Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-08-18

estes Ia the vessibuIe of the church az they |
go in and sit at the communion. Having con. |
ciuied the sacrament, they get up, wipe the |
wine from their lips. go out and take uo
their sins where they let OF. To sarve the
devil Is their regular work TO serve God. 8 |
sort C. play spell. With a Sunday spongs |
they expect TO wipe OF. from their business |
slate all the pas; weeks inconsistencies You
nav no more right TO take suon a mans life |
rs "A specimen Of religion than you have 10
take the TWISTED irons and split timber. tina {
lie on the beach a. Coney Island as a spe,i.
men Of an American ship. Ii IS time that We
drew a lin. D.: wen religion and the fraii-
ties Of those who profess II.
Again. there may lie some o. you who, Ia
| the ai.enp, alter a Christian life. viii haYs
To rua against powerful passions AMI up-
| I-ttt.-. perhaI, X IS a disposition TO anger
tnat you have 10 content against, AMI per-
ilap-. Vniis in Il very serious moo /. you
| hear u so nctnlns that makes you feei tnat
you must awsir Or die. | kuow OF a Chris.
tian nan VINO was once 50 exasperate1 that !
he : al 10 4 mean cu-to ner, II cannot swear
ut YOU myself, for l am a member Of The
church, tut il you will go down stairs my
partner in cuisines, Will sweat AT YOU All
your goo | resolution, heretofore nave been
torn 10 tatters by explosions OF temper.
NON. tnere Is no harm IN getting mad ii you
only c-t mad at sln. You nee1 to brtiie
AN | I tlle tn+.5 not Dreatnei passions. ant
witn them ride Iowa injustice an wrong.
There arc a thousand things III the word
that W. ought 10 be mad ar. There is no
harm III gcttinc reinot II YOU only bring 10
the Iorgr that wnlcn n"eio namMering. 4
man VINO IA, NJ power OF righteous inIlS-
nation Is al lmt.rltp. But be sure ii Is Is
righteous Indignation aud not il pe,ulancy
that Diurs and uurtvels ana d.pietes the
soul.
-Iuer- is Il la, e class Of persons 10 miiiife
VINO n3,rc still III them appetltes that Were
aroused IN early m;Hhooi, At Il time when
tuey prIded themselves on being Il little
ilst. ''nlgn iivers, 'lree and easy, ''naIi
!elIuws wei met They are now paying il
coMpounI interest Tor troubles they coitect-
eu twenty years ago. some Of you are try
Ing - escape. am you Will, yet very mar
rONBy, Us with tue seih or your teeth"
uo..,n your own sou. only know what the
s,uI 40 is. Omnlpotent grace has pulled
%. many Il soul mat WAS deeper III tne
miro than Won arc. They line tho leach OF
heaven. thu muititu 'e whom Col has res
cuel from the thrall OF suicidal habits. Ii
You this day turn Your back on tho wrong
and start anew. Col will help YOU. o.. the
weakness Of human help Men will sym.
pathizn for Il while and then turn you Off.
If you ask tor their pardon. they will give
It and say they will try you again but. fall
ing away again under tn" power Of tempta-
ton. they east you OF forever. But col
forgives seventy times seven-vra. seven
hunired times-yea, though this be tho ten
thonsandth time II. is moro earnest, moro
sympathetic. more helpful this last time than
when you took your first misstep.
l.. With all the influences favorable for n
ri-ht life. men MAKE 80 many mistakes, how
much har Ter it is when. for instance. some
appetite thrlstS its iron grapple into tho
roots OF the tongue AMI pulls Il man down
with hanls Of destruction! If un1sr such
circumstances he break away. the-, W1- be
no sport In Che undertaking. no holiday en-
ioyment. but n struggle in which tho wres-
tiers move from side 10 side AMI ben l and
twist and watch for an opportunity to Cnt in
n heavier stroke until. with one fnal effort,
in which the muscles are distenle1, and the
veins start out. and the blood starts, the
swnrthy habit falls under the knee OF the
victor-escaped at last as with the skin OF his
teeth.
In the last day it will be found that Hugh
Latimer and John Knox and Huss and Rid
ley were not the greatest MARTYRS, but Chris
tim men who went up incorrupt from tho
COMMUNICATIONS and perplexities OF Wal
street. Water street. Pearl street. Broad
street. State street. Third street. Lombari
street and tho bourse. On earth they were
called brokers or stockholders or retailers or
importers, but in heaven Christian heroes.
No fagots were heaped about their feet, no
inquisition demanded from them recanta-
ton, no soldier aimed = spike at their heart.
IA thtN ial - >oi 49,
with which all physical consuming is as the
breath Of q spring morning
/ find in the community n large class o.
-, men who have been so cheated. so lied about
!. so outrageously wronged that they have lost
, faith in everything. In world where every
:. thing seems so topsy turvy they DO not see
how there can be any God. They are con
, founded and frenzied and misanthropic
Elaborate argument to prove to them thu
truth OF Christianity or thetruth OF anythin.
). else touches them nowhere. Hear me. nj
such men. | preach to you no rounded
periods. no ornamental DISCOURSE. but | pu
r my hand on your shoulder and invite yot
y into the peace of the gospel. Here is n rocl
i, on which you may stand firm. though tn
:. waves dash against it harder than the At
:, lanfic, pitching its surf clear above Eddy
stone lighthouse. Do not charge upon Go
NIL these troubles Of the world. AS long 4
:. the world stuck to God. God stuck to tn
>, world. but the earth seeded from His gov
:. ,nment.. and hence all these outrages an
:. all these woes. God is good. For man
= hundreds of years He has been coaxinG tn
world TO come back TO Him. but the more H
a has coaxed the more violent have men bee
= in their resistance. and they have steppe
a back and stepped back until they hay
:, dropped into ruin.
!, Try this God, VI. who have had the bloc
: hounds after You. and who have thougl
IT that God had forgotten you. Try Him an
ut see II He will not help. Try Him and see
o H. Will not pardon. Try Him and see If +
er will not save. The flowers Of snring ha,
W no bloom 50 sweet rs the towering Of Christ
affections. The sun hath no warmth cor
J., pared with the glow OF His heart. IT
il waters have no refreshment like the fou
ne tain that will slake the thirst OF thy soul.
the moment the reindeer stands With his Ii
vi AMI nos;rii thrust into the cool mountain TO
= rent the hunter NAV be coming through Il
IA thicket. Without cracking Il stick uud
- ~ {o>y ha aA,~a h-{ bo ztnxp atrrl b
:. gun, draws the trigger. ani the poor thir
a rears IN its death agony and falls back war
=. It's antiers crashing on the rocks, but Il
Il. painting heart that drinks from the wat
At brooks Of Cots promise shall never be- I
. tally wounded and shall never die.