Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-09-01
REV. DIR TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S Sun
DAY SERAt'N.

hav. killed hinseI'.~ surprising that the pris-
on"rs had teen a.t. But Paul cried with a
loud voice, saving. Do thysel. no harm"
Acts vi. u. -.
Here is a would he suicide arrested In his
G"atly attempt. He was A sheriff, and ac-
cnrtinc'o The Roman law a bailif himself
nu-' infer tho prnishnen. due an escaped
prisoner. hni If the prisoner breaking jail
WIS ."E(encai 10 be sniunCeoned for three
re our wears then tho sheriff must ~ en-
'iur-eGn"i FOR three Or four wears, and IL
The prisoner treasin2 jeii Was 70 have SUI
'"r"i eapi'al fnni'hsl@nt then the sheriff
!.n-' suffer capital punishment.
IN" shrr.T had rereiv.d especial char2.
- E"rr n sharp looEout for Paul AMI Silas
The government lad not had confidence in
tot- AMI liars 10 keep safe those two clergy
m"n. about whom there seen al 10 be some
TIM strange AMI aHnernaturai.
II SIRE enough, ~ miraculous power they
ar" free, aud The Sheriff. waking out OF a
s"ln ''eep AMI eupposinc these ministers
have run away. AMI knowing they were 10
IL" tor preaching Christ, AMI realizing that
he must therefore die. rather than GO under
n" cx"c1tioners az on the morrow and
suTrr public disgrace resolves to prrctpitata
his own deceasr. But hafore The sharp.
keen. c.jtrerinS dagger Of the sheriff could
strik- his heart one Of tho unloosenei
prisoners arrests the hla &C by the command,
+ thyseltro harm"
In often time, and whore Christianity
hal Mt interfere with-it, suicide Was con-
siirr+l honorable and n s;gn OF courage.
D'iro~t't"n"s poisoned himself when told
that AIeNanler's en- rassador had demanded
IN siirr-nier Of the Aihenian orators.
Socrates kiiet himself rather than sur
reu!cr 70 Philip o. Maceton. Cato. rather
than submit to Julius Cn-ar, took his own
NE. and ater three time, his wounds mad
teen drrss'd tore them omen and persisted.
Mlthridates killed himself rather than sub
NIT &c f~otnpey. IN" conquAror. Hannibal
destroyed hls III" BY poison from his ring,
considering life unp"arable. Lycurgus Il
sul"i!". Brutus a suicide. After the disaster
o. Moscow Napoleon always carried with
flHl q preparation OF opium. and one night
h. scrvtnr hea-.i the peror arise, put
something in 4 glass and drink it. and soon
ati"r ~" trO1ns arouse ali the ATTENDANTS,
an! II vas only through utmos, medical
SIKH r." Was resuecltateI from the s.upor OF
the opIate.
Tines have changed. AMI yet the Amori-
can conscience needs to BE- toned upon the
SUBJECT o. ~suicite. Have YOU seen d paper
IN the last mo lth that Iii not announce the
passage out OF life ly ones own behest?
D'faultrrs, Alarmed ~ the lie. OF exposure.
gut NE prec! pitat"ly. Men losing large
fortunes go out Of the world because they
ctnnot endure earthly existence. Frustrat-
'd affection, domestic infelicity, dyspectic
lHpttlence, anger. remOrse. envy, jealousy,
dteiltution, mlsanthropy, are considered
sufficient causes for abseonding IRON this
life y Paris green. by Iaudanum, by bella
donna. by Othello $ cagger. 10y halter. by
leap rom the abutment of Il bridge. by fire.
arms. Nor" cases of''le!O de s." in the last
two years ofthe world 5 TX ,stence. The evil
Is morr and more spreading.
\ pulpit not long ago expressed some
doubt as to whether there was really any
thing wrong about quitting this life when it
| IIAlsn -. "a, - n 4, VIA. nnl fhaen -, fa,~l n
respectable circles people apologize for the
crime which Paul IN the text arrested. |
shall snow you before | get through that
suicide IS the worst OF all crimes. and / shall
lit "A warning unmistakahle. But in the
earlv part Of this sermon | wish to admit
that sont OF the best Christians that have
ev r lived have tommittei self destruction,
hut always in de'nentia and not responsible.
! have noImOre doubt about their eternal
felicity than | have of the Christian who
dis III his bed in the delirium Of typhoid
fever. While the shock of the catastrophe is
varN great, | charge all those who have had
Ct,riStlan friends under cerebral alteration
step of the boundaries OF this life to hav,
no doubt their happiness. The dear Lord
took them right out OF their dazed and fren-
zI"d state into perfect safety. How Christ
1e"lS toward the insane You may know froal
the KIND way h" treated the demoniac O
Gar3ar;t and the child ~lunatic. and the po-
tenry with which he hushed the tempests
ether OF sea or brain.
Scotland, the land prolific Of intellectuaI
giants, had none granier than Hugh Miller
great for science AMI great tor God. H.
came Of the best Highland bloot. and he was
"a descendant OF Donald Roy. "A man emin.nt
for ms piety and the rare Gift of se4.on
sich,. His attainments. climbing up as he
dt! from the quarry AMI the wall Of TIT
ston"n4ason. drew forth the astonished ad-
Witirion OF Eucklant and Murchlson. tn,
scientists. and Or. Chalmers. the theoloyian
AMI heId universities spcllhound while h.
iot! them the story Of what he had seen o
GolIn the cd red sandstone.
y lat man did more than any being tina
cveg .val TO show that the Got of the hill
sllr cot OF the Bible. and he struck hi
tuA&-tor> on III" rocks Of Cronarty mt.
IT, btolGht geology ant theology accorian
in ,lvaa worship. His two books. eniitle
"Feotir.nts 9TH" Creator and the Test
nony u tn" Rocks. proclaimed the hann
81 ah eSarlastlnE marriage between cenuin
science ana revelation. On this latter boo
he 'o4.ei day sana night. through love
nature and love or GOO. until he couil n,
sleep, ana his brain gave way. an he w
found d"a! with a revolver by ht@ side. Il
cruel instrument having hat two bullets
on" for him ant the other for the cunsmit
!, VITO. NJ the c0r0nprs inquest. was exami
inc It AMI fell dead. Have YOU any doubt
HE Identification - Hugh Miller alter his h
lrlin had ceased thronhing that winter mig
in his study ut Portohel.o: Among 4
nichtiest OF earth. among the mishtlest
heaven.
NJ one ever doubles the pietv Of Villa
Ccwrrr. the author OF those three GRE
hvuns. oh. For a Closer Walk With Go |
'What Various Hlntrances We Meet
: There Is Fountain Filled With Blood
William Cowger. who shares with Isa
Watts AMI Charles Wesley the chief homo
, 81 Christian hymno,ocy. In hypochondl
he resolved 10 take his. own life and role
!, the river Thames. tQit found u man seated
some goods AT the very point from which
= "Npeci"t 10 spring ami rode back 10
hone AMI that might threw himself upon
own kuite. hut the htaie troke. and then
hanged himself - the ceiling. BY, the re
! pariet. No wonder that when God mer
n fully delivered him from tina, aw iul deme
tia he sat down and wrote that other hy!
JUS, Is memorable
40 moves Il a n mysterious way
HIS nnnte-> 10 sertorr.
lie fiauts His feot>t~,s IN the sea
Au8 rttc> ntea toe storm.
i! O. uHec!!ef y sure 10 err
An >cAu HIS " K n vain
CD ttt>unE interpreter.
a. liz @.t maze pan.