Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-11-11

| name and Asiatic residence. The most Won
| derful achievement OF the theosopb5stz ia
that they keep ont Of the insane asylum.
| Theyprove. thetrnth otthe statement that 10
! religion ever announced was - atSnr3 tGt
II gained disciples.
Societies in the Tinted states an ! Er-fa.l
| aud other lands hase been established fa-
the PRONUNCIATION - the7soohE- InS-eat -
| needing the revelation q a Billie y0l .a1}
| have these spirits from a cave In central Asia.
| TO tell you all you ought - know. and arter
YOU leave this life Won may beoom" Il prlTsq
| donna, or a robin. or a gaZalle. or a sot. or
a prize fighter. or 2 He,oi. or a JeZchel. AMI
50 be enabled % have great variety o.
experience. rotating through the unt-
verse. now rising. now falling. nrv
shot out in a straigh. line and now feSrra-
Ing a parabola. and on AMI on. and ~ an
up, and down and down. and round anj
round. Don't YOU see? Now. that theosoph!r
lifeboat has been launched II propeses =
take you off the rough sea OF DOUBT into ever
tasting quietude. How do you like the liz
boat? My opinion is you hal better ~i9itate
| tie mariners OF NY text and cnt Of the ro;ea
Of that boat and let her fall OF.
Another lifeboat tempting rs 70 enter !
! made Of many planks Of -o0i works. II :
really a beautiful boat-almsgivin2. prartj-
cal svmpathies FOR human suffering, right
eous words and righteous daals. | must
a Init I like the looks o. the PROV. an n
~ iD"4 = an - III ''4'Hf t+t' 't 10
steering gear. and ~ many who are thjnk
| ing 70 trust themselves on her f"nr2nS. buf
the trouble about that llfeboat is It leaks. |
never knew a man yet good enough to earn
heaven by his virtues or generosities.
If there he one person here present on this
blessed sabbath all Of whose Thoughts have
teen always right. all Of whose actions have
always been right. and all Of whose woris have
always been right. let him stand up. or if al
ready standing let him lit HIS hand. and |
will know that he lies. Paul had it about
right when hesaid. by the deeds Of the law
shall no flesh living be justified. DAVID mad
II about right when he said. There Is none
that doeth- good. 10 not one.
II" old hook mad It about right w1on II
said. "All have >inn-i ana come short 81 rhs
glory Let 2 man Get OF that little
-tr8-uGr r1ilea The Mai % the Mist. which
-ai~ M to the loot Of Niagara Falls. an then
,;..h to tHetoI % the 1aile onthe dpscrn tin1
floods, for Re can 10 il easier than AIRY man
ever Will =" able 70 clitnb to he"Tcn ~ hie
good, works
sIf an tf,,,b.. hoo. ,u,,. b.., ...t,
rif,ht and yn1- war9a eYa.tlv r,.t. an,
your dep1s always 4yaatIy rieht y.n can
% untotha ,,ato Of heacen ar1 ron need
not even kno.. tor abundance mn nnnn il
Yourself an1 nush the ANGELS ont - vo,- wav
and 20 up an take one Of the front seats.
But Won would be 50 unlike any on else that
has gone M from this world that Won wnuld
be a curiosity in heaven ana mere fl for a
heavenly nn,eum than for a place where the
inhabitants could look at YOU free of charge.
No. sir. Iadmire vour good works. and tina
lifeboat YOU are thinking Of trusting In is
han9somer than apv vawl or plnnace or
Yacht or cutter that ever sped out ola boat
house or hoisted sail fora race. But she leaks.
Trust your soul in that, and YOU will go to
the bottom. She leaks. SO | initiate the
marines q, me. text. ana ytna cutlass strike
the ropes Of The boat and let her fall Of.
Another iifehoat is Christian Encon-
sj.trntIeS The planks OF this boat are
romnose1 Of tha snIit nlanks Of shinwrncks
That prov is made out of hypocrisy from
the life OF a man who professed one thing
and really was another. One oar Of this
lifehoat was the .falsehood of a church mem
Der and the other oar was the wickpdness
Of some minister OF the Gospel. whose in
i~u;,ities were not for n ,onc while found ont
Not one plank from the oak of Gods
pterna!. truth n all that lifehoat. All the
blanks. by universal admission. are decaved
and crumblinr and fallen apert and rorten
and ready to sink.
well. Well. !: yoa say. mo one will want
TO get into that lifeboat. Oh, my friend.
YOU are mistaken. That Is the most popular
llfeboat ever constructed. That Is the most
popular n1ehOat ever launcne0. Millions OF
people want to get into 1t. They iostle each
other to get the best seat in the boat. You
could not keep them back though you stood
0~OA SNA o.'t
Greece in q hurricane. end the steerage pas
sengers were determined to come up on deck
where they would have been washed off. and
the officers stood at the top of the stairs
clubbing them back. Even by SUCH violence
as that Won could not keep people from
jumping into the most popular Iiteboat. made
of church member Inconsistencies.
In times of revival when sinners flock into
the inquiry room the most Of them are kept
from deciding Alright because they know 90
many Christians who are bad. The inquiry
room becomes q Worlds Fair for exhibition
Of all the f~railties OF church members 40 thar
if Won believe ALI is there told Won Won wonld
he afraid TO enter a church leat YOU get your
pockets nirked or oct knocked down
This i the way they talk II vas chaa+a.
out of $500 by a leader Of a Bihle cluss Il.
Sundav-school teacher yossfped about n
and did her best TO destroy my good name
Il had a partner in business who swanpeG
our business concern by his trickery and then
rolled up his eyes in Friday night PRAYER
meeting. as though hp were looking for
Elijah's chariot 10 make q second t-ip An
take up another passenger.
Ru. vbat a craolad ,,.t ,ra.ar .,a ~.
CARING seamad hfahoat tba 'n.ansitan.ia