The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-06-22
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have such a magnificent language-such
now OF good words, potent words might
words words lust 10 suit every crisis an
every casa Whatever be the cause of it
profanity Is on the increase and if YOU d
not know il, il is because YOUR ears hav
been hardened by the din Of imprecations 81
that you are not stirred and moved as yoJ
ought to Be by profanities in these cite.
E which are enough to bring a hurricane o.
! hre ike that which consumed Sodom
s Do you know that this trivial use of Cod
, name results IN periuryi Do you know thai
! people who take the name of God on theil
ms IN recklessneSs and thoughtlessness are
fostering the crime Of perjuryi Make the
! name OF God football in the community,
and Il has no power when in court room and
; IN legislative assembly it is employed in
solemn adjurationi See the way sometimes
they administer the oath: ''S'help you God
kiss the bookl' Smuggling. which IS always
violation Of the oath. becomes in some
circles grand joke. You saw TO a man:
How Is il possible for you to sell these goods
- very cheap, can't understand in AIR
he replies, with a twinkle in the ewes, the
custom house tariff OF these goods isn't as
much as Il might be - An oath does not
mean As much as it would were the name of
Tod usei IN reverence and in s0lemnity
Why Is i that 50 often jurors render unac-
eountable verdicts and judges give unac-
countabie charges, and useless railroad
are most unjust charges made in tariffs
tariff lifted from one thing and put upon
What is an OATH Anything solemni ANY
thing that calls upon the Almighty Any
thing that marks an event in a man S historvl
! Oh mo- 1t is kissing the book! There IS no
laolti t1N YOU maui y-and / talk to hun
dreds and thousands Of men to-day EhS Mnf
thank me for my utterance-I tell YOU, my
orother-l talk to you not professionally but
lust as one brother talks to another on some
very important theme-I tell You there is no
habit that SO depleJes mans nature as the
habit OF profanity. NOu might as well try
10 IA Sc vineyards and orchards on the sides
OF helchIng Stromboli as TO raise ANYTHING
good On a heart from which there pours out
the scgria Of profanity. You may swear
yourself down; you cannot swear Yourself
up When the Nohammedan finds a piece al
paper he cannot read, he puts it aside very
cautiously for fear the name of God may be
on it That is one extreme. We 90 the
other Now what is the cure Of this
habit II is a mighty habit. Men have
struggled for years to get over it. There are
men in this house of God who would give
half their fortune to get rid OF it An aged
man was in the dslirium of a fever. He hal
for many years lived most upright life and
was hOnored in all the community. but when
he came INTO the dehrium OF this fever he
was full Of imprecation and profanity, and
IL
TO his right reason he explained il He said: I
When was young man was very pro-
fame. l conquered the habit, but had to /
struggle all through life. You haven't for |
forty years heard me saw an improper word, /
but It has been an awful struggle The tiger 1
is chained, but he is alive yet
II you would get md Of this habit, warn
you, my friends, to dwell upon the useless
ness Of it. Did vOlley Of oaths ever starta
heavy load! Did they ever extirpate mean
ness from a customeri Did they ever collect
a bad debit Did they ever cure tOothachei
Did they ever stop the twinge Of the rheu-
matisins Did they ever help YOU forward
one step in the right directionl Come now.
tell me, We who have had the most expert
ence in this habit. how much have you made
ont Of 1T Five thousand dollars in all Your
life. No. One thouslndi No. One hun
ired! No. One dollari No. One cent?
No. II the habit be so utterly useless, away
with it,
But you say: II have struggled to over.
some the habit long while, and have not
been successful You struggled in vour
own strength. my brother II ever a man
wants God, It IS in such crisis Of his history
sod alone by His grace can emancipate YOU
from trouble. Gail upon Him day and
light that you may be delivered from this
rime Remember also in the cure of this
labit that it arouses Gods Indignation The
Bible reiterates from chapter to chapter, and
rerse alter verse, that 1t Is accursed for this
ife and that Il makes man miserable for
itrrnity. There is not sin in all the cafa-
ogue that Is so often peremptorilv and
lddenly punished in this world as the sin of ,
profanity. There is not city or a village
iut can give an illustration of man struck l
Town at the moment Of imprecation.
'oupie Of years ago briefly referring to this
n sermon, gave some instances in which
SOd had struck swearers dead at the moment
4 their profanity. That sermon brought to
ne from many parts of this land and other /
ands statements Of similar cases % instan-
aneous visitation from God upon bias
hemers- Ny opinion is that such cases '
ecur somewhere every day. but for various
easons they are not reported I
In Scotland club assembled every week 2
mr. PURPOSES Of wickedness. and there was a
as TO which could use the most 1
orrid oath, and the man who succeeded WAS Z
D be President Of the club. The competition
rent on. A man uttered an oath which CON /
FUNDED all the comrades, and he was made I.
resi- dent Of the club. His tongue began to
well, and II protruded from his mouth, and 4
e could not draw It in, and he died and the :,
hysician said: This is the strangest thing
re ever saw; we never saw any account in v
he books ike unto it; we can't understand =
- understand it He cursed God and d
led a
At Catskill, y. Y. group of men stood !.
blacksmith's shop during violent thun-
er storm. There came a crash OF thunder, {,
nd some Of the men trembled. One man
nd: why, don't see what you are afraid a.
Z lam not afraid TO go out in front of [,
le shop and defy the Almighty | am not a:
raid OF lightning AMI he laid n wager u
4 the subject, and he went out. and he g,
look his fist at the heavens, crying: Strike =,
you darei" And instantly he fell under a u
'lt- What destroyed him, Any mystery II
lout it, Oh. no. He cursed God and died "
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d 70 go UNPUBLISHED There are STYLES of m
r1tlng with manifold sheets 50 that man
ritlng on one leaf writes clear through ten III
teen or twenty sheets and so every pro W
NIFTY we utter goes right down through the -,
ives OF the book Of Gods remembrance. 1t Il
no exceptional sin Do you suppose you NJ
nld count the proianities of last week-the
Quantities OF Office, store, shop, factory.
icy cursed God. they cursed His word. they
r'sed His only bsgotton Son C,
Jne morning, or Fulton street, as | was
ssing along, | heard man swear by the
me Of Jesus Ny hair lifted My blood IL
n cold. My breath caught Nv foot
lied Do you not suppose that God is az tr
awaited! Do you not suppose that God m
ows about II. Dionysius used to have a
We in which his culprits were incarcerated. m
d he listened at the top of that cave, and N
could hear every groan, he could hear
Fry sigh, and he could hear every whisper d.
those who were imprisoned He was a la
ant God Is not a tyrant, but he bends -
ar this world and he hears everything sa
ny voice of praise, every voice OF impre- A.
Ion. He hears il all. The oaths seam to i
on the air, but they have eternal echo WI
ey come back from the ages to come 81
isteni I-istenl IAN blespheners shall IA
'e their place in the lake which burneth of
h fire and birthstone, which is the second
tn And if, according to the theory of ~
ie, man commits in the next word the IS
which he committed in this world-if &c
unregenerated-think of a Vi
rs going on cursing in the name of God ma
II eternity H.
he habit grows. You start with sman tiv
}, you viii come to the large oath Isaw
an die with an oath between his teeth. Of
taire only gradually came TO his tremen- cri
5 imprecations; but the habit grew on him
u IN the last moment, supposing Christ OF
d at the bed, he exclaimed: Crush that To
tch- Crush that wretchn Oh my
her, you begin to swear and there IS as
ling impossible for you in the wrong di-
ion.
no is this God whose name you are
z in swearingi Who is hel Is he s.
mt Has he starved you frozen YOU, stin
nnized over yOui No. He has loved son
he has sheltered you, he watched yo,- M,
night, he viii watch you tonight. tie Ger;
Is % love you, wants to help you. waits moi
we you, wants TO comfort you. He was pls