Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-01-28
STORMING THE HEIGHTS.
DIR. TALMAGE's SUNDAY AYTnEME
They Have Piled Up Obstacles in the
Way of Zerubbabcl Until They
Have Been as a Mountain.

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1e,ore Decentralization shalt becorea plaia.'
-Aecnariaa ",
Zerubeahel! Who ovna, tha, difficult.
name IN which three time. the letter -" oc-
surs, dispo.ins most paople 10 stanmer in
sne pronhnciation: Zerub5ahei was ,1e
ep'ehdio man called to rebuild the DESTROYED
..enpie ~ Jerusalem. stone fer the building
oa aao ;'een quarried, ard the trowe hal runc ~
me laying OF the cornerstone. and all wen.
nei' "hen the CTthpans offered 10 help ia
'ne Work. They were a bad lot Of people
1no AernDoabel declined their help, and then
the trouble began. The Cuthnaas preiu-
a'cef the secretary Of the treasury against,
Aeroooahal. SO tt.2. the -as@s OF :as eas,Ga~
ters and masons could not he paid. and the
aeavE cedar tinbers which had been dragged
ron Mount Lebanon 10 the Mediterranean
ahd lIoated IN RATS from Beirut 10 Joppa and
were 10 ne drawn by OK team from Jo!' IN to
1erusalem had halted. and ;is a result Of the
wofk OF those Jealous Cuth;pan. for sixteen
ynars tue building OF the temple was stoppee.
But after sixteen years Zerubbabei. the
mighty soul, got ta new cali from God TO 20
anead with the temple building. and the
angel OF the Lord in substance said: They
have piled up Obstacles IN the way Of Zerub.
oabel until they have become as !. mountain.
neiSht above height. craS above crac, hu, it
slatl all be thunLerei down and made fiat
and smooth as the floor Of /. house. Who
?Tt thou. . great mountain? Before Zeruly-
/ label thou shalt become 4 plain.
Wen, the tuthinans are nOt ali dead vet
Ihey are busy in eTery n.ighborh0O! a0t
every city and every Nation OF every age
heaping obstacles in the Way Of The cause Of
GOD. They have piled up hin frances abovt.
hlndranees until they have become n htn,
and tho hill has become a nouptaiu aud the
II rountaIn has become an Alp. and there it
! stands. right in the way OF all moveme nt4
| Tor the world salvation. Some people are
50 discouraged about the height AMI breadth
! Of this mountain IN front Of them that they
| have done nothing for sixteen wears and
| many OF those who are at work irving to do
somei hing toward removing the mountain
| t)ll IN such way that | can see they have
not much faith that tns mountain OF hun
| ORANGES viii ever be removed. They feel
| tley must do their duty. hut they feel ali til
tme--l can hear ii IN their prayers and eE-
! hortatlOns--tbat they are striking their
! rIckaSe5 and shovel, into the side, OF the
| Rocky Mountains. II TIE good Lord will
help ne while preach l viii give you the
names OF some q the hign mountains which
are really In the way and thea show You that
: those mountains are to BE- pros. s.rate1, torn
down. ground up, leyeled. nut out Of sight
forever VINO art thou. 0 Sreat mountain?
BEFORE Zerubbabel thou Shalt become u
plain"
First, there Is the mountain OF prejudice.
as lone as range of tho pyrenees. Preiu-
dice against the Bible as q dul book, an in
! consistent book. u cruel book. an unclea:l
book. ana in every wayan unfit boo,, The
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