Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-23
THE AW-MAKERS
DIR. TALMAGE'S SUNDAY THEME.
Joseph Was the Lc-d treasurer of the
Egyptian Government-He laugh
His Senators Wisdom.

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TEXT ''And teaor ii, senator's wisdom
Psalms CIV. ~
Senators in this fext stand for Lawmakers.
Joseph was the lord treasurer pi ITO Lgvutian
government. and anorc oiheI great things
which he did, according TO my text. was to
teach his ser.sors wisdom. And il anv men
on carr ought TO he endowed with wisdom
'tT, senators. whether they stand in con-
crosses. parliaments or reichstags or assem-
hiles CT legislatures By their decisions
nations 60 up or down.. I~4aw-Iakers are
sometimes so tempted ~ preJudices. by sec
f1?nai preference, py opportunity Of persona!
nfvanc"rent. and sometimes what L. best to
30 Il 81 doubtfulthat they ought to be prayed
for and encouraged ir every possible way
instead IF severed, criticised and blamed and
tTcoriated, i, Is much of the time the case,
Onr pubic men are SO often the target t. b
shot At. merely because they Obtain eminence
which other men wantedrut conld not reach.
that more industries are hurled at our ma
tional Legislature than the people OF the Uni
ted States can possibly imagine. The whole
SAFE helyinS Of our public men is simply dam
nahlo.
Bv residence in Washington ! have come
TO ma out that many ttttr public men are
nnrsistentit Miro esented. and some of the
h"st Il titrnA tho purest in their lives and
rro5i faithful in the discharge Of their d.ti:s.
ARE toe worst defamed. Some DIS I want to
- - - 80 AAC 'lItt IL kCAt III L
'oiheY are not as-aid TO speak evil of digni-
4es W"tteas angels, which are greater in
! per and might, bring not railing aceusa>
ton against them before the Lord But
these, As natural brute beasts. Hlade to be
taken and destroyed. speak eyil of the things
that they understand hot 50 constant aud
malignant j. thi@ work OF depreciation and
capitalization III regard-t6 our public ra.1n
that MI over the land there az those who
suppose that the CITY =: Washington is the
center Of al corruption. while what with its
parks, ana its equestrian statuary, aud its
w.Tita streets. and its Architectural sy~Ile-
tries. and its lovely homes, i T. not only the
most beautiful city |Hder the sun. but has
the highest s'rl1 OF citizenship. l have seen
but one Intoxicated mar in the more than
J SO months Of my residence. and | do not
thln% any man can give similar testimony Of
any other city on the American continent.
The Cavels Of our two haret. 81 national
Legislature will soon famr, and Adjournment
OF bodies ct men as talented. as upright
and - patriotic as ever grace the c4pitalt
viii takN place. The two ~ three unfor-
inmate outbreaks which you have noticed
DAiy make wcfe conspicuous the dignity.
the frattrnity, the ~eloquence. the fidelity,
wksen have characterized those two bodies
during all the long months of important .Ht
anxious deliberation. We pot c LAO around
great men Of the past t6tause they were so
rare in their time Our senate and house Of
representatives nave, five such men where
once they had one. But il will not be until
a:ief they are dead that they will grt appre-
cifted. The world finds j. safer to praise
the dead than tic living. because the de-
parted. having a heavy pile of marble above
then, may not rise to become rivals.
But, before the gavels Of adjournment
drop and the doors of Capitol bill shut,
there are one or two things that rtght to he
done, and let us pray. Coo That they may be
accommodated M6fG fofoihlv than oyer bo-
fore, congrtss haA been implored to acknowl-
edge God III our constitution. The Metho-
dist Church, a church that is always doing
glorious things. has in its recent Whining.
ION conference requested our congress to
amend the immorta document which has
been the foundation and wall and dome c1
our United States government by inserting
the words, TRUSTING in Almighty God" II
that amendment Is made, it will not only
please all the good people Of the country
but will please the heavens. 1t was only an
oversight or a mental accident that the tath-
crs who made the constitution did not insert
a dirinely worshipful sentence. They all. sc
Tar as they amounted to anything. believed
in God the Father Almighty. the Maker O
heaven and earth. and in Jesus Christ. Hi
only beSotten Son. The constitution would
have been a failure had it not been for the
divine interference. The members Of thu
convention could agree on nothing Until, il
response TO benjamin Franhlin's request tina
the meetings be opened by prayer, the Lore
Col was called on to Interfere and help. ant
then the way was cleared. and all the state
signed the document. a historical fact tina
all the rat terriers OF modern infdelity can
: not bark out Of existence. | know that Their,
was an exception to the fact that the promi
nent men i'll those times were good men.
= Tom Paine. a libertine and a sot, did no
believe in anything good urtii he was dying
and then he shrieked out for Gods mercy
, And Ethan Alien, from one of who's
descendants | have received within q few
days confirmation of the incident l men
toned in a recent sermon. rs saving to hi
dying daughter that she had better take he
mothers Christian religion than his own in
: hdelity. The article sent mo says: 9TH
story has been denied by some Of the Allie
family. hut the Bronson family, some @
whom We're with tho dying girl. affirm tina
It Is substantially true. In such a matte
one confirmation is worth more than man
denials. 50 SAYS the article sent me
q There is no doubt that Ethan Allen was tn
q vulSar"st sort Of an infdel. tor. sitting in
h Presbyterian Church, his admirers say h
struck the pew in front of him and swore on
10 loud 40 as 10 disturb the meeting, and II
gentleman would do that. / do not wonde
that some of his descendants are ashamed {
him. but Of course theS could not help it an
l. are not to blame. But al the decent men {
o. the Revolution believed in God. and OF
American congress. now assembled. will Cnl
echo the sentiments of the fathers when the
enthrone the nare Of God in the const
tuition. We have now more reason ft
inserting that acknowledgment Of divinit
than our fathers had. Since then the COZ
tlnent has been peopled and great cities froi
:. the Atlantic to the Pacific built. and all j
m peace. showing that there must have bee
n supernal supervisal. Since then the war
~ 1912. ana ours the victory Since then gre;
:. financial prCstratioDs. out Of which we can
c' TO greater prosperity than anything that pr
Id coded. Since then sanguinarv 1862. 1856
70 1864 and 1865. and notwithstanding the IA
that all tho foreign despotisms We're plal
ming for our demolition. we are a united Pc
pie. and tomorrow you will find in bot
houses of congress the men who fought f,
the north ana south. now sitting side t
side. armed with no weapon except the pe
with which they write home 10 their co.
"a stltuent~ who want 70 be appointed pos
, masters. The man who cannot see Go1
our American history i as blind OF soul
Y h. woul! BE blind Of body il he could not
ii II oclocA IT an GuclCated noon see ii
- Sun in the heavens.
A-a matter .; gratitude - Almighty Go
= gentlemen OF the American concresS.
y pleased to insert the four words suggest