Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-10

an ! morals ana goes 5lOm UAl IL "ofS%. til
he falls under designations. dies In a iazar
house and il buried in the potters field.
Another young man who heard that jolly
-kepiicis-a made mp his mind that Iii makes
no differences what We do or say. for We viii
al come ont at last at the right place. and
h<gan a. q consequence TO rtirioiu. soTs
money thet ZANE into hts hands for others
he APPLIED I'd tis own uses; thinking par
hars he would make j. straight some other
time. and Nil would be we'll even If he did
not make Ii straight. He cni in the pani-
te"rItiary. That Golfer who uttered theeoSes
against Christianity never realized wnat oad
work he was doing. aud he passed on Through
lie and out Of il and into a future that am
not nov going 10 depict.
/ 10 not propose with n searchIsght TO snow
the breakers OF the awful coast On which that
ship is wrecked. for my business now: i. TO
watch the sea after the Keel has piowed IL.
No rhosphore.cence in the wake OF that ship.
tut behind IL two souls struggling In fhr
waye-two Young Nell destroyed by reckless
skepticisD. an unilluTirad ocean beneath
ana on all side. Of them, Bla.aness al daras
hess.
You know what a 2ioriously good nau
Esv. John Newton was the most OF hts lie.
hut before his conversion lie was a very
wicked sailor. and on board the shin liar
xich ins:illed infdelity and vice into the
mind Of a Young man-prin"ipses which de-
-troyei him. Afterwari the two met. AMI
Newton tried TO undo his bad work, but in
vain. Thr Young mali became worse and
worse aud died a proaigats. horrifying those
who stood by him in his last moments
Better look cut what bad influence you
start. for you may not be able to stop it. At
Hoes not require very great force to ruin
others. Why was it that many years ago "A
treat fooi nearly destroyed New Orleans?
4 crawh.h had burrowed into the banks OF
the river until ths ground was saturated AMI
tn" banks weakened until the food burst.
Bu: | End here a man who starts out in
lif. with the determination that he will
never see suffering but he will try to al
leviate it. and never soc discourayement
but be Will try to cheer it. AMI never meet
with ANYBODY bug he wi. try to do him
good. Getting his strength from God. he
starts from homew with high purpose OF doing
All tho good he can possibly do in one day.
Whether standing behind the counter. or
talking in the business Office with a pen be-
hin his EAR. or making n bargain with q fel-
low trader. or ont in the field discussing
With his next neighbor the wisest rotation OF
the crops. or in the shoemakers shop pound
Ing sole leather. there Is something in his
face. an1 in his phraseology and in his man
ner. that demonstrates the grAce OF God In
his heart. He can talk on religion without
awkwardly dragging it in by the ears. He
loves God and loves the souls Of all whom he
meets and is interested in their present and
eternal destiny.
For fifty or sixty years he lives that life.
and then gets through with it and goes into
heaven a ransoned soul. But | am not going
10 describe the port into which that ship has
entered.
am not going TO describe the Pilot Who
met him outside at the 'lightship.' l am
not going to say anything about the crowds
of friends who met him on the crystalline
I: L. Aon1 IS
chrysopras"s. For God In His words to job
calls me to- look at the path Of foam in the
wake Of that ship. and 1 tell you it is all
a-cieam with s%plendors Of kindness done.
and rolling with iIlumined tears that were
wiped away. and a-1ash with congratula-
tons. and clear out to the horizon in all di-
~rections is the sparkling. flashing, billowing
phosphOrescenc- of q Christian life. ''He
maketh n path to shine after him.
And here | correct one OF the mean no.
tons which at some time takes possession OF
all of us. and that Is as to the brevity OF hu-
man life. When [ bury some very useful
man. clerical or lay. In his thirtieth or for
tieth year. | say: What u waste Of ener-
sies. 1t was hardly worth while for him to
get ready for Christian work. for he had SO
soon TO quit it But the fact is that 1 may
insure any man or woman who does any
good on a large or small scale for a life on
earth as long rs the world lasts. Sickness,
trolley car accidents. death itself. can no
more destroy his life than they can tea
down one OF the rings Of Saturn. You can
start one good word. ono kind act. one
cheerful smile. on a mission that will las
until the world becomes n bonfire, and on
of that blaze it will pass into the heavens
never to halt rs long rs God lives.
There were in the seventeenth century mel
and women whose names you never hear,
of who are to-day Influencing schools, col
laOaC ahIrnhno Nafinnc Won oon no NOR
measure the gracious results of their life
time than YOU could measure the length an
breadth and depth OF the phosphOrescenct
last night following the ship of the Whit
Star line 1900 miles out ut sea. How th'
courage and conservation of others inspir
us to follow. as a general in the America
army. cCol amid the flying bullets. inspire
q trembling soldier. who said afterward. .
was nearly scared to death. but | saw tn,
old mans white muStache over his Shoulde
and went on Aye. we are all foliowin
somebody. either in right or wrong dire
tons.
A few days ago | stood beside the gar
landed casket of a gospel minister. and i
l1nv remarks had occasion to recall q snow
night in a farmhouse when | was q boy an
an evangelist spending II night at my father
house, who said something SO tender an
beautiful and impressive that it led me int
the kingdom OF God and decided my destin
Tor this world and the next. fou will. be
fore twenty-four hours go by. meet some ma
or woman with a big pack of care and tro,
BILE. and you may say something to him c
her that will endure until this world sha'
have been so far lost in the past that nothin
hut the stretch of angelic memory will /
able to realize that it ever existed at all.
am notsalking of remarkable men an
women. but Of what ordinary folks can dc
| am not speaking OF the phosphorescenc
in the trapk4of a \ewfOundlan1 fchjr
smack. God makes thu~nderbolts out {
sparks. and out Of the small words and deed
OF a small life He can launch a power tbs
will fash and burn a,d thunder through tn
e;ernities.
How do YOU like this p~ro!ongation of YOU
earthly life by deathless influence? MANY
babe that died at six months OF age by th
anxiety created in the parent heart to me.
that child in realms seraphic is living yet i
the transformed heart AMI iif- OF thos
parents and will live on forever in the hi.
tory OF tina, family. II this be the opp,or.,
uity o. ordinary souls. what is the oppo
, tunity otthose who have especial intellec.a.
or social or monetary equipment: !
Have You any arithmetic capable Of &c.
nHinc the influence of eur GOOD and cr7
: cious friend who a few DAYS ago wen. IN e,
/ rest-GeorSe W. Childs. Of Phiiadelpaia