Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-18
'TNERE is ONLY ONE VERDICT
mn. TAINIAGE GIVES WARN
NC TO THE rMPESITENr.
re Is No Reversal of Judgment-
10 That Is Unjust WIN he I'm
Inst sdii-rhouEhts Concerns
ing Final Reformation.

| MT, has hticctou 40 eHo nuOIect lor MS ser
,.an through the press today Another
rharco, the text being taken from Ecclc-
,,,s,es ii, 9, "If the tree fall toward tho
.,m,h or toward the north, in the place
-hsre tho tree fnllcth there It shall be.
Therc Is lowering hope In the minds
"a vast multitude TINT there will be an
snoortunity In the next world to correct
As mistakes of this; that II we do make
sOrnplete shlpwreck of our earthly life 1t
m DO OH shore, up which we may walk
!, palace; that, as a defendant may lose
N, case in the circuit court and carry it
N 10 the supreme court or court OF chan
m and get a reversal Of Judgment in his
beialf, all the costs oeing thrown over on
M other party, so II VIC fail In the earthly
trial we may in the higher Jurisdiction Of
1rcrnity have the judgment of the lower
court set aside, all the costs RENTED, and
n may be victorious defendants forever.
/py object In this sermon Ia to show that
k,oirmon sense as well as my text declares
,Aat such an expectation is chimerical.
EYou say that the impenitent man, having
In into the next world and seeing the dis
,ster. will, as result Of TINT disaster
Emrn, tho pain the cause OF his reforma.
aop. But you can find 10, 600 instances
IA this world OF men who have done wrong.
Ind distress overlook them suddenly. Did
Nd distress heal themi No. They went
light on.
The Course of Disease.
That man was flung Of designations.
you must stop drinking" said the doc.
,or "and quit the fast lifo YOU arc lead
ng, or it will destroy you. Tho patient
uhers paUxysm after paroxysm, but un-
tcr sklllful medical treatment he begins
1T up, begins to walk about the room,
begins to go to business And, 10, he goes
ack to the same grosshops for his morn
ng dram, and his evening dram, and tho
.lnms between. Flat down again Sumo
octor, Same physical anguish. Same
Incdlcal warning. Now tho illness is
bore protracted, tho liver Is mora stub
orn, the stomach more irritable and tho
digestive organs arc more rohellious. But
Bier awhile he Is out agnin, goe. back TO
3hs samo dramshops and goes the same
ound Of sacr4legc against his physical
salth.
He secs that his downward course Is
lnng his household; that his life is a
upetual perjury against his marriage
wv; that that broken hearted woman IL
unlike the roseate young wife whom no
BARRED that her old schoolmAtes do not
|trognize her that his sons are to DO
Aunted for lifetime by tho fathers
runkennoss; that the daughters are to
pass into life under tho scarification OF a
iErputahln ancestor He Is drinking up
heir happiness, thcir prospects for this
q and perhaps for the life to come Some
hines an appreciation Of what he Is doing
cues upon him. His nervous system Is
u a-tangle, From crown OF head TO sole
u foot ho Is one aching, rasping, cruelty
ng, damnlng torture Where is her In
ell on earth. Doos 10 reform himi
After awhile he has dollrium trcmens,
Fith whole jungle Of kissing reptiles let
ut on his pillow, and his screams horrlfy
he ncighbors as he dashes out Of his bed
krng, Take these things OF mor' As
Be sits pale and convaloscent tho doctor
ays Nov, want to have plain talk
nth you, my dear fellow. The next at
laek Of this kind you have you will be be-
I ohd all medical skill, and you will die, "
nc gets better and goes forth into the same
pound again. This timo medicine takes
n effect Consultation Of physicians
gNc in saying there is no hope Death
fhds the scene.
Il Chances of Reform.
4 That process Of incbriation, warning
pa dissolution is going on within stono's
PROV OF you, going on In all the neighbor-
oods Of Chrstendom Pain does not cor
frt Suffering does not reform. What Is
ruc In one sense IS true IN all senses and
'll forever be so, and yet men aro expect
~ In tho next world purgatorlal rejuve-
Aiion. Take up the printed reports OF the
nons of the United States, and you will
nd that tho vast majority Of the incar-
tfAted have been there bofore, some OF
hem four, five, six times. With million
llustrations all working the other way In
ais world, people are expecting that dis
nss In tho next state viii I've salvatory.
fou cannot imagine any worse torture In
}ny other world than that which some
nen have suffered here, and without any
pituitary consequence
furthermore, the prospect OF roforma'
ION In the next world is more improbable
nan a reformation here. In this world
% life started with innocence OF infancy.
tho case supposed, the other life viii
pcn with all the accumulated bad habits
many years upon him. Surely 1t Is
aSier to build strong ship out OF new
lmber than out Of an old hulk that has
zen ground up IN tho breakers. II with
nnocencc to start with In this life man
oes not become godly, what prospect Is
nere that in the next world, starting with
W there would DO seraph evolutedI
Drely the sculptor has moro prospect oil
laking fine statue out OF II block OF pure
aitc PAriAn marble thnn out OF an old
LAck rock scanned and cracked with the
,ofns Of n half century. Surely upon
can white sheet OF paper ii is easier to
me a decd or will than upon a sheet
paper all scribblcd and hlotted and torn
,pm top 10 bottom. Yet men seem to
nag that, though the life that began here
alnparntively perfect turned Out badly
y next life win succeed, though 1t starts
l,n dead failure.
hut" says some Sne II think we
ught to have chance In the next mo
,anse this life is so short II allows only
nAh opportunity We hardly have time
TX urn around between cradle and TOMB
ae wood Of the one almost touching tho
'ashle q tho other. But do you know
~ made the ancient delugea necessity
vas the longevity Of tho nntediluyians;
81 were worse In the second century o.
~ -fe;iine than IA the first hundred
Nh aud still woreo In the third century
- e'il wome all the way on TO 200, evV
- poo years, and tho earth had to DC
.Ahed and scrubbed and soaked and mn
s'fsa elcnr out OF sight for more than
q -lA before Il could he made ht Tor DC
people 70 live M.