The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-06-16
REV. DIR. TAIMAGE
TIE BRODGLTN DIVTEB'S SUN
DAY SERMON.

... q, Of marble temples OF mar
L.; the ordinary archi ecturn OF
....-..,...t may Imagine someth nG otths
- Governor FeHNs reside ice. In
4 that palace, aoor teSssllatod, win
aimed Getting frettcl the whole
Mt With Tvrion purple and stat
lures aud carvings, SAT a vTry
... eXioned man OF the name OF Fee
....t ide him woman Of exiraordi-
y whom he had stolen by break
other done attic circle. $40 was
eighteen y"ars OF age. princess 10y
and uuwit ingly waiting for haI doom
.af o, h"iU- huvisd alive in the asNas an
~ Noun, Nesuvius. which in sudden
t- l. ,.r lay PUT an end to her ubomi-
N re afternoon Drusilla. seated n tho
pals ..Hry with the magnificent $. lpidi-
tiCs g .n. rtace says 70 Felix 'l0n have
{" very NStnguishei prisoner 7 boiIo.e, of
the nu.a ~ Pau DO Won know hc y ono
r. my ooUutrSman' ! should very much like
:" see him, and should very much like 10
near him speak, for have heard so much
about his eloquencc Besides that the other
day, when he was being tried in another
room OF this palace and the windows were
open. l heard the applause that greeted the
speech of Lawyer Tertullus as no denounced
Paul. Now, very much wish l could hear
Paul speak. Won't you let mo hear him
speak" Yes" said Felix, II will. | will
order him up now from tho guardroom."
Clank, clank. comes chain up the marble
stairway, and there Is a shu1io at the door,
and in comes Paul, little old man, prema-
turely old through exposure, only sixty years
OF age, but looking as though he were eighty.
He bows very courteously before the COVER
nor and the beautiful woman by his side
They say: Paul. we have heard a great dell
about your speaking Give us now a speci-
men OF your eloquence." oh. IL thero ever
was chance for p man to show Oft, Paul
had chance there! He might have har-
angred them about Grecian art, about the
wonderful waterworks he had seen at Corinth,
about tho Acropolis by moonlight. about
prison life tn Philippi, about what saw ia
Thessalonica," about the old mythologies,
but "No " Paul said to himself, Il am now
on the way to martyrdom, and this man and
woman will soon be dead. and this Is my
only opportunity TO talk to them about the
things of eternity
And just there and then there broke In
upon the scene peal of thunder. 1t was tho
voice of n Judgment day speaking through
the words of the decrepit apostle As that
grand old missionary proceeded with his re-
marks the stoop begins TO go out of his
shoulders, and he rises up, aud his countc-
is illumined with the glories of future
life, and his shackles rattle and grind rs he
luts his fettcred arm and with IL hurs upon
his abashed auditors the bolts of Gods in
dtgnation. Felix grew very white about the
lips. His heart beat uneVenly He put his
hnnd TO his brow as though TO stop the
1uickness ana violence OF his thoughts. Ho
III.
sudden chill His cyes glare and his knees
shake, and as he clutches the side of his
chair in very paroxysm OF terror he orders
the sheriff TO take Paul back 10 the guard
room. Felix trembed and said Go thy way
for this time. When l have n convenient
season, will call for thee
A young man came one night to our SER
vices, with pencil in hand, to caricaturo the
whole scene and mako mirth of those who
should express any anxiety about their souIs
/ m nt ha 10 70,
white, tears running down his cheek, as he
said. "Do you think there is any chance for
meT' Felix trembled, and so may God grant
II may be SO with others.
propose to give you two or three reasons
why l think Felix sent Paul back TO tho
guardroom and adjourned the whole subject
OF religion. The first reason was, he did not
want to give up his sins. He looked around.
There was Drustlla. He knew that when ne
became Christian he must send her back TO
hzzius, her lawful husband, and he said TO
himself, II will risk the destruction OF nv
immortal soul sooner than l will do that"
how many there are now who cannot get 10
be Christians because they will not abandon
their sins In vain all their prayers and all
their churchgoing. You cannot keep these
darling sins and win heaven, and now some
ofyou will have to decide between the wine
cup and unlawful amusements and lascivi-
Gus qualifications on the one hand and eter-
nal salvation on the other
Delilah sheared the locks of Samson S,.
lone danced Herod into the Dit Drusilla
blocked up the way to heaven for Felix. Yet
when present the subject now fear that
some OF you will say: mot quite vet Don't
De 50 precipitate in your demands 1 havsa
lew tickets yet that have to use. have a
Few engagements that must keep. want
10 stay little longer in the whirI OF con
NNialify-a few more OUTLAWS OF un lean
laughter. a few more steps on the roli 10
death, and then. sir. will listen to what YOU
Say. Go thy way Tor this time. Wnun 4
have convenient season, L will call for
thee"
Another reason why Felix sent Paul tr the
guardroom and adjourned this subject was
ne wns so very busy. In ordinary times no
FOUND the affairs OF state absorbing. hut
those were extraordinary times The whole
Iand was ripe for insurrection. The Sirarif
around the palace, and 1 suppose he thought
II cant attend to religion while I am go
pressed by affairs OF state" Ii was business
among other things that ruined his soul, and
suppose there are thousands OF people who
are not children OF God because they have 40
much business. II Is business In the store
losses. gains. unfaithful employees
! Iit ~ business In your law office SUBJ
ptsnas, writs you have to write out, papers
you nave TO hle, arguments you have to
make IL is your medical profession, with
IT'S broken nights and the exhausted anyie-
ties OF lie hanging upon your treatment. IL
10 your real estate office, your business with
landlords and tenants and the failure OF men
70 meet their obligations with you. Ave.
With some of those who are here II is the an
noyance OF the kitchen. andthe sitting room.
and the parlor-the wearing economy oftrv-
fpg to meet largo expenses with n small in
epme. Ten thousand voices OF "5usiness.
business. business drown the voice of the
eternal Spirit, silencing the voice OF The ad-
vHncing Judgment day, overcoming the voice
OF eternity, and they cannot hear they can
not listen. They say. ''Go thy way for this
time. Some OF you look upon your goods
look upon your profession. you look upon
your memorandum books, and you see the
demands that are made this very week upop
your time and your patience and your
money, and while am entreating YOU about
your soul and the danger OF procrastination
You ssy: go thy way Tor this time When
have convenient season. / will call for
thee"
On, renx, wny oe potnered about the af
fairs OF this world 80 much more than about
fhe affairs OF eternity Do you not know
at when death comes you will have TO stop
s"'uess, though IL be In the most exactine
,Eli OF II between the payment OF the
- and the taking OF the receipt The
. ~ he comes you will have 10 90 Death
- man, however high, however
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