Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-09-20

company OF Choctaws; and the last time to
surrender the ballot box is when it is sur
roundet by iinpurity and dishonesty and all
sorts OF wIckedness
Daniel stood on q most unpopular plat
form. He stood firmly, though the dema-
gogues of the day hissei ut him aud tried TO
overthrow him. Wcmust carry our religion
into our POLITICS. But there are a great
many men who are IN favor Of taking religion
into national politics who do not see the i'm
portanc. o. taking 1t into city politics; a.
though a man were intelligent about the
welfare Of his neighborh0Od and had no con-
Germ about his own home
Religion would drive out all base person
alIties from poiitics. You have a right TO
discuss mems politics AMI denounce their
political sentiments, or receive them as you
VII but you have no right To assaii their
private character. as is done every autumn.
That Is not carrying religion into politics.
Now you can always tel without asking, in
any contest, what candidate | will vote for.
II Is always for the man who Is most bad
gerej, and most abused. AMI most sxit upon,
and most howell at. You have a right to
contest n mans political sentiments; you
have noright, fot base political purposes, TO
assall his private moral character.
My SUBJECT also iinpresses me with the
fact that Mons cannot hurt a good man: No
man ever rot into worse company than
Daniel got INTO when he was thrown into
the den. What a rare morsel that fair
Young man would have been for the hungry
monsters, II they had plunged at him he
could not have climbed into a niche beyond
, the reach OF their paw or the snatch OF their
tooth. They came p.eased all around about
llm as a hunter hounds at the we'll known
whistle come bounding to his feet.
You nee not go u Nunlidia to get among
the lions. You all have had them after you
the lion OF financial distress, the hon OF
sickness, the lion Of persecution. You saw
that lion OF financial panic putting his mouth
down to the earth, and he roare1 until all
the banks and all the insurance companies
quaked. With his nostril he scattered the
ashes on the domestic hearth. You have
had trial after tria' misfortune after mis-
fortune. lion after Iron. and yet they have
never hurt you if You pat your trust in God,
and they never Will hurt You. They did
not hurt Daniel, and they cannot hurt you.
The Perslans used to think that spring rain
falling into sea shells would turn into pearls;
and have TO tell you that the tears of sOr-
row turn into precious gems when they drop
into Gods bottle. You need be afraid OF
nothing putting youI trust in God. Even
death, that monsie: lion whose den is the
worlds sepulchre, ami who puts his paw
down amid thous ,nle OF millions Of the dead,
cannot alright you
When in oldei ttnc- a man was to get the
honors Of knlg,t1")t he was compelled
to 20 fully arntl the night before among
the tombs Of the deaf, carrying a sort Of
spear, aud then When the day broke he
would come fort. and amid the sound Of
cornet and great ,,rale he would get tho
honofs OF knlghtho,l And 80 it will be
with the Ciirl,titI IN the night before
hefren, as fully arnIet with spear and he'll
met OF salvation he vii wait and watch
through the darnae>> until the morning
dawns, and then ii" VIII take. the honors of
heaven amid that great tirong with snowy
robes streaming over seas Of sapphire.
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value OF decision Of character in anv depart
ment. Daniel knew that il he continued hi
adherence to the religion Of the Lord ht
would be hurled u the lions, but having set
his compass well be sailed right on.
for the lack OF that element Of decision OF
character so eminent III Daniel many mel
are ruined for this world, and ruined for the
world to come. A great many at fort,
years OF age are not settled in any respect
because they have not been able to make u,
their mind. Perhaps they will 60 West. Per
maps they Will 20 East. Perhaps they vii
not. ferhaps they vii! go North. Perhaps
they may 80 South. Perhaps they will not
Perhaps they may make that invest.
inent III real estate or III railroads
Perhaps they Will not. They arc like
r. steamer that should % out Of
Ne" York harbor, starting for Glasgow. and
me next day should clange for Havre dc
trace, AMI the next fox Charleston, and the
49, ~ ~ dlI II ItAU IOf LiVefDOO
these men on the sea OF life, everlastincl>
tacking shlp aud making no heaiwav. o.
they are Ike y man who starts to build &
hon e III the Corinthiau .tvle and change.
ito Doric, aud then completes it in the
!. tonic, anu Is cursed by all styles of archi
lecture.
\ Dung man, start right and keep on.
Have decision Of character. Character i.
like the Golifnch OF Tnnquin: it is macnif
cent while staining firm, but losses all it
beauty IN flight, How much decision oil
character in order that these Young mau ma,
be Christians, Their old associates maxi
sarcastic f1nss IT them. They go on excur
sion> and they do not invite them. The,
nIophesv that he viii give out. They won
der IT he Is nos getting wings. AS he passe
'hey grlmace AMI wink AMI chuckle, ant
say, There goes a saint
on, Young mar, have decision OF cjlarar
ter. You can afford III TIL, matter Of RELIC
) ION to be laughed al. What do YOU care fo
the SCOTS OF these men. who are afronte,
, because You VII! not 20 to ruin with them
: v hen the grave cracks open under thei
/ teet' ana grim messengers push them into it
) ana eternity comes down hari uron theil
I spirit, an conscience st,nCs. an homeless
rum hits them TN to hurl them down viii
Y they laugh then
l. learn also from my subject that me,
may take religion into their worldly busi
ness DANIEL had enough work to do {
? occupy SIX men. All thu affairs of stat,
were II his hand questions of finance
: questions OF war, Of peace, all irternations
questions were for his settlement or ad
JuStnlent He must have had a CORE
spondenct vast beyond all computation
mere was not a man IN all the earth VIII
!, had more 10 Ia than Daniel, the Secretar,
CT State, anl Yet W. in hum three times
y day bowing before Col in PRAYER. Their
= are m"n III our lay who have not a hu,
- areftl rart q hanieiS engagements who sa
: ,aey are to busy % be religious. The
nave an idea somehow that religion will $40;
< Their worldly occupation. that it will tri
II INC accountant --len. or duit the carpenter
IL Sa" or con use the lawyers brief. or disa,
IL ranGe tile merchant store shelf
Z They tan!x religion i lnpertinent The
4 "ould ilke~to have 1t very well seated n
= sid" them IA church N tn" sabbath. to fin
: the place N the psalm book. or to nrrly
them a"aF" when they get sleepy ind,
=, the ~dltaetls discourse 40 they w1nlI III
$ 10 leave II ~ the pew on Sah6ttl eyen,n,
), as, they ~ out closing the DOR sayint