The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02
HOW TO CONQUER.
Rev. DR.. Talmase Proaci,es an Inter.
cstlny Sermon ut aM indiana Sam.
nlcr Resort.

Mcr Resort.
LAKE. M.XINHucKEE, Ind, July 21.-The
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmagc preached ut Culver
Park assembly this place today, great
crowds OF people l@ng present from Chicago,
Indianapolis and the surrounding regions.
Ills subject was .liow to Conquer" The
text was: "Wlen shall awake? will seek
it yet again. Prov. xiii. %. The slo.
tlucnt preacher said
With an insight to human nature such IA
no other Mnn ever reached Solomon, in my
text, sketches the mental operations OF Que
who. having stepped Inside frou, the path of
itctitude, desires to return. With wish for
something bettcr he sud: when sllall. Il
awake: When shall come out OF this horrid
nightmare ofiniInity?' Isutseized upon by
unera'licutel habit and forced down hill by
his passions, he cries out: II will seek it
yet again. will try it once more"
Our libraries are adorned with an elegant
literature addressed to young men. pointing
out to them all the dangers aud perils OF life
-comprte maps Of the voyage, showing all
the rocks, the Guicksnnds the shoals. but
suppose Il man has already made shipwrcck;
suppose lie is already OFF the track: suppose
lie has already gone astray. How IL lie toget
back? That isa field eonipnrati untouch.
! cd. propose to address myself to such.
There are those in this audience who, with
every passion Of their agoMzul soul, are
ready to hear such n discussion. They COM
pure themselves with what they were ten
years ago, and cry out from the bondage in
which they are incarccrated. Now, il there
be any here, come with an earnest purpose.
yet feeling they are beyond the pnle of Chris
tian sympathy, and that the sermon can
hardly Le expected to address them. then, at
this moment, give them my right hand and
call them brother. Look up. There is glori.
GUS aud triumphant hope for you yet.
sound the trumpet ofgoswl dclivernnce. The
church is ready To spread IL banquet at your
| return anil the l,ierarcl,s of heavens to fol,
into line of hammered procession at the pcwv
of your emancipation. S0fnras..tlod may help
me propose To show what are the obsta cles
OF your return, aud then how you alc to sur.
noun, those obstacles. The first difficulty
| in the way Of your return is the force
OF moral sravtation. Just ns there is
II natural law which brings down
to the cart Ii anything yon throw into the
AR. SO there is !, corresponding moral
giavitation. In other words. il is easier to
9" down than it is to go up; it ia custer to
do wrong than il is to do right. Call to
Elin, the comrades OF your boyhood days
some of them cool. some Of them bud
which most a,lerted YOU Gall to mind the
.l'c'ao!ts tl;'' you nave heard III the lust
hae OF zen Nrlr:-soine 81 them are pure
nl, ma, som" '.i ;'.e ilnlure. MhEh thc more
easliy Silks To- your memory: During the
seats o. your Tue you nave '"fnsM esrtaln
,"niuGu-s1ine OF tietn EonI. some OF them
pau; 20 Wn'c'i Sty. Q! liabit dia you more
,as's SlrIa: an, my itlel!ds, we nave to take
n.'1 ,liohielt u se'' 'ilss'eet'oH 10 iind out
lhat mere ~ ~ our sous tore" of moral
grav,int'"n. hut that grayi'ation may be
rass'eu. aust as you may PICK up from the
.ar.h snn"thlng aah hoh.h IN your hand
toward heaven, Just so, Ivy thep3w"r OF Gods
grace SOU 'aileh ihnS Tx i.tst toward
peace, toward PARTON: toward heaven.
Force "f moral srayi'ation in every one Of
US, hut power in Gods grace to overcome
th ~, lorre oi inoral eIavitafiom.
| Tie next thing n the way of your return
u tue power OF ef!i hal'i', Know there are
those VII" say II II very easy tor them TO
i've 'ip eNli habits. ! 10 not believe them.
Here is man given TO INVESTIGATION. He
hls property. running him, body, mind and
soul, y tlnt man. hr'Eg an intelligent mum,
anu loving ms ,;,m!iy. could easily give up
wa. n;lhit, would ne NOT DO no: The fact
!ha, ne docs not MOI give NJ up proves that
Is mr. aw :" eve "" t a. very ea.y thing
win great 'oit"; hu. supl'otc you turn the
bout uPstre;'in, Is il 20 easy then to row
| IT.: An long ms We yield to TIE evil inclina-
ti"'ls Y our he;!ris aud or bud habits We
are s;i'l!''E drown stream bnt tho Alome.n,t
we try totnrH we putonr boat to the rapids
stream. lake man given to the habit
q using tobacco. Ms most o. YOU do, and let
difficult; Twenty.stven years ago quit
that haDit and woud as soon dare to put
my right hand IN the fiIo us once t" indulge
1T: WY: Because :. it WAS was such a terrific
s .hvis 10 ES1 , Tvsf,t, now let man be
aasls"hD ny hls physician to give ny the ise
81 TOBACCO. ne goes around not knowing
what to do with himself. He can not add up
q ll"c o. figures lie can not sleep, nights.
~ seems as y the world had turned upside
Where Nc was END n M, obgl,,g he j. scold-
lns uni irrt:ui. ING coMlosuie that
| rhala,itiizcd MN nus gwen way to IL FRET
| i'ii resi- lessile:s anu he mas become COM
! firie ihset. what power ~ 1t TINT has
E'leu wave o woe over the earth and
shaken portent in the heavens? He has
tried to stop smoking or chewing! After
while NJ says: nm going to DO us
please" The doctor doesl t understand my
1 r.s". J III golas hnrk 10 my Old habit
ANA he returns Evertl'lg nesumes it's
usual comL"sure. His business seems to
! brighten; Inc w9ri' becomes IN attractive
g!isre 10 l'se IN. HIS chi'dren seeing the
difference MAJ! lie return OF their fathers
GENIAL disposition; what wave color has
! dashed blue into the sky md gr,enness into
the mountain :alspge nn'i Ia" Etw OF sap
piiirn into the sunset! hat ticllintmpn
has ii!ted world OF benuty and JOY ON his
soul: lie mas gone htcE 70 tobacco!
hav" also to say that il man wants
10 return rom EVIL practices
society @pu'srs him. Desiring to
reform he says: NOW ! Will shake OF my
OH associates, ana ! Will lind christian COM
l,ahioisiiii': ana ne appears ut the church
door sunie SaDbath DAY ana the usher grests
him with look AZ much rs to say: Why,
you here: Ion nre the last
nun ever expected TO see at church,
! Tome. take ssriit right down 10y the door!"
instead ot saving: Goo! morning; nm
glad you are hers Come; ! will give you u
ilrst rate seat rlsllt up NY the pulpit. Well,
the y'roisi,i, not yet .ils outaHs!t, enters the
Prayermeet'ns una some Christian man,
"Giad to see you. The dying thief was saved
! Young man, clsgnsteu, chilled, throws him.
enter the house OF God again. Perhaps not
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