. asked o trusted friend OF mine
10 investigate for me, and he did so.
Some correspondence ensued. which
he turned over TO me. and from it
am assured that the affair did actually
and exactly take place as describe it.
have the correspondence still. but
think had better keep it to myself. ~
NJ Y. San,