The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04
REV. DIR. TALMAl
THE BROOKLYN DiVINEy
DAY SERMON.
How to Conquer."-Preac
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LEAts " ESn Sltzftt 1 quake
It yet again. Prov. xiii, SIS.
With an insight into human Il
no other man ever reached, Sol
text, sketches the mental opert
who, having stepped aside from
rectitude, desires to return. Wi
something better, ne said: ~
awake? When shall 1 come out {
nightmare OF iniquityg' But, S,
uneradicted habit, and forced
his passions. he cries out: Il wi
again. Twill try it once more. u
Our libraries are adorned witt
literature addressed to young ID
out to them all the dangers and
complete maps of the voyage.
the rocks, the quicksands, the
suppose a man has already mad
suppose he is already of the TT
he has already gone astray. H
get back? That is a field comp
touched. l propose to address IN
There are those in this audienc
every passion of their agoniz,
ready to hear such a discussion.
pare themselves with what thu
years sgo, and cry out from the
which they are incarcerated. ,
be any here, come with
purpose, yet feeling they
the pale of Christian sympathy.
sermon can hardly be expect
them, then, at this moment, I {
right hand, and call them b
up. There is glorious and trn
for you yet. l sound the trun
deliYerance. The church is ?
a banquet at your return, anC
of heaven to fall into line of
cession at tho news Of your
So far as God may help me
-shozE what are the obstacles .
and then how you are to S
obstacles. The first difficulty
your return Is the force of NOR
Just as there is a natural law
down to the earth anything you
air, so there is q corresponding
tation. In other words, it
down than it is to go up; it
wrong than it is to do right.
the comrades of your DO
some of them good, some o
which most affected you2 CT
anecdotes that you have hea
five or ten years-some of (
and some Of them impure.
more easily sticks to y
During the years of your
formed certain courses of cor
them good, some of them b
style Of habit did YOU til
yield? All, my friends, we he
a moment of self-inspectioi
that there is in all our sol
moral glavitation! But Oh
may be resisted. Just as You
from the earth something and
hand toward heaven, Just so,
Of Gods grace, a soul fallen
toward peace, toward pardon,
Force Of moral gravitation
US, but power in Gods grace tc
force Of moral grayltation.
The next thing in tho way
is the power of eyil habit. Il
those who say it is very easyf
up evil habits. ] do not belle
is a man given to intoxicatior
IS disgracing his family, destr
erty, running him. body, u
If that man, being an il
and loving his family,
give up that habit
not do sog The fact that be
it up proves that it is hard to
is q very easy thing to sail do.
tide carrying you with great
pose you turn the boat up sire
then TO row it? As long as
evil inclinations in our hear
habits, we are sailing down S
moment we try TO turn, we 2
the rapids Just above Niaga
row up stream. Take a mc
habit Of using tobacco, as 7
and let him resolve to stop,
very difficult. TWenty-seyen
that habit, and / would rs SC
my right hand in the fire as
in it. Whys Because it
terrific struggle to get 0
let a man be advised
clan to give up the is
He goes around not known
with himself. He cannot AZ
figures. He cannot sleep nj
as if the world had turned III
feels his business going tor
was kind and cblIging he
fretful. The composure ths
him has given way TO a fret
and he has become a complet
power IS it that has rolled
over the earth and shaken;
heavens2 He has tried to
chewing After a while he 81
TO do as please. The docto
stand my case. Pm going J
habit.n And he returns. Eve
its usual composure. His b
brighten, the world become
place to live in. His chile
difference, hail the ret
fathers genial disposition.
of color has dashed blue in
greenness into the mountain
glow Of sapphire into the SUI
chantment has lifted q worlC
Joy on his soul? He has g
baccoi
Oh, the fact is, as we allk
experience, that habit is a
long as we obey it, it does
but let US resist, and we iii
dashed wish scorpion whips
ship cable, and thrown int
bone-breaking Juggernauts!
Of 1872 there was a ship set Of
Niagara Falls, and then, cut
it came on down Il
and tossed over the falls. Itl
been a scene brilliant beyond
Well, there are thousands of
evil habit, coming down thr
and through the awful nigh
toward the eternal plunge. {
IS to arrest them. God only C;
Suppose q man after five, o.
years of evil doing, resolves to
al the forces of darkness az
him. He cannot sleep nights.
On his knees in the midnight ;
help mew He bites his lip.
-eeth. He clenches his fist il
ion to keep his purpose. Il
1t the bottles in the window
It was one long, bitter, exha
land fight. with infiamed.
nerciless habit. When he t
irely free, the old inclinatio
lin like a pack of hounds wit
away at the TANKS of
leer. In Paris there is a sc
entation Of Bacchus, the god
S riding on n panther at full
Let every one "
N bad ways understand he
locile and Well-brOksu steed,
/ monster, wild and bloodthiI
ieath leap.
How many there are who II
er life and say: 'sWhen 81
But, seized on by their old b
viii try it once more; Iwi
.gainr2 Years ago there wer
on students who were skati
vas very thin, and some OF
ompany back from the air b
them entirely to lie;
But one young man with brl
he rest had stopped, cried out
norep He swept around a
nd was brought out a corps
here are thousands and tens
nen losing their souls in that
ne round more.
! have also to say that il n
eturn from evil practices, S
i'm. Desiring to reform. he say
viii shake off my old associates,
ind Christian companionshiD.n
ears at the church door some S
nd the usher greets him witt
much as to say: "Why, you her
he last man 1 over expected tosi
;ome, take this seat right down.
instead Of saying: Good mornir
-ou are here. Come; 1 viii
Irst rate seat right up by thepul
he prodigal, not yet discours
he prayer meeting, and some Oh
nth more zeal than common
Glad to see YOU. The dyin3