Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-10-22
DIVINE CnROGRAPHY.
DH. TALMAGE'S SUNDAYTHENE
10y NoI LOOK Up to See That They
all Ready to Put Your Name
anon the Blissful Immortals?

.no science OF acoustics, is in very I'M
aLt.o'ac'ory state. While constructing a
uutch, ana TOD by some architects that the
voice would not be heard in a building share.
N mat proposed. | came in much auIietv
~ 'his city and consulted with Prof. Jo4eph
.tehty, OF the Smithsonian Institution, about
.ne ia" OF acoustics. H. said. go ahetI
una build your church in the ehap. mo-
posed, ana | think It will be- all riyhf
nave studied the aw. 81 sount perhaps more
'uah any man OF my time, and / have. come
- lar as this Two auii;oriums ma seem to
'"eAacely ailke, AMI in one the acoustic,
'h"y De good ana IN tho other tad. In the
same unsatisfactory stage i ch1royranny
although many declar. they have reduced II i
W d science. There are those who say they
cfn read character by hand writing. It is
sa'u that the way one writes tho letter ~
"ooiuea MS eSotlsfn Or modesty, and the way
one writes the letter 80" decides the height
ana depth Of his emotions. 1, Is declared a
'rahped hand means crafnped nature. and
h easy, moving hand q facile and liberal
spirit; but II there be anything In this science.
Inere must pc some rules not yet announced,
Tor some OF the boidest and most aggressive
men nave n delicate and mall penrnAnship.
while some OF the most timid sign their
names with the height aud width and scope
pithe name t John Hancock on the nmor
ta' document But wnl!e the chirography
- 'he carth Is uncertain, our blessed Lord
10 our text presents tho chiro.raphy cele.-
fial. Wher addressing the seventy fisciple3
Standing before Him. He said Rejoice be-
cause your names are wrltteni In heaven.
VI course, tho Bible, for the most part
Xhen speaking Of the heavenly world. speaks
!Suratlvelv while talking about books an
about trumpets. and about wings and about
gates ana about golden pavenents and about
orchards with twelve crops Of fruit-one
crop each month-ant about the white
nor5es OF heaven cavalry; but we do well to
follow out these inspired metaphors and reap
from ham ~, y a ga ~ 49, H.
and consolation and victory. We aro told
mat In the heavenly library there Is Il Book
OF Lie. Perhap. there are many volumes in
II. When We say Il book. we mean all writ
Ten by the author On that subject. cannot
tell how large those heavenly volumes are.
nor the spl"ndor OF their binding, nor the
number Of their pages. nor whether they are
I1ctorlnlIzed with some eXciting-cenes ofthis
world. | only knpwthat tho words have not
been impressed BY type, but written out by
some hand. and that All thesc who, like the
seventy disciples 10 whom tho text was
spoken, repent and trust the Lord FOR their
eternal salvat on, surely have their names
written III heaven. Ii may not be the same
namo that we carried Oh earth. We may,
through th3 inconsiderateness OF parents,
have n name that is uncOuth, or that was
afterWard dishCnored by one after whom we
We're called. l do not know that the seventy
entrances OF the names OF the seventy dis
clpleS correspond with the record in the
genealogical table. 1t may not be the name
by which We were called on earth. but it will
be the name by which heaven will know us,
an we will have it announced to us as we
pass in, and we will know it SO certainly that
we Will not have to be called twice by it, as
in the Bible times the Lord called some peo-
pletwice by name: "Saul, Saul samuel!
Samuel" 'Mar!ha. Martha.'
In examination of your name in the
heavenly archives, if you find it there at
all, you will find 1t written with abold hand.
You have seen many q signature that because
OF sickness or old age had a tremor in it, yet
1T was rs bold rs the man who wrote it.
Many au order written on the battlefield and
amid the thunder of the cannonade has had
evidence Of excitement in every word and
every letter and in the speed with which it
was folded and handed to the Cffcer as he
put his foot i'll the swift stirrups, and yet
thu commander, Notwithstanding his trem-
bling hand. gives n GOODNESS OF order that
shows itself in every word written. You do
not need to be told that a trembling hand
does not always mean 4 cowardly hand. 1t
was with n very trembling hand Charles
Carroll, of CarrolltoD, signed his name to
the Declaration Of American independence,
but no siSnpr had more, courage and when
some one said, There are many Charles
CAROLS, and it will not be known which one
it is" he resumed the pen and wrote Char.es
Carroll OF Carrollton. Trembling hand no
sign OF timidity. The daring and defiance
Sttu III Tx way SouL oAAo 40 ~ -
heaven is n challenge to all earth and hell to
come on il they can TO defeat your ransomed
soul.
Again, il according to the promise OF the
text, YOU are permitted to look into the
volumes OF eternity and see your name there.
YOU will find it written in lines, In words. III
letters unmistakable. Some people have
come to consider intistinct and almost un-
readable pcnnlanship Il mark OF genius. and
so they affect it. Because every paragraph
that Thomas Chalmers, and Dean Stanley
and Lord Byron. and Rufus Choate anc
other potent men wrote was a puzzle, imita'
tors make their penmauship a puzzle. Alex
ander Dumas says that plain penmanshlp i
the brevet OF incapacity. Then there ar,
some who, through too much demand upoi
their energies AMI through lack Of time, lost
f. the capacity Of making the pen Ineligible
and much of the writing OF this world is IN.
decipherahle. We have seen piles or lnex
plicable chirography, and we ourselves haS'
helped augment tho magnitudc. We hav'
not been sure OF the name signed. or tn
sentiment expressed, or whether the repl,
was affirmative or negative. Through in
distinct penmanship last wills and tesla
mentS have been defeated, widows ant
orphans robbed OF their inheritance. railroao
trains brought into collision through tn
dim words OF n telegram putInto the han,
ri a conductor. and regiments. in this wise
mistakinc their instructions. have beer
sacrificed in battle. | asked Bishol
Cowie. in Auckland. New Zealand, tn
Bishop having been in many OF the wars
what Tennyson, in his immortal poem
'.Tne Charge Of the Light Brigade.
meant by the words, "Some one ha'
blundered..'' and the Bishop said tina
the awful carnage at Balaklava was TIL
result of an indistinctly-written an
wrongly-read military erder. Some. on
had rlundered.' But your name. one
written in the Lambs Book Of Life. will +
SO unmistakable that all heaven can read
Mt the first glance. 1t will not be taken 10
,he name OF some other. So that IN regard I
II there shall come to be disputation. No
one Of the millions and billions and quad
,%rillions OF the finally saved will doubt tina
II means YOU and only you. o.. n
glorious. the rapturous certitude Of tia
entrance on the heavenly roll. Not saved !
n promisruous way. Not put into
glorided mob. Ne. no Though you cam
m the worst sinner that was ever savet
and somebody who knew you IN this wori
at one time a. absolutely abandoned an
dissolute should say: Il never heard I
yonr conversion aud l do not believe 70
have n right 10 be here, You could u:
laugh laugh OF triumph, and. turning OF,
,ha leaves containing the names OF the r
deemed. say: Read IT for yourself. hi
;s nv name. written out in full, and 10 yo
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