Orange County observer., 1896-08-20
AS THE TREE FALLS.
IALMAGE's SUNDAY THEME
wa,t, inc Impenitent Against
lor the Next World Befor.
ecting the Mistakes of Tbi.
II yet again. o-aA ! a"ake2 [ will seet

1t yet % ara,n wnen n,s shall I awake7 1 vii, .a.t
&c with an insight into ,r
my text sI-on man ever reached. Solomon ~
one NJ, SKETCHES the mental onora.,l' IN
patti Of rsc,i.g n,ia.sing stepped as:ds from tho
a wish for ,une. 80 desires 20 return. With
hah sh;s l awake? When sh.mI me says: when
ssezed o,r.d ,, nightmare OF inioIi,vs, u' d.. =.
forcad ston by uneradica,ed ~. ~.
ont IoWn hill by his passinns a'' ha an: az.
onos NOV VIII !, seek it yet again. viii trv !,
,i+ornp ,iou1 Libraries ere adorned VIII,
aeir,ature pointing ONT ali ~ IN an eIegaht
sho1r;oa 'i,n-cornplc,e mans Of ti,a yo1a,a am
shosI. sh'the rocks, the nuicte.n5c' =
shinw-ohee hee Supposed man has aIread"r 49, .na
erack; e.1r,,ap suppose he IL already Of the
how IS he 70 SO, ne mas already gone astrav ',
rlSIly rlvsslf thyya untouched. proposo to addre.s
in fh;a .h's evening to such. There .re.hoao
that suuence who, with eya-v na..,on -
xiiscusa;s ;2ohized soul, are ready to hear rhis
what In, 1hey compare then selves with
from tho 49, zen years ago, and cry out
cerat,A. al "hicn they ara ircer-
.,hav ~ - IS task master AS long AZ wa
,vfsr and ,ocs W., nos cha1tise US, but let us re-
Nco,riinnn inn we md we are to be lashel Win
and tbrn WHIPS and bound with ship cable
Tnu thscwn into the track of bona'hrpa.i'in ,",
S0Sgefnauts. During the war of 1a,o,L H1nS
tFaI,s 9h'p set on fire Just above Nc .af.
10, ahi then, cut loose from Ire y, ,oor;na
roseed 'o On oh down through the night, and
naon 'ser me falls. 1t was said to have
ton WI, a3ne =. nrIillant beyond ali descrip-
~ IN. wen, tnere are Thousands of rnan -
,ae;9 ,.io 9l eVii habit, coming down tb-onoh tbn
a"pius, and through tho awfuI NIGHT - :
;,nn rpsi'inn toward the eternal plunge o.
-at nari it IS to arrest tlem! God on,v ,,n
arrest thsrn. ''d "''S 80"
nPPose man, after five, or ter. or fvAnt,
years Of evil doing resolve. 10 ~ 'we.ts ,!nt
my. al the forces OF darkness are a!ljni
o""l'' % MN. lie cannot sleep nights He
eo,o uoWh on his knees in the midnight and
"r.es; GOD help me' He bites his lin. he
Srlhds his teeth; he clenches bis 1et IN y
feternination to keep his purnose IT, =, =. ~
Ict look at the bottles in the windows ~ ;,
Whto store. 1t is one long. bitter. nxhons-
.iVe' hand-to-hand light with an innarn1
.hiaa.S aHsai'IihS ord rnerciiess habit. When hc
,, n,nNs no IS entirely free the old inclination.
bounce upon him Ike pack of hounds w;th
Thelr muzzles tearing ayav at the nanl. nt
mo poor reindeer. In Paris there il q errlr
.uiou representation Of Bacchts the tc] af
DE ls riding on u panther at full
x,h - oh' now suggestive! Let every one
VIZ - speedlnG on bad ways understand he
- NOT riding docile and well broken stee1
nut he is riding a monster, wild and blood.
tnIrSty, going at a death lean
,, in~ many there are who resolve on a bet
sef IRE, and say.."When shall awake? but.
'9zed on by their old habits. cry. II wiIt
Vaors - once , more more. will seek il yet again =
iearS ago thero wefe sonle Princeton st,j-
'chtS VINO were skating and tho ice wac
soiy tnih, ana sonlo ~One warned the com
pdhv hacl from the air hole. and finally
warned 'hem entirely 10 leave the place.
,hn 1a. rt one young man, with bravado, after all
1rt.,
more, ne swept around and went down.
.'ha was brought out corpse. NV friends
moro #ts thousands and tens cs thousands
81 meh losing their souls in that way. Il is
'he 'one round more"
IL man wants to return from evil prac-
tices, society repnses him. Desiring 10 re-
form he says, Now will shake Off NV old
associate mud | will find Christian com
\ tiahlohshlp. And he appears at the church
I loor some sabbath day and the usher grects
| nm with n look rs much as IL saw asWhv>
YOU here. You are the last man / everry
pected to SEQ at church, Come. take This
scat right down by the door" instead Of saw
ing. 'Good morning, / am glad Won are
mere. Como, will give you {. flrst-rate seat
right W by the pulpit" We'll, the prodigal.
NOT YET discouraged, enters prayer meeting.
and some Christian man, with more zcaIthnn
common sense, says, "Glad to SEQ YOU: the
dying thiei was saved and suppose there is
mercy Tor you" Tho young man djscuste,I
chilled throws himself on his dignity. re.
Solv@l he will never ente- the house OF G Cd
agaln.
Perhaps not quite fully discourage! abou,
reformation, he sides up by some highly re.
spectacle man ne used 10 know, 80 ng down
tho street, and immediately the respectable
man has aa errand down some other street.
Wei, the rrodlgal. wishing to return. take
some member OF Christian association by
iho hand. or tries to. The Christian young
ran looks ut him, looks at the faded apparel
and the marks Of dissipation: instead Of Civ.
lni, nm warm grip of the hand. he ofTars
him tho tip ends Of the long fingers OF the
lelt hand, WNIeh IS equal 70 striking man
IN the face. Oh, how few Christian peoplt
understand now much force aud yo,i, .
fhero Is III a. good honest handshakinc
Sometimes, Whei,you have felt the need oI
ENCOURAGEMENT. and some Christian man tas
taken You heartily ly the hand have You
not tcH thriilni, through every fibre OF yor,r
body. mind and soul an encouragement that
was Just what You needed! You do not know
auythin, IT all a5oUtt MS unless YOU know
when :. man tries 20 return from evil courses
he runs against repl's:ons innumerablc.
We SAY ot some plan. he lives a block or
two from the church, or half mile from the
church. There are people in our crowded
cities who live thousand miles from church
Vast deserts of Indifference betwe,In tlpsn
and the house OF God. rle fact is, we mu,
keep cur respertabhty. though thousand.
ana tens OF tNoUSduIS perish. CHRIST 50
With pUhlicanS and sinners But if ther,
comes to the house Of q cd Il man wit mark
OF dissipation upon him, the people alnos
throw up their hands III horror aS much i.
10 saw 'l-n't il shocking" How thes
dainty, fastidious Christians in all gu
churcAes -lro I9aing u get into heaven don
Know. unless they have an especial train o
cars. cushioned and upholstered. ea.h one
car to himself. They cannot so with publ
cans and sinners.
on, We VINO curl your iip OF scorn at tn
fallen tell your plainly, II you had bee
surrounded hv the same influences. instea
ot sitting to-day amid the cultured. AMI IN
refined and tha Christian, Won would hay
been a cruEchins wretch covered with iii,
and attamination. Il is not because YOU AT
ANY better, but because the mercy OF God n
protected vcu. Who are You that. brou.l
upln Christian circles and watched by Chr
tian parentage, You should be 80 hard On N
fallen?
First ut Al my brother, throw yofIrsel. q
God Go - Him frankly and earnestly AT
tell ui!uthcse habits YOU have, and a.. Hi
ifthere Is any help in all the resources
omn;potcnt love to give.it 20 YOU. Do n,
70 with u long rismarole people call praye
made up of ''ohs" and "ahS" aud 'for. Y,