Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-06-06
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE NOTED DIVINE'S SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.

job xvii, %. i
This ailusion ~aemsto r 1raratir. The
Bible no,s than cr~f n.ak"s such illusions.
Far sav-: Sc Are nal" a theatre or spec
tale . angels ami to nan" Il IS evident
from 'h- text that some IF the habits 81
thettraSoers ware known in jobs time, be-
"t lie l- describes an actor Kissed of the
sta-". tIhe imper=9nator comes en- the
to4r!s AM. either tht,uen lack 81 study Of
"a nart Re il r teke er happiness or other
'tcar41ity. tho audience is offended and ex-
T.ossfr - Misrepresentation and disgust by
hlsein.. Men snail clap their hands at
hi:n and SHALL hiss hin or 81 his place
NJ text suggests that each one Of Us is
- n the sag" Of tins world tc take some
part. What hardship ~aris"Htting an1discip-
lIno -reat 9ctGT- h*.o .naergono year after
v"rc thet 'heT might be perfected in their
l1ft- EoH have often read. But We. put on
TO ''a2a II this life to represent charity ard
!atth and humility and helpfulncs5-what
little preparation we have made. although
We haze three yallofl-. Of spectators. earth
9ui heaven nd he'll, Have We not been
llcre attentive - the part taken by others
'ht1 II tie part taken by ourselves. and,
while We needed 70 De looking at home and
"eac"ntratin- on our own duty, We have
been @ritieisinc the cther Performers, and
saving. "tllat yvr- 10 high" or ''too low"
~ 10" f-nn.r.' or 'too eytravagant." or
''t~~ tam or "too dononstrative." while
We ourselves Were making a dead failure
and preparing to he ignoniaiously Missed off
the stage? Each one IS assigned q rl2tc, 10
-tpernIneraries hanging ercrn; thr drama
II life IL take thin cr .tat Il. TIE other part.
a. they RAY 10 called upon. No one can
tax" CTR place. We can take no
eh'r place. Neither can We put of our
character; no change OF apparel can make
MS any one else than that which we eternally
are.
Many make 4 failure OF their part il tto
n y ~ ! ~ iiF, bx1,trt -; %I~.
have enough inttlleitcal equipment aud
good address ard g~ania@i:y unboundel. But
tney have 4 vine closet that contains all the
'"TcoF for 'neir social and business and
moral overthrow. So far back As the year
$50, King F !car Of Enslanl made 4 law ttat
the drinking cups should have riraa L.-tened
at a certain point ii tsr sitt, 50 that the in
Hulcer might +" ~.lI,nded to stop befosa he
, got t"tfe hattom. But there are no pins
! f'NlactinS from the sides Of the modern wine
cup or beer muc.1 and tho first point at
which millions stop is at the gravity bottom
OF their own grave. DR., Sax. at France, has
discovered something wiich all drinkers
ought 70 know. Fe lbs found out tina. alec
hoi IN svcty shape. whether OF wine or
trshiY or beer. contains parasitic life called
bacillus potumani4. BY. a powerful micro
scope these living things are t.lscoverel, and
when you take strors .rinx You take .nem
INTO the stomsrH. and then into volr blood.
and getting into the crimson canals Of life,
! VHt} 90 into every tissue OF Your BODY, and
your entire organism is taken possession Of
by these noxious infinitesimals. When Ia
dellrluIn tremens. a man sersJfvarv form OF
r~eptiiian life, II seams il il only these para
sites OF the brain in exaggerated sizf. II is
not a halluciGation that the cictiiE is suier-
lnc from. He only sees il tie room what is
actually crawling end liOtinS in his own
brain. Every time you take strong drink
yei swallow these maggots, aud every time
the lmhiber of alcohol in any shape feels YER
Ugo or rheumatism or nausea it is oniv tts9
jubilee of these maSSots, Efforts are being
made Tor the discovery Of some germicide
that can kilttfe parasites Of alcoholism. bat
the only ching that will ever extirpate them
y abstinence from alcohol aad teetotai abb
stinence, to which l would before God swear
all these young men and old.
America is a fruitful c~oriatrv. and We
raise large crops Of wheat n corn and
oats, but the largest crop we raise in this
country is the crop OF drunkards. With
sickle made out of tho sharp edges of the
broken glass OF bottle and demijohn they ara
cut down, and there are whole sWathcS ol
them. whole windrows Of the NJ. and 1t takes
nll the hospitals and penitentiarles and
EraVeyards and cemeteries to hold this har.
vest Of hell. Some of you are going down
Under this evil. and the never diving worm
nt alcohoiism has wound around you one OF
ia coils, aud by next New Years Dav if will
NCfA AC'th NOt, tsllfi IL / Gi
Ter awhile put a cell around Your tongue,
and a coil around your brain. and a coil
arour' your lung, and a coil around your
tN"i, and a coil around your heart, and some
way this never dying worm will. with sne
spring, tighten all the coils at once, ana in
IN" last twist of that awful convolution YOU
VIII cry out. 'Oh. my GoI!' and be gone
lie greatest OF dramatists in the tragedy OF
"The Tempest senls staggering across the
stage ~Stophanc, the drunken butler: but
arross the stage Of human life strong drink
sends klnCly and queenly and rrincelv ma.
tntsS staggering forward against the foo,.
il-hts of ~cGnSplcuity and then staggering
back INTO failure till the world is innatjcu;
ioF lhelr DISAPPEARANCE. and human an ii.
aoaAo voices join in kissing them of tn,
stage.
Others fail in the drama of life throu,h
demonstrated selishness. They make allthe
rivers empty into their sea. all the roads o
enoIunent end At their door, ana the,
gather All toe plumes Of honor for thei,
oroW. Ihev help no one. encourages on one,
rescue no one. How big a pile Of none,
can | Set!' AMI How much OF the warlf
can absorb are the chief questions. The,
teri thout the coUl,nch people az the Turk
4elt low tra me Aeapl, o. common soldiers,
considering them II no lso except to fill III
the dltclrS with tlejl dead bodies while til.
other trooHs walked over them to take tn,
Tort. After awhile this prince Of wortdiysu.
- IFbAi : 4ttl|ttNL society mas II
MS Illness Is the eife'> tl3t his possible do
cease Hay nave Gn tnr money markets, Al
Ter dwni.e he dies. Great newspaper cam.
'aIs announce how he started wI.f NOTHING
anu el.iei with everything. Although f.,
sake 81 appearance some people put hand.
kerehiet> u the eve. there is not one genuine
tear she'd. The heirs sit w al night whar
ne lie ii STATE. discussing what the old fel.
low has probably done with his money. I,
takes al the livery stables within fwe
miles to furnish funeral e1uipaces. and n
the mourning stores are kept busy in selling
WeRdS OF grief. The stone cutters send il
PROPOSALS for monument. The minister 4
Inc oo>s4ule~ reals II the reSurrertioo
whle1 makes thu hearers far that if thr in
S'rNpuious ~inaneler does come No ii til.
Stn"Tat rising he viii try 70 get a .cu-c.-
N to1shStones and graveyard f.nc-S. A
good men ale glad that the moral nulsanc,
1a~ "en remoNel. The Wall street spacu
at r are CAD because thare i NOR room
ior themselves. The heirs are glad beeau>.
tGey -et Possession OF the long DELAYED IL
hertaaee- Dropping every feather .: all hi
liu!ne>. every certificate Of ali his stocA
every bond Of all his Invetnen.S. every d..
lar II al nj .rtune. h departs. and ali n.
rollnc - Dad March" in saul" AMI a.