Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-08-29

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The Lord people had gone heal.ong into
sin, and as a punishment theY had been car
riei captive TO Babylon They found that
iniQuity did not pay. cyrus selz-i Babylon
and felt 80 sorry for taese poor captivea ;uat,
without a dollar 81 compensation, BE LEI
them 90 home - that, literally. my C-x5
was fulfilled. lie have sold yourselves foc
naught, aud se Shall be redeemed without
money.
There = enough Gospel in this text for
fifty sermons, There are persons here who
have, Ike the people OF the text. eoid out
You 20 not -eem u belong either - your
se.ve9 Or to col Tie title ie7i Is have been
PASSED over To 'tEe world, the flesh. and tie
devil, but the purchaser never pau up.
We have sold yourselves for naught.
When a man passes himself over II tie
world he expects t. get some adequate con-
pensation. f- has heard the great tn ngs
that the world does Tor a hlau, AMI he be-
llese~ IT. He want, Two suutred anl fifty
thousand dollars. That viii BE- horses AMI
houses, ami a umuler resort and Jolly COM
Ianionship. 70 get II he parts with his
physical health by over"oF5 He parts
with his conscience. Ii parts win InGcl
domestic rnJoyInent. II parts with oppDr
~tunities for literary culture He parts with
his -olIi. And 50 he H-,.e- over his entire
nature To the wOrit.
He does II III -four iasta.Eltnrs. H pays
down the first in~tailrneat, ami oue-four1n OF
~ OfiN = 49, - " ~ ~ 49, =
iE>taflnIent, and one-aaiI ii his natur3. j.
gone. He pays down the third installment,
and hrte-quarterS If ms nature are gone,
and after many year i4are gone by he pays
down the fourth instailnent, and 10 hi ~
| tiranature Is gone. Then he comes NJ to the
world aud says: ".iODi morning. | have
delivered 10 Won thr goods. have pissed
pVer t. ven my body, my mind andny soul.
and ! have come nou to collect the two iuH-
ired and fifty rhon~ nd dollars. Two
hundred and fifty thol.,a4i dollars says
the world what ito yon neln>" 'VVeif9
Won "a V. Il come - collect the money YOU
owe ne, and expect vun 70 fulfill YOUR part
OF the cOntrecf.' "iiDt, says The world. II
have failed. am bankrupt. ! cannot pos
SILLY pay that DEBT. | have not for a long
time expected 10 pay II. We'll, Nou then
say, give me back the goods" .,Oh. no.
says the world, they are al gone. | cannot
give them back to YOU And there YOU
stane on the confines Of eternity, your spirit
ual character gone. staggering under the
consideration that you have sold yourself
TOR naught."
tell you the world is a liar. 1t does not
keep its promises. 1t is a cheat, aud it
heeces everything it can put its hands On.
1t Is Il bogus world. 1t is a six-thousand-
year-old swindle. Even if it pays the two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars for
which you contracted, it pays them in bonds
that will not be worth anything III a little
while. Just as a man may pay down ten
thousand dollars in hard cash and get for it
worthless scrip-so the world passes over to
you the two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars IN that shape which will not be worth
afArthlng to you a thOuSandth part Of a sec
ond after you are dead. oh" you say, 1T
will help to bury me, anyhow Oh. my
brother you need not worry about that.
The world will bury you soon enough from
sanitary considerations
fost mortem emolulnents are of no use to
N-tI 1ka - t1iSx world will NOT
pass current i'll the future world, and if all
the wealth Of the Bank of England were put
III the pocket OF your STROUD and you Ill the
midst of the Jordan of death were asked to
pay three cents for your ferrlage, you could
not do it. There comes d moment III your
existence beyond which all earthly values
fail, and many a man has wakened up i'll
such Il time 10 find that he has sold out fol
eternity and has nothing to show for it. |
should as soon think of going to Chatham
street to buy silk pocket handkerchief with
no cotton III them, as to go TO this world ex
pectlng to tind any permanent happiness. Ii
has deceived ana deTuded every man wht
has every put his trust in It
History tells Us o. one who resolved that
he would have all his seu>es gratitied at one
: and the same time, and he expended thou
sands OF dollars on each sense. He entered {
room, aud there We're the first musicians OF
the land pleasing his ear, ana there were tius
pictures fascinating his eye, and there were
costly aronlatlcs regallng ms nOStrliS, an'
there We're the richest meats and wines ant
fruits and CONNECTIONS pleasing the appetite
and there was d soft couch of sinful lndul
gence on which he recllneJ. and the man de
clared afterward that he would give te
time, what he had given If he could have on
"eeE OF Sucil enjoyment, even though h8lp
his soul by it All thar was the rub II
did lose his soul by it cyrus the ~nuu
thought for a little while that he was max
mo 81 tina Thinr ONT - tItS world ami We
before he calne to his grave he wrote on
this pitiful epitaph tor his monument: =
} am Cyrus. occupiet the Persian emplrl
was king over Asia Begrnige me IL
this monument lint the world III ate
years plowei ny Il : ~rpulctlar.
Tie world eiAg1est IL lanls and staRpe
~lt>teet III hunol .. tar.rs i.anb. hut wins
doe, he SAY vain ~ anl JoNn. thinh
ina am happy, bnt tee.lns am not 6
the roll. AMI be quick a9outlt. Natnu
Johnson, the learned Happy NO. Ian
AFRAID | shalt SOME day get cray. Wiz
ian hazl,tt. the great e~ssavist, Happy
NO. have bean for two hours aud a hal
gong up aud down b~aternosuer row with
i. volcano III NV breast" Smollet, the witt,
| author Happy No. am sick OF prtls
N ant blame, aut | wish to God that / ha
/. such circumstances around me that / couI
tArow my pen into oblivion buchanan
: the world renowned writer, exlIed from h
/ SA R'A' y :, dAlfNatih5 ~ Aiehi I'll L 10
, protection! Happy No. Over mout
talnS covered with snow, and through va
levs flooded with rain, | come Il fugitive
t Moilere. the popular dramatic author: Har
pyf No Tina wretch OF an actor iu,
now recltel four OF my lines without til
- proper accent AMI gesture. To have til
8 children OF my BRAN - hung, drawn an
II quartevei tortures me like u conlemne
spirit"
: | went II see a worl ilin- dip. A wen
into the hall | saw IL tuor was teS>eliate.
aud it> wall was 4 picture gallery | foun
his death chamber adorned with taue>t-
until 1t seemed as il the clod + ~ tn sattit
san hal settled III the room The lnan h.
gwen fertF Years - the wurli-liS wit. h
u tune, his genius, his talent, his >,ll. Did III
e world come N u stand by his d-atubaI an
clearing OF the Walls % bitter medicine. II;
down any compensation Ga. no The worl
does not like sick ami dylnr pA0ple. an
leaves them IN the lurch. 1t ruined tn.
IMAM and then left him. H had a marnit
cent funeral. All tn nlni.ters wore scarf
aud there We're to.ty-.ara4 carriages in
TOW tut the departed man appreeua.el n.
The otSellIe>.
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