The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-08-13
Cheated by the World.
DIR. TALMAGE breaches A
POWERFUL SERMON AT
TOPEkA 4.
"fe Have Sold Yourselves for
Naught, and Ne Shall be Re
deemed Without Money"
A BAD BARGAIN WHICh CHRISTS
BLOOD ALONE WILL RIGHT.

TOPEKA. Kan. Aug. 9-Dr Tai
mage reached this city yesterday in the
course Of his western trip. He was
warmly welcomed by the citizens, who
came In large numbers TO hear the IA
nous Brooklyn divine The subject
of the sermon for this week Is, "a Poor
Investment" and the text, Isaiah Iii, s,
Eye have sold yourselves for naught;
and ye shall be redeemed without
money"
The Lords people had gone head
long into sin, and as Il punishment they
had been carried captive 20 Babylon.
They found that iniquity did not pay.
Cyrus seized Babylon. and felt 50 sorry
for these poor captives that, without a
dollar of compensation. be let them
go home. go that, literally, my text
was fulfilled. ''Ye have sold yourselves
for naught; and We shall be redeemed
without money"
There is enough Gospel ip this text
for fifty sermons. There are persons
here who have, like the people of the
text, sold out You do not seem to be-
long either TO yourselves or to God.
The title deeds have been passed over
to ''the world, the flesh, and the devil"
but the purchaser uever paid up. Eye
have sold yourselves for naught."
THE WORLD NRvEn PAYS ITS DEBTS.
When q man passcs himself over to
the world he expects to get some ade-
quate compensation. He has heard the
great things that the world does for
man, and he believes it. He wants two
hundred and flfty thousand dollars.
That will be horses and houses, and a
summer resort, and Jolly companion
ship. To get 1t he parts with his phys
icl health by overwork. He parts
with his conscience. He parts with
much domestic enjoyment. He parts
with opportunities for literary culture
He parts with his soul And so he
makes over his entire nature to the
world.
He does it in four installments. He
pays down the a.. -.--0i'' a.su
! --.-avurrh OF his nature Is gone. he
pays down the second installment, and
one-haE of his nature is gone. He pays
down the third installnent, and three
quarters OF his nature are gone; and
after many years have gone by he pays
down the fourth installment, and lol
bis entire nature is gone. Then he
comes up to the world and says:
"Good morning have delivered to
you the goods. have passed over to
you my body, my mind and my soul,
and I have come now to collect the
two hundred and ffty thousand dol.
lars" 1.-TWO hundred and fifty thou.
sand dollarss" says the world.
what do you meanr' Well" you
say, II come to collect the money you
owe me, and I expect you to fulfill YOU
part of the contract" ''But," says the
world, 'T have failed am bankrupt
I cannot possibly pay that debt.
have not for long while expected t.
pay it." We'll" you then say, "givt
me back the goods" "Oh, no." say
the world, they are all gone. I can
not give them back to you" And there
you stand on the confines of eternity
your spiritual character gone, stagger
| ing under the consideration that ''yot
have sold yourself for naught."
| I tell you tho world Is II liar; it doe
not keep it's promises, 1t is cheat
and 1t feeces everything it can put it
hands on. It Is a bogus world. 1t is
six-thousand- -year-old swindle Even
Il pays the two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars for which you contracted
it pays them in bonds that viii not b
worth anything In little while. Jus
as q man may pay down ten thousan
dollars In hard cash and get for 1t worth
less scrip--so the world passes over t
you the two hundred and fifty thor
sand dollars In that shape which wi
not be worth farthing to you a thor
sandth part of a second after you az
, dead. ''Oh," you say, ut will help t
bury me anyhow Oh, my brother
| you need not worry abont that. tn
! world viii bury you soon enough fro,
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WEALTH WILL NOT PASS THE GRAVE
Post mortetn emolumeDts are of n
. use to you The treasures OF this worl
+ viii not pass current in the futul
world; and If all the wealth of tt
Bank of England were put in the pock'
: of your shroud, and you in the mid
!, OF the Jordan of death were asked
pay three cents for your ferriage, yo
4 could not do it There comes nomel
In your existence beyond which a
a earthly values fail; and many me
l. has wakened up 10 such time to fir
q that he has sold out for eternity ar
>. has nothing to show for it. l shou
It as soon think of going to Chatha
a street to buy silk pocket handkerchie
g with no cotton In them as to go to I'll
II world expecting to find any permane
. happiness. II has deceived and delu
ed every man who has ever put
trust in 1t.
History tells us of one who resofv
;. that he would have all his senses gra
" fed at one and the same time, and
!. expended thousands of dollars on ca
A sense. He entered n room, and The
were the first musicians of the Ia.
Z. pleasing his ear. aud there were q
be pictures fascinating his eye, and tn,
ID were costly aromaties regaling his u
y trils, and there were the richest me-
q and wines and fruits and confecti6
e pleasing the appetite, and there was
g soft couch Of Sinful Indulgence
q which he reclined, and the man
| elared afterward that he would 8