Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-02-18
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.


ION. fiave yOl hearl or tOds dalRhteTf
Ste was torn IN hes ven. She cam down
over the bills OF our world. She had lueenly
.'eu. On her brow was celestial radiance.
tier Voice was music. Her name is Religton.
Nv text introduces her. Her ways are
"avs ~ p~loa-antne,, aui all her paths are
ne.
But what i, re,ig on The fact is that
theological -tlly la nai a different eFec.
noon me from the TT ct sometimes uro-
tlic~d. Fiery year tear ont another leaf
from my theology until ! have only three or
ar ayes ieft-n other words, a VERY brief
aWl pIain statement az Christian belief.
An aged Christian minister SAIL When
Wa- n Young man, ! Eue. ev.rvtninZ:
-hen J rot 10 he thirtv-fve year, OF age. in
Nv ministry bad only a nunirei doctrines
If roliC oIi. w8en got TO he forty year, Of
re, had Gntv NV doctrinS9 Of religion;
~i1an ! got" be s'1ty year o. age, ! nal
@utN ten .tc'raH-- =, region. Al t..o~ 40
isln. ~ eyenty-ave years Of age, AMI there
s. 'HlF QUO th;ng | know, and that is that
Christ Jesus catn@ INTO the world To sav,
%sfir"f-. An E~p have noticed in the study
&. l'4l> "ati and IN my contemplation If
~" enhrae'"r II God AMI Of the eternal
world 'tIt IT J. necessary for mo 70 drop this
art ~ ny trtief and tlst paw 81 my beiei
a bonn n2n">,entIal. whfle | cling to the
one sI.tf doctrine lint man is a sinner. and
thrI-' Is Ills Afmlghty ant Divine Saviour.
"" take these three qr four lea YES Of
"a Theology, and I I'M that, IN the first
JI1"-, nni dominant httove all others. j, the
.un>aln"o, rrI.l"n. Wh-n | 90 into a room
IihE" 4 I.t-ttp}t for throwing open al the
shutter that j, wiat want to 10 this
1H"rulng " ~, apt tosthrow 50 iHucu IL
fh'-spN,chIti INTO our religion AMI u close
~" %ntitter- mi - pull down tn, blinds
that 4 Is oniy through here and there a cre-
VI" t4iat tn" Iitht streams. The religion ~
Tho l-prt J.sur Christ j. a religion % o. m
it.,.-#t.iI ~. .H( nm, 80 We
can tint i beiI ! mean t. ring it.
II ihrrnstrn any II TIN, house this morn
M "tp tr" disposed 70 hold on 10 their
n'iauchaIy AMI gloom, 1T them now "lo,art
tin service ,efDrrt the taIre-t ant the bright
~ mi ~" most raII1nt beng of al tbs
univcr comes IN. Go4's Son has left our
world, hul tioI's !aurher i here. Give her
room. Han, princess of heaven Hail.
daughter - ih" ord Almgntyl Come
IA md ruako tins nous" thy throncruon.
~ tong forth tins idea the dominant
the ~ ~ Religion Is one Of sunshine.
f@rilN kno" wh're 70 begin, for there are
50 many thoughts that ruin upou INV sput.
\ mother aw-ner htt!c chnld seated on the
door ~ the un~hlne AM With 4 spoon IN her
nrnd. size sud, My darling, what ar.
Null dong there's 'Dh = replied the child
I'm citing Il ,p3ontul OF this sunshine."
Nouid 20 tlat To- lay might present YOU
with a cleaning challcc OF this glorious,
WI ltHNlltS 'fp>Itl sunshine.
Flr~t ~ al. ! fipi = craqt deal Of sunshine
y, Christian o'letY.
J &c not know ut anything more ,oleful
TN TN compromising OF the mere fun
makers 81 tin world-lho Thomas Hoods.
the tharl"~ lambs, the Charles Matthews
't the ""rid the mon whose entire business
u - - muE" sport. They make others
laugh. hut II vou Will examine their altohi-
"ernIly or biography you Will find that
down m their soul there was a terrific dis
IRletult. Laughter i no sign Of happiness.
II" malni" laughs. The hyena laughs. The
loon among the AIlronlacks laucn. The
drnntgrf. da,hing his iecanter against tho
wal. laughs.
Ihtrn !. at"rribio reaction from all sinful
iuuu>a mrnt amt sinful In~errinent. Such
'neu are cross tle next day. They snap at
You on exchange, or they pass you. not
t~cco2nItut Won. Long ago | quit mere
worldly society Tor the reason itswas 80 dull,
80 mani" and 80 stupid. My nature is
NuraClpu~.o 81 Joy. must have it.
always walk on the sunny side Of the
street, and Tor that reason | nave crossed
over INTO Christian society. | like their mode
.ut telartee better; | like, their style Of
amusement better. They live longer.
Christian people, | sometimes notice, live on
when hy all natural law they ought To nave
died. hav" known persons who have con.
ttnuel III Their existence when the doctor
sall they plsht'to nave been dead ten years.
tvtry gay al thcir existence was a defiance
81 the laws 81 anatomy ami physiology, but
thcy had tins supernatural vivacity Of the
Gospel IN Their soul, and that kept them
alive.
Tut ten or twelve Christian people in a
Room for CHRISTIAN conversation. AM YOU
Will from StD II o'clock hear more r,.SOuni-
lng rite, snc more bright strokes OF wit. and
find more thought and profound s~atisfac-
ton than IN any merely worldly party.
Now, whvn ~ay a worldly party mean
that 10 winch YOU are invited, because UNI
der all the circumstances Of the case it is
the best tor yeu 10 be invited, and to which
S1u 70 because nnHier all circumstances OF
the ,a>" u i heft"r ;uat you 80. and leaving
t'o I1wts vu tn" second door you 90 to thu
partat 10 glvrf,rnal salutation to the host
an tue hostess, anu then move around
hpcnilnG the wiz lie evening In the discuss
sion 81 the weather. ami III apology for
t~r"ailns III lon. trails, and in effort u keep
the corners Of the Inouth up Il the sign
q pleasure, an going around with ar
lilotr hn-Na about nothlng, until tha COLA
ton ~ ~erSe3. an | then after the collation.
IS srfvei gong back "a gain into the parlor
70 resume the weather, and then at the close
going az : very Ia hour 10 thu host and
hostess AMI e>>urin them that you have
hnta most d".tIhtlH. evening, ani then pass
~ down ~ the front steps, the slam OF the
door thu only satisfaction o. the evening.
I'm. YOUNG man, come from the country
T. >peirt N0Ir ,!ay> III city hfe, where ar
Nou gong tospeni our oveningS2 Let M
tell yusi. NSn Is there are many places of IN
nvcout worldly amusement, II Is most WIS.,
for YOU L. throw your boiy, mind aui sou
into Christian ciety = Come I, mo at tn,
close ~ five Year, and Yell me what has bee,
the rgSult ri TINS n twice Bring wlch yo
the young ultnewh ~ refused u take the al
v~icvani who went INTO sinful amusement
lAr will come d4>>Ipatci. shabby in appare
iud SpoN'd - luo> any one IN the eyes, mOrs
character elsaty-Nve per cent. of. You WI
ONE WITH principle settled. colutenauc
trankj habits Erof, s3ui saved and all I'll
lnhthl 1aut, ot heaven, from the lowest anS,
up - hr ~arcAansel AMI clear past him
the LORD tod Almighty. Your coadjutors.
THIS i u0t the advice Of a miSanthrOr
There : no man III the house TO whom Il
world i brighter than !. Is 10 me. IL is Il
the advice of a n~y>pepuc-ny digestion
l~eritct, Il Is not the advice OF a an WI
s cannot understand a lohe or who prefers
funeral. Il i not the advice OF a vorno'
;aan, tat the ADVICE Il a man who IAN :
ti, world ~ altf ,ri-h-nass. AMI, c5asi
ring myself competent IN Judging what
-opl cheer. | tell the mu.utuieS % YOU,
men III this Gau>e this mornln tnat there
nothing IN worldly associations 81 era
and So beautiful ami 50 exhllaraut as
a ErlSfNn ~ N~in+