The morning news., 1897-07-12
TALMAGE ON HYPocRlTES.
FRAUD WILL BE EXPOSED HERE
on HEREAFTER.


nah's Effort to Practice "A Fraud.
Washington, July u.-This discourse Of
DR.. Talmage, founded on a strange scene
of olden time, shows that fraud viii come
to exposure, if not in this world. then in
the next. Text: I Samuel Is: IA: "And
Samuel said. What meaneth then this
bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the
lowing of the oxen which 1 hear?"
The Amalekites thought they had con-
quered God. and that he would not carry
into execution his threats against them.
They had murdered the Israelites 10 battle
and out Of battle, and left no outrage un-
tried. For four hundred years this had
been going on, and they say God either
dare not punish us. or he has forgotten to
do So" Let us see. Samuel Gods
prophet. tells Saul to go down and slay all
the Ama.ekites. not leaving one Of them
alive; a.so to destroy all the beasts in their
possession-ox, sheep, camel, and ass.
Hark! I hear the tread Of two hundred
and ten thousand men, with monstrous
Saul at their head. ahlaze with armor his
shield dangling at his side, holding in his
hand a spear. at the waving Of which the
great host marched or halted. see smoke
curling against the sky. Now there is a
thick cloud of it. and now I see the whole
city rising in a chariot of smoke behind
steeds Of fire. It is Saul that set the city
ab.aze. The Amalekites and Israelites
meet; the trumpets of battle blow peal
on peal, and there is a death-hush. Then
there Is a signal waved; swords cut and
hack; javeling ring on shields; arms fall
from trunks, and heads roll into the dust
Cash after cash, the frenzied yell, the
gurgling of throttled throats, the cry Of
pain, the laugh of revenge. the curse
hissed between clenched teeth-an army's
death-groan. Stacks of dead on all sides,
with eyes unshut and mouths yet grin
ming vengeance. Huzza for the Israchtes
Two hundred and ten thousand men wave
their plumes and clap their shields. for the
Lord God hath given them the victory.
Yet that victorious army of Israel is
conquered by sheep and oxen. God.
through the prophet Samuel told Saul to
slay all the Amalekites, and 10 slay all the
beasts in their possession; but Saul, think
ing that he knows more than God, saves
Agag, the Amalekltish king, and five
drove of sheep and heard of oxen that he
and oxen down toward home. He has no
idea that Samuel, the prophet, will find
out that he has saved these sheep and
oxen for himself. Samuel comes and asks
Saul the news from the battle. Saul puts
on a solemn face for there Is no one who
can look more solemn than your genuine
hypocrite, and he says, Il have fulfilled
the command of the Lord" Samuel lis
tens. and he hears the drove of sheep
little way off. Saul had no idea that the
prophets ear would be so acute. Samuel
says TO Saul. IF you have done as God
told you, and slain all the Amalekites and
all the beasts In their possession, what
meaneth the bleating of the sheep in mine
ears, and the lowing of the oxen that /
hear2" All one would have thought that
bushes would have consumed the cheek
OF SAUL No, noi He says the army
not himself, of course, but the army-had
saved the sheep and oxen for sacrifice;
and then they thought It would be too
bad anyhow to kill Agag, the Amalekltish
king. Samuel takes the sword and he
slashes Agag TO pieces; and then he takes
the skirt OF his coat. in true Oriental style,
and rends Ii in twain, as much as to say,
You, Saul, just like that shall be torn
away from your empire, and torn away
from your throne" In other words, let
all the nations Of the earth hear the story
that Saul, by disobeying God, won flock
of sheep but lost kingdom.
learn from this subject that God will
expose hypocricy. Here Saul pretends he
has fulfilled the divine commission by
Staying all the beasts belonging to the
Amalekites, and yet at the very moment
he is telling the story, and practicing the
delusion, the secret comes out, and the
sheep bleat and the oxen below.
A hypocrite is one who pretends to be
what he is not. or TO do what he does not
Saul was only a type of a class. The
70 fu1lr mrFr ala
whines when ne prays and during his pub
lie devotion shows a great deal Of the
whites Of his eyes. He never laughs. or,
II he does laugh, he seems sorry for Il
afterward, as though he had committed
some great indscretion. The first time
ne gets chance he prays twenty minutes
IN public. and when he exhorts he seems
90 imply that all the race are sinners. with
one exception his modesty forbidding the
stating who that one IS. There are great
many churches that have two or three
ecclesiastical Urlah Heeps
When the fox begins to pray, look out
for your chickens. The more genuine re-
ngion a man has the more comfortable
he VIII be; but you may know a religious
fmpostor by the fact that he prides him
self on being uncomfortable. man OF
that kind is Of immense damage TO the
Church OF Christ. A ship NAV outride
a hundred storms, and yet a handful OF
worms in the planks may sink IL TO the
bottom. The Church Of God is not 50
much In danger Of the cyclones OF trou-
ble and persecution that come upon Il as
of the vermin OF hypocrisy that infest Il.
Wolves are OF no danger 70 the fold OF
God unless they look like sheep. Arnold
. was OF more damage to the army than
CORVALLIS and his hosts Oh, we cannot
deceive God with a church certihcatei :
He sees behind the curtain as well as be-
fore the curtain; he sees everything in
side out. man may. through policy,
hide his real character: but God viii after
awhile tear open the whited sepulcher and
expose the putrefaction. Sunday faces
cannot save him; long prayers cannot save
HIM psalm singing and church going cam
not save him. God will expose him lust
a. thoroughly as though he branded upon
his forehead the word "Hypocritc." lie
may think he has been successful In the
deception, but az the most unfortunate
moment the sheep viii bloat and the oxen
Will below.
One Of the cruel bishops OF olden time
was going 20 eNcommuniCate one OF the
martyrs, and he began In the usual form
In the name Of God, amen" "stopr'
says the martyr. don't say In the name
Of lfuaN % Vet hUu IA utr rtttr...a.