Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-10-01
REV. DR.. 7ALMAGE.
THE NOTED DEvISE,s SUNDAY
SERMON.


mn LEX: And TIC streets OF the city shah be
iuii OF boys aud girls playing in III streets
'neleol' -Zachariah viii, 5.
Giimpses OF our cities redeemed, Now
uoys ana girls who play in the streets run
ou:n risks that multitudes OF than end in
u.n bhr. IN the coming time spoken OF.
nuI clties viii be 50 mora! that lads and
asses snail be as safe in the public thorough
idrfs rs in the nursery.
Pulpl and printing presses ,or tho ,,oo,
part IN our day are busy in discussing tha
.onuluon OF the cities at this time: but would
~ ~ nor De healthfully encouraging to all
.nris'lan workers. and to all who ara TOLL
tnS 20 make the world better, If we should
Tor a little while look forward TO TN. time
when our cities shall be. revolutionized Nv
Tue uospei OF the Son OF God. and all the
uanAhess OF Sin and trouble and crime and
suffering shall be gone fromthe world.
EstIy mar mas n pride in the city OF his
na.lv'ty or residence. If it be a city distin-
Suished fo' any dignity or prowess. Caesar
boosted OF his native Rome. Viryil Of uantna
i.ycurgus OF Sparta, Demonstrates OF Athens.
ar.himsdes OF Syracuse, and Paul OF Tarsus.
l should have suspicion OF base-heat edness
ia man who had no especial interest in the
ciIy Oh MS birth Or resiience-ao exhilara-
ton OF the evidence OF Its prosperity or its
artistic embellishments. or it's intellectual adj
vancement.
nave noticed that n man never likes a
ciy where he has not behaved we'll! People
VINO nave bad q free ride in the prison van
nsVer IKE the city that furnishes the vehicle.
"noh i ma Argos and Rhodes and SMYRNA
trying TO prove themselves the birthplace of
homer conclude at once that Homer be-
paved we'll. He liked them and they liked
him. we must not war on iaudaoIe city
pride. or, with tho idea Of building ourselves
up nj any time, try to pull others down.
Dostoh must continue to point to its Faneuit
Hall and to its Common, and to its superior
educational advantages. Philadelphia must
continue to point to its Independence Hall
and its mint, and its Girard College. Wash
'ngton must continue to point 70 its Won
drous Capitoline buildings. Ill should nnd
u man coming from any city, hi ving no
PRIDE in that city. that city having been the
place OF his nativity, or now being tho place
OF his residence. l would feel like asking:
what mean thing have you done there?
What outrageous thing have you been guilty
o. that you do not like the place."
L think we Ought-and / take 1t for
granted you are Interested in this great work
Df evangeliZing the cities and saving the
world-we ought TO toll with the sunlight In
onr faces. We are not fighting in a miser-
able Bull Run OF defeat. We are on our way
to final victory. We are not follo wing the
rider or the black horse, leading US down tc
death and darkness and doom. but the Rider
on the white horse, with the moon under
His feet and the st trs Of heaven for His tiara.
Hal, ConquerOr. hail.
L know there ara sorrOws. and there
are sins. and there are Sufferin4S al around
about Us; but as in some bitter, cold winter
day. when we are threehing our arms around
rs to keep our thumbs from freezing. W.
think 81 the warm spring day that viii after
awhile come; or in the dark winter night W.
look up and see the northern lights, the win
dows Of heaven illuminated by ono grea
victory Just SO we look up from the nigh
of suffering and sorrow and wretchedn"s
IN I1ir III ~ yIA Cnn u IfUhf { = ga m I n
through from the other side. AMI we know
we are on the way.tO morning-mOre thar
that. or the way to "a morning witnou
clouds
want you to understand. all you who az
toiiing for Christ, that the castles Of sin ar
Oh going to be captured. The victory 70
Christ in these great towns is going toebe s.
cGmplete that not Il man Oh earth or q
angel III heaven, or a devil in hell will dis
putei it. How do know? l know just i
certainly as God lives and this is holy ttntt
The OH Bible is full OF it. II the Nation
to he saved. Of course all the cities are t. /
saved. 1t makes Il great difference With 70
and with me whether we are toiiing on t
ward Il defeat. or toitln3 on toward Il -.
tory.
Now. ii this municipal elevation Of Viii.
speak. | have to remark there will |
greater financial prosperity than our citi.
have eyer seen. Some people seem to ha'
a morbid idea Of the millennium, and the
Hlnk w z tut III lttIC totlltN W W
cities and the world people will give the
time up 20 psalm-singing and the relating
their reli sious experiences, and, rs all socii
life will be purified. there Will be No hilarit
aud. as all business will be purified. the
will be no enterprise. There i no grouu
I for such un absurd anticipation. In II
time Of which / speak. where now one 10
tune is made. there will be n hundred 70
tunes made. We ali know business pro
peritv depends upon confidence betwet
49, ,rt,n, thnf ttnn ,n,n.
OF which | speak. and when all double dea
ing. ali dishonesty. ami all fraud are gol
out al commercial circles, thorough con
dence VIII be established and there will
better business done. aul larger forum
gathered. and miGhiier successes achieve
The-rrat business disasters OF this rountl
have cemr tFom the work Of CODES spec
ia:or- ANA infamous stock gamblers. |
great foe to business i critle. when I
right shall have hurled back the wrong. NJ
shall hay" purified the commercial code, Al
shal have Numbered down Fraudulent e>ta
lishmcntS. and shall have put into tho han
Of honest men the KEYS Of business, b'es7
time for the bargain makers. | am not IN
Ing an nb,i ~raction. | am not making 4 que
Lam telling you Gods eternal truth.
In that dav OF which l speak, taxes will
mere nothing. Now. our business men a
toxal for everything. City taxes. cour
taxes. State taxes. United states taxes, star
taxes. license taxes, manufacturing taxes
CAKES. taxes, taxes. Our business men Ma
10 make u small fortune every year to ?
their taxes. What ~fnstens on our great
dustri.s this awiUl load?- Crime. individ'
and official. W. haveto pay the board
the yli,aiaS who are iucarcrrated IN our pr
ms. We have o take care OF the orphans
hose who plunged into their graves throu
san.uui ,ndulcencies. We have, u supp
the munic.pai governments. which are '
and EXPENSIVE Just In proportion as the crl
Iual procIiv,tics are vast ana treinendo
Who support the almshouse> AMI polio" :
lions. and all the machinery OF munlti.
government? The tax PAYERS.
But In III" glorious time OF which | spfi
-rifyou, taxation willall have ceased. TIL
will be 10 need . disappearing criminals the
will he r~ocrimiuals. Virtue will have tai
n. mace Of y ce. There will no orphan 4
inns. fo- parents will be aote 10 leave 4 q
,e.cnry TO their children. There will he
voting = large suns .: money Tor Sc
municipal improvement, winch moneys
Tore lht ret 10 the improvements dropl
the roct.iS Of thos" who voted tt@H.
over and terrn.nar Kept UP a VS., .Noa
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