Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-12-22

shaIt not bear false witness aCalngt Inv neigh
Dor" And in I@vlticus he saws: Thou shalt
not 20 mp and down As a tale bearer Take
no. into vOUr ear that SCUM o. hell that
people cal titrie tattle, Whosoever willingly
listens to q SANDER IS equally r1ilty with the
one who t~ls Il. and an Old writer saws
they ought both to he hung, the one
by the ton2ne and the other by the
ear. Do not smile upon such a snanisl, lest,
like a pleased dog. he put his dirty paw upon
voL Throw back the shutter OF your soul.
Oh, Christian men and women, and see II
thnre be within Won a vulture with filthy
t1lons and cruel beak Let not this unclean
thing roost in vour soul. for my text saws:
we shall hold in abomination among the
fowls. the ~vulture.
Again taking the suggestion Of the text.
drive out the Lat from vour soul No wonder
God snt tia bird among the unclean. It is
an otTeu.a 10 every one. Let it fv into the
W nfow IF n summer night, and all the
hands. yplnI ana lf.>are against it. It is
half biri AMI half mouse. 1t seems made
party t. walk and partly to fly. and does@
Mother we'll and becomes an emblem Of
th9sa Christians who try to cling TO earth
AMI heaven At the same time. They want -
wax on earth IN worlilinesS. and YET fly to-
ward heaven III SpirItualltv and their soul,
between feet and wings, is perpleynl. Oh.
my brethren. In one thing or the other
Choose the world, if Won prefer it. and see
ho* many dollars Won can win, and how
mneh a~Dutau~- Won can rain, anil how large
Il business Won can establish. and how grand
a house YOU can build, and how fast
n epan Of horses YOU can drive You
/ may he pro~r~rti untll YOU can fail for five
hundred thousand dollars, instead Of having
the ~ll-grac" Of failing for only ten thousand
as some un"nt"rI rising people do. 1t IS
quite a reward 10 be able for ten
or twenty years TO be called one
Of the 80 ii men of Brooklyn or Boston: and
then. = max Your fortune last as long az
possible. we viii give Won a splendid funeral,
! AMI YOU shall have twentv-fve carriages fol-
! lowing YOU, with somebody IN the most
Of them, and your coffin shall have
silver handles on the sides. and we
vii mourn for You in splendid pocket
handkerchief, honn1 with craze. and bonn
balIe twenty full yards long. trailing half
acres, the parlor, 50 that al the company
may stand upon It, and we will write our
letters for the next SIX months on pa per edged
with black, But my friends. Your worldly
fortune, Will not last. will buy out now
oil that sou viii be worth in worldly estat,
snfenly live years from now. have the
money IL my pocket with which to do 1T.
Hero 1t Is Two cents 1t is a large sum to
otl"r Tor all You will posses, at the
Close u seventy five years. Choose the
world, 4 YOU want to; but, if not. then
choose heaven. That estate les partly on
tins sii.. of the river. but mostly on the
other. t !, ever arrnmulatlng. The pros.
peel Of It makes one independent
OF earthly misfortnnes, 50 that Rogers,
the martyr, slept - s"nndlv the night before
hi, burning. they Violently shook him IN
order t. get him awahe III time for
the execution: and Paul eXuItS at the
thought OF the 10y unspcakable and
tHli of glory Oh, choose earth or Heaven
Make mp Your mind whether YOU will walk
III earthly JOYS, or fly with heavenly ex-
lectations. ealot a lat, fit neither to walk
nor ttv. having lust enough Of heaven TIC
snoli the world, AMI SO much of the
world Is To spoil heaven. Christ says
tHat your present condition nauseates him to
positive sickness: Because thou art
neither cold nor hot, VII
orew thee out of my mouth In the
ruins of l%olnpeii there was found a petrified
woman, who, instead of trying to fly from
the destroyed city, had spent her time in
gathering up her .jewels She saved neither
her life nor her levels, There are
In trying to get earth and heaven they
Lose both. "Ie cannot serve God and
Mtmlnon.' lie one thing or the other.
Tread tn" arth like a lion, or mount the air
like the eagle for my text says: "Ie shall
hay" III ahotninatlon among the fowls, the
bat.
Again. taking the suggestion of the text,
drive out the CHAMPION from your soul.
There is some difference among good men as
to the name of this creeping thing
winch t'ol pronounced unclean, but shalt
take the oplalon which seems best suited
to my purpose. Tho chameleon is a reptile,
chiefly known by It's chan ,eableness of color,
taking the color of the thing next to it, some
times brown, sometimes red, and
sometimes gray, but always the color
ot It's surroundings, a typ: of that class
of Christians who are now one thing in re-
lglptS talth, aud now another. just to suit
circumstances always taking their color Of
religion, belief from the man they are talk
Ing 70. They 80 to ona place, and are first
rate lnitarianS. Jesus was a good man,
btlt nothing more. HEY 90 to Princeton,
AMI they are lrlnItarIanS, almost willln. &c
lie for the divinity of Jesus. Among the
, | nivrr>aii~tS they refuse the ideao of future
punishment. and going among those OF
; opposite belief, announce that there is
t a hell with a gu>te that makes you
/, think they are glad Of it. Drive out that
unelean chameleon from your soul. DO not
TIE ever changing the color Of Your faith. NY
= friends, liberal Christianity falsely so-called
believes in nothing. Col is anything
rou want to make Him. The
| blhlo t. b" believed in 50 far as you
/, like Il Heaven a grand mixing up of Neros
: and Iaul~. The man who dies by suicide in
- his right mlnI IN l>N>, beating into glory 10y
ten years the Christian man who dies a
II Christian death in ISIS. the suicide proving
= himself wiser than the Christian. oh. my
II frtoniS, iet IL try to believe in something.
!, An IutiIri was cadet t. the bedside OF his
II laughter. In" daughter said: Father
> which Shall | h@ll-He. YOU or mothar Mother
Y took tine religion Of Christ, AMI died in IL
f enhfa .. Nou ~ay that religion is a humbug
, Now am gong t. die. and | am very muct
= lef3IeXel; stall lrlieve YOU. or take TIL.
. leIet of my mother The father said
:, Choose Yourself. Sh said No. l am tot
, weaH II cho - tor myself, | want YOU t,
j.. choose for ne." Nell" SAID the father
T. afr mlel hesitation AMI embarrassment
! MARY, | thu& YOU had better take tn,
rei-ion Of yaIr mother. F!e time will com
], when We ~nt,tnavet 10 helieves onlathIn-. ",
= can not afford 10 be II the fence III religion