Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-09-23
REV DIR. TALMAGE


fhInH 'haf they f~oF-neIth" realm Ia which r.
liglHh Tas chiefly u at. Now. while h0i,
day and holy ,tlacnS have their n2h. they can
hover IT, q -ufeti'utc f1r continuous c.arcise
q faith ani PRAYER.
III "tn"r .ari-. a r4aa cannot - - g1Di @
Christian On -Ahh4Ith TINT he can sTsri 10 sa
n wrrtt!iag all II" we'-s. II steamer star.
'"r southampton AMI sail Oh" day in that ii
rrcfion aai the other FIX DAYS sail IN other
directions. how hong tefare the steamer will
gct - Southampton? lust a. SON a. tho
fsait viii get 10 heaven who sails on :hr Sal~
i1ta lay towar tina. when Ia good. anu the
Gth"r -Iv lays u III" week .iiia toward the
world, IN" flesh and the devil. Yuu nannot
ent-p much al tho Sabbath banquet tina, Won
can AFFORD religious abstinence all she rest of
- wcok
G"nuiu" religion is 10. srasmotic. does
hot - by tit4 and starts, Is not an attack OF
ellis and fe+cr now COLI until your teeth
~cfaftrr. nov hot unti! your bones ache.
Genuine religi3n marches on steadily up
II fp hil's and along dangerous deriivitics,
- " ever Oh the everlasting hills crowned
VIZ the castles Of the blessed.
Propose. - far as Col may help ne. 10
sA9W tou how W" nay bring our religion in
T. ordinary life and practice it In common
tHing~ yesterday, to-day. Tomorrow.
MA, IN the first place. ] remark, W ought
y trin- religion iuto our ordinary conver.a-
ton. 4 dam hreaE-, and two or three VIII
ia-"e arr submerged, a south American
earthquake swallows a lily. and people be-
gin = talk ~ Tho Uncertainty Of human
III. ana In that Hou verS1ti1n think they are
fn;tring in religious service when there
ia34 t' 10 religion ut al. | have noticed
lat ~ proportion rs Christian experience IL
rla.lIow men tan about funerals AMI death
f'"'s ami hears and t54IbstOnra and cpl
taph1.
i 4 nan have tn" roli.Ion % the gospel in
IL illI power IA his soul. he Will Talk chiefly
rA,,- tIl. s--~l 1 .. / 1t. -t -
Very little comparatively about the insight
eal1f pi4s between. TINS AMI that. Yet how
s.! ION 1t II that the religion OF Christ is a
""I""'n" them II u man full OF the gospel
Of hri7f goes into q religious circle and be-
tln@ I" talk a ant sacred things. all the con
V"rs1'i"n j. hn,iIe4i. and things BECOME cx-
.ce"dtnElf awkward. ~ on IA summer day.
The fert-t full u soi.y and "hirp and carol
mighty rhorn9 OF bird ~hhrmonies. every
branch an orchestra, If hawk appears iR
tn" sky. ali thu voices ara hushed, - | have
Sometimes seen n social circle that professed
TO eChri7tian 1ilcnred by the appearannco OF
tn" great theme Of God and religion.
Now, my friends, if we have the religion 0,
Christ in our soul, we will talk about il In
al "xhilarant mood. 1t Is more refreshing
than tho waters, II IL brighter than the sun
shine. 1t gives ! man JOY here and prepares
him FOR everlasting happiness before tho
throne Of God. And yet. il the theno OF
religion be introduced into q circle. every
fhln1 issileneed -ilcnced unless perhaps an
ag'tl Christian man in the corner OF the
ROOM, feeling that something ought to be-
said. puts one foot over the other and signs
heavily and says, oh. yes that's S."
! Ny friends. the religion of Jesus Christ Is
hot something TO be groaned about, but
something to talk about and sing about, your
Ia" irrrliatsl. Tho trouble Is that men pro-
tossing the Inith OF tho gospel are often SO
ina"nsi~t"nt that they are afraid thoir con-
vereation will not harmonizo with their life.
W" cannot talk tho gospel unless we live the
e"ei'l. You will often lind u man whose en-
tira If" is fan of Inconsistencies filling his
conversation with such expressions as. I'VE
are miserable sinners, The. Lord help US"
tn" Lord bless you" interlnrding their
conversation with such phrases, which are
mere c%anting. and canting l. the worst kind
OF Hypocrisy.
II nan have the grace of God in his heart
dominant, he can talk religion, and 1t will
: 'tu nhturai. and men. instead OF being re- Z
pulsed rs il, Will he attracted by 1t. Do you
not know that when two Christian peopk.
talk ~ they ought about the things Of Chris
ant heaven God gives special attention: and
He writes it all down. Malachi ill.,. l6.
'Ih"n they that feared the Lord talked one
to ilr other. and the Lord hcarkened and
heard, and "a book Of reinembrance was writ
ten.
But remarl again. we ought t. bring the
religion Of Jesus Christ into our ordinary
enlIayNu"nts. oh" YOU say. that's n very
60! tA"nry for a man who manages a large
business. who has great traffic. who holds
EF'f.t state 1t Is IA grand thing ior bankers
an tor shippers but in my thtcaI AMI nee
I'll = re. III my trimming establishment, in
my insignificant work - lie. YOU cannot
apr tfo@c grand EoSit" principles Who
toll svI that DO voa not know that \
fa1e !.'af ona brooks ~surfare attracts CO.'S
at alton AS certainly rs th, Path a, n tlAy-