Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-11-10
REV. DIR. TALMA GI,
THE BROOKLYN DININL'S SUNDAY
SERMON

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Here is Il would IT, suicide arrested III hFs
lcpily ATTEMPT He a sheriff, ami ac
cordlng 10 tht. HoIuan AN a hailltf himself
must suffer The punishment due an ~eeraf@i
prisoner. ana II tie prs ner brraEinG al
was sentenced IL h. pniun-pnnri for thrt+.
or four years. then the sheriff must lie
endunGeonei tor three or four wars and II
the prisoner treakiug all vas h have
suffered capital pualshm N, then the sh~rtff
must sutTcr capital pun -huiput. The ah-fljf
had received csIseIlI ciar-e t. keep a sharp
lockout for iauI and Sll1e. He govern
,ncnt nal mot Hal confidence. in bolts AMI
bars to keap ~aft thee tno cirrgyguen, about
whom there seemed u b: something strange
and supernatural.
sur enough Iy miraculous power, they
are free, ani tie sheriff. wakin. out u 4
sound -'ccp. uu~t->Hrpp-Ing tines ministers
lave run aw1v, and knowing that they wer"
10 die Tor Preaching Christ. AMI r"ali/ifls
that he rnf!-1 th.r-tor, III, rather than -
under tie cx.cut .0ncr's axe on the morrow,
and sutF"r public degrac-, resolves t" pre-.
rlutatr his own dr-eas.. ihIt trforr the
sharp keen, g5tt.rln1 lager Of the sh'rlff
could s.r,kr ms heart. one :. the unlop-esr~i
prisoners arrests IN" mad. by the t'inIiii4hl
"llothyAelf no harm
Ia nIirn time, AMI wEere hrl~ttanlty nal
not Int"rf"red "Tti II. sltcIi- was con >ldtreei
honorable and a sign 81 roura8 Demos
theme, poisoned himself "t"nt ton thit Alex
anders Ambassador bad 1i"nlafrh the sur
render If the Atlrtjau orators socrates
killed himself rather tHati surrender to
lhilIp Of Ma -,4lon. cato. rather than sub
mt to julius Cca-ar, tr3k his own life,
md after three time, his wounds lad
t.~n dressed tore them open AMI per
ishe). hiihridif"s hiIiri himself rather
than submit to POM ev, the con llerOr. liam
nibal DESTROYED III, life by poison from his
ring. considering lfe unfearabl-. I.ycurgus
n suicide, Frutue 4 euIcil" Att"r the dlsas
ter OF Moscow, Napoleon always carried with
bun a ur,palntlon Of Quinn. and one nivht
ms servant heard the * Ent.ror arise, put
something III Il glas. and drink t, AMI soon
after the gToan. aroused NIL the attendants.
md it was only through utmost medical
skill vas rcstl,cifat.i from the stupor Of
the opiat-
Times have changed. and vet the American
conscience nee Is 10 he toned M on the sub
lect OF suicide. Have Won seen a parer 10 the
last month that did not announce the passage
out Of life by ones own lehe,t. DefauIt4rS,
alarmed at the idea Of exppsure. quit life
prr.Ipitateiy. Men losing large fortunes 20
out OF the world l4cau.a+thoy cannot endur.
Earthly .rist.nf. Frustrated a+Fartin,
domestic nfc!cItv. domestic mpatjrnce
nngcE remor,e, envy, ;caI0nsy, restitution,
mIsanthropy ar. considered Sufficient causas
for nIsconding from this life by Inris green
by laudanurn, BY iclladonna, 10y Othcllos
dagger, by halter, by leap from the atut-
mpnt Of II bridge. hy firearms. More cases
of feio Il. s.. IN the last two wear, than any
two wears Of IN" vorlIs existence. and more
in tho last month thau many twrIy W months.
The evil Is more and more ,prcadnr
a pulpit not long oexpr,ss,l some doubt
as TO whether there, was really anvthin,
wrong about quitting Tins life when it i4camo
d~iNagr,plble and there ar. Coind IN r4,,.ct-
able circles people nyDloectic for the crime
which Faul in the text arrested shall
show You before | get through that suicil.
is the worst Of all crimes. and shall lift n
warning ulinl>takablr But in the early part
Of this s4rmo wish to admit that some
pf The best Christians that have ever lived
have committed self destruction. but always
in dcm.nfia, and not responsible. have no
more doubt about their ,tcr nal felicity than
have Of the Christian who dies in his bed
IN the delirIum of tyuhuid fever. While
the shock Of the catastrophe is VERY great.
! charge MI those who have had Christ
ian friends under cerclal ALTERATION step
oil the boundaries OF tins life, to have no
louhl about Their happiness. tn" dear Lord
took them right out Of their daIci and frcn-
2Iei state INTO perfect safety. How Christ
feels toward the insane You may know from
the KIND way he treated the demoniac of Ga
dara ana the chld l%unatlc, and the potency
with which he htslcd teulests either Of sea
or brain.
Scotland. the land prolific Of intellect ua'
giants, had meme grnnder than HUGH Miller,
Great for science and Great for God II.
came of the lest highland blood, and was 4
ie~ endant of Donald f;ov, q man eminent
for plctv and the rare git Of second sight
His attalnnentS. climbIn. up as he did from
the quarry AMI the wall of the stonemason
drewfortht the aStonishtl admiration OF Buck
land and MurclIson. tn" scientists, and nr
Chalmers, the t~heologian. and held universe
ties sp.l,hounl While he told them the stor,
OF what he had seen of God in the old re-,
sandstone.
That man did moro than any being tina
ever lived t show that tie God of the hills ],
the God OF The Bible. and h. struck his tim
ing fork on the rocks OF Cromarty until h.
brought geology and theology arcorlant il
divine Worship His two hooks %eutitla,
"FoutprIntS az the Creator AMI the Test
mOny OF the Rocks. proclaimed the banns -
an everlasting marriage between cenl
inc science and revelation. ON tin
- 'ny ~ ny"
"'',iS" - - WI anu ioNs vi bNl
uh'll ne tonii rol sleep ana ms tram gay
vav. and Tie was found dead with a rovolve,
by ms side. the cruel instrument having has
Two t'nietS one Tor nm and the other fol
the Euilsiiiitil VINO az Tire 1pronerS inIu"s
"nN 'Aa.hif'iS y ~ ~ utaGL rave No'
~ dou"t y ,l' oIa'iii a'loh"i Miller
".. ~ ~ -. ~ : 49, t.ip!'o.hT una
.lhtcr h,Cht- III ms Stuiy az i'rt"t"llo