The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25
REV. DR.. TALMAGE
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN
DAT SERMON.

eFeu on the banks of tho Nile which nv its
overflow annually obliterated the landmarks
anu the restoration of these landmarks made
such q science necessary saw peon1eErv
ever since then has been busy WITH iinss.
stralgn6 lines curved lines lines in arigles
ana cones ana spheres, but has never been
ania 10 evolve any beauty from q line that
was merely crooked. The circle and tlie
square was always considered admirable.
tsaiah recognizes the circle and says, 1.-THE
Loru sits Upon the circle of the earth.f The
dIaf OF the ancient tabernac1e was stfour
square, and the breast plate of the PRIESTS
q square, and heaven, according to st.
John, Is -four square, But the Bible hasno
admiration for lines that ere merely crooked.
indeed my text III ~prophesying the worlds
complete fectification declares. The crooked
shall be made straight.n
mere nave been SO many moral earth
quakes that many things have got into q ter
r1hle tWis6-crooked laws, crooked Govern
mentss crookedfortunes, crooked dispositions
and many OF the efforts to s~traighten
things h~aveonlY made them more crooked.
And some good people sit down in despair
and become p~essimistie, and giveup life and
the church and the world as deed failures.
With such lachrymose behavior I nave no
sympathy It is 8 promise of the Lord Al
mighty, The crooked shail Be made
straight propose, as I may be divinely
helped, 10 mention some of the crooked
things that are going to be Strengthened.
Much OF the wealth Of the world is in the
hands of the profigate, while many of the
best people are subjected to distressing uFie
walton. and thereis going to be a redistri-
button o~fprupertYs II it were possible Ii
would be bad thing to have things divided
equally. Some men are able TO endure more
success than others, and prosperity that
might "Reminiscences you might destroy me.
The Declara6ion OF American Independence
declares that ali men are born equal, but the
opposite is the truth, for thsy are born un-
equal. In no respect is his more evident
than In their capacity to endure success,
f1nanciaIoF social. Ihave seen men by the
acquisition OF 5 ,000 made a-rroganb and
oveTbeaTfng. and I have known others with
their millions Of dollars childlike and tnas.
Stunning and Christian. We would all be
affi1eut, but the Lord caIl1ot kf5IsbsaE. lem
glad there are those He can trust.
Much Ii said against capitalists, butatha
world would be- a very siAkY world without
them. Who built the great railroads which,
while they Civ such facilities OF travel, en-
ploy tezss OF thousands OF 1aborers, supporting
them and their faHa1lles7 Capitalists. Who
built great ships that stir the rivers and
bridge the ocean, Capitalists Who reared
tine thousands OF factories all over the LAND
IN which hundreds Of thousands ofemploYes
earn their daily breada Capitalists. Who
endowed your colleges and opened free IL
braries and built asYlums for the orphan, the
crippled and the fnsanes Capitalists. But
for them there would notbe an academy OF
music, o8a picture gallery, or afreeIibrary,
or a stea1 boat or O railroad in America.
VINO put Fhe world ON seven5y-I1ve years be-
ynald WlfGi6 would have been In enterprise,
m COMFORTS lie educational adVanfages IN
good things Without rilailaherT Capltalisss.
The more money q man gets che better, II
70 comes honestly and y sfrployad righteous
y. AeveFGaetesS We ausee InaL Chef8 needs
no hsa REDISTRIBUTION ox propergY- Gonn-
fnInisn proposes to make that distribution
by torch and dagger and dynamite throw
the midnight express train OH the track and
put the factory into co-ni1Hgrati0n. disrupt
society, b1rglarize, assassinases such peo-
pie believe neither. IN God nor man nor We
man, and they know . 10 mlake tnfIgs
worse, bat never have made and never can
make anything better.
tell Won how there will come a redissri
BUTTON Of property. Under the divine bless
iug good people will get more alertnes5 aIld
acuzEleu and asEfduity. Many good people
are kept In stralteled circumstances because
they have been lndoietlf On Jacket courage 20
take honest or circumstances ahd
were too stupid 70 geG on. WIZ TIE very
same surroundings others went On 20 conf
pete1cy. In the better days 20 COME good
men Will nave their faculties Wakeneds and
will In consequence rise 70 larger SNARE or
prosperity. On the either land, estates
wr0ngfnlly accumulated sVilIdissolye. IL not
fb~oaas, then the grardsons Will make the
money Hy, and il will gradually scatter IN
their hands and become q part OF the general
wealth.
Then, as to vast properties righfeoslsly
gathered-and there are thousands Of them
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viii dc what He says He viii, and no one
who amounts to anything will deny His
power. God has said q hundred times Il
viii, = but newer once has said r cannot
Wenaay with cur tack hammers pound away
trying to mend and improve and straighten
the financial condition Of the world. and be
disappointed In the result, because our arm
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