The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-01-12
AS THE TKEI; FALLS.
" Matter in What Direction, There it. S>h:lll

mage to day discusses question that
everybody sometime discusses. 1t Is
nNr uf tremendous import. Shall We
have another chance? The text IS
F.cclcsiastcs ii. 3, If the tree falls
toward the south or toward the north.
in the place where the tree fallcth
there it shall be.
rhcrc j. lowering hope in the
,rinds ur . vast multitude Of people
that there will BE- al opportunity IN
ti.,n,xt world Of correcting the mis-
ta.o> nf tins. that however complete
>hipwrcca we may make Of our earth
Is lie it Will be on a beach up which
W. may walk 70 a palace, that rs he
dofcnlau; May lose his case in cir
cui, court aud appeal it and haze IL 20
II, e. lie ,lipr4i'ic court or court "i
chanrcry atri all the costs thrown
n,.rrn l.n ";h"r party. % man
uay lose i.~ casr IN this world, but IN
,h h.el,r jurisdiction Of eternity
nayr he ,.oc.-nr of the earthly case
~et aside. nli til" costs rcmiltcd and
tlr lrfei,inni be triumphant forever.
Tie object -. my sermon is to show
.,,l ban c.,lnnun sense declares with
th.lcxt tlal such an expectation i-
cl.ilnrrical. III the tree fall toward
The south ii. toward the north there it
Shall ir' There are those who say
tha, if l!i' .lnrcnitcnt and nnior@ivcn
man cnl'r- tic next world and sees
The disaster. as u result Of that disa,-
ter he will turn the distress the cause
OF l- reformation. but we have TO-,
400 instances all around about us Of
peeplc who lla,c done wrong and dis
aster suddenly came upon them. Did
the disaster heal them! No. they
went Oh.
There is man flung of dissipations.
Tie doctor says to him, Now. my
friend, IL you don t stop drinking and
,iont stop this fast life you are living
yon will die The patient thanks
tie physician for his warning and
gets better lie begins to sit ur be-
gins to walk around the room, begins
To 60 to business, and takes the same
round Of grog shops where he got his
morning dram and his evening dram,
a,ll the .lrans between. Down again.
Same doctor Same physical anguish.
Same medical warning. But now the
sickness IS more nrotractcd, the liver
more obstinate, the stomach more ir
ritablc, the digestive organs more re-
bellious. But still, under medical
skill, he gcts better, goes forth, conf
nlits the same sacrilcgc against his
physical health. Sometimes he wakes
up to see what he is doing, and he re-
allies he is destroying his family. aud
that his life is perpetual perjury
against his marriage vows. and that
that broken hearted weman IS so elf
fcrcnt from the roscatc wife he mar
ried that her old schoolmatcs do not
recognize her ON the street, and that
his sons are going out in life under
the taumt Of fathers drunkenness,
and that his daughters are going out
in life under the scarifcation Of II dis
reputable ancestry. His nerves arc
Ill a-janglc. From crown Of head to
H.. r La
crucifying, damning torture. Where
is he?
lie is in hcl! nn earth Does it
stop him? Ah, no! After awhile de-
lirium trcmcns pours out upon his
pillow whole Jungle of kissing rep
tiles. His screams horrify the neigh
bors as he dashcs nut Of bed crying,
Take these thing of me! lie is
drinking down the comfort of his
family, the education Of his children,
their prospects for this life and per
hars their prospects for the life to
come. Pale and convalcsccnt he sits
up. Physician says to him; Now,
my good fellow, am going to have
4 plain talk with you. If you ever
have an attack OF this kini agAin y"i
will die. cant save you, and all
the doctors in creation can't save
you
The patient gets up, starts out,
goes the same round Of dissipation
and is down again, but this time med
icncs do not touch his ease. Consul
tations of physicians say there is no
hope Death ends the scene. That
process Of incbriation and physical
suffering and medical warning and dis
solution is taking place within Il
stone $ throw Of where you sit aud in
every ncighborhood Of Christcndom.
Pain does not rcferm. Suffering does