The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1888-10-25
TAHMAGE's SERMON.
Self Destruction, the Worst OF All
Grimes, Reviewed.
The Causes which Lead to re The Crime
on the Increase--some of the Not
able Instances In Past
History.

Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage took for the
subject Of recent sermon at Brooklyn
Tabernacle, 'sThe Crime OF Self Destruc.
ton" His text was:
He drew ont his sword. mud would have killed
HIMSELF supposing that the prisoners had beer
fed, But Paul cried, with loud voice, saying
Do thyself no harm.-Aets xvi, 27-es.
Here is would be suicide arrested In
his deadly attempt. He was a sheriff,
and, according to the Roman law. 0
bailiff himself must suffer the punish.
ment due an escaped prisoner, and If the
prisoner breaking Jail was sentenced t.
be endungeoned for three or four years
then the sheriff must be endungeoned FOR
three or four years; and If the prisoner
breaking Jail was to have suffered capital
punishment, then the sheriff must suffer
capital punishment. The sheriff had re.
ceived especial charge to keep sharr
lookout for Paul and Silas. The govern
ment had not had confidence in bolts and
bars to keep safe these two olergymen-
about whom there seemed to be some.
thing strange and supernatural.
Sure enough, by miraculous power
they are free, and the sheriff, waking out
of sound sleep, and supposing these
ministers have run away, and knowing
that they were to die for preaching
Christ, and realizing that he must there
fore die, rather than go under the execu.
toners axe on the morrow and suffer pub
lie disgrace, resolves 10 precipitate his
80 ooNo"Se' Due NeaVt Wy ssi = 's1s
gilttering dagger OF tne sherln couie
strike hIs heart one of the unloosenec
prisoners arrests the blade by tho COM
mand tDo thyself no harm. y
IA olueh tlihe ah0 "here Sniistie'ui'y
hau Ioe in'eIieleu WIN y, suieio "@S
oolisiueree' honor apio anu ~. = -, 49,
age' DeLhostnel Pols1neu snI
"neI tolo me. AleA.'.itsl -, go
nav oeLiiallueQ We SUI 7uu ~ ~ -,
man orator lsocrates hilieu s,na
ta.iei .litil gu, ~ ~ yInI;,.
aon. CATO, ralner man supi1lt ~ 80 80
caesar, TOOK MS own me- anu aller snlee
tunes ms wounds haa pesh oresseu aoI re
thein open ana peFlsueu. Mill. ,i iua'os
kliled hiAsell rae'lol 'ii'u suD s,i, =
rompey, tle conquerei' naiiiD"I ue
sroyeu ms ny " polsot ~, - :, !
considering iile uhpearaoie' Ly cur 10
SUICIDE, btutus suici.le. AtteI .no uis,
aster o. MOSCOW, Napoleoh aiWays osai iou
with MN q pFeParatioh u opluln, s'ao
one hlghe ms serFant nea,o eio % !. ~.
peror ARISE put ~ 2 sie'o9 -
orlnK II, anu soon sio9. ,ae n nS
aroused al the at'ehoAn - e'Au ,i,,, 81,
only through Utmost r i sAl.i .l ~
was resascltateu from 'ne S'upoi "a 'n'
opIate.
Ilnes nave chahgeu, anu yee ene A'noi !.
lean conscience neeas 10 NC loneu up on
the subJecu Vi sulclue' haso YOU ooou
paper IN the isse inontl tnat uio NV ",
nounce the passage ou' ol lIo ny ohe
own DehesU DeIauieers, aiaIlned u. TUG
laea Oh exposure qule lily pieoipiea'e ~
men iosihg Iarge IoItuuoS 30 ous "a .ii'
word because lhey can noo enuuie ear,n-
ly existence. frustrateu anecVlon' oo-
mesuc ihieAelly'adyspep e,o llnpaeienoe'
anger, reHlorse' envy, jealousy, aoaeis =,
uon, misanlhropy' are consiuea0o sun III
Gent causes Ior apscohuihg rom suis
me py farls sreen, ~ iauuanI
oeiiaaonna, oy othello'S dagger, ~ nai-
ter, py- reap from me aou'lilshe VI
bridge, py nrearms' MOTE cases " teio
DC Sc IN the iast TWO years tllah any IVY
years OF tue "orlu eAiS'enoe' Gnu iiioio
IN the last lhohtn lhhh ~ any s"eire
months. INC eVh 10 Ai"fe anu nno1
spreading.
a pulpit not iong ago, e6presseu solio
doubt as 10 whether tnere was really any
thing wrong ABOUT quitting tills me "neH
1t became disagreeaoie, ana ehere are
found In respectable circles people apoi-
ogehc Tor tne crime "hicn raui IN 'ho
text arrested. l shaii sno" you oetors !,
get through that suioide Is tne "oIst u
all crimes, ana shaI Ilit warming un
mlstakaofe. but IN tns garry Ps'is % 'ni'
sermon Wish 10 aoiilS mat so,ae, - aho
pest Christlahs thae nave ever siiEeu nav
committed set-destructloh' Dus Always ~
sdementla ana not responslple' 1 nave
40 more doubt ABOUT thelr eterhai lellci.y
man nave OF the Chrlsuan VINO oies III
MS bed In the deilrlum Oh typhoia leVer.
Whlie the shoeK Oh the catastrople ls very
great, charge an thoSe VINO nave nau
CHRISTIAN TRENDS uhaer cereDral ap ,t.lr
uon step on the boundaries OIL tlis !ile 10
have no. aouos ABOUT thelr happlheSs:
Inc iear Loru TOOK inolh r!snt out ..
thelr ~szsu ana irshzieu state into periec'
SAFETY how Christ reefs toward ehe IN
sane you may know IRON tne klnu way ie
treated the aenonlac OF 1aoara anu the
enid lunatlc' az the potency win which LI,-
de hushea zen s el1ner Oh se1of D. alh :
Scotland inc lana promo Oh inteilgcl, :
OIL giants, had none grander tnah Iiugh
Miller ureaefor sclehce ahu grea, -,
God. lie came OF inc pest highlana !,
blood ana was descendant OF Donaio
hoyi man eminent tof pieIy auu .lie
rare giit OF seeonu -slghe ms a''alh :
ments' cnthoing up a. no uiu RON .iic
quarry ana the wall OF the stone mason,
drew torth the aslohlsheo auin allou VI
bueklana ana Murehlson' tne scleh'is -,
ana Dr. Chalmers' the theoioglan, anu
neld universities spelipouna whiie no
told them the story OF what ne hau seen
OF dod IN the old req sanoslohe;
1hat man qua more thah any oelng lhae
ever lived to snow that the Goa on me
hills is the COO OF the blOle' ana le struck
MS tunlng-lorN on tne rockS Oh Croharty
until he brought geology ana tneology
accordant In DIVINE worship ms TWO
BOOKS, emitted bootpflhtS Oh the gre.
ator" and testimony OF the hocKs,
proclaimed lne pahls Oh an everlasting
marriage between genuine sclehce ana
revelation. Tn TINS lalter DOCK ne bolieu