The Red Cloud chief., 1894-07-06
ONLY ONE JUDGMENT.
REV. Or. TAlMAGE DISCUSSES A CHI
MERlcAL EXPECTATION.

He Says There Is No Reversal Of Judgmsn,
In the Next world-The Verdict Is BASED
Upon Our Earthly Lives - Tho Final
Chance.
BROOKLYN, Juno Rev. DR.. Tai.
mage, who is now on his round the
world journey, has selected as the sub.
3ect for his sermon through tho press to.
day Another Chance, tho text being
taken from Eoclesiastes xi, 8, IF the
tree foil toward the south or toward the
north, in the place where the tree fall.
eth there It shall be-"
There is q lowering hope in the minds
OF q vast multitude that there will be
an opportunity in the next world to cor.
rect tho mistakes Of this; that IL we
do make complete shipwreck Of oui
earthly life it will DO on Q shore, NJ
which we may walk to q palace; that,
as q defendant may lose his case in the
circuit court and carry 1t up to the So.
preme court or court Of chancery and
get o reversal Of Judgment in his be.
half, all the costs being thrown over
on the other party, SO, IL we fail in the
earthly trial, we may In tho higher ju.
risdiction Of eternity have the Judgment
OF II lower court set aside, all the costs
RENTED, and we may be victorious de.
PENDANTS forever. My object In this
sermon is to show that common sense
as well as my text declares that such an
expectation is chimerioal. You say that
the impenitent man, having got into the
next world and seeing the disaster, will.
as a result Of that disaster, turn, the pain
the cause Of his reformation. But y ou
can find 10, 900 instances in this world
OF men who have done wrong, and dis.
tress overlook them suddenly. Did the
distress heal themp No; they went
right OH.
That nan was flung Of designations.
lyon must stop drinking" said the
doctor, ''and quit the fast life you are
leading. or it will destroy you" The
patient suffers paroxysm after paroxysm,
but under skillful medical treatment he
begins to sit up, begins to walk about
the room, begins to go to business.
And, 10, he goes back to the samc
grogshop for his morning dram, and
his evening dram, and the drains be.
tween. Flat down againi Same doc.
tori Same physical anguish! Same
medical warningi Now the illness il
more ~protracted, tho liver Is more stub
born. the stomach moro irritable, and
the digestive organs are moro rebellious.
But after awhile no is out again, goes
back to the Same dramshops and goes
tho same round Of sacriiege against his
physical health.
Suffering Does Not Always Reform.
He sees that his downward course ID
running his household; that his life 10 a
perpetual perjury against his marriage
vow; that that broken hearted woman Ia
SO unlike the roseate young wife whom
he married that her old schoolmates do
not recognize her; that his sons are to
be tainted for q lifetime by tho fathers
drunkenness; that the daughters are to
pass into life under the scarification of
. disreputable ancestor. He Is drinking
mp their happiness, their prospects for
this life, and perhaps for the life to
come. Sometimes IN appreciation Of
what no is doing comes upon him. His
nervous system is all a-tangle. From
crown Of head to sole Of foot he is n
aching, rasping. crucifying, damning
torture. Where is hep In hell on earth.
Does it reform him?
After awhile he has delirium ire.
mems, with a whole jungle Of kissing
reptiles let ont ON his pillow. and his
scream horrify the neighbors = no
dashes out Of his bed, crying, ''Take
these things of me!' As he sits pale
and convalesoent the doctor say
Nov, I want to have a plain talk with
you, my dear fellow. The next attack
Of this kind You have you will be be.
You'd all medical skill, and You will
die. Ho gets better and goes forth into
the same round again. This time medi-
cine takes no effect. Consultation Of
physicians agree in saying there il no
hope. Death ends the scene.
That process Of inebriation, warning
and dissolution is going ON within a
stones throw Of you, going ON in all the
neighborhoods Of C~hristendom. Pain
does not correct. Suffering does not 70.
form. What is true in one sense is true
in all senses and will forever be 30, and
yet men are expecting in the next world
purgatorial rejuvenation. Take up tho
printed reports Of the prisons Of tho
United States, and you will find that
the vast majority Of tho incarcerated
have been there before. some Of them
four, five, six times. With /, 200, 900 il
Illustrations all working the other way in
this world, people are expecting that
distress in the next state will be saliva
tory. You cannot imagine any worse tor
ture in any other world than that which
some men have suffered here, and with
out any salutary consequence.
Prospects Of Reform.
Furthermore, the prospect Of q refor.
nation in tho next world Is more i'm
probable than o reformation here. In
this world the life started with limo.
conce Of infancy. In tho case supposed
the other life will open with all tho
accumulated bad habits Of many years
upon him. Surely it is easier to build
a strong ship out of new timber than