Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-02-27

he confessed that GOf Is @ God Of Gods and
Lord of Lords, yet behold that that hum
bilnga and arousing which he before felt did
NOT result in a radical change,
There Is no mistake more frequent than Of
supposing conviction 4 synonym for con-
version. Conviction is merely a sight OF
SID; Conversion is View of pardon. Con-
'victicn is merely alarm: conversion, IS conf
dence. Conviction Is dissatisfaction with
depravity; CONVERSION Is d turning awav
from It. Conviction is a sword wound: con-
version is the healing. Conviction is the
fever Of thirst; conversion is the shaking OF
that thirst. Conviction Is the pain. CONVEX
sion is the medicine that cures it. Thou
sands have ex perienced the former and never
experienced the latter.
There are multitudes who think that as
soon as a man Is serious he Is fit Tor profess
sion Of religion. What if & man should only
think seriously OF being a merchant: would
that make hiui a merchant. What if q man
should only think seriously of being a law
yer, would that make him a lawyer What
If a man should ONLY thinl seriousG/of being
a Christian; would that make hssa a Chris
tians Felix was convicted but not converted.
The Jaiier was convicted before he got out
Of bed, but not converted till at the advice
Of Paul be believed in Christ. Are youcon-
victed but not converte1s
tell you what you make me think OF.
You have made uD your mind for proper
consideration to deed away a property.
You have drawn the deed. The seal is af-
fixed opposite where YOU are to write your
name. The commissioner o. dee7s IS pres
ent to witness. You have your pen in hand.
There Is ink in the pen. There is only one
thing for you to do, and that is to sign your
name. suppose you stop now without
signing your name, what does il all amount
to- Nothing.
so you have resolved to give yourself up
to God. You propose to sign off to Him
your body. your mind, your soul. You have
all things necessary for the transfer. The
angels of God are here to witness the eter-
nal transfer. Why do you not now with
your will complete the work. Halt whers
you are ana all goes for nothing. Sign your
name to this spiritual transfer.
Professor Arago, the mathematician, got
woefully discouraged in his work and WAS
about to give it up, when he saw some wbrts
on the paper which had been used to stiffen
the cover of his book, and the words being
indistinct he dampened the cover until he
could take it off and see the words plainly
and he found they were words Of advice
given by UAlembert to a student, and the
words were, "to on, sir; 90 on" Dye who
are convicted, $50 on" You must take one
more step or all the steps you nave taken
will amount to nothing. Go on.
Again learn from the MISFORTUNE of tho
king OF Babylon what a terrible thing is the
loss of reason. There is no calamity that
can possibly befall us in this world so great
as the arrangement of lntellect-to have the
body of a man and yet to fall even below
the instinct of a brute. In this world of sad
sights the saddest is the idiots stara. In
this world Of awful sounds the most awful
is the maniac's laugh. \ vessel on the
rocks, when hundreds go down never to rise,
and other hundreds drag their inangle! and
shivering bodies up the wintry beach, II
NOTHING cOn1naraH IN the fo,1r1priDr of ntai.
leccs full OF vast hopes and atta,ninents and
capacities. Christ's heart went out to those
who were epileptic, falling into the fire, or
maniacS cutting themselves among tho
/ tombs.
We are accustomed to be more grateful
for physical health than for the proper
working Of our mind. We are apt to take
it for granted that the intellect which has
served US SO we'll will always be faithful.
We forget that an en- zine with such
tremendous power, when the wheels have
such ~vastness Of circle and such swiftness Of
motion and the least impairment might put
it out of gear, could only be kept 10 proper
balance by a divine hand. No human
power could engineer this train OF i'm mortal
faculties.
How strange it is that our memory, on
whose shoulders all the successes ana mis-
fortunes and occurrences OF q lifetime are
placed, should not oftener break down, and
that the scales Of Judgment, which have
been weighing SO much and SO long, should
not lose their ad iustment, AMI that fancy.
which holds a dangerous wand, should not
sometimes maliciously wave it, bringing into
1nos ne appalilns: I IL IS Il not e strange That q the
expectations of this int.Iicct should not be
dashed to pieces on its disaopolnt;neatse
Though SO delicately attune1, tn, lnstru-
ment OF untold harfnonies PLAYS on. thour h
fear shocks it. ana vexations rack it, AID
sorrow and Joy and loss and gain in qulc,
succession beat out OF 1t tnelr dir2,a or draw
from it their anthem. At morning and at
night, when in your prayer you r~elearSe the
objects OF your thanksgiving, next to your
salvation by Jesus Christ, praise the Lord
for the preservation OF your reason.
How many fine intellects are beilg de.
ftroyed by anodynes and an;estheticssvhicll
were given by Providence for occasional use
in alienation OF pain or insomnia, but by be.
ing employed continuously after awhile cap
ture anf destroy. Choral, COCAINE, bro
indie OF potassium, opium and whole shelves
OF seductive etceteras that help turn
Netuchadne zZars into imbecility INTO mad
ness. Do not trlti. vita opiat-s that banunb
the BRAN. II you cannot live without tbs
perpetual and enslaViug use OF them, yor
had better die. Better die q sane man thar
live a foo. What right have you TO XII
your brain and put In will iangle your
nervous system? But rum is the cause Of
more insanity than anything else. There is
nothing like rum to put a man, like
Nebuchadnezzer , down on all tours.
Again, learn how quickly turns the whee
of fortune, from how high up to how fal
down went Nebuchndnezzar. Those now il
places of position and power, even thougl
they should live. will in a few years be dis
regarded, while some, who this day are Oh
scure and poverty stricken, Will ride up OF
the shoulders OF the people to take their turf
at admiration md the spoil, Of Office. On
how qulci ly the wheel turns Ballot b0xe
are the steps Oh which men come down q
often as they go un. Or those who We're
few years ago successful III the accumulation
OF property how few have not met with r.
verses of fortune. while many OF those who
then were straitene1 in circumstances now
hold the bonds AMI the bank ke,s of tbs ma
ton and win the most bows on the =ex
change.
or all tickle people IN tue woril F3rtune
is the most tickle. Erery day she change,
her mind and Woe to that man who mt,
any confidence in what she promise 81
proposes. She cheers Hhen Won 60 u,anI
laughs when You COM down. Oh. trl,t no.
a moment Your hearts affections u -alS
changeahle world. Anchor YOUR s1gi N
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