Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-22
,,.,,,a Come Ont of This Terrible
NIGHTMARE Of Iniquity?
r.-.or "a Go Down than it is to Go
Faster TO Do Wrong than it
is to Do Right.
,.7,neptable Fact that fla Man Wishes to
Return IRON Evil Practices Society
Repulses Him.
row TO CONQUER.

r.rr MaEINKTCkEE, IND, JuIy q
p De witt Talmage preached to-
- culver park assembly, this place,
'- o~owds being present from INDIAN
~. Chicago ard surrounding regions.
.r3a.+ was: "How 10 Conquer.
.... was. When shall I awake?
....- # vet again Prov. xiii ,85.
Nj. araqaent preacher said:
,-..a an fusfghtint human nature such
..rsr man ever reached, Solomon,
.s~+ sketches the mental opera
- -- on. vino, having stepped aside
..- .,. -.ath of rectitude, desires to re-
~" wiz. q wish for something better
UNA When shah I awake? When
p" ... a.rr. Ont Of this horTid nightmare
'- ---..'.'..--,.r' But, seized upon by UNI
'-....tal habit. ana forced down hill
a=st.us. he cries out: ~ viii
9 vat again. I will try it once
~ i-r.-arfcs are adorned with an ele-
literature addressed to young men,
I'm aur To them al the dangers and
If life complete maps Of the yoy-
-"
ID IA. shoals. But suppose a man
.., already made shipwTeck; suppose he
...-.aa- aff the track; suppose he has
,fr.,ly cone astr2y. How Is he 10 get
81. That Is a field comparatively IN
....ra7 ! propose to address myself to
a There are those IN the audience
-.. with every passion Of their ago
-...r .-uI. are ready to hear such dis
They compare themselves with
,.et they were ten years ago, and cry
.,- Tram tle bondage in which they are
....,~.ar.f.8. Now. if there be any
..-. come with an earnest purpose,
~ feeling they are beyond the
Vale rr Christian sympathy, and
r.t fra sermon can hardly be expected
..ailrcss them, then, at this moment,
Give them my right hand, and call
.r..n Hr.thnr. Look uDl There is glOrI-
~. and triumphant hope for you yet. l
...r5 the trumpet Of gospel deliveTance.
r.-nlmrch is ready To spread a banquet
q. vuur return, and the hieTarchs of
heaven ta fall into line of hammered pro-
a..rau at the news OF your emancipa-
III. So FAR as God may help me, pro-
-..a 10 show what are the obstacles Of
...F IFta.Lr anu tlANI AAON , III "a Y ~
.urnnu- those obstacles. & The first
difficulty ia the way of your return is the
force OF moral gravitation. Just as
,e-eIs natural law which brings down
Z. the earth anything you throw into the
.r. 80 there is q corresponding moral
-autatgn In other words, ii is easier
fog. down than it is to go up; it is easier
..GDurug than II is do right Call to
ara She comrades Of your boyhOOd days
some q hem good, some Of them bad
which most affected you? Call to
mind the anecdotes that you have heard
H tla last five or ten years-sOme II
.a.m are pure and some Of them impure
Which the more easily sticks TO your
memory During the years of your life
ru nav formed certain courses of con-
aut-same Of them good, some Of them
bad. To which style of habit did you
tae more easily yield? All, my friends,
T- have 10 take but moment of self IN
sne,i.u 10 find out that there is in all
ar soa.s force OF moral gTavitauiou!
But .hat grayitation may be resisted.
ses- is Won puck mp from the earth some
thing auI hold it in your hand toward
heaven, inst SO, 10y the power of God 5
gi-e soul fallen may be lifted toward
..2o toward pardon, toward heaven.
I'D - of moral gTayitation in every one
u IS, but power i'm God 5 grace to over
come that force of moral grnvitation.
THE POWER OF EVIL HABIT.
The next thing in the way Of your re-
nH is the power Of evil habit. I know
,..e are those who say it is very easy for
..m 30 give up evil habit. ! do not be-
..'s them. Here Is Il man given to in
o-uauog He knows Il is disgracing
lis family destroying his property, ruin |
-S Am. body. Iaind and soul. If that /
.-.. ..ng am Intelligent man, and low /
-s 1S family, could easily give up that |
s.. W.u.a he not do so? The fact that /
il. -.ss Lot give il up proves il Is hard TO |
.'. Up. ll IL very easy thing to sBil /
VOW. stream, the tide carrying you with /
-'.Al !arce: but suppose you turn the |
..-' mp stream, is il so easy then to row /
p" As long as we yield TO the evil in |
g-atous IN our hearts, and our bad |
--..,. we are sailing down stream; |
Oh, ,ae moment we try TO turn. /
PIT our boat in the rapids |
.-l, above Niagara, and try TO row up
AIT. Take man given to the habit |
.'..- ta"aeco, rs most Of you 90, and |
.,' ....a resolve Go stop, lind he finds it /
--as-.r. Twenty-seveu years ago !
... ,.@, habit, and l would as soon |
--.. To PM ny right hand in the fire as
.-.. 10 indulge in it. Why? Because ii /
-. ,... "a terrific struggle to get over
- N, .et man be advised by his |
tu-.>'.au 60 give up the use of tobacco. /
anuul not knowing what to do !
'. himself. lie cannot add up q line |
~. .~~.t>. he cannot sleep nights. 1t /
3.. -' As the world had turned upside /
... -- Tie feels his business IS going to /
t.~. Where he was kind and obliging
sso.G.ug and fretful. The /
t- -.sa7s thar characterized him
49,, gwen way to fretfuI |
NJ. ....'s.less, and he has become a COM
s-.. '--st. What power is it that has
,., '" wave Of woe over the earth
r. shaken p0Ttent in the heavens?
f-., ..> tired TO stop smoking or chew-T
alter while he says, 81 am gong
ma, lis please, The doctor dOesn I
s,-ll MY case. I'm going back TO
.,-. ,' -5a.t.' And he returns. EV-
n ''.'- assumes its usual cOmposure.
b.. .-->less seems TO brighten. The
-e.mes an attractive place to live
f,r as children, seeing the difference, !
d. -- return Of their fathers genial
d.. .oA. What wave of color has
~ h.. IS. s."e into the sky and greenness
o.. ~, ,-s mountain foliage, and the glow
,.e.. .@tTe into the sunset? What en-