Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-07-07
REV. DR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVI,IE'a SUN
DAY SERMON.

TExT '1fth":re fall toward the south o
toward the -orth. In the place where IN.
Tree fallen there 1t shall be."-Eccles,as,e
H.. 8.
there fs hoverine hope In THE minds n
y vast multitude that there will he an On
portnnfty In the next world to correct IN,
mistakes of this that II We do make com.
pIN'" ~ our earthly lie II will h
on a shore. up which we NAV walk to a nal.
ace that. as a defendant NAV lose bta caa.
IN the rireuf "onrt and carry IL no TO the an.
prem" court or court Of chAneery and oct +.
reversal % Judgment in hfs behalf ALL ,ha
'os's beng thrown over on the other ra1r
fo.tl' we fail in the earthlytrial. We NAV IN
IN. h'Rher jurisdiction 81 eternity have the
Judgment ~ the lower court GET aa;da all
IN" costs RENTED. and We nav be victorions
d"'"ndants forever. Ny object in THE scr.
mon II 10 snow TINT common sensa as veIt
~ N text declares that euch m exppctation
h"h'm"riral. fou say that tho impenitent
"Hn' having got into the next world and
seeing the disaster. will. as q result ~ tbat
disaster. turn. the pain tho e.use ~ bis
reformation. But Won can find IN mn IN
stances In this world OF men who have done
wrong. and distress overlook them end
h"nly. Did the distress heal t,em2 NJ
they went right on.
That man was flung % dissipati>rs. lyon
"n.' s'op arlnkin:, said the doctor, "and
nut the fast life you nre leading mr. 4, viII
destroy you The patient sufere naro~rsm
h"'t rhroxyarn. hut under skillful medical
','"tinrht ne begins 10 ait up. begins 10 WALL
amour me room, begins 10 90 To hu.ineea
Ana. 10. he goes hack to the same proo-shon
Io' h,s morning dram. and his evening dram.
hnd the drains bet ween. Flat down ao.tn;
Same doctor, Same physical anguish Co..
medical warning Now the illness ia moro
pr"trarteh, the liver Is more ar .hborn the
stomach more irritable. and the digestive ~
Vans nre moro rebellious. But AFTER n while
ne - ont again. goes back to the dramshona
ana gor4 the same round ofsacrilepe against
his physical health. "
He sees that his dovnr,-1
ing bis honsehold that his life ia n nernat-
uhi perjury against his marriage vow that
!hht troken hearted woman ia go nnika tho
nope'hl Young wife whom no married that
ner o!h schoolmat"s do not recognize her
Inn. MS sons are to be tainted for a lifetime
uy the fathers Drunkenness TINT tho d.,,b
.frs ar" 70 pass into life under the scarfaca.
non oi a disrepntable ancestor. He ia
"r'hsihp mp their happiness. their prospects
Ior 'his ne, and perhaps forthe life tb come
Sofnetirnes m appreciation Of what he ia do.
ing comes upon him. His nervous system 10
~ a,tanHi". From crown Of head to sole Of
,np. ~ y one aching. rasping. crucifying,
damning torture. Who're ia he? In he'll on
earth. Does it reform him.
az, hwhiie he has delirium tremens. with
n.Whole Jungle OF kissing reptiles let ont an
ms pillow. and his screams horrj.v the
helghhors as he dashes out OF his bed. cry
ing, lake these things Of me ~ As he sits
pale ana convalescent the doctor sava.
Now, | want to have a plain talk with Won
my clear fellow. The next attack Of this
k'nh YOU have you will be beyond all medi-
cal skill, and you will die" He gets better |
mnh goes forth into tho same FIGHT again
! ms ume medicine takes no effect. Consult |
nv n ~ PHYSICIANS agree In saying there Is |
no nope: Death ends the scene.
That process of inebriation. warning md |
dissolution Is going on within n stones throw |
you, going on in all the neighborhoods OF !
.hts'ehdom. Pain does not correct. Suf.
Ier'hR does not reform. Whist is true IN one |
sense IS true In all senses and will forever be- |
:, w w men are expecting In the next |
world pnrGatorial r%ejuvenation. Take nm |
!ne printed reports OF the prisons OF the |
oh1en elates. and you Will find that the
H"st majority ofthe incarcerated have been
mere before. some OF them four. Ave. six |
times with 1000, 900 illustrations all work |
rug me "her way In this world. people are
expect1nG:that distress In the next state will
be salvatory. You cannot imagine anv woro,
torture iHhny other world thar that which
some men have suffered here. and witbout |
any salutary consequence.
rurthermore. the prospect of a reforma-
!,oh IN enc next world Is moro inprohoble
80" e'orHlation mere. In this world the |
ne started with innocence OF infancy. In
Inc chsn supposed the other life will oman 4
Win aiithe accumulated bad habits OF many
years upon him. Surely ii is easier TO bnild
" s'rohH snip out of new timber than out OF
an ora LUX that has been ground 10 in the
a. .aH iTt win innocence to begin with
IN thls lie u man does not become cody
wha' prospect is there that in the next world
starting with sin. there would be a seranh
e'oiN'eu! Surely the sculptor has mora
t,V>Fect o! making IA fine statue out OF "a
o.o'k OF pure white Parian marble than out
oi nm Ola black rock scanned and cracked
= ne storms OF a half century. Surely
upon "a clean white sheet OF paper il is easIer
10 write u Iced or a will than upon a shaet
OF paper MI scrubbed and blotted and toro
from Top 10 bottom. Yet men seem 10 thint
tha'. though the life that began here COM.
Par"tively perfect turned ont badly. the nex,
~" VIII succeed, though 1t starts with n dead
BUD" says some one, .I think wa on,,+
10 nave a chance IL the next life. because
'n's NE Is SO short II allows only small on.
Portuhlty. We hardly have time TO turn
between cradle and tomb. the wood
OF the ono Almost touching the ma rhle Of tho
o'hfr but 10 YOU know what made the an
cien' ieluge a necessity? II was the lonpe-
WHY oil the antadiluvinns. They were worse
IN the second century OF their lifetime than
In IN" first hundred years. and still worse in
the thfrd century. and still worse all the way
on TO 200. 500 and 900 wears, and the earth
mad TO Ice washed and scrubbed and soaked
anu anchored clear out Of sight for more
IMAM "a month before IL could be made At for
decent people 10 live in.
longevity never cures impenit ency. An
the pictures OF Time represent him with a
scythe to cut. but l never saw anv picture Of
lime with a case Of medicines 10 heal.
seneca says tina, Nero for the first Ave wears
MS public life was Sc, up for ar example
ciemency and kindness. but his path all
the way descended until at 6S A. D. he be-
"A suicide. II 500 years did no. make
nntediluvians any better. but only made
shem worse. the ages OF eternity could have
enec, except: prolonga,ion OF depravity.
but, says some one. in the future state
CIVIL surroundings will he withdrawn and
influences substituted. and hence
and suhlima,ion and cloriaca.
ZION. But the righteous. all their sins for.
given. have passed on into a heatiac state.
AID consequently the unsaved will be left
alone. TX cannot be expected that DR.. Dun
VINO exhausted himself In teaching Hindoos
the way TO heaven. and DR.. Abel. who CAV.
MS HE IL the evans eiiEatioa Of China. and