The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-05-30
DIR. TALMAGE.
,owrR OF GOOD RESOLUTIONS
Fine Apologies offered ny Mon In
Excuse for Their Sins

rrx,. "Tf I rash myself i0ih snou
,,ater and should cleanse my hdnds ~
,,Ii,,H net shalt thou plunge me fIl the ditch
and mine oun ctotneS """ ""''"' wv
Job ix., 30 81.
Au,er, Barnes-honored be his name or
til and in beaven-went straight back to the
nrioinal writing Of my text and TRANSLATED
4, ~ have now quoted IL, giving substantial
reasons for so doing Although we know
isr,ter the ancicnts had an idea that in snow
water there was special power to cleanse
and that a garment washed ana rnse1 IN ~
would he ms clean as clean could be; but II
The nan snow water failed 10 do its work
then they would take lye or alkali anc
,uixed X with oil, and under thai
nreparation they felt that the last impurity
would certainly be gone. job in my text
in most forceful figure sets forth tn,
idea that all his attempts TO make himself
pure before God were n dead failure, anc
hat unless we are abluted by something
better than earthly liquids and chemical
preparntions, we are loathsome and In the
ditch III wash myself with snow water
and should | cleanse my hands in alkali, YET
shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine
own clothes shall abhor me.
You are now sitting for your picture
turn the camera obscura Of God'i
word full upon you, and pray that
the sunshine falling through the skylight
NAV enable me 10 take you just as yor
are Shall it be n fiattering picture, oi
shall il be- true one' You say; "Let IL b,
A true one" The first profile that was ever
taken was taken three hundred and thirty
wears before Christ, Of Antigonus. He hao
a blind eye, and he compelled the art
ist to take his profile 80 as To- hide the
defect in his vision. But since that inven
ton three hundred and thirty years before
Christ. there have been great many pro
files Shall | to-day give you n one-sdec
view Of yourselves IA profile, or shall 1t be a
hll-leugth portrait showing you just what
rou arey II God will help me by His al.
mighty grace, shall give you that last kind
| II n picture.
when first entered the ministry used 10
4 write my sermons all out and read them, and
riu my hand along the line lest | should lose
ny place have hundreds Of those manu-
cripts Shall ! ever preach themy Never;
| ,or in those days was somewhat over-mas
I lered with the idea heard talked all around
| about Of the dignity Of human nature, and ]
adopted the idea, and evolved IL, and illus.
rated IT, and argued IL; but coming on in
ife and having seen more of the world, and
tudied better my Bible, find that that early
eaching was faulty, and that there is dig.
lity in human nature, until II is reconstructed
XSy the grace OF God Talk about vessels going
X ~ pieces on the Skerries, Off Ireland There
Xncver was such shipwreck as i'm the GihoD
bud the Hiddekel, rivers Of Eden, where
bur first parents foundered. Talk Of
feamer going down with five hundred
Passengers ON board What is that To the
X,hipwreck of fourteen hundred million soulsi
~ are 10y nature mass of uncleannesS and
,utrefaction, from which IL takes all the ON
Impotence and iniinitude of Gods grace to
batricate us. If | wash myself with snow
Pater, and should cleanse my hands in al
nh, yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch,
nd my own clothes shall abhor me-
"a | rgmurk in thp first nlapa that soma nao-
~ try to cleanse their soul Of sin in the snow
|ater of fine apologies. Here is one man who
hys II am sinner; / confess that; but
lherited this. My father was sinner, my
andfather, my great-greatt-grandfather,
Pudn't help myself" My brother, have
Pu not, every day in your life, add.
something 10 the original estate OF
that was bequeathed to your Are
Pu not brave enough TO confess
at you have sometimes surrendered to sin,
hich you ought to have conuueredp | ask
Pu whether it is fair play TO put upon our
cestry things for which we ourselves are
rsonally responsible2 II your nature was
kew when you got IL, have you not some
pes given IL AN additional twistp win all
tombstones Of those who have preceded
make barricade high enough
eternal defenses' | know devout
IN who had blasphemous parentage
lnow an honest man whose father was %
lef. know pure man whose mother was
waif Of the street. The hereditary tide
~ be very strong, but there is such thing
stemming IL. The fact that have cor
pt nature is no reason why | should yield
lt. The deep stains Of our soul can never
washed out by the snow water of such i'm.
ficient apology.
btill further, says some one: "If have
pe into sin, II has been through my com.
DionS my comrades and my associates:
4 . Nss.lN u.
Il ~ TOOK me 10 the gambling hell. They
4 nged me into the house of sin. They
ped my SOUL do not believe it, God
IT, to no one the power 10 destroy YOU on
II man is destroyed he is self DESTROYED.
that Salways 50. Why did you not break
" IRON them' IL they had tried 10 steal
purse, you would have knocked them
m; II they had tried to purloin your gold
h; you would have riddled them
shot; but when they tried 10 steal youI
portal soul, You placidly submitted 10 it.
p had fellows have cup of fire 10 drink;
OF pour your cup into IL. In this matter
he soui every man for himself That
persons are not fully responsible for
SIN ! prove by the fact that you still
q prt with them, You cannot get off by
ling them Though you gather up all
apologies; though there were great
ot them; though they should come down
the force OF the melting SHOWS from
fnon, they could not wash out one stain
Dnr immortal soul
iii further, some persons apologize 10,
suns by saying I'VE are a great deal
y Than some people You see peonle ali
Nv ~ ouont us that are great deal worse
we, You stand up columnar in yout
my ana look down upon those who are
fate m their habits and crimes. What
r. tmy brotheri IL / failed through recl
ana wicked imprudence for ten thou
dollars, is the matter alleyiated nj nil
74 ~ TACT that somebody else has
lur one hundred thousand dollars
olhebody else for two hundred
Ahd dollars Oh, no. II | hay,
'urhlgln, shall | refuse medical attend
pcause my neighbor has yirulent
s ' ieNerf The fact that his diseas.
'' than mine-does that cure mime
hl"dgh my foolhardiness lean Off into
u1a II break the fall To know
"'IerS hrS leap OF higher cliff into
uhrkhesS' When the Hudson rive,
n ~ u went through the bridge at SpuyteI
ull u alleviate the matter at all tina,
VI TWO or three people being hur,
Mere seventy mangled and cTusbed
p Others are deprayed, is that nnv ex
nny u9praVityg Am | better
,y ferhaps they had wors
rhoii lhhh have had. Per
'nor n', surroundings in life wer,
Iba.'IrPo"ering. Perhaps, q man
nau Deen under the same stress o.,
"on' instead OF sitting here to-day
puld have been Iool,i,,. .t.-.., a.,