Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-08-06
REV.DR. TAIMAGE
TIE BROOKLYN DININE'S Sun
DAY SERMON.

TEXT IN are 3oars,"-I Corinthians
III. :.
The impression is atroa1 that religion
puts a man on short allowance: that when
the ship sailing heavenwari comes u the
shining wharf it will he found out that all
the pa PASSENGERS had the hardest kind o. sea
rarr: that the soliiers IN Christ's army
march most OF the time with an. empty hav-
crsacx: in a word, that only those Peep g
have good time in tins world who take
upon themselves no religious Obligation.
want to-day to fini our whether this Is
~. AMI ! am going to iase account Of stock.
am going to show what are the CHRISTIANS
liabilities, and what Is MS income, and what
are his warranted deeds, ant what ara his
bonds and mortgages, ana ! shall find gu
before finish just how much he is worth,
aud | shalt spread te:ore you the balance
aheet in time To warn you all against the re-
liglon OF Jesus Christ II lnieei II b. a fail
ure. aud in time tor you all To accept 1t II
indeed it tea succes>. turn first u the
assets. and1 find there what seem, 70 be Il
roll Of Government securitIes-the empire al
heaven promising all things to the possessor.
The three small words of my text are a war
rantee deed to the Whole universe when 1t
says "Ali are your
In making an inventory OF the Christians
poaseseions | remark III the first place that
lac owns this world. Ny text implies it aui
the preceding verse asserts IT" whether
luLl or AtTtIor OF tFpAdN vi II "CI
Now II would b. IN absurd thing To sup
pose that God would give To stranger,
privileges and advantages which He would
deny III. own children. II you have Il large
park, a grand mansion, t-autiful fountains
stalking deer and staIuary, u whom vii!
you give the first right Il all these posses
siun.s To outsiders? No, to yolr own
childl@n. You will say. 1T will be very
we'll for outsiders to come in hnd walk these
paths and ENJOY this landscape, but the first
right to my house. and the first right to my
statuary. the first right to my gardens shall
TO I'm the possession of NV own children
Now this world is Gods park, aud while
He allows those who are not His children,
and who refuse His authority. the privilege
walking through the gardens, the possession
Of all this grandeur of park and mansion is
in til. light Of the Christian-the flowers,
tho diamonds, the silver, the gold, the morn
ing brightness and the evening shadow. The
Christian may not have the title deed to one
acre Of land as recorded in tbs clerk. office,
he may never have paid one dollar Of taxes.
but he can 90 up on u mountain and look off
upon fifty miles Of grain field and say, IAN
this is mine; my Father gave it to me" IAN
are yours.
A lawyer is sometimes required u search
titles, and the client who thinks he has u
good right to an estate puts the papers III
his hands, aud the lawyer goes into tn.
public records and finds everything right
for three or four OF FIVE years back; but
after awhile he comes to u break in the
title, to a deficit, to a diversion OF the
property; 50 he finds out that the man who
supposed he owned it owns not an acre Of
the ground, while somebody else has the full
right to the entire estate. Now l examine
the title to all earthly possessions. | 60
back u little way, and | find that men Of the
world-bad msn, selfish men, wicked men
think they have a right to all these
possessions; but | go further back, and |
trace the title from year to year and FROM
century to century, until / find the whole
right vested in God. Now to whom did He
give it. To His own children, A are
yours"
The simple fact is, that in tue last days Of
the world all the architecture, all the cities,
all the mountains, all the villages will be in
the possession OF the church of Christ. The
meek shall inherit the earth" Ships Of
Tarshish shall bring presents. The earth
is the Lords and the fullness thereof "All
are yours" But" you say, what salts
faction Is there in that when | haven't pos
session of them" These things will come
before the Supreme Judge Of the universe
and He will regulate the title, and He will
eject these squatters upon the property that
does not belong to them, and 1t shall be
found that "All are yours"
So, again, the retinements of life are the
Christians right. He has a right to as good
apparel, to as beautiful adornments, to as
c~ommodious q residence as the wording.
Show me any passage in the Bible that tells
the people Of the world they have privii-
eges, they have giittering spheres, they have
BETTING apparel that are denle1 the Chris
tian. There is no one who has so mucn q
right to laugh, none SO much Il right to
everything that is beautiful and grand and
sublime in life as the Christian. "Ail are
yours" Can it he possible that one who Is
reckless and sinfu! and has no treasures laid
up IN heaven is to toe allowed pleasures which
the sons and daughters oil Goi, tn owners
Of the whole universe. are denied
SO | remark that ali the sweet sounds of
the world are in the Christians right. There
are people who have an idea that lnstru-
ments OF music are inappropriate Tor the
Christians parlor. When did the house of
SIN or the baccnanai get the right TO music?
They have no right IL II. t'oi, In my texr,
makes over to Christian people all the pl
amos. all the harps- all the drums, all tn,
comets, all the tlut-> all the organs. PEG
pie OF the world may turfow them, but they
only borrow them t.r, nave no right IA
title 10 them. Goa - en- 10 thr.stian
people III my text. when H. SAIL, IAN are
yours,
David no more certainly owned the harm
with which he th- praise OF GOD
than the church Vt christ owns now all
chants, all anthems, All ivory keyboaris, all
organ diapa>ou>. AMI tod will gather un
these sweet sounds after awhile. an He will
nsngle them inone great harmony. and the
Menielsshons AMI tue bAethovenS and tn.
Mo@arts II earth Wit JON their voices and
theii mlt>lcai ln>tru Teuts. the soft south
wlnd aud the loud .unged eurociy Ion Will
sweep the great organ pipes, ami Won shalt
see trois hagri striking tb- KEYS AMI Gofs
Loot trapping the PEDALS IN thu great ora
lorio " the ages
80 all arti~Ilc aud literary adv4u1age are
III The Tristan right Do not car. On
whose wall tia p;c.ure hangs. or Oh whose
pedestal the sculpture stands. II belongs Ia
Christians. The bIer>tai it, all 1 the churches
are all working for rs All are YOURS,
he l.uxefnbourgS the Louvre. all the cal
ieries Of Naples and Rome ani N-n.ce-they
are all Ia cone into the possession OF the
church OF Jesus Christ. We NAV not nov
have them on orr walls. but the time will
come when the writ OF e)ectment viii ba
served anu the church viii possess everv
thing All parks, al! hshponds. AL coiors,
AL harve>ts all, all are yours
Secondly | remark that the right 70 full
temporal support IS In tbs Christians name.
II Is a great affair IL fe@t the world. Just
think OF the f.ct that this morning sixteen
hundred millions OF our rae break.as,ei at
Gods table! The conmlssary e-partmen,
OF a hundred thousand men IN any arms
VIII engage scores OF people, bat Just thin.