Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-11-02
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE's SUM-
DAY SERMON.
Subject: objections"


trumpet omd the mountain smoking. Exc
dus XXX, is.
My text informs you that the Hghtpinrs
and earthquakes united their forces to wreel,
mountain Of Arabia Petrfea in olden time.
and travellers to-day finds heaps OF porphyry
and greensboro rocks, bowlder against bowl
der, the remains of the first law library.
written. not on parchment or papyrus. hut
on shattered slabs of granite The corner
stones OF all morality, of all wise law. of all
righteous Jurisprudence, of all good Govern
ment are the two tablets of stone on which
were written the Ten Commandments.
All Roman law, all French law all English
law, all American law that is worth ANYTHING.
al common law, civil law, criminal law.
martial law, law of Nations were rocked in
the cradle ofthetwentieth chapter of Exodus.
ana It would be well in these times of great
poiltlcal agitation If the newspapers would
print the Decalogue some day in place of the
able editorial. The fact is that some people
suppose that the law has passed out of exist
ence and some are not aware of some Of the
passages OF that law, and others say this or
mat is OF the more Importance, when no one
mas any right TO make such an assertion.
These laws are the pillars of society, and if
you remove one pillar you damage the whole
structure
| have noticed that men are particularly
vehement against sins to which they are not
particularly tempted and find no especial
wrath against sins in which they them
serves indulge. They take out one gun from
thus battery of ten guns, and load that,
and unlimber that, and fire that. They
say, 'Ihis Is an Armstrong gun, and this
is a krupp gun, and this is Nordenfeldt
flve-harreied gun. and this is a Calling ten
pafreled gun, and this IS o Martini thirty
seven-barreied gun. But L have to tell
them that they are all Of the same caliber,
and that they shoot from eternity to eternity.
Many questions are before the people in
the elections all over this land, but / shall
try to show you that the most important
thing to be settled about all these candidates
is their personal, moral character. The Dec
alogue iorblds ldolatry. image making, pro-
family, maltreatment of parents, Sabbath
desecration. murder. theft, incontinence,
lying and covetousness. That is the Deca-
logue by which you and | viii have to be
tried, and by the same Decalogue you and
must try candidates for Office.
VI course we shall not find anything like
perfection. Ill we do not vote until we find
an Immaculate nominee, we Will never vote
at all we have so many faults OF our own
we ought not to be censorious or maledic-
tory or hypercritlcal in regard to the faults
oil others The Christly rule is as appropriate
Tor November as any other month in the
year. Judge not that ye be not judged,
for with what measure ye mete it shall be
measured TO you again.
MOST certainty are we not TO takethe state
ment OF redhot partlsanshlp as the real char
aeter OF any man. From nearly all the great
cities oil TINS land receive daily or weekly
newspapers. sent to me regularly and in COM
plllnent. so see both sides--l see all Sides
ana It Is most entertaining and most regular
amusement 10 read the opposite statements.
Inc one statement says the man Is an angel.
ana the other says he is a devil, and l split
the dinerence and flnd MN haif way be-
tween
Ihere never mas been an honest or respec-
table man running Tor the United States
presidency, or Tor q Judgeshlp, or for the
mayoraiiy, or Tor the shrieyaity since the
foundation OF the American government, If
we may peneVe the ola lies Oh the newspa-
pefs III the museums what mercy 1t is
that they were NOT all hung before they we're
lnaugurated! II a man believe one-half OF
what ne sees III the newspapers in these
times, MS career Will be very short outside OF
Bioomlngdale insane asylum.
was absent two or three years ago dur
ing one week OF political canvass, and L
was dependent entirely upon what l read in
regard to what had occurred in these cities.
and read there was procession in New
York OF 5000 patriots and minute after
read in another sheet that there were 1900,
and then read in regard to another process
sion that there were 10, 900, and then | read
in another paper that there were 10000.
campaign orator in the Rink or the
Academy OF Music received very cold re-
ls-.. L.