Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-02-23

THE BROOKLYN DIVINES SCNDAf
SERMON,
SERMON.

and tgn1ur- aad IfaY<"-Rer. K. lp-lt.
Domit!au. th- Roman Emperor, tad IN his
realm a troublesome evangelist "ho "ouIi
Keep preaching, and - he exlle-t lam u a
barren island. as nolT the Russians exile con
victs to Siter31. Gr a. sometimes the I-n2ll~n
Government u4.G - send Ir.-oners TO Aus
tralia The lstaLd ! speak II !, ~" called
patmoS, and + s. tarr-n and unproductlve
that It's inhabitants i've byfshing:
But onp daY thc evangelist If whom !
speak, sitting Ar the mouth # cavern on
the hillside, AMI perhaps haii asleep nnier
the drone 81 tn. -ei, has a Supernatural
dream. ami l~fpr- hun pass rs in panorama,
time and eternity. Among the strange
things TINT he "a" was an angel with a
little b0oh an his hand, AMI n his
dream the evangelist asked for
this Httle bD9l. and the angel gave It
70 HIM, and tod hIm 10 eat II ny.
AS IN a dream things arr sometimes III
congru0us. HE Evangelist took the little BOOK
and AT. u up Ihe angel told htrn before
hand that Il WON'T r. very sweet IN the
mouth, but afb.rwari he would be troubled
with indigestion Iru~ enough, the evangel-
list devolirs the book, and It becomes to hun a
s"eetnes~ duran III" ruastIcation, but after
ward a'physIcll bitterness
Who III" an.cI ~, and what the look was
no one can I'll TIL" commentator, DO not
agree. and | shah tase 10 responsibility Of
interpretate on, bat VIII ,teil you that
It suggests - ~" TIE little book
oI flFttl. Nll"tI ShtljLi3h iiht dIi fHtH
up AMI finl a very luscious mors"l
10 their wittIcIsH, tut after a whlte it is to
them a great distress. The angel OF the
church hands out TINS little BOOK OF evangel
ISM, ami tho antagonists OF the Tristan
Church taxi II and eat 1t up, ami 1t makes
them srntle N first, hut afterNard II Is -
them a dire ttyS1epsla.
All intelligent ltopl" have creeds that 3,
favprlt" theories winch they have adopted.
Political cree!s-that IS theories about tarlif,
AHCiI ina non. ~ at -. II nryra.. "a hn1
government. SOCIAL { r-eds that is, theories
about manners and customs and good neigh
boFhood .t.>thetiaal crreis that IS theories
about fap.,tr,, about re 4 hrac, about
styles Of characterization. ReligiouS reeds
mat IS, THEORIES i'out tnn Deity, about the
soul, about tho 1r,a at future. The only being
who has no creed about anything Is the
IDIOT lh19 1"1HinI nsaluat cIeeds IS always
a sign II profound ignorance on the
part 81 tn %s"aiier. fJr he has
himself II hun !r.i cr"atis IN regard to other
things In our tim" the hellets Of eEangeils
tic churches ar. under a-fusllal- OF carlca-
lure and ml-re presentation. Men set up
what they ralInrtnotox faith. and tNey rake
II with tn" mu>kctry Of their enumeration.
They falslty what the th~ristlan churches tie
lleve. They tax" evangelical doctrines and
set them IN a harsh and rtpuIs}ve way, and
put them ont IF the ASSOCIATION With other
truths. They are IKE "A mad anatom st, who.
desiring t. ten What a man X. dlssact, a IN
'''' - hAh tfiiIrN ~ It ~ tAht' = W.
heart, and III nnothsr place tae two iungs.
ana In another place an ankle bone, and says
that is n man They are only fragments of
a man wrcnrh"d out If their Got appointed
places.
Evangelical religion is n healthy. svtnetri
cal, well lomt"i, ~rOs~ate, founding life. and
the scalpel ana the dlssrrting knife OF the in.
NOEL or the atheist cannot tell YOU what 1t is
EVnnGcllcal religion Is Us different from
what 1t is represented to BE- by these enemie,
Oa The ra,,r Nrl IaI n Z r,, mn, -, z h
cornfeli to keep or the ravens Is d itTerent
from the farmer himself.
For instance. th",e enemies Of evangelism
say that the PRESBYTERIAN Church believes
that ''ot ISa savage Sovereign. and that II,
made some men aust t. damn them, aud tina
there ARE infants III hell n span long. These
old ISLANDERS come down from generation e
generation The Presbyterian Church be
lieves no such thing The PRESBYTERIAN
Church believes that cod Is a loving and nus
Sovereign, and that We are free agents
No, no. that cannot he, say thc>. men win
have ch"wcd ny the creed and have the con
sequent crnbittrrci stomach. That is inpos
sihle, II cod i, 4 Sovereign, we ant be FREE
agents. Why, my friends. we admit TIM
In every other direction !, De Witt Tai
mage, ain a FREE citizen of Brooklyn. | q
when pleas AMI come when | please, bu
have at l"at t"nr Sover"lgnS. The Churcl
court OF our denomination. that is m
eccleslast1cal sovereign The MAYOR .: thu
city, h"-ls my municipal sovereign. Tn
Governor Of New \ ork he Is my Stat
sovereign tn" President Of the mite,
States h" IS my national sovereign. fou
soyereign> have l.. and vet in every facult
Of body, mud and soul ! am a free mun. 50
You see. 1t Is po,>lhle that the two doctrine
go side by side. and there Is a common sl 5
way OF presenting II AMI there is a WAY tina
is repulsiNr. II YOU have the two doctrines i
worldly dire ton. why not IN Il religious 4
rection Ii choosr 10 morrow morning t
walk INTO thA Mercantile Library and in
prove NY humid, or to 20 throug
the conservatory "f my friend 1t j.
malca, who bt> flowers from all lane
growing under lite archie, III glass, and VIII
has an aquarium al a>lulrin with trout an
gold fish. tni there are trees tearln
oranges AMI tan3ua, II wan to 90 Their,
lcould. ] am free T. 80 If want to (
over 10 Hot Oxen AMI leap into a furnace {
an oil factory II | want to Jump from tt
platform of tEr Philadelphia express tran
IL want 10 scap from the BROOKLYN IriiC,
may But Nupios" should 20 to-norro'
and leap INTO ~" furnace AZ Hobokeu. VII
would he To blame That is all ilere
about sovcreIEnttN ami free agency. 60
rules and rriEit>, tad He has conservatory.
and lie has blast furnaces If YOU want
walk IN he ar lens. walk there + 70
want To cap IN tn" tirna ~, Won may.
Suppose naW a man dale charmed ke
with which b" could open al the Al 5 ar
he Should open haSluori street la AMI Il
< ''''' 'ttA 81. III ~ l>|lfN On II
continent II thr week, avhat kind OF
country woul.! this te' al the lumat,
turnei out of those prisons an ,enItentla
les suppose AZ tine rrIrahatls the "a
spirits, the outrageous >plrlts. shouli
turned into IA" New Jerusalem VIII u
next morning the gates OF pearl would
fouru OF h ngt. the llnrhpln would l., COZ
out or the char ot wheels the hon
OF many mansions would liza bnr
lar1zed. Assault AMI battery. ara
hhrrtlnism and assassination won
reside in the capita II the skies ANGELS
tod would be- il>u tel on the streets lieav,
would he a dead tallur" II there were
great lock up il al people without r.-al
70 their character when they leave this wor
20 right INTO glary-l Won Ter II N 4
temple Of the SKIES Charles tiuitaau Al
John Wilkes Booth occufy the same re,
\ our common sense demands two ie>tinu,
And then rs u he PRESBYTERIAN Church /
lfevinG there are infants III perdltlon, If Y,
will bring rlf4 a IIrSry:"rIan Of cool mora
and sound mind who viii say that he t.lev
there ever was laby in the lost world.
ever will he, | VII make HIM n ieAi 10 (
house | live IN AMI he can take possess
tomorrow.
So the Eplseopalan 7Church * niSrepr
sented by the enemies - evangelism. III
gay that church sutst tltcs forms an! car