Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-07
CHEATED INTO SIN"
DR.. TALMACE breaches IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
The Ora. Nets Of EVIL and Crime Al
ways Exposcd Young Man HOLD
Onto the Bible: IT'S the Hest Book
You Ever Owned"

the opportunity OF hearing DR. lalHia2e' VINO
~ visiting the city by invitation OF the s'noeh's
of the university Last night vast audience
greeted the famous Brooklyn preacher al MS
lecture, and this evening. when he was an
nounced to preach special sermon 10 young
men, there was no building In the city that
would accommodate all who wanted 10 near
him His tex. WAS Proverbs l:l1. surrey 10
vain the net is spread in the sight OF any piiu'
Early in ihr morning l went out win
fowler to catch wild pigeons We has''nco
through the mountain gorge and INTO Inc 'o'-
est, We spread out the net, and eoVeIt" "p
the edges OF it MS well VIC could we af
ranged the call bird its feet fast. and us wings
Tapping in invitation TO all fowls OF hea'cn 10
settle down there VIZ retired into ooolh o.
branches and leaves and waited Hi'e'
while. looking out OF the door OF the hootn VIC
saw Il flock Of birds In tue sky Thry came
nearer aud nearer. and after while were aoout
to swoop into the net when suddenly 'ncy
darted away. Again We waited Alter whi'e
we saw another flock OF birds. They came nearer
and nearer until just at the moment when thcy
were about to swoop they darted away. Inc
fowler was very much disappointed as wei us
myself. We said TO each other wi hat Is inc
matterY' and why were not these o'ros
caught'" We went out and examined the net
and by f1utter OF u branch OF a tree part OF the
net had been conspicuously exposed, and the
birds coming very near had seep their peril ana
darted away. When saw THAI, said to the
old fowler, THAT reminds me OF q passage OF
Scripture: Surely in vain IL the net spread IN
the sight OF any bird" Now the net In my
text stands for temptation
The cali bird Of sin ,cmpts mer on from point
TO point and from branch TO brunch until tney
arc about to drop into the net liza man mas
out in time that II Is the temptation OF the
devil, or that evil men are attempting TO cap
turc his soul for time and for eternity. the man
steps back. He says. Il ON not 10 be caught
in that way: see what you arc about: surely
in vain Is the net spread Ia the sight Of any
bird"
perhcial and the subterraneous those ABOVE
xround those under ground II n man could
sec sin as It is, he would no more embrace It
than he would embrace y lcpcr. Sin Is q
daughter OF helI, yet she Is garlandcd and
robed and trinkctcd Her voice Is u warblc
Her check Is the setting sun Her forehead IL
an aurora. She says to men: Come, walk this
path with me; II is thymed and primrosed. and
the cir Is pewitchcd with the odors OF the hang
ing gardens OF heaven: the rivers are rivers OF
winc and all you have TO do Is TO drink them
up in chnlices that sparkle with diamond and
amethyst and chrysoprasus. Seel 1t Is all
bloom and roseate cloud and heaven" Oh! my
friends, II for one moment the choring OF all
these concerted voices of sin could be hushcd,
breath blowing through fiery flute. and the
skeleton arms on drums Of thunder and dark.
ness beating the chorus: The end thereof IL
DEATH"
Iwant to point out the insidious temptations
that are assaling more especially our young
men. The only kind OF nature comparatively
free from temptation, so far us can Judge, Is
the cold, hard, stingy, mean temperament
What would Satan do with such man II he
got him? Satan Is not anxious TO get man
who, after n whilc. may dispute with him the
realm OF everlasting mcanncss. 1t is the gen
erous young man, the ardent young man, the
warm-hearted young man. the social young
man, that is In especial peril. pirate goes
out on the sea, md ono bright morning he puts
the glass 10 his eye and looks OF, ind sees an
empty vessel floating from port TO port. He
says: "Ncvcr mind; that's no prize for us. "
But the same morning he puts the glass 10 his
eye and he sees vessel coming from Australia
laden with gold, or u vessel from the indies
laden with spices. He says: That's our
prize: bear down on III" Across that unfortunate
ship the graphing hooks are thrown The
crew are blindfolded and arc compelled to walk
the plank. 1t is not the empty vessel but tho
laden merchantmen that Is the temptation TO
the pirate. And o young man empty OF head,
empty OF heart, empty OF hfe-you want no
Young Mems Christian association to keep him
safe: he Is safe. He will not gamble unless 1t
is with somebody clse's stakes He will not
break the Sabbath unless somebody else pays
the horse hire. He will not drink unless
some one else treats him He will hang around
the bar, hour after hour, waiting for some gen.
erous young man to come in. The generous
young man comes In and accoSts him and says,
swell, will you have drink with me today"
The man, rs though IL were sudden thing for
him, says. "Weil we'll, II you insist on II l
WILL will"
rli nj ~,
else pays his expenses. For such young men
VIC will not fight We would no more contend
for them than Tar.ary and Ethiopia would fight
as to who should have tho great Sahara Desert:
but for those young men who are buoyant and
enthusiastic, those who are determined to do
something for time and for ctcrni,y--for them
We will fight, and we now declare everlasting
war against all the influences that assail them,
and we ask oil good men and philanthropists 10
wheel into line, and ull the armies Of heaven 10
bear down upon tho foe, and we pray Almighty
God that with the thLndcrboits OF his wrath he
will strike down and consume oil these infiu-
ences that ore attempting to destroy the young
men for whom Christ died
The first class Of tcmpta tions that assaults q
young man is led on ny the sccptc. He will not
admit that he is IN inidcl or ATHEIST Oh, no!
he is free thinker" he is one OF your
liberal" men: hC is free and easy In religion.
o. how liberal he is; nc is SO Liberal" that he
will give away his bible: he is SO liberal" that
he will give away the throne OF eternal justice;
he is SO liberal" that he would be willing to
give God out OF the universe; he is 50 liberal
that he would give up his own soul and the
souls Of all his friends. Now, what more could
you ask in the way Of iibcrality! The victim
OF the sccptic has probably just come
from the country. Through the inter.
vcnton Of friends he has been placed In q shop.
On Saturday tho sceptic says to him. "Well,
what arc you going to do tomorrow" He says,
II am going to church" rs II possiblc!" says
the sceptic. "Wcll. used to do those things:
was brought up suppose, rs you were. in o
religious family. and believed all those things,
but got over III tho fact is since came to
town have read great deal, and l have found
that there are great many things 10 the bible
that are ridiculous. Now, for instance, oil that
about the serpent being cursed to crawl in the
garden of Eden because It had tempted our first
parents: why. yon sec how absurd 1t is; you
can tell from the very organization OF the SER
pent that II had 10 crawl: it crawlod before IL
was cursed just rs well as IL crawIcd afterwards:
you can tell from It's organiza ton that it crawled
Then all that story about the whale swallow
ing Jonah. or Jonah swallowing the whale,
which was il, II don't make any difference
the thing is absurd: II Ia ridiculous to suppose
that u man could have gone down through the
Jaws OF q sea monster and yet kept his life
why, his respiration would have been hindcred
he would have bccn diecsted; the gastric Juice
would have dissolved tho tibrinc aud coagulated