Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-07-20
100 LATE To RECALL.
REV. DR.. TALMkee ON WRONGS THAT
CANNOT BE RleHrep.
fii- Opinion Of "the objectionable Sim"
Not Possible To-day To Commit some
IrrevOcabir Mistakes Enameratcd-The
signal Gun Of the Gospel.

NEW YoEk. July li.-ln his sermon for
today Rev. DR.. Talmagr who is still in
the west on his annual summer tour, chose
a subject which has hvcn fruitful theme
IL theological dispuiation for centuries
past-viz, The objectionable sin. The
texts selected were: "Ail manner Of sin
and hlasphcmy shall he forgiven unto men,
tut the blasphcmy against the Holy Ghost
shall not I've forgiven unto men. And
whatsoever srsakrih "A word against the
SON of man. IL shall bc forgiven him, bus
whatsoever ,ltslkcth against the Holy
Ghost IL shalt not be- forgiven him, neither
in this world. neither in the world TO
come Matthew xii. 81, 81.
He found no place Of repentance.
though h. sought It carefully with tears
Hebrews vi. Il.
~ sometimes you gather the whole fam
ily around the evening stand To- hear some
book read. now we gathcr-a great
Christian family ;sruup-to study this text,
and nuw may one and the same lamp cast
it, glow un ali the circle,
The objectionable Sin.
Ynu sec from the first passage that
read that there is a sin against the Holy
Ghost fnr which a man i never pardoncd.
Once having committed IL. he Is hound
hand aud foot for the dungeons of despair.
Sermons may bc preached 10 him. songs
may hc sung 10 him, prayers may bc Of
fcred IN his behalf. hut all To NO purpose.
He j. captive for this world and cap
tive for the world that = To- come. Do you
suppose that there j. any one here who
has committed that sin? All sins are
against the Holy Ghost, hut my text speaks
Of one especially. II j. very clear Ia my
own mind that the sin against the Holy
Chest was the ascrihing of the works of
the spirit - The ain'ncy of the devil IN the
tiluo nf the apostles. Indeed The blhlo
distinctly tells Us that. In other words,
II man had sight given 10 him, or II an
other was raised from the dead. ana some
one standing there, should say: This man
got his sight hy satanic power. The Holy
Spirit did not do this Bcclzcbub accom-
piisl,cd IL. or. This man raised from the
dc 4 was raised by satanic influence, the
man who said that dropped down under
the curse OF the text and had committed
the fatal sin against the Holy Ghost.
Now, do not think it is possiblc in this
day To- commit that sin. ! think IL was
possible only in apostolic times. But il Is
a very terrible thing ever 10 say anything
against the Holy Ghost. and II Is marked
fact that our race has been marvclously
kept back from thar profanity. You hear
a man swear hy the name of the Eternal
God and hv the name of Jesus Christ, but
You never heard "A man swear by the name
Of the Holv Ghost There are those here
today who fear they arr guilty of the un-
parslunahle sin. Have you such anxiety
Then have t. tell you positively that you
have not committed that sin. because the
very anxiety i "A result II the movement
Of the gracious spirit. and your anxiety is
proof positive. a. certainly a. anything that
can be dcmonsi rated In mathematics, that
YOU have not committed the sin that
have been speaking Of. | can look off upon
this audience and feel that there Is saliva
ton for all. II i not like when they put
out with those lifeboats from the Loeb
Earn for the Vile du Havrc. They knew
there was not room for all the passengers,
but they were going To do u well as they
could Bat fooay we man the liicboat Of
the gospel. and we cry out over the sea.
Room for ALL Oh. that the Lord Jesus
Christ would. this hour. bring you all out
81 the food Of sin and plant you ON the
deck OF the glorious old gospel craft.
Sins to Guard Against.
Blu; while have said do not think IL
Is possible for Us L. commit the particular
sin spoken az in the first text, ] have by
reason IL tie second text 10 call your at
fcntion To tho fact that there are sins
which. though they may bc pIrioncd. are
in some respects irrcvocablc, and You can
find no place for repentance, though YOU
seek Il carefully with tears. Esau had u
birthright given him. In oldcn times IL
meant not only temporal hut spiritual
blessing one day Esau took this birth
right and traded il of for something 10
eat oh, the folly, But let u not be too
severe upon him, for some ~ u have COM
lnitted the same folly. After he had
made The trade. he wanted 10 get il back.
just n though you tomorrow morning
should take all your notes and bonds and
government securities and should 90 into
a restaurant and in III OF rccklr>snces
and hunger throw all those securities ON
the counter and ask for plate Of food,
making that exchange. This was the enc
Esau made lie sold his birihright for u
mess Of potiage, and lac was very sorry
about il a!'crward, but hc found no place
for repentance, though be- sought il care
fully with tears.
There T. an impression in almost every
mans mind that somewhere in the fu-
ture there will hc chance where he can
correct all his mistakes Live as we may,
II We only repent in time, God will forgive
". and then al will bc as well a. though
we had never committed sin. My dis
course shall come in collision with that
theory | shall show you. my friends, n
God will help me that there i such a
thing n unsuccessful repentance; that
there are things done wrong thar always
stay wrong and Tor them you may seek
some place Of repentance and sock it care
fully. but never find il.
A Misspent Youth.
Belonging TO this class d: irr,vucable
mistakes j. the folly 81 misspeut youth.
We may loak liacl, TO our college days and
think haw We neglected chemistry, or geol-
ogy, or botany. or mathematics. We may
b. sorry about IL all our days. Can w
ever GET tie discipline ar tie advantage
that we would have had had we attended
10 those duties in early liics \ man wakes
mp at 10 years 81 age and finds that his
youth has been wasted. and lac strives Il
gci back his early advantages. Docs he
got them larls--ihr days 81 h0yhoud, III,
days in college, the days under hi father
roof oh IT, say. Ii / could only gel
those times back again. how would i'm
prove them Nj brother ynu will ncyri
get them mCs They are gone, gone. Nuu
may be- very ..J-ry about IL and God ma.
forgive. so tiiai yuu may al last rscl
heaven. hut yau viii never got over som,
Of the mi-hii.. THAI hasrc1nr Ia your >uu
as "a result II :oHr neglect uf Early duty
You mas try - undo Ia You cannot und'
IT, When you had "a bros arms and a. boy
ewes and "A hoy heart you ought iu have
ATTENDED 10 ihn-c things man -ays. al
81 year. II ago. ~ do wish ! could gel
over these habits ~ Incidence. Mhci
did you get tl,.ms At 20 or - wears d
aae. You c.,nuO; shake them oi. The.
will hang 20 yoc 20 the very day of your
death II Young man through n long
ruilr-.'f ssil cluduci uudcrmincs his phy =
icai l,r,iih. nud then rIcni- 81 II in after
life, the Lord may pardon him. Int that
does noi bring lark guud physical condi.
ti0n. ! said To minister uf the gospel,
one sabbath az thu close AZ the service,
Where arr you preaching nowf' "Oh, "
he SAYS, :" ] ana nnt preaching lam suffer
ing from the physical effects ~ early sin.
] can't preach now. ! am sick" a conse.
Grated man e Now j., and he mourns bit.
ierly over ly sins. hat that does not ar
rest their bodily effects.
The simple fact j.. that men and women
often taer "a years of their life to build
up influences that require all the rest 81
their life 10 break down. Talk about a
man beginning life when be- j. 81 years ii
ugc; talk about woman beginning life
when she j. : wears Of age Al. MOI In
many RESPECTS that l. the time they close
life Ia mine .stses stilf of ten all the utp..