Telegram-herald., 1891-08-10
A POOR INVESTMENT.
you HAVE 6AsGAINEo YOUR SOUL
AWAY foa NAuorY.

10 MSas sa4 Hos e. 4Sy t>s ksass-
aisa--Chsisrs Blood Win Bag Ys~
BAsk-
TcPzzA, Kan, Aug a-Dr. Talmaxs
reached this city yesterday in the course Of
his western "trip He was warmly vel
coined ~ the citizens. who came Ia large
numbers 10 hear tns famous Brooklya a.
vine The sunieet Of ths sermon for this
weak i. a Poor Investment, and the
text. Isaiah rs. 8. "Ys nav. sold yourselves
for nsught. aud ye shall bs redsemsd with
cut money"
The LORDS people had gone hesdiong
into SID. snd 40 Punishment they had
bssa eauisd captive To Bsbyloa. They
foaaa thAs iaisaisy dad not pay Cyrus
saizssi hlbyloa. zaa felt 81 sorry for these
poor ea0tives that, without dollar OF con-
pea.Atioa. hs lss them 90 homa so that
literally, nay text was fulfilled "is have
sold yourselves foe naaghs, sad ye .hAli DO
rseIssnaed without moaey"
SOLD soa sAueHr.
There - saou "A gospel Ia this taxi for
ffty ssrmonA There ara psrsons here who
have. ike the psopis OF the text. sold out
You do not sssm "a belong either To your
selves or 20 God The title deeds have been
passed over u the world, the desh, add the
desn. but tho purchaser never paid up.
fs have sold yourselves for nanxht."
When a man PASSES himself over TO the
world no expects to xet SOME adequate com
pensatioa. He hss heard the great things
that tho world does for a man. aud be be-
lieves IL. He wants two hundred and rifry
Thousand dollars. That will De horses aud
houses, and a summer resort and Jolly
eompanlonship. To get IL he parts With
his physical health by overwork He psr.s
with bis conscience. He partz with much
domestic enjoyment He parts with oppor-
tanities for literary culture. He parts with
bis soul. And so be makes over bis entire
nature % the world
He does it in four instsllments He c-ys
down the nrst instalimcnt. and ne-fourth
his nature Is gone. he pays down the
second iustallment. and one-half of his
nature Is gone. He pays down the third
installment. and three uarters OF his ma
tare are gone. aud after many years have
gone by be pays down the fourth INSTALL
ment. and lol his entire nature Is gone. Then
be comes mp 10 the world and says: Good
morning l have delivered TO you the
goods have passed over to you my body
NY u4Ati1 anu Soalt anu nave cbfno
now 10 collect the two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars" 1.-TWO hundred and
fifty thousand dollars" says the world
What do you meanP We'll" you say.
II come To collect the money you owe me,
and expect you 20 fulnll your part of the
contract" But" says the world, Il have
failed. am bankrupt cannot possibly
pay that debt have not for long time
expected To pay IT." WELL" you then
say. give me back the goods4" "Oh. no. :"
says the world. "taey are all gone can
not give them hack TO you" And there
you stand on the confines Of eter nifty, your
spiritual character gone, staggering under
the consideration that ''you have sold your
self for nAughs."
THE WORLD II LIAR
tell you the world Is a liar. IL does not
keep its promises. II 10 cheat, and it
fieeces everything It can put its hands on.
IL is bogus world. 10 10 q six-thousand-
year-old swindle Even IL 10 pays the two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars for
which you contracted, IL pays them In
bonds that will rot DO worth anything in
little while. just rs q man may pay
down ten Thousand dollars In hard cash
and get for 10 worthless scrip-so the world
passes over to you tina two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars In that shape which
will not be worth a fsrthing 10 you q
thousandth part OF q second after you are
dead oh" you say, ''it will help To bury
me, anyhow" Oh, my orotherl you need
not worry about that The world will
bury you soon enough troia sanitary con-
slderstions.
Post mortern emoluments are Of no use
10 you Ths treasures Of this world will
not pass current ia the future worla and
IL all tina wealth Of ths Bank Of England
were put In tho pocket OF your shroud and
you ia the midst OF thu Jordan OF death
were asked To pay three cents for your fer
rage, you could not do il. There comes a
moment in your existence beyond which
all earthly values fail, and many a man
has Weakened up in such time to ind that
he has sold out for eternity and has moth
Ing to show for It. should as soon think
OF going 70 Chatham street TO buy silk
pocket handker-hiefs with no cotton Ia
them. ~ 20 go 10 this world expecting TO
hnd any permanent happiness II has de-
ceivsd and dsluded every man who has
ever put bis trust Ia IL.
NOT TRUE HAPPINESS
History tells us Of enc who resolved that
he would have all his senses grasified at
one and the same time. and he expended
thousands OF dollars on each sense He
entered room, aud there were the first
musicians Of the land pleasing his ear. and
there were hDs pictares fascinating his
eye, and there were costly aromatics regal
iux bis nostrils. and there we're the richest
meats and wines aud fruits aud confec-
tiops pleasing the appetite. and there was
a soft couch Of sinful indulgence OF which
he r-clinsd. and the man declared after
ward that he would give ten times what he
had given II hs could have one week Of
such enjoyment even though be- lost his
soul by I'll All that was shs rubl lie did
lose his -oul by iti Cyrus the conqueror
thought for a little while that be vas max
Ing . fine thlng out OF this world, and yet
h~for. ne came 20 his grave he wrote out
this pitifal -pitsph for his monument. Il
am Cyrus I occupisd the Persian empire.
I vas king over Asia BegrudEs me not
this monument" But the world in after
years plswsd up his sepulcher
The world clspted its hands and stamped
ia feet in homer OF Charles Lamb. but
What does Ne -ay' II walk up add down.
thinking | am happy. bat feeling I sm
not Call the roll. aud - quick about H.
Samuel Johnson, ths iesrnesii Happy
"No. I am AFRAID I shall some dsy get
crazy" William Hsslitt. the great essay
Isfi Happy NO. 1 have been for two
hours and half going up ssd down Psser-
nost-r row with volcano In nay breast .
Suclies, the witty suthori Hspp5' "No
ara .iex q Drsls. aad blame. and wish
o. God that I bad such circumstances
around use that could throw my pen into
oblivion Buchanan, shs world renowned
writer. exiied FROM bis own coaasry. sp.
r~allnx % Henry VII for protectionl
Happy No. Over mountains covered
with snow. and throush valleys flooded
with rain. come fugitive" Noiiere.
sie popular dramatic sashor' Hsppys
sN, Thar <r-s..fs AZ an .rfar ssr~& nav