The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-08-04

the inside OF church is So gr at taas
it is enough to tempta man 10 oeeoue
to get ont OF their
Pm: in ALI circles. religious and irreliglous.
The tendencv is 10 excuse sin In proportion
asi% ia mammoth. Even John Milton IN MS
paradise Lost" while he ronde ms satan,
gives such a grand description OF him you
have hard work to withhold your adni!a-
zion. Oh. this straininR out OF small SINS
like goats and t.ts Suipins ooNa eieA
Guities like camels.
The subject does not give the picture OF
one OF two persons, but s n gaiely III
which thousands OF people may see their
]ikenesses. For instance, all those people
who. while they would not rob their neigh
bors OF a iarthing. appropriate the money
and the treasure OF the public. Aman has
a house to sell. md he tells his customeri 1t
is worth $40. 900. Next day the assessor
comes around, and the owner says 1t Is
worth SIS, 900. Tho Government OF the
United States took of the tax from per
sonal income, among other reasons because
30 few people would tell the truth, and
many a man with an income Of hundreds
OF dollars n day male statements when
seemed to imply he was about to be handed
over to the overseer OF the poor. Carotut
to pay their passage from L'verpooi 10
New York. vet smuggling in thei- saratoga
trunk ten silk dresses from Paris ana q
Iulk uOLcA NlICuCS " NNaS''s 0~
the custom house officer on the wharf,
''There is nothing in that trunk but wear
ing apparel and putting a IS gold piece
in his hand to punctnate the staten-nt.
Such persons are also described III tho
| text who are very much alarmed anolt tho
small faults OF others and have no alarm
about their own great transgressions.
There are in every community aud IN
| every church watch-dogs who feel called
J upon to keep their eyes on others aud
grow. They are full OF suspicious. Ihey
wonder il this man is not dishoaest, il that
man is not unclean, II there Is not some
thing wrong about the other man. They
are always the first to hear OF anything
wrong. Vuitures arc always tho nrst to
smell carrion. They are se~lf-appointed
detectives. I lay this down rs q rule with
ont any exception that those people who
have the most faults themselves are most
merciless in their watching OF others.
From scalp OF head to sole OF foot they are
full Of jealousies and hypercriticlsms.
But lest too many might think they es-
cape the scrutiny OF the text [ have to tell
you that We all come under the divine sat
moro prominent than the questions OF
eternity. Come, now, let us all go into <1e
confessional. Are not MI tempted to make
the question, Where shall ! live now?
greater than. the question, Where shall
live forever? How SHALL get more dollars
mere! greater tutu tue question:, HOW SilAii
l lay Up treasures in heaven? the question.
How shall | pay my debts to man? greater
han the question, How shall l meet obliga-
tions to God? the question, How shall I gain
the world? greater than the question,
What il l lose my soul? the question, Whv
did God let STA come into the world:
greater than the question, How shall I get
it e%xtirpateu from my nature? the Ques.
ton, What shall I do with the twenty OF
forty or seventy years of my subiunar ex
istence? greater than tho question. VIVA
shall l do with the millions OF cycles OF NJ,
post terrestrial existence? Time, how small
1t is! Eternity. how vast it is? The former
more insignificant in comparison with til.
latter than II Snat IS insignificant whe1
compared with q camel. We dodgei tt,
text. We said, 'That does not mean me
and that does not mean me- and with 1
ruiuous benevolenco we are giving tit
Whole sermon AWAY.
But let US all surrender TO the charge
What an ado about things here. WHAT poo
preparation for Il great eternity. As thoug!
n n nnow were larger than a behemotll. a.
though a sTallow took wider circuit thu.
an albatross, "a though a nettle we're ta!te
than 4 Lebanon cedaf, as though a gna
wer" greater than a camel, as though
minute were longer than 4 century, a
though time were higher, deeper, broade
than eternity. 50 the text which Eashe,
with lightning OF wit rs Christ uttered i
IL followed by the crashing thunders O
awful catastrophe to those who make tn
questions Of time greater than the cues
lions CT the future, the %Cncoming. over
Swallowing future. o., eternity, eternity
eternity!