The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-06-18
" ANOTHER CHANCE "
FORMS THE SUBJECT OF IN INTER-
ESTING SERMON.
DR.. Talmage Tells the Sinner That His
Chances to Correct the Mistakes of This
Life in the Next w Grid are Chimerical.


Talmage, who is now on his round-the-world
Journey, has selected as the subject Tor
his sermon through the press today, AN
other Chance" the text being taken from
Eccles. ii. s: eff the tree fall toward the
north, in the place where the tree falleth
there it shall be-
There is a, lowering hope in the minds OF a
vast multitude that there will be an OPP
portunity in the next world to correct the
mistakes OF this; that, II We do make COM
nlete shipWreck of our earthly life, it Will
be on a shore up which we may walk 10
a palace; that, as defendant may iose
his case, in the circuit court, ana carry IL
up to the supreme court or court OIL chdAi-
Gerry and get reversal OF judgment III his
behalf. all the costs being thrown over on
the other nartv. So if we fail in the earth
" trial we may in the higher jurisdiction
of eternity have the judgment OF tue io"e,
court set aside, all the costs renlltteu' aii'
we may be victorious defendants forever.
AIy object in this sermon is 10 sho" tnd'
common sense, as we'll as my text de-
clares that such an expectation Is cliiiiei i
cal You say that the lmpertheht inan
having got into the next worlu and seeing
the disaster, will, as d result Oh th''t u0
aSter, turn, the pain the cause Oh Hi' i0
formation. But you can fnd ten thouae'iu
instances in this world OF men WIZ nav
suddenly Did the distress neal theih' A>''
they went right on.
That man was flung of dlsslpauons. iou
must Stop drinking" said the DOCTOR, 'iiu
quit the fast life you are Leading Oh IL
will destroy YOU" The patient suffers par
oxysm after paroXysm; but uhder 'ne
skillfuI medical treatment, he begins 10
sit up begins to walk about tue looiii'
begins to so to business. And, 40! ne goes
back TO the same grogshops for his morn
ing dram his evening dram, and the drains
between. Fiat down again. Same ooCtoi
Same physical anguish. San'' hleuic"-
warning Now, the illness is more pro
tracted; the liver is more stuoooin' !ne
stomach more irritable, and the dlSeSlVe
organs are more rebcliOus. But after aWhle
ne is out again. and goes the same rouho
of sacrilege against his physical health
He sees that his downward course is
running his household, that his HE ~ d
perpetual perjury against MS marriage
VOW. that that broken-hearted woman Is
go unlike the roseate young wife Whom ne
married that her schoolmates do not re-
soenize her: that her sons are TO be taunt-
ed for Z lifetime by the fathers drunken
ness that the daughters are TO pass into
sre under the sterilization OF dlsfepula-
bic ancestor. He is drinking up thelr nap
sIness their prospects for this hie' ano'
9erhaps Tor the life to come. Sometimes
Il
1IDon him His nervous system is all IN
a-tanele. FROM crown of head to sole OF
foot he is one aching, rasping cruclfylhg'
dannine torture. Where is he? In hell or
on earth? Does it reform him?
After awhile he mas delirium tremens,
U tn a. whole Jungle OF Kissing reptiles let
out on his pillow, and his screams horrify
the neignbors as he dashes out of his bed,
CRYING: Take these things off me-! Az
he SITS pale and convaiescent, the doctor
says: NOV 1 want to have PLAIN talk
with YOU my dear fellow. The next attack
OF this kind YOU have, you VIII be beyond
all medical skill, and you will die" lie
gets better and goes forth INTO the same
round again This time medicine takes no
effect. Consultation of physicians agree in
saying there is no nope. Death ends the
gcene. ;,,,- aud
rr.h, nrocees Of inebriation. Warhlh6' a"u
diesoIu1ion is going on within stone t,io"
- ,, ,yoina- on in the neighborhoouS VI
I-t,,.etar6on Pain does not correct. 0uiel-
M does not reform. What Is true III oiIe
sense IS true i'll all senses, anu WI ~ =
ever be so, and YET men are eApeoli"9 49,
the next world purgatorlal reJuN eIi1l . lio1i,
rralza nm the printed reports OF the pil99Ho
- tb, limited StStes, and you will ina that
4bo vast majority OF the incarcer'sleu nave
-, tJ,sra before some of them ioui' hEe
si, times With a million illustrations @
working the other way IN TINS Noilu' Peo
nile are expecting that distress III INC - -
state will be savatory. on cannot III,
agine any worse torture IN any oIHei 90 l
than that which some men nave '"ll sum
J,arn and without any salutary cohSe
QUence. ..oe.,.,,o.
r,ur,tIlerlnore the prospect of retor1nd'
tion in the next world is more lmpfopatJ'
than a reformation here. In TINS WORTH 'I Az
life started with innocence OF infancy
the case supposed, the other life Will opel
. many wears upon him. Surely, II Is ed9io
- hufId a strong ship out OF new llIio9
than out of an old hulk that n[t" -
ground I'D in the breakers IL WIN ~ an
cence to start with in this lie d Fle'ii 49, 49,
MOI become cody, what prospect 10 'Ai'i
- IN the next world, starting with ST
+bere would be a seraph eVoluted 0uI (! =
~ sculntor has more prospect OF HAN.
q fna statue out of block OF pure WI
Pari8n marble than out OF an GU Dir,,
- eaaroed and cracked with the SIoI
Of q half century. Surely upon d 80, 49, 80
white sheet of paper 1t IS ea9let ~ ~
Ill or a will, than upon a Sheet 80 ~ ~ =
-, 1-i,,r1ad and blotted and torn ION =
i1++o,,, Yet men seem to tnllih ZIG
s,.-,.,,1, The life that began mere coi"f 'l
800 re,fect turned out badly INC
life will succeed, though 1t SIdi -
dead failure .r think we Oue
pot' cbance in the next life. becn
- re is so short it allows ohiy siiid I'm
p mort We hardly have eur tlLne =, 9ood
around between cradle anu 'o t,a ,.1 Of
- the one almost touching the 1nanns de
o. I'll ntrer,, But do you know wha - 80
.ba ancient deluge d necessity! III. 1ife-
,-yo,se in the second century of u and
+irne than in the first hundred 81 I'm
iii worse in the third century, ~ 80
worse all the way on to seven, p
nine hundred years, and the eartha - NC
washed. and scrubbed, and soall 90 an
cbored clear out of sight for III oli'h d
,nonth before it could be mad.s ioi nc
cent people to live in. Lon WY ne' 81
cures impentency. All co "
Time represent him with LII ~ - .i,
but [ never saw any pictIrel ! liiie W." WI
a. case of medicines 10 heal oeiieC'l 50 -.
that Nero, for the first fy yedio Vi 1iIe
public life, was set Up forn eAailiple III
clemency and kindness ms - phsn be be-
the way descended until sAty ~ ,.e
became a suicide. II ei.5 gu , 80
did not make antedHuTns any oetrer'