Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-11-15
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BEOOELTN DIVINE'S SUM-
DAY SERMON.
Subject: ELECTIONS"

me f|'tllttftgS ana Atc mouse or tLs
f-smaa. rai tie UoVHfdin smoking. "-Exo-
Gus Xxx, j..
1Fyrcxt Informs YOU that the Hghtnings
anil Earthquakes united their forces to wreck
q srountafn Of Arabia Petr,Ba in olden time,
ami travellers to-day finds heaps OF porphyry
and ,,reen-t1ne rocks hOwlder against bowl
da- the remains of the first law library,
written. not on parchment or papyrus, but
on shattered slabs OF granite. The corner
stones Of all morality. OF all wise law, OF all
ri,r'ts0us jurisprudence, Of all good Govern
rr1r AZ. NE two tablets OF stone on which
wer, written the Ten Commandments.
All Roman law. all French law, all English
law all American law that is worth anything
an common law. civil law, criminal law,
martial law. law OF Nations were rocked in
tha.rldle % thr twentiath chapter of Exodus
ADIit would hr well in these times OF grelt
rolIti,al asita: on Il the newspapers would
rr'ut the Dn'l'3ru' some day in place of the
abre a4fr-r. Tne fact is that some peoDle
suuu5se trr- rhe law has passed out OF exist
aure and some are not aware OF some OF tta
rassargs of that law. and others say this or
that Is OF the more Importance, when no ona
has any right 10 make such an assertion.
These laws are the pillars OF society. and il
YOU remove one pillar you damage Juc whole
structure.
have noticed that men are particularly
vehement against sins TO which they are not
UIrfIfAllFlF l-l|l..A ttAAhl lLlAl ilo 4i1tafll
wrath against SINS in which they them
selves indulge Yaey take out one gun from
this battery oi ten guns, and load that,
and unlimHer that, and fire that. They
saw, This = an Armstrong gun, and this
isa kruG9 gun, and this is a NOrienfeldt
fva-harrsleI gun, and this Is a Gatling ten
Hsrralai Gun. and this is a Martini thirty
seven -ba-reIei 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 ali over this land. but l shall
try 10 show You that the most important
thing to be settled about all these candidates
Is their personal, moral character. The Dec
alOgus i1r5ils fiOIa'ry. image making, pro-
family. malrrearment Of parents, Sabbath
desscration, murder, theft, incontinence,
lvin- and rovatgusuess. That is the Deca-
logus uy which YOU and I will have to be
tried, aul by the same Deealogue you and
must Try candidates for olce.
OF course wa shall not find anything like
perfection. Il we DO not vote until We find
IN Immaculate nominee. We viii never vote
az all. We have So many faults Of our own
We ought not 10 be censOriou5 or maleaic-
tory or hypHr'ritioIl in regard to the faults
oi0tbers TIE CLristly rule is as appropriate
for November as any other month in the
year. Judge NOT that We be not judged,
for with what measure We mete it shall be
measured 10 you again.
Most certainly are we not to take the state
nsnt OF rsdhOt partisanship rs the real char
sCter of any man. From nearly ali the great
cities OF this land Ireceive daily or weekly
newsps pars, sent 20 me regularly and in Coz IL
piman.. so s-e both s'ieS-I sss all side
and il Is most glrertu.niE- ami most regular
anus M 90 read the opposite statements.
The one statement says the man is an angel,
Gnl the other says he is a devil, and l split
the difference and ind him half way be-
tween.
There never has been an honest or resnac-
taoie man Tunn'ng Tor che United States
presidency, OF for 4 ju1geship, or for tha
may0rItv, or for the shrievaitv since tho
foundation of the American Government, il
We may believe the Old files OF tine nevsDa-
pers In tls museums. Waat a mercy it i5
that they were not all hulg before theyware
inaururIted! L n man believe Ong-h9lf OF
what le secs in the newspapers in these
tints, his career viii be very short outside OF
Blo0miu.3gIa insane asylum.
l was absent two or three years ago dur
ing one week of q political canvass, ami
was dependent entirely upon what L read in
fegarI 10 what mad occurred in these cities.
and I read there was a procession in New
YORK %. 5000 patriots ani a minute after
read in another sheet that there were 1900
and then I real in regard TO another process
sion that there We're 10000, and then I read
in another pargr that there vera 60, 900.
A eguvgs-u orstOr in the Rink or the
Academy OF Music received a very cold re-
ceptiou very chilling reccption-saii one
statement The other statement said the
audience rose at him. So great was the en-
thuSiasm that for long while the orator
could not Dee heard. and it was only after iit-
ing his hand that the vOciferatiOn began to
su5siie! One statement will twist an intor-
view one way, aui another statement will
twist an interview another way. You must
d. o. rT~,na
these TO get a very accurate estimate Of a
mans character, and l charge you, as your
religious teacher, l charge you to caution
and TO mergiiulnes5 and to prayer.
l warn you also against the mistake which
many are making ana always do make o. RpJ
plying different standard Of character for
those 10 prominent position from the stanil
ard they apply for ordinary persons. However,
much man may have or however high thel
position he gets, ha has no especial liberty
given him IN the Interpretation of the TenI
Commandments. a great sinner is no morel
TO be excused than q small sinner. Do not
charge llustrious detection to eccentricity
or caop on the Ten COMMITMENTS to suit
especial cases. The right is everlastingly
Esht and the wrong is everlastingFy wrong.
II any man nominated for any office in this |
city or state differs from the Decalogue, do |
not fix up the Decalogue, but FIX him up.
Inc law must stand. whatever else must fail |
Ht4ll YOUR attention A4-O 10 Lue itcJ lIiL /
you are all aware OE-that the breaking Oi |
one commandment makes it the more easytn |
break all Of them-and the philosophy Il |
plain. Any kind Of sin weakens the con- |
science, and IL the conscience is weakened |
tlat opens the door for all kinds Of trans |
gressi0n. II, for instance, a man go into this |
political campaign welding scurrility as his !
calei weapon, and he believes everything bad |
about man and believes nothing good, now |
long before .t man himself will get over |
the moral q. r-ssiOn. Neither in time noe |
eternity II
Il utter q 'aisehoOd in regard to a man, ] |
may damage him, but 1 get for myself teni
Iod more damage. That is q gun that kicks. |
Il, lor instance, a man be beprOfane, under pro1 |
vocation be viii commit any crime. 1 say i
under prJy0s2tion. For, II a man will mall !
.''at me Lord Almighty, would he not mai |
ueat his fellow man? If a man be guilty Of
.n-aieaSanoo in Office he will unier provoea-
In IEon commit any sin. He who will steal will
Hs, and be who Will lie will steal
=, H. Tor instance, man be impure, il opens |
.le Goor for all other iniquity, for in that
Gle tuquity he commits theft OF the worst 4
ALAl, and coyet0usnes5 OF the wort kind,
ana ialsahood-pretendIng to be decent
@'en ne is not-and maltregts his parents by
NJ gpsSraelng their name, if they were good.
&c Le careful, therefore, how you charge that
IN an against any man either in high place or
~" place, either in Office or out of office,
0scau5e when You make that charge against
man you charge him with all villainies,
fottenaess.
a l5ertine is q beast, lower than the YER
IN IN That crawl over a summer carcass
iy ii.sTI IMAM the swine, for the swine has no
I1'I4senee 10 sin against. Be careful then,
"" you charge that against any man.
Se-m 5oI must be SO certain that mathematical
/, i,'Aohstration is doubtful IS compared with
,1at nnd then, when you investigate a man on
i-L isr-L, subjects, you must 90 to the whole
- -s'a OF Investigation and ind ont whether
a, III III ne has repentsd. He may have been
:. us knees before Col and implOred the
,iylne forgiveness. and he may have I'm
r5s,.eI the forgiveness Of society and the for
Lgss eo-e-'ss OF the world. Although if a man
o'a.--4' that sin at thirty or thirty-ive years
sss53 ss53e, 'here Is not one case ont of thou
Van. "here he ever repents. You must in
tSs Investigation see If it is possible that
Ns ous s case Investigated may not have been