The Baptist headlight., 1894-08-01
it? 1O' HOW 40 YOU like
ne Merriest LAUGH or an

& oac1; 1t has done pretty Wei q I'm Ia,
good many years. Then ibero4 ~ aor y, q
Paople VINO fnd it comfort to haI-o ~ ~
| III Inelr laps, and children lilLo 80 ~
iles lh IL Let us keen II for y
int int 1osIIy' IL the Bible is to ha throw =
,.oa, III q tne school and out of the conr+
ad uJhH so that men no more swear hv i
1T e'f1t II H. 70 pc put in dark corr;dor
d une cily library. the Koran on ona
tha ailu Une writings of Confucius On
conv Ill. enen 1et us each keep a
trnglio tyl loi 5 nl55nsel1' for we might have
dar 1o' III 5ai 1nu We would want to be un-
and we might die, and we n Wo7'Id Cnoiis, ,p
CRe deluslon Of the exalted rasidonna o"no
II 0oo s right hand, which # rnan7
% .Ions' m, what an awful thino + +
y laugh IA Gods face and hnrI hiS
ReVelatlOn back at him. After awbiio
the udy Wl-l come when thev will saw
Illey dld not laugh. Then All IA
nypercrltlclsms, all the caricatnroc
| anu All the learned sneers in The omaro
| Ierly reviews Will be brought to lido
nleht, ana amid the rocking of eyerI.
lnlhg beneath, and amid the Hamino
n everything above God will thnndar
PIP thOu dldst laugh" I think thn
llloaI fascinating laughter at Christi
aan11y ~ ever remember was q man in
NeW England Re made the wor3 If
0ou seem ridiculous, and he lauohed |
on aI Our hOly religion until he came !
ID uIe, and then ne said, "My life has
peGn Iallure-a failure domesticallv |
fo Have no children: q failure socially, !
lof am treated in the streets likn'a
pirate; q failure professionally be1
cause know but one minister that has
ADOPTED my sentiments" Fora quarter
"a century he laughed at Christi
5ahlty, ana ever since Christianity has
oeen laughing at him. Now, it is a
mean th1ng to 60 into a mars hOuse
ahd steal ms goods, but [ tell YOU the
nlost gigantic burglary ever invented
~ Ine proposition to Steal these treas
ures Of our holy religion. The mean
est laughter ever uttered is the Ianoh
Of the skeptic.
Mean Laugh.
The next laughter mentioned in tho
m PIE that | Shall speak of is the
1921 s laughter. on the expression of
sinful merriment Solomon was verv
fulck at mile. When he makes'a
comparison, we All catch it. What is
Ine laughter Of q fool like? He saws.
lt !s the cracking of thOrns under q
pot. Inc Klttic is swung. a bunch of {
ofam pies ls put under it, and the
loren rs applied to it, and there is a t
great noise, and a big blaze. and a ,
,putter, ana quick eXtinguishment
hen II ls darker than it was before. c
FOOLS laughter c
Ihe most miserable thing on earth d
s q bad man S fun. There thew are
en- men in barroom: they have at :
lome wives, mothers, daughters. The S
starts 6 ~ q
and crackle, crackle, crackle. W
7 goes All around In 700 such puf- |
Avs there is not one item of hanpi v
ess. lhey All feel bemeaned, if thev 0
ave any conscience left. Have moth o
lg JO 40 with men or women who tell T.
nmOral stories. | have no confidence s.
ltnef ln their Christian character or [
helr morality. So all merriment that al
prings cut Of the defects of others = a
arlcature Of q lame foot or curved n
pine, or blind eve, or a deaf ear V,
lll be met with the judgments Of tt
Od either upon you, or upon yOur bt
hildren. Ia
Twenty years ago | knew man who ht
as particularly skilIful in initiating vi
le lameness Of neighbor Not LONG th
30 son Of the skillful mimic had his ca
=. amputated for the very defect ev
hlch hls father had mimicked years in
eIore. 40 not say it was a judg-
en- of GOd. 4 Leave you to make
'ur own Inference a.
80 all merriment born of destination o1
at which starts at the counter of ~.
e drinking restaurant or from the =, 20
neglass in the home circle. the ~
audlln simper, the meaningless Joke, TT
e saturnallan gibberish, the par ,,-a
ysm Of mlrth about nothing which 80
Y sometimes see in the fashionable 49,
lbroom or the exquisite parl0r at II ~.
LOCK at night, are the cracking of ~;
orns under pot Such laughter IT, IT,
d such sin end in death. 80 80
"A Momentous Laugh. ~
The next laughter that | shall n :
4 as being in the Bible is the laugh lau
Gods condemnation. He that Sit say
h in the heavens Shall laugh" che
ain, "the Lord Will laugh at him." 1t
ain iii will laugh at his calamity" ora
tn such demonstration will God frit
'et every kind Of great sin and wick tun
less. But men build up vlllainies sicl
her and higher. Good men almost not
Y G0d, because he is SO schemed TO I
INST by men. Suddenly pin dops SON
Of the machinery Of wickedness. or gre
9cret IS revealed. ana the foundation one
.lhs to fock. FINALLY the whole you
AZ Oeglns 10 ROCK. What is the und
tier? | Will tell you what the mat ano
is. The crash of ruin is only the wer
erberation Of Gods laughter. YOU
! the money market there are a saw
al many good men and great many this
ldulent men. IA fraudulent man N
re says: 'I mean To have my mil graf
"" He goes to work reckless of of g
tsty, and he gets his first Sl00.0 600. this
gets after awhile his S2O0. 0lO At mill
awhile he gets his $500 600 laug
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