Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-23
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
TIE hFUOKLfn~ DlHiNE'n SUNDAY
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Subject: Summer Vacation"

ar well rs n useipl lie AMI un = Yi.n. 49,,
they ret ont into tIGcountry a.. ad+n..
for longer or shorter t,rne ,,,!tis,5 NJ. .,-r
pe1tlc viii hatnsuutmer vncat,, It, ~,
way trains are being laden .tI IL
ami baQsage on their way n ~. ,..5..,
and the sea shore. Nujf,udD. ~ am a..
zerts are packing their trunk. faf t..,,--
tive absence
The citv L.a,- ara ,-t.-,, Isl, "a. -
with torch ana f.srnf i, 49, II,
siicnt half IT sumptIgu, batnI. A.. ,I ,i.,<I
with excited arrivals. rh. 60: ,,,.. .,.
face Of Wlnniuisao,aa !. .b.tt.r.t :, =. 80.
stroke Of steamer laden ,.ita -. go.
The an,lers of tdIc.n3,rk A.. - ~,
the shot Of citv eanrt4,nan T,. .,. -
.f.faI .urr. ~ ~. ba,. 60,
and tp.s thor aru+t.t Lrfu,,,..
tame baskct Ar.adv ia -, -
orchestral leader tan. inc m1.ir .t,nI
hotel green ard Arnarucan I,t. -, -,
array. and the ruubrug ~ tto t...,n an
and the crack Of the IVORY Ian, ON tn.~r.
baize billiard tables. AMI the joifiny Of -.
bar-room goblets, and IN" rxpto-lve n,ruT
iup Of charntsrn battles an tba yIirI a,t
the rustic OF the la lI-roDm dance ana M
Gathering hoofs of the race c,,1rsns an.
that the season tor tho great Aluurn,,
watering-places i fairly t,.Yr,r,fct
Mnsic-fute and drum and oru.-a-,f1.,
and clapping cymbals-will wake the ccl,.,
of the mountains.
Glad ] am that tagged out American life
Tor the most part will have an Opportunity to
rest, and that nerves rackcl and DESTROYED
will find a Bethesda | believe il watcring
places Let not the commercial firm he.
grudge the clerk, or the employer the iour-
ncyman, or the patient the physician. or tho
church its pastor a season Of inoccupation.
Luther used to sport with his children; Ell
nund Burke used to caress his favorita horS..
Thomas Chalmers, in the dark hours Of the
churchs disruption, played kite for recrca
Lion-as l was told by his own daughter
and the busy Christ said to the busy apostles,
Come We yourselves apart into n desert
place, and rest awhile And have Oh
served That they who do not know how to
rest 40 not know how to work.
but | nave TO declare this truth today,
that some OF our fashionable. watering place,
are Inc temporal and eternal destruction Of
u multitude that no man can number and
aihid the congratulations Of this season
and the prospect Of the departure Of many
Of you for the country | must utter a note
oil wa~rnIng-piain, earnest AMI nnmistak-
able.
The first temptation that is ont 10 hover
in this direction is to leave your piety all at
home You wilt send the dog and cat and
canary bird to be we'll cared for somewhere
else, but the tenptation will ha To laaye
your religion in the room with the blinds
down and the door bolted, and then Won will
come back in the autumn to find that it is
starved and suffocated. living stretchai ~,
the rug stark dead. There is no surplus of
piety at the watering places. never knew
any one to grow veryrapidly i'm grace at tba
fashionable sumner resort. II il penerallv
the case that the Sabbath is more Of q ~
rousal than any other day. and there are
Sunday walks and Sunday rides and Sunday
excursions.
Elders and deacons and ministers of relig-