Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-06-29
need bread. and 20 10 nv daily exercise

.reation God would not have made US
with the capacity - laugh if He bad not in
tended us sometimes to Induige it God hath
hung in sky. and set IN wave, and printed On
grass many a roundelay. but he who chooses
pleasure seeking for his life work does not I'M
1erstand Tor what Gvi LIa1e him. our
alnus.InentS are intended t. help
i IN some earnes. 'nis.ion. TIE
.xquloiteIy purpled. but, with voice that
isrs the earth. il declares Il 70 t. water
he green fields. The wild flowers under the
fence are gay. but they say. w. stand
here to make a beautiful edge for the wheat
field. and u refresh ii" ~hnsbanimen III
their uooning The >taain oparkles
and foanls, and froIcs, and ,ays Il 20 u
baptize the moss. | lave the spots on the
trout l slacke the thirst IF the bird. lturn
the wheel IF the mill | rock III my crystal
cradle rnuckshaw and water llly And -,
while the world play sit works. Look QUIT
the man who always play and never WORKS.
You will do we'll 10 avoid those whose Ie-u-
lar business It Is U play bail. akat; OF %
a-bnatlng All these sport are grand III
their places. never derived SO rnueh aa
VANTAGE from any ministerial ASSOCIATION rs
from u ministerial club that went out to play
bali every Saturday afternoon IL the out
skirts Of Philadelphia. These reactions
are grand u give Us muscle and
spirits for our regular toll. | be
iievc in muscular Christianity. A man i.
often not 80 near God with u weak stomach
as when he has Il strong digestion. But shlln
those who make it their life occupation to
sport. There are young men whose i~ntusty
and usefulness have fallen overheard from
the Yacht on the Hudson or the Schuylklll.
There are men who's. hu-ine5 fell through
the ice Of the skating pond. and has never
since been heardh Of. There is a beauty IN
the ghdlngo Of a boat, in the song Of skates,
III the soaring of q well struck ball, and |
1865 a. -. / -; I'll 49, n III,
up my hands TO catch II, and, 50 far from
laying an injunction upon tall playing, or
any other Innocent sport, | claim them all
as belonging Of right t. thos" OF Us who toll
in the grand industries Of church and STATE.
But the life business Of pleasure seeking al
ways makes III the end a criminal or a sot.
George Bruinincli was smiled upon by all
England, and his life was given to PLEASING.
He danced with pceresscS, and swung Il
round Of mirth. and wealth and applause.
until exhausted Of purse, and Worn out OF
body, and bankrupt Of reputation, and ruined
of soul, he begged u biscuit from a grocer
and declared that he thought a dogs life was
better than n mans.
Such men will crowd around Your desk or
counter or work bench or seek to decoy YOU
OF. They Will want You to break out in the
midst of YOUR busy ,lav to take a ride with
them to Conry Island or to Central Park.
They will tell you Of som" people you must
see, of some excursion that You must take;
of some Sabbath LAY that you ought to dis
honor. They Wilt tell you Of exquisite wines
that You m,lSttake. Of costly operas that you
must hear: of wonderful dancers that YOU
mustSce; but before You accept their convoy
or their cOnIpanionship remember that while
ut the end OF Il useful life you may be able to
look back t. kin1nesses done, to honorable
work accomplished, TO poverty helped, t. a
good name earned. to Christian m
iluence c~xcrtci, IL Il Saviours cause
i uI N1lIr4aI-tI blp9SuTa seekers nb
their death bed have nothing better to re-
view than a torn playblll, Il ticket for the
races, an empty tankard aud the cast out
rlnds Of a calou>al; and as in the delirium OF
their awful death they clutch the goblet and
press 1t to then lips, the dregs of=the cuI
falling upon their tongue will BERN to his.
and uncoil with the adders OF an eterna
poison.
Rather than enter the companionship OF
such, accept the invitation to a better feast
The promises Of God are the fruits. The
harps of heaven are the music. Cluster
from the vineyards of God have beer
pressed into the tankards. The sons ant
daughters of the Lord Almighty are
the guests. While, standing at the banquet
to fiji the cups ana divide the clusters anC
command the larp> and welcome the guests
is n daughter of God on whose brow are Tho
blossoms of paradise, and in whose check i
the flush of celestial summer. Her name i
Religion.
Her ways are ways OF plcaSantncss,
And all her paths are peace.
DIR. Talmasc IN Johnstown Flood
~ cry of anguish has rung across tn,
land" Thus Rev. T.. Dewitt Talmaga sTa,k,
; to five thousand people at night. in his ser
mon upon the disaster at Johnstown. Penn
: Inc text from the 93d Psalm was thus: TIA,
+ floods, Lord, have lifted up their voice. >
THE rivers of America" DR.. Talmaco
sad are her Drl2n and bar uro,1fb m,
! glory Of New York is its Hudson. Pennsv1
: wanna has her Susquehanna. her A
leghanv. her Mononghela. aud leas,
yet mlghticst in the history of the world
: ieSolation, her Conemaugh. Yes. i
!, these latter DAYS the floods have lifted II
= their voice In 1877. 24O,Un souls wer
drowned at the mouth Of the GangeS. Ocean
: wrath is uncurbcd. Where is the Vile Il
i havrrt Where is the President Where
r the Atlantic Wherei is the City of Boston
/ Last Thursday night the dam broke abov
the city of Jolnstown and away wen
i homeSteads, factories, churches an
aSylulnS Of mercy. Ten thousand persisted
i Buildings were piled in debris fifty feat higl
4 and If them were made a holocaus1
,e Voc! W~' Woe In that place ia
voices Of peace, industry, friendship, gooc
noighlorhnod have given way t. the voice
"a ot despair, agony and desoiation. tn
Hoods have lifted up their voice. What doe
!, it tell Ms Of The mercilesSness Of natur;
forces, the emptiness of a natural religion
!, There are those who tell us they want only til
religion If sunshine. art, blue sky and bea,
tlful grass. The book of nature must |
their book Let me ask s~ueh persons VIII,
they make 0ut Of tho iiooisfn Pennsvlvani;
Those pItileSS waters whelrnnl fatlle
4 mother, son and daughter. with as Ii
4 lie feeling as though they had be-
:, mu>krats They sundered families as ut
7 les>ly a they would the planks of a raj
X And over all that scene Of misery Inrake bo'
). e say there was not one tear save those
/, human anguish. People tell Us the rain * =
tears If nature, the wind III the branches IL
sigh of sympathy, But that is poetry. tt
= clouds smile, but they never weep. thew 1
!, strcy, but never save. The wind in cyclor
l fury sweeps to isath whole cities. but il nev,
slghs Natural forces cut, bruise, burn. d
stroy. but never pity.
Natural religion is not enough for nue..
the people IN the valley Of the Coneua31
!. had prave~i t. the clouds tn saw their chi
IN dren, what would have been n" answe
II Only The fash II falling water. the roaru
N of The hsel> tn crash If falling timber
/ know but che religion which saws Ii
take away a lfo I'll give A bet,.
"a one. Ill max" an explanation. II not
IT, tins world. IN the one Ia come Ii Is not q
emeritus religion The faith thai inspired II
MARTYR burned with ,noit.r Ia. 4 +.-D a.a