Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-28
HOW TO CONQUER.
SERMON BY DR.. TALMAGE, SUNDAY,
JULY ii, 1889.


BrooiSlyn Divine Preach-TeSt Of Ser
mon, "When Shall . Awake? VIII
Seek 81 Vet Again"
LAKE MAXISEUCEEE, Ind. July 81.
Rev. I. De Witt Talmagc preached
atCulvcr Park assembly, this place, 10.
day. great crowds Of people being pres.
ent from Chicago, Indianapolis and
The surrounding regions. His subject
was How TO Conquer. The text was:
When shall ! awalel | will seek il
yet again" Prov. xiii, 3j. The cl-
oqueut preacher said:
With an insight into human nature
such rs no other man ever reached,
solomon, in my text sketches the
mental operations Of one who. having
stepped aside from the path of recti.
tude. desires 10 return. With wish
for something better, he said, when
shall ] awakei When shall come
Out Of this horrid nightmare of iniqui-
tyr But, seized upon by uneradicted
habit. and forced down hill by his
passions. he cries out: II will seek il
yet again. will try il once more"
Our Libraries are adorned with an
elegant literature addressed to young
men, pointing out TO them all the dan.
gers and perils of llfe-complete maps
of the voyage, showing all the rocks,
the qulcksands, the shoals. But sup
pose man has already made ship
wreck; suppose he is already of the
track; suppose he has already gone
astray. How is he to get backs That
is field comparatively " untouched.
propose 10 address myself to such.
There are those in this audience who,
with every passion of their agonized
soul, are ready TO hear such a discus
sion. They compare themselves with
what they were ten years ago,
and cry out from the bondage in
which they are incarcerated. Now, if
there be any here, come with an earnest
purpose, yet feeling they are beyond
the pale Of Christian sympathy, and
that the sermon can hardly be ex-
pected to address them, then, at this
moment. | give them my right hand,
and call them brother. Look up.
There is glorious and triumphant hope
for you yet. sound the trumpet of
Gospel deliverance. The church is
ready 10 spread banquet at your re-
turn, and the hierarchs Of heaven to
fall into line Of hammered procession
at the news of your emancipation. So
far as God may help me, ! propose
TO show what are the obstacles
OF your return, and then how
you are 10 surmount those OBJ
stacles. The first difficulty in the
way Of your return is the force OF
moral gravitation. Just as there is a
natural law which brings down to the
earth anything you throw into the
air, so there is corresponding moral
gravitation. In other words, il is
easier 10 90 down than it is TO 90 up;
il is easier to do wrong than it is to
do right. Call to mind the comrades
of your boyhood days-some of them
good, some of them bad-which most
affected your Call TO mind the anec.
dotes that you have heard in the last
| five or ten years-some of them are
| pure and some OF them impure
Which the more easily sticks TO
your mcmoryi During the years of
your life you have formed certain
courses of conduct-some of them good,
some of them bad. To which style OF
habit di' YOU the more easily yieldl All,
my friends, we have 10 take but mo
ment of self inspection 10 iind ont thai
there is in all our souls q force o
moral gravitation But that gravita
ton may be resisted. Just rs you may
pick up from the earth something an,
hold it in your hand toward heaven
Just so, by the power of Gods grace,
soul fallen may he lifted toward peace
toward pardon, toward heaven. Fore
of moral gravitation in every one o
us. but power in Gods grace 10 over
come that force oemoral gravitation
THE POWER OF EVIL HABIT.
The next thing in the way of you
return is the power Of evil habit
know there are those who say il is very
easy for them 10 give up evil habits
do not believe them. Here is mar
given TO intoxication. He knows il i
disgracing his family, destroying hi
property, running him, body, mint
and soul. II that man, being an in
telligent man, and loving his family
could easily give up that habit, would
he not do sol The fact that he doe
not give il up proves that il is hard d
give IL up. IL is very easy thing q
sail down stream, the tide carrying
you with great force; but suppose yol
turn the boat up stream, is il SO cas-,
then 10 row IL As long as W,
yield TO the evil inclinations in ou
hearts, and our bad habits, we ar
sailing down stream; but the momen
we try TO turn, we put our boat in tn
rapids just above Niagara, and try 4
row up stream. Take man given Il
the habit Of using tobacco, as most o
you do, and let him resolve TO stop
and he finds il very difficult Twen
ty-seyen years ago quit that habit
and / would as soon dare 10 put m.
right hand in the fire as once 10 In
dulgo in il. Whyi Because IL wa
such terrific struggle 10 get over II
Now, let a man be advised by his ply
sician 10 give up the use Of tobacco
He goes around not knowing what q
do with himself. He cannot add upi
line OF figures He cannot sleel
nights II seems as If the world ha'
turned upside down. lie feels hi
,, business Is going 10 ruin. Where h
was kind aud obliging ho is scoldinI
and frctful. The composure that chai
acterized him has given way 10 fretfu
restlessness, and he has become q com