The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-09-11
A POOR INVESTMENT.
In II Not Soon Whom Christians
Soil Out2
Enough Examples Found In Profane His
tory--Gospei Illustrations Not
Needed Ia Prove It-Dr.
Talmage's sermon.

1
vcstmcnt," and the text Isaiah III, .!
aye have sold yourselves for naught;
and ye shall be redeemed without
! money"
The Lords people had gone headlong
into sim and as punishment they had
been carried captive 90 Babylon. They
found that iniquity did not pay. Cyrus
seized Babylon and felt 40 sorry for
those poor cnptlvcs that, without dollar
al compensation, he let them 90 home
So that, literally, my text was fulfilled;
aye have sold yourselves for nnught;
and yc shall be redeemed without
money"
There Is enough Gospel IN this text
for fifty sermons There are persons
here who have, like the people Of the
text, sold out. You do not seem 90 be-
| long either to yourselves or 90 God The
title-dccds have been passed over To
| 'the world, the flesh, and the devil, "
| but the purchaser never paid up. aye
have sold yourselves for naught"
When man passes himself over TO
the world he expects Ia get some ade-
| qnnte compensation. He has heard the
great thing the world does for man, and
he believes H. lie wants $3.50, 900. That
will bc horses and houses, and a sum
mer resort, aud jolly compansionship
TO get IL ho parts with his physical
health by ovcrworlS. lie parts with
his conscience. lie parts with much
domestic enjoyment lie parts with
! opportunities for literary culture lie
parts with his soul.
And SO he makes over his entire ma
ture Ia the world. lie does IL In four
installments. lie pays down the first
| installmcnt and onc-fourth Of his ma
turc is gone, He pays down the second
instnllmcnt and one half of his nature
IL gone. lie pays down the third In
stnllment and three-quarters of his ma
ture Is gone; aud after many years
have gone by he pays down the fourth
instnllmcnt, and lol his en-
tire nature Is gone. Then he comes
up Ia the world and says: Good morn.
ing. | have delivered To you the goods.
! have passed over To you my body, my
mind and my soul, and | have come
now 10 collect the $3.50, 600" 1.-TWO
hundred and fifty thousand dollars"
says the world. "What do you mcan?"
"Well," say You. ~ have come To col.
lcct the money you owe me, and | cx-
pcct you 90 fulfill your part of the con.
tract But" snys the world, 81 have
failed. am bankrupt can not pos
sibly pay that debt ! have not for II
long time expected To pay it," "Wcll"
you then Say, give me back the
goods" ooh, no." says the world
'thcy are all gone. can not give them
back to you" And there you stand ON
the confines Of eternity, your spiritual
character gone, staggering under the
consideration that you have sold your.
self for nnught"
tell you the world Is liar; IL does
not keep Its promises II Is u cheat,
and II ilecces every thing IL can put It's
hands on. II Is bogus world. II Is n
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS swindle, Even
II IL pays the $3.50 900 for which you
contracted, IL pays them In bonds that
will not bo worth any thing IN II little
while. Just ns u man may pay down
$40, 600 Ia hard cash and get for II
worthless script SO the world passes
over Ia you the $3.50, 900 in that shape
which will not be worth farthing 10
you u thousandth part Of q second after
you are dead, "Oh,' you say, ut will
help 90 bury me, anyhow oh, my
brothcr you need not worry about
that The world will bury YOU soon
enough from sanitary considerations
Post.mortcm cmolumcnts are az no
usc Ia You The treasures Of this world
will not pass current In tho future
world; and " all the wealth of the hnnl,
OF England were put In the pocket OF
your shroud, aud you in the midst Of the
Jordan Of death were asked 10 pay three
cents for your ferringc you could not
do IT, There comes u moment In your
existence beyond which all earthly val.
ues fail; and many u man has Weakened
up In such time TO find That he has
sold out for eternity, aud has nothing
90 show for H.
| should ms soon think ~ going to
Chatham street tn buy silk pocket.
handlIerchicfs with no cotton In them
hs Ia go to this world expecting 10 iind
any permanent happiness, IL has de-
ccived and deludcd every man who has
ever put his trust In H.
History tells ms of one who resolved
that he would have all his senses graft
fled at one and the same time, aud he
expended thousands Of dollars ON each
sense. lie entered n room and there |
werc the first musicians of the land |
pleasing his ear. and there were fine |
pictures fascinating his eye, and there |
were costly aromatics RECALLING his !
nostril, and there were the richest |
meats and wines and fruits and confec'
tions pleasing the appetite, and there
was soft couch OF sinful Indulgence on