Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-04-01
DR.. IA[AAGE'S SERMON.
The Noted Washington Diyine's
Sunday Subject,


SUBJECT: "Vicarious Sacrifices."
TEXT: "Wlth0nt shedding u blood IS 10
remission. Hebrews TX, -
John g. Whittier. the last q the great
school Of American poet. that made the
last quarter of a century brilliant asked M +
in tile Waite Mountains one morning after
prayers, IL which | had given out 4Cowp@r's /.
famous hymn about The ''sountAia iilief i
with blood" ID you really beiie4t there
n literal application of;he blooi 4 Christ 70
the soui Ny negative reply ID leu Is my
negative reply now The Bible statement.
agrees with all physicians and ALI phy.iol-
ogists ani all scientists in sayiag that the
7iood Is the lie, ani in the Christian
freiiyion il means simply tha, Cnriss's
| life was given for life. Hence all this tax
! of men who say the Bible story Of blood i
disgusting, and that they dout want what
they call :, slaughter house religion" only
shows their incapac4ty or unwillin-nass to
! look through the figure N speech toward the
thing sigaiilai. Tho blood tha. on the dark
! est FRIDAY the world ever saw oozei or
| trickled or poured from the brow and the
side. an the hams ana the feet Of the
| lliu<trious sufferer. back Of Jerusalem. in
| lew hours .oacuatai and dried W ami for
| ever disappeared. an II man hal depended
| on the aptnc ition OF t.a literal hloot %
| Christ there woui not have been soul
saved for the last eighteen centuries.
| In order 10 uu ierstant this rel word OF
| my text We only have l. exerclS. as much
/ common sense in religion ~ We do In every
| thing else. Pang Tor ptn-. hunger for
hunger. fatigue for fatigue. tear for tear
| blood for bloc l. life for life. We SEQ every
day illustrated. The at OF substitution is
no novelty, although | hear men tax as
though the idea Of Chr.st's suffering sub
| stitutei Tor our sui ring we're snmethin,
ABNORMAL, something di-.re-s!ns,y Odd.
something wildly eccentric. a solitary
| episode in the worlds nistory--When | could
q on in - Pit h.fo
down point you Il liv. hunslrei cases OF sub
stitution aud voluntary suffering, % one il
behalf Of another.
At o'clock tomorrow afternoon 80
among the places II business or toll 1t VIII
be no difficult thinc for you to find men who
by their looks show you that they over
worked. They are prematurely Old. They
are Fastening rapidly toward their decaase
they have gone through crises in business
that shattered their nervous system and
pulled on tn brain. They have a shortness
of breath ani pain in the back of the heal
an | at night an insomnia that alarms them.
why are they druiging at business early and
late? For fun? No. 1t would be diff ult
to extract any amusement out of that ex-
haustiOn. Because they are avariciOus? In
many cases no. Because their own personal
expenses are lavish? No A few hundred
dollars would meet all their wants. The
simple fact is the man is enduring all that
fatigue and evaporation and wear and tear
invisible line reaching from that store, from
that bank, from that shop, from that scat
folding, TO a quiet scene few blocks away
a few miles away And there is the secret
OF that business endurance He is simply
the champion of a homestead for which he
wins bread and wardrobe and education and
prosperity. and in such battle 10, 900 men
fall Often business men whom / bury nine
die OF overwork fnr others. Some sudden
disease finds them with no power Of resist
ance AMI they are gone. Life for life. BlooC
for blood. Substitution,
At | o'ciOck tomorrow morning. the hon,
when siunher IS most uuinterrupted an
most profound walk amid the dwelhn.
houses Of the city Here and there YOU vii
| find q dim light because il IS the housenot 4
custom to keep 4 sub uei light burning bu
most Of the houses from base to top are a.
dark though uninhabited. A mercifu
God has sent forth the archangel Of sleep
ana he puts his wings tne city. B1
yonler is a clear light burning, and ontsi.'
on the window easement is Il glass or pitcher
containing food for a sick child. The foo.
Is set in the fresh air. This l. the sixth
night that mother has sat up with that snf
ferer. She has 10 n" last point oheyed tn
physicians pre~cr r.ion. not giving drof
too much or too little or a moment too sOot
or too late. Sha Is very anxious. for she ha
buried three children with the SAM l!saa5a =
AMI she pray- an weeuS. taea prayer aa
sob eniin, with 4 Kiss @! the pale cheek
BY dint OF kinin - -'le l,at- The ilctle Oh.
, through the orslea} After il Is all over II.
mother i taken down. Brain or merry ~
fever sets in. AMI on day she leave, tne con
, valescent child with \ mothers blessing an
goes up 10 Join tae three in II. king lp.n q.
] heaven. Life for llf", Substitution Tn
IA t is that there lre An un,0untet numb-
| ot mothers who, after they hav. navi-atei / i
. large family o. chi irrn through ali th- dis
! eases Of infancy AMI .Jt them fairly stare e
! the Towering -iope of D)vho0i aud ;ir!hp0