Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-08-24
DR.. 1AlAAGt'S SERMON.
OPP ARD ESPECIALLY FOR fotNb
And OLD.
Subject: The Gospel. mi PHI Victories
Of the Christian Religion Depic.ed-
Irsnsformations Wrought by Christ.
Observation-Disclosures Reclaimed.

WA8utxGyu.. II. The antagonists Of
.to FLro.itu ~r.,i,iGu are IN thi4 4ermon Z
II, TaItaag. ne, ia a very unu-aai way
nnt Inc trIcmths o! the G0-rel are depict
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H. arfow4 bright. H.. consulted vita IN
nrr- Leiqa&od in the liver.
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wtt nf l,ti tlyk u buaIi. Ut arrow.
,af tlielt together, ia3.-I ta"E. an. tiri
,GfcI forth eir. ami Ev TIL" IAsrr.utI51 p..
il deridr1 @iat ~ity III" -4nalt first a--
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tfa II.Atcr ar t..r3rr rt.# r ~ the II{.r tn
bD.hter4 r !stnrr prospect 81 ~ .."-s yea>
4nf.rreI. TIA IN. meaning ~ t.e t"xt,
II u4tr ht- arrows tr...t. ue 5.-94tc!
wItH# i...,n- ir .,aka 4vrr. - fAst
.ic}utisut An! Net .H tho ate- 4.E. bt,ft
rIiei with .ig-.9.-. T. >'.t.- a II tn;
world Ie.e- g. ir A99iwinkei.tAedsiU-
- t1e teHl only a~Jtrrimrn ~ vas aunIb:-
81 .'rc"it- practice. Upon THE human race.
IL tie latt"r nrt ~ the !a9t century Jo-
'iHnna 1nuth"0t" "ane fortE pretending t.
inuvt dtSln" power. made pr0Iherir-, haI
c!iapci4 buiIt il Ter honor. ana 100 900 dis
c.plce came forward 10 follow her. AboGt
~" HGars before the btrth Of Christ Apol-
lonius was born. and he cam" forth, and
"ttcr FIVE year. being 4fcect,ie-e. according
=" til" tradition ne iieai"d the SICK. anu
raised the deal, ana preached virtue. ana.
according 10 the myth, having deceased,
was brought I" resurrection-
inc Dclphl' oracle deceived VASE multi
.tudea Of people: the pythoness seated in
the TEN ple OF Apoilo utterinR 4 crazy Jar
Eon from winch the people guessed their
Individual or national fortunes or Inisfor-
fortunes. The utterances were OF such -
nntnre that you could read them any way
Sou wanted 70 rehd them.
But there are those who say that all these
driusions combined are as nothing com
tHTeu WitU the. Ic1ISlpn now abIDHu III inc
world -tho deiusion OF the CHRISTINE reilr-
ION. ihht deiuSioh mas to-lay 4oo.oou.oJU
'ui,es. II proposes 70 encircle the earth
WIN it9 Strdie. Inat which has been called
y dela4lon hhs aifeady oVershauo"eh the
AiIhiachlhh rang" on thiS slde or the sea.
aud IT has "vershadoWed the Balkan and
Caucasian ranges on tho other side Of the
sea: II has conquered England and tho
Nnited States. This champion delusion.
CHS hoax. TINS swindIe OF the ages, as il
has 'een called, has gone forth to conquer
~" i%iands or inc racine, ana Melantstl
and Micronesia and Malayan Polynesia
have already surrendered to the deIusioE.
Yea, IL mas cohuuered the Indian ar'hi-
rclaGo. and Borneo and Sumutra and Gel
'tcs and java lave fallen under its wilee.
Ia :he Fiji Islands, where there are 1870 900
people. lO2. coo have already become the
,iupes OF this Christian religion, and If
things 20 on as they are now going on and
II the influence OF this grout Authorization
Of the ages cannot be stopped it will swat
low tho globe. Surprising. then, that
christianity Is the delusiUn of the cen
turtles. as some have pronounced it. | pro
,,osc to show you what has been accom-
piishcG by this chimera, this fallacy. this
hoax. this owindie Of the ages.
And. in the ilrst place, | remark that this
dclusi0n Of tho Christian religion has made
wonderful transf rmations Of human char
Acter. will 70 down the aisle Of an
church In Christeniom. and / will find on
either aide that aisle those who were once
pronigate. profnn". unrlean Of speech and
uucleln of action, drunken aud lost. But
10y the power OF this delusion of the Chris
tain religion they have been coml letelv
transformed. and now they Hfe Elnu and
nmiahlc and loving and useful. Everybody
sees the change. Under the power Of this
great differentiation they have quit their
former associates, and. whereas they once
tound their rI,lef delight among those who
gamhlrd and ewora and raced horses, Epw
they ttnd their chief JOY arcns those who
80 70 prayer meetings and churches. 50
ront plete i the dclnSioh. Yea. their own
fatuttirs have noticed i the wife has no
t'fed II. the c~Ntlir"n have noticed it. Int
MONEY that vent Tor rum now goes for
books and Tor clothes and for eiucatioii.
ii" y 4 ttcW ma:t. MI who kn0E him -av
there ha, been II wonderful change.
what Is the etli~c OF this cGan@et This
great l'aliu'tnattoh II the Christian rellr-
l"u. lhfrclS ~ Il'."h difference bet Haar&
What tcl A. DOW and What mo ono" va, n.
lctH"5h 4 rose "nI q ~urttlr. ~ tet Wrsn Il
'tfNS I'll ! NittArr ~ !3tWrr3l Gay tan /
ht-h5. tt"itrn !nl~ lclu~ipH.
Aduttat itrrtEIt, one ~ the most AZ
nttea men ~ TIA" imrrirtn nsys. early i
"tuIo u ylrti2t Of This Christian .lelIl-iDu.
and. seated not long hrfor, hlS death IL
ianc ilra3cl, he was .,ivin. ,a:no friends
al account Of his curil iIfe. lie said
Nv father went down IN le,laif 0f re
fnited states Government +, tEt ua end
u AARON Burr rebellion. Ava~a cabin
toy and went along wi II h.n. ronld
>w." like an Ga salt. coul! gamble III
rlslt etvle or gambling. >new IN ii !,
y .lcluc-~ there was 1T thaf tD.n
lhrtrl. Onr am AZ father rt.,r.t. vnry.
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