The Brookhaven leader., 1888-04-19

ments Of sifhiJaF cases of instantaneous
visitation from God upon blasphenlcrs.
Ny opinion is that such rascs occur some
where every dav, but for variOu4 reasons
they are not reported
In Scotland = dub assembled every
week for purposes ~ Tickedness, and
there was q competition a. 70 which could
use the most h0rrid oath, and the man
succeeded was to be president cf the club. .
The competition went on. A man uttered
an oath which confounded all his com.
rades, and he waa chosen president Of the
club. His tongue began to swell, and il
protruded from his mouth and he could
not draw it in, and he died, aud the physi-
clans said. "This is the strangest thing
we ever saw: we never saw any account in
the books like unto il; &c" can't UNDER
stand it." | III dcrstand it. He cursed
God and died.
At Catskill, Y. 2 a group Of nlen stood
in 9 bIacksmith's shop during violent
thunder storm. There came crash OF
thunder and some OF the men trcmbled.
One man said: ''Why. don't see what
you are afraid Of. I am not afraid to 90
ont in front of the shop and defy the AL
mighty. | am not afraid Of lightning"
And he laid wager on the subject, and
went out, and he shook his fist at tho
HeG-Hns, crying: Strike, if you dare"
and instantly he fell under bolt. What
destroyed him? Any mystery about it,
Oh, no. He cursed God and died.
Oh. nv brother. God will unt allow this
sin to 20 unpunished. There are styles OF
writing with manifold sheets, so tint =,
man writing on one sheet writes clear
through ten. fifteen or twenty sheets, ana
so every profanity we utter goes right
down through the leaves Of Gods book OF
remembrance. 1t II no exceptional sin.
Do rou think you could count the profan-
tiles of last week-the profanities Of Office,
store. shop, factory: They cursed God,
th-v cursed His word, they cursed His
onlv-begLttsn Son.
Listen. Listen! AL blasphemcrs shall
have their place in ti~ LAKE which burneth
with fire and birthstone, which Il tho
second death" And if, according
to the theory Of some, man COM
mits in the rext world the sins whic!I
he committed III this world-if un-
pardoped. unrcgeueratcd--think of q
mans going on cursing in the name Of
God to all eternity
The habit grows. You >tart with sTaai
oath, you will come to the large oath. /
saw a man die with an oath between El5
teeth. Voltaire only gradually came t"
his tremendous imprecation; but tho
habit grew on him until in the last mo-
ment' supposIh2 tHiI7t St''" "t Wv 80 Dlu'
lie exclaimed: Curse that wretch: Curse
that wr,.ch,' Oh, my brother, you begin
to swear ana there Is nothing impossible
Tor you IN Ihe WrohS HfFetlloI'
using in swearing: Who is He? Is He
t!Tdh' ha, ne puI9u'u YOU ''i !D"I
IIe lohgi mas ne s'"rNt" !'"' - ~
YOU |! "hIItn'u "''i ?'u' w. ~
loVea Eou' ne mas 9HTI'Sttr S"" i
WatCneu you l"S' "lEn'' ~ "l'i w, - w.
",hfGht. ne wants ~ Io'c ""' " '''.sf w :"
heip !VI' warts 10 saw '9"' .t,,.l Cl,I
comfort YOU ne you, I"'''. t',1
ana your m"lner "o'"' i'' h'',
mem from snt ol"e'' anu IIs, s.l', ~.
HhNH"r you III ~" SP'' ~ - 11;,.,
an liiPl '''''"., III va
back by an oathf ,,.,
II" Is lHlS Jesus ii''in. ~ ~ ,'l,t 90
IN 'le I4.i''e''tlon' a. I,-. NV.
an your i've l"4-r' Ii"' ,,1J ~ 49, A..
ne uol1t 10 you liIat ~ ..Io' w., a,,,I,
hoAoi "'S htihe' ny ~ n -
"Aosr plo"p IN t..t,l,. +t,+
sacrlnce LOT you -, '4i. ',',4 ,',,t -
TOOK Oh ms crown 'n'. ,it',,. i;s i'nc,
On, ne H''9 pIt Hu," W" "- :: 1'.,., tn
with mercy. lie wants you 10 love i1lii III
wants you I" serve MN ne '"LIoa w,
streaming eyes ana ploh'I Ht'i' ft oit,.
bhSterlnS 1eet 10 save GU. y" 'IiT co..
OF our doomed humanity re Pul'',i '"'
into the sea 10 take you on ,n' wreck.
mere Is the hah'i ''l't Wiz t,,' "L ~, ~
ed In lmprecatlon AGAIN Le' lI"' ll'n"'
now Wbloo'-uppeG' oe !If,v" 'n"' No ni,t' ,,,;,,
IT. Not one mere Is the '"l'r 'i'-I' " -.
ever be uttered IN dlsh"rV'4ns 'iie N'r,'I. NJ
OF that christi Ltt Spt|N nov
one. Not one GA' am Sl"" ~ 49, :,
that all these wees oI 'il' -, ''l4o
these crimes or our cl'y WI o' enV NJ
Society IS gong 10 De ntceI'", iu
world, by ths power OF NilrlSt
going to be saved, snd TINS crl!Ne, tilS IN IN
iquity, and all the other lnlqull4e5 VIZ
vanish before the rising OF uIc sun '-
righteousness upon the nation
There was one day III New EnSl"l'I
memorable for storm ana darkness, l
hardly ever saw such an evening; ihe
clouds which had been gathering an u"!
unImbered their batteries Inc houS"-
tonic, which hoWs quletlE' save DIS INC
paddles or pleasure parties la'tIe 'lle oai
looks, was Iashed INTO roam, anu ln'
waves hardly knew where 10 Id! 'neIA-
selves. ,r,,.;,,-io,,
On! what u'ile II VIZ. ne iA1I9 J"! 80
under the runpilH5 "a W." -.
Bhndlng sheets Oh ram uro'' 'I10 ~
the nars, or peat aSainSt u-u "i4I"o"
pane as though 10 uaSh 1t III: AIv
neluS thre" tielr crowns VI suiG a. 80
teet OF the storm AliiS' H'H nlSii '''iilo
III II was uouoIe AlSul' ItN Hl''liI'0 ""'