Orange County observer., 1897-09-30

SUNDAYS DISCOURSE 81 TAE NOTED
DIVINE


Strong Words ot Hope and Promise For
Discouraged Toiler. in the Lord. Vine
Xard - Christian Workers. Like ,h~
stars. shine in Magnitude Forever
TK1T "They ia. turn --azv - r1-h:
e1usC~~S s1asI shlac s. t.e s:a~s forever
All ever pa1fet XII. g.
Every rlan has tf>aa-a-i roo.< ant
T. 1sAa4 ran hes His roots rea,h down
through al -" ea-th. HIS branches
sp-aa1 thr 1Eh all the heAyetss lie sfeaks
wfto voice. w2ta eye. with band with foot.
HI silence often i l2ai as thaader ana bis
life Is a 3irce or joxoio:v There = m
such thing rs negative Influence. We are
all positive - the place we occupy. making
the world better or making Il worse on the
Lorus side or on the DEVILS making up
esasoaS f,r our kiasscsn ~s@ or bnnf~hu.rnt.
and we have already done work IN peop!lns
heaven or hell, | hear people tell o. wha,
they are going 10 DO. 4 man who has
burned down city might * well talk -
some evil that he expects ~ 10. or s. man
who has saved All @fntjr. nigh: - we'll talk
OF some good that he expects u d. Bv
the force of your evil Influence you have
already consumed infinite values Or YOU
have hy the power q right influence wen
whole kingdoms FOR God
X would he absurd far ne hv elaborate
argument. = prove t}.at the world + - tie
track. You might Il well stand AZ TIE :
"a
carsizei rail trNn. proving tv elaborate
arcnuleA: s.Lt 1metbin4, i out - or5lz-r.
Adam tumDlei over the euhankuent sixty
centuries a-a. AMI the whole race" in cna
long train, has gone On tumbline Is the
same direction. Crash c rash This Crlv
question now il. I.y what leverage can tht.
crushed thing hs, lift~1T Hv what hammer
may the fragments =" reaoustructet> /
want to show you how Wa may turn many
q righteousness and what will he our
future pay f2rso doing.
First, We may turn them Fv the charm o'
right example 4 hid coming from
filthy home was tau,at AZ school y wash
Its face. 1t Went home 80 much improved
IL appearance" that its mother washed her
face. and when the father Of the household
came home ani saw the Improvement III
domesti. appearance he washed his face.
! The ncighhors. happening in. saw tho
change and tried the same experiment. IN
/ til all that street was purified, and the next
street copied it, example. and the whole
city felt the result ~ ono scLoJlhov wash
ing his face. That is fable hy which We
set forth that til" best way t. Get the world
washed Of its sins ana pollution ia t. have
our own heart and life eIeansed and pu-i-
fed. A man with grace in biz heart and
Christian chez rfnln"ss IN his face and holy
consistency in his behavior is perpetual
sermon and these Fsnon differs from others
in that it has bat one head and the longer
il runs the better.
There are honest men who walk down
Wall street making the teeth u inilujty
chatter. Their ara happy men who - in
to a sjckroo,n and by look help tie brok IN
bone to knit and the excited nerves drop
to calm beating. There ara pure men
| whose presence silences the tongue of un-
| clearA, The sni-hsis~st agcEt or g. 4 on
| earth is "A consistent Christian. l like the
| Bible folded bet tween lids of cloth or calf
| skin or morocco, but like il better when,