Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-11-18


,.,,t.s o,-rver~s- AMI ae NAY have in
,~- -. trr-.v.n-~4 ~ sos.-tT m thetor-
..>.-#..e II the w3r.,i Although If a man
~rr~r tat sin atth5riv u 'htrtv-ave years
~ acy. = era i~no- on" cas- ont % O t1'e-
..tst s- ~ Ger r-prnt-. You must IN
$50 - .a.i.n -~., i IT is possible tina.
n, (. -. - .aveSri-af@i max not have bean
exeertiou. But 10 not "hop Of the
-.rett. e}r.p.D lI@c; 20 suit the case. Do
not an fairbanks sral" 10 suit what
TX ching with II. Do not cut OF
~ - suit The Try goods you are
-@-.a.. ...t. law -'anl AMI never
..vtar SIT =.
.rv ,ast / hav. ha.r!- Tor fifteen. twenty
vt..-- .a.a hard il that there il no such
fhf..4- purity. n ypn make that charge
rou ~ 4 t~olI-tEcuth"i saaafater Of toe
ulr.u race. You are a leper- Make room
.or that Iepera When a man, ~ pen or type
ortcny1e. u.ters such q SANDER on the fi9-
nan -.o.. that tharo is no such thin a.
pIrltv snoT rish. away thatthat man nin-
-elf : a waking lazaretto. Il reeain- ulcer.
ana il II 'or no society better than that ~
,lovlls damned. We may enlarge our char
tlc- III -Icu a ca- but in 10 such cas- iet
Ii. siiass oT the Ten Commandments. Let
tn"a! stand - the everlasting d"tensa o. so
-iotv and the rhurch Of col
Inc committing 81 one SIN Opus lfH 'tefC
FOR the commission % othe. sins. YJl e"e
il every tav. Inpsa ompezzier-. those tmit
rashlers aosr0nilnc a soon "a they ars
prought TO justice. develop the fact that
they were in all kinds OF sin. NJ excapt5on
70 the rule. They all kept bat company.
they nearly all canblrd. they al went TO
plares where thav ought not. Why; Tn
SAYING this has les, bl.zc. TINS has Jess mo
mentun. Better not handle the guns, better
not experiment much with the divine ammu-
nition.
Cicero -a.f he saw the Hind" written On
i nutshell. and YOU and | layo seen the
Lords PRAYER written on a fye cont piece,
hut the whole tendency OF tnes" times is TO
write the Ten Commandments SO small no.
/ body can sec them. | protest this day against
the attempt to revise the Deealogue which
was given on Mount Sinai amid the blast Of
trumpets and the cracking OF the rocks. and
the paroxysn Of the mountain OF Arabia
Petraa.
| bring up the candidates for ward and
township and city and state office. l bring
them up. and try them by this Decaloguo.
OF course they are imperfect. We are all
imperfect. We say things we ought not to
say we DO things We ought not to 40. We
have all been wrong we have all done
wrong. But l shall f1ni out one Of the can
didates who comes, IN my estimation. nearest
TO obedience Of the Ten Commandments, n
1 will vote for him. and you will vote for
Him unless you love God less than your
party then YOU will not.
Herodotus said that Nitocris. the daughter
OF Nehuchadnezzar, was go fascinated with
her beautiful village Of Ardericca that she
had the river above BABYLON changed 80 II
wound this way AMI wound that, and curved
this way ana curved that, and th~oughzyou
sailed on it for three days every day you
would be in sight of that exquisite village.
Now, | do not care which way you sail In
morals or which way you sail in life II you
only sail In sight of this beautifA group OF
divine commandments. Although they may
sometimes seem to be a little angular, I dc
not care which way you sail. II you sail IN
sight OF them you will never run aground,
and you will never be shipwrecked. Society
needs toning up on all these subjects.
tell you there is nothing worse to fight
than the ten regiments, with bayonets and
sabres Of fire. marching down the side Of
Mount Sinai. They always gain the victory
and those who fight against them go under.
There are thousands and tens of thousands
Of men being slain by the Decalogue. VIVA,
Is the matter with that young man of whom
read, dying in his designations? In hts dy.
ing delirium he said, Now fetch on the
dice. 1t is mine, No, no 1t IS gone. all is
gone Bring on more wine Bring on mors
wine Oh, how they rattle their chains
Fiends. fiends, fiends / say you cheat Tht
cards are marked Oh, death oh, death
oh. death Fiends, fends. flends ~ And h,
gasped his last and was gone. The Tel
Commandments slew him.
Let not ladies and gentlemen in this nine
teenth century revise the Ten Command
ments, but let them In society and at the
polls put to the front those who come thu
nearest to this God-lifted standard. On the
first Tuesday morning OF November read the
twentieth chapter % Exodus at family
prayers. The moral or immoral character Of
the officers elected viii add seventy-fve De,
rent. unto or subtract e.N"nty-ave per cent,
rom the publ" morals.
You and | canno. afford 10 have bad ofl
clais. In" young Wru OF this country can
not AFFORD to have bad officials. The com.
m"rtlal, tn" moral. III" artistic. the agricu
tural. the manufacturing, the religious In
rests ot lhls country ,nnHOt afford 10 hav.
commission Of the one sin opened the gat
for all the other sins. Sins go in hocks, 1
droves and in herds. You open the door II
on" sin that invites in all the miserabl
segregation.
Some Of the campaign orators this autumn
some OF them-bombarding the sufrerir
candidates all the week. will think no wrou
in Sabbath breaking. All the week hurlir
the eighth commandment at one candidat
the seventh commandment at another ca,
didate and the ninth commandment at ST
another. what are they doing with the four
commandment, "Remenber the Sabbath dt
70 keep it holy?" Breaking it. Is not Il
!. fourth commandment as important as Il
eighth, as the seventh, as the ninth?
Some OF these political campaign orator
=. as have seen them reported in other year
and az | have heard 1t in regard to theI
!, Oombariing the suffering candidates all Il
week. NJ tossing the iarneof God from the
lil- reekl"sslv. guilty o. profantty-what a
they ,loin- with the third commandmen
Ie not the thiri commandment. which say
Thou shalt not take the name of the Io
thy God in vain. for the Lord will not no
him %guiltle3s that taketh his name In val
* not the third commandment as impc
tant ~ the other seven Oh. yes. We And.
+, all departments men are hurting the irindi
nntion1aSainst sins perhaps 70 which they q
not especially t~empted-hurling il agair
lniquitv toward which they ara not partic
larry drawn.
: have this took for my authority when
: say that the nan who swears or the man "
! breaks the sabbath Is as culpable before G.
: as theS- canftiates who break sother co.
: Gantrl@ntS What right have YOU AMI
: -".e which commandment W. viii Keep g,
whl'e * viii break Better no. .rv
! L"a>ur M thunder OTIS o. thu Alnfch:
To g" nla|= ant II YOU On looking overt =
w a"!t. rar2ot flnt Gen who In yol
81" ati1n o7n@ within reasonable distan,
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