Telegram-herald., 1890-08-12

Rev Dr.. BreEes breaches az az
teras1ag Sermon.
DEsOTsCES TEE llQUOR TRAFFR
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Preached Aad He's breaches, al
fhe ffesent Esse shoa4a fGeach.

The Rev DF. BTezee, of caro-. dells-
ered an Interesting sermon al sAe Dai-
slon-st a. T. CApreh. SUNDAY n,gat,
his subject heing The WAY Paul
preached During lhs discourse be hook
occasion 10 attack ihe liquor l4nie.
handing il with unglosed hands. ll.s
teNtwss taken lrom chapter SNls ~ she
Acts o. the Apostles, verse ~. "Aad
after CERTAIN DAYS when feiiN came
with his wife nrus.l.a, winch Nas
JeWess. he sent for Pau, and heard hlm
concerning las faith la Christ
paul IS first brought 10 our notice al
tie mariyrdom OF stephen. heean Df.
BIezee. "llisnanle vac saul 81 larsus,
bat after he became the disciple 81
Jesus Christ he was known a. rauL
For this reason sometimes think every
man should change his name when be-
reforms. Paul VAS only pursuing the
course iald down for hm, when Ie
turned the court INTO pulpi aud
proceeded u emaign his aocCsers
and his Judges. lie preached before
prncesses and rulers as he dia on iile
streets lie SAID he had been arrested
and brought 70 trai for nanght. bet
that winch c0ncuwea Wit righteous
ness. THIS word righteousness BE- de-
rived from the Saxon Nogd ughtRist.
"Etery sntul ife is fraud ou oar
existence. A snful life Is as wrong as
good life Is right Paul reasoned Ia
thls way. lie would persuade has lst-
CneTs by his reasoning, and hc showed
IL by holding up fhe virtues - tao
Apostles. 10 was Tar better and more
right 20 do thls Than 10 attack thc
shortcomings OF the people. ID is llke
holding up mirror 10 nature. You
NAV give an elaborate Grafton lu telling
nlan that hls face is dlrtN, but show "a
10 HIM Ia q mirror anG be VIII De con-
WINGED then and there. OtherWlse DE
may be disposed 20 disbeheVc you.
And 80 il j. that every Chrisian h
stand ng rcbuke - all hls ncigabors
who are not ike himself
III was 10 read from this hook re-
ferrlng 90 the bible that man ln THIS
congregation had shot and killed a ffl-
loW-creaturc, and IL there was . man
here who had the blood 81 q human
beng on his hands, he would certainly
think / directed the words al hln. II
] should read, "IhOu shalt not COM
mlt adultery" and there was q man
here guilty If Acentous hab.tatlOn,
be would think the words were directed
10 hm, and he would likely become
nervous. Yet, this was thc way laui
preached. He WAS too emphatic, but
| that was the way that Jesus Christ
preached over 800 years ago. and that
is the way ] would like 20 preach. II i
were capable Of dong 80. J would
Ike 10 send those WHO are guilty. and
would not reform, home tonight bro-
ken-heaTted.
"Paul preached on intcmpcrance,
bat ia my estimation lt MSS a different
kind Of intempersnce than u implied
bv the word al thc present day. Liquors
IN those times were not az damuablc as
they are today. ia the United states
sixty thousand people go annually to %
| druukard's : grave. II has come % i1at
pass. thst "a Is not safe ior a person ta
| be horn Tor fear az these Satan cUrscd
| Iquor stands. ln MICH gan there is
practically no law agaiust tle unlawiul
| traffic. just think and reflect tor "A
moment that the government 81 this
great country is being sustained on
revenue caused by the m. m.eCryo others.
/ How would Paul have preached On
such question ~
Dr. Breeze. also SAID another s1bicct
Of Pauis was judgment 10 come. lie
sad death would come and there would
be a judgment hereafter, just az surely
as there was a circuit court ln Grand
Rapids. "HOw foolish It would bo 90
man. II be were arrested few miles
from hece, 90 say ] don't believe There
is any such place as Grand Rspds,
continued the speaker. "Hc would be-
brought here and Il convicted and feu-
tenced 20 Jackson. how foolish u would
be OF BIN 10 say he didn't believe there
was any such place as Jackson ~ a
state prison. He would find oct hs
mistake, however. when be got behind
the prison bars. but il would 90 him 30
good. This ls the way Paul reasoned,
and therefore reflect. that our next
meeting place may be- a. the Judgment
gate"