The Red Cloud chief., 1889-07-26
HOW TO CONQUER.
d.. Talmage Gives Advice to Those
Seeking Salvation.

IN. T0lm040 Gives 70 x0OO>
Seeking Salvation. -.
The Power Of Evil I~nclinations when Oac<
AcquireA-Society Not Inclined to Aia
the Fallen-Ths Lord Ever Ready
to Help.
In q recent sermon Rev. I. D,Witt Tai.
malge discourseu on the subject: How
to Conquer" The ext . "When shall
Iawake: will seek 1t yet again" Prov
erbs xiii IS He said:
With an insigh, into human nature such
~ no other man ever reached. Solomon,
Of one who, having stepped aside from the
path Of rectitude, desires to return. With
. wish for something better he said:
@'When shall ] como out OF this horrid
nightmare Of inquiry" But, seized upon
by uneradicated habit and forced down
hill by his passions. he cried out: Il will
seek it yet again. I will try itonce more"
Our libraries are adorned with IN Gle.
giant literature addressed to young men.
pointing out to them all the dangers and
perils Of life-complete maps Of tho voy.
age, showing ali the rocks, and quick.
sands. the shoals. But suppose . man has
already made shipwreck; suppose he il
already Oh the track: suppose he has al.
ready gone astray. How Is he to get
back! That is = field comparatively un-
touched. l propose to address nv.
self TO such. There arc thoss in this audi.
ence who. with every passion Of their
agonized soul, arc ready to hea such Q
discussion. They compare themselves
with what they were ten years ago. and
cry out from the bondage in which they
are incarcerated. Now. il there be any
hero. como with IN earnest purpose, yet
feeling they are beyond the pale Of Chris.
tian sympathy, aud that the sermon can
hardly be expected to address them. then,
at this m0ment I give them my right
hand and call them brother. Look up
There is glorious and triumphant hope for
you vet sound tho trumpet Of Gospel
deliverance. The Church is ready to
spread a banquet at -FOUR return and the
hierarches Of Heaven to fall into line Of
hammered procession at the news Of your
emancipation.
So far as God may help me-. I propose
to show what are the obstacles OF your
return, and then how you are to surmount
those obstacles. The first difficulty in the
way Of your return 10 the force of moral
Eravitation. Just q there is . natural
law which brings down to the earth any
thing you throw into the air. 90 there 10 .
corresponding moral gravitation. In
other words, it 10 easier to 20 down than
it is to go up; It is easier to do wrong than
to do right. Call to mind the comrades OF
your boyhood days-some of them good.
you: Call to mind the anecdotes that you
have heard in the last five or ton years
some Of them are pure and some OF them
impure. Which the more easily sticks to
your memory: During the years Of your
life you have formed certain courses Of con.
duct-some Of them good. some Of them
bad. TO which style Of habit did you the
moro easily yieldf All. my friends. we
hAve to take but q moment Of self inspec.
tien to find out that there 10 in all our
souls q force OF moral gravitationi But
that gravitation may be resisted. Just as
you pick up from the earth something and
hold It in your hand toward Heaven. just
so, by the power of Gods grace, . soul
fallen may be lifted toward peace. toward
pardon, toward Heaven. Force OF moral
Eravitation in every one Of us, but power
in Gods grace to overcome that force Of
moral g~ravitation.
The next thing in the way Of your re.
turn is the power Of evil habit. I know
there are those who FAY that it Is very
easy for them to give up evil habits. I do
not believe them. Here is . nan given to
intoxication. He knows it is d~isgracing
his family, destroying his property. ruin
ing him. body. mind and soul. II that
man, being an intelligent man, and loving
his family, could essily give up that habit
would he not do so? The fact that he does
not give it up proves that it is hard to
give it up. 1t is q very easy thing to sail
down stream, the tide carrying you with
great force; but suppose you turn the
boat up stream. is il SO easy then to row
il?
Take q man given to the habit Of using
tobacco. As most OF you do, and let him
resolve to stop and he finds it 10 very diff.
fcult Twenty-seven years ago I quit
that habit and I would "a Soon dare to
put my right hand in tho ilre a. oncs to
indulge in it. Whyt Because it was such
q terrific strug gle to get over it. Now,
let a man be advised by his ply stefan to
give up the use Of tobacco. He goes
around not knowing what to do with him.
self. He can not d uD Q line Of figures.
He can not sleep nights. 1t seems ~ II
the world had turned upside down. He
feels his business going to ruin. Where
he was kind and obliging he 10 scold.
ing and fretfuL The composure that char.
acterized him has given way to Q fretful
restlessness, and he has become q COM
plete idget. What power is it that has
rolled . wave Of woe over the earth and
shaken a portent in the heavens: He has
tried to step smoking or chewingi After
awhile he says: II am going to do as /
please. The doctor doesn't understand
nv case Pm going hack to my old hab.
it." And he returns. Every thing a..
sumes its usual cOmposure. His business
seems to brighten. The world becomes an
attractive place to live in. His children,
seeing the difference, hail the return of
their fathers genial disposition. What
wav Of color has dashed blue into the
sky. and greenness into the mountain
foliage and tho glow Of sapphire into the
sunset? What enchantmsnt has lifted a
world OF beauty and joy on his souly He
has gone back to tobacco!
o, the fact t. IS We all know in our own
experience, that habit is a taskmaster: as
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