Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-17
Dr.TALMAGE SERMON
THE GREAT DIVINE'S ELOQUENT
nEecAGE.
bnpJeet: Our Eather's Honse - A Lesson
of Patience-An Impressive Warning
Against Being Pulled Up With Trap
STORY Earthly Grandeur

AEdihst belns fuHSu Up " n
STORY Earthly Grandeur,
Copyright isuo,
N~AsEtNG1o.. D. c. - This discourse Of
DR.. Ial-age is pertinent at this time Of
! year, when many people are moving from
housa 70 house, and il teaches lessons ot
patience aud aquipoise in very trying cir
cuInstance-; text, ''hiiippians w.. II, 4
know both h~- - be abased, and / know
how t. tDound."
Happy Paul! Could you really accom-
mottte yourself u all circumstances in
life Could you % up without pride, and
could you come down without etaspera-
ton Teach the sans lesson TO us ali,
We are a. q san:on 81 the year when vast
populations in All our cities ara changing
residence. Having been born II II house
and having all our ives lived in a house,
wee 90 not hHve full appreciation Of what ii
! house IL. Il is the growth II thousands Of
year-. The human rae first lived in clefts
Of rocks, to beasts Of thr tiel1i moving
ont - .,.e caverbs to let the human race
move In. The shepherds and the robbers
still! i've In caTern- OF the earth. TIE troy
l0dytsS are q race which 70 this day 3re-
ler the raverns - a ltrusc. They are warnt
they arr large, they are very c0miortabie;
they ar" !.s- subject 10 violent change Of
heat aud cold. We zone on along down In
the history Of the race. and We come to the
lodge. '7hich was 2 home built out OF
twisted tree branches; We come farther on
down In tie history Of the race, and we
CON" - the tent. winch was Il home bliit
with a round POI" IL the centre and skins
OF animals reaching Olt III al ijr. rtjcn.,
mats OH the floor.
Time la-,.t On, and the w9rld, inter
much invention, catn- to blitd q house.
when was Il space surrounded ~ TOAD
stones. against which the earth was hea ped
from tie outside. The roo. was made OF
chalk and gypsum and coal ana stones and
ASHES FDunt"t together. After awhile the
porch Ta- torn. after awhile the gate.
IEen hundreds OF year, passed on. and IN
tie fourteenth century the modern chin
nex was constructed. The Did Hebrews
Tad openings ia their houses from which
the smoke !nlGht escape II it prcferret.t ut
there Wa 10 infurcmeut offered FOR II to
leave unit the mplrru chimney. Wooden
key opened the door, or the keyhola Wa,
large enough to ALLOW the finger 10 Be in
serted for the lifting Of the latch or the
sliding Of il. There being nc windows the
people were dependent for light upon lat
ticeNork. over which a thin veil was drawn
down ~ time Of winter to keep out the eIe.
ment~. Window glass was. 20 late as 300
or $50 years ago, in Engiant aud Scotland
- great Il luxury that nulythe vary wealth
lest coUId afford 1t. 4 hand mill and an
Oxen sn'i Il few leathe1n bottles and some
rude pitchers and plates made up the en-
tire equipment OF the culinary department.
ASN'f '- - 49, AiVAAAC y 4
It's 1Dts>, N"l live III now, but the huu- -
YOU were born IL ans! the many houses you
have resii"i il since YOU began yOur
earthly residence. When you 90 home
to-day, count over The number OF those
houses in which you have resided, and Won
Wit ~ surprised. once in awhile Won viii
lind a man WNO lives III Il house where he
was born AMI where lis father was born
and his grandfather was born ami his
great Sran,lfather was oorp, but that is
not oiic eltt 81 = Thousand eases. | have
nos been more peraulbuiatorv thau most
l"0ple. but | was amazed when camet t.
count up the number u residences | have
occupied. The fact is there is in this
world no such thing DIS permanent resi-
Gcncc.
Ia q private vehicle. and not in Il rail
car, frsln which you c1n see bu1 little,
! rode from New York TO &onlers and Tar
rrtoWn, on tho banks OF the Hudson the
finest ride on The planet for IA man who
wants to sec ~alatial residences in fasci
hating scenery. II was IL the early spring
and hafor" tho gentlemen Of New York
had g9ne out TO their country residences
| rode into the gr0un,t~ to admire TIE
gardens, and TIE ovcrSe er Of tie place
told me-nnl lllry an told me-ttla'
all the houses had been sold OF thut
they wanted t. sell them, and there
was literally ~ exception. although
! cl!tei 1t many places. ilt-t a!niriug tlt
tEAlt' II ana SIp'IIlt.- Illl lIf ldidtlui resi-
dcnrea. some wanted to SILL or had sold
because Of financial misfortune or because
their wives did not want to reside in the
GUNNER time III those places while theiI
husbands tarriel III town in the night
always having Somo Business on band
Keeping them away. From some house:
The people had been shaken out ny chill.
aud fever, from soine houses they hat
gone because leath or misfortune lH. o.
curtei. and all those palaces and mansions
had either changed occupants or wanted
TO change.
Takc up the directory .; any city 0
England or Aluericn and see how fcg
people ike where they lived fifteen year.
GO. There Is no such thing as permunen
residence.
Isaw Monticello. III Virginia. Presiden!
Jetlers0n', residence, and saw on tlt
same day Montpelier. which WAS eithel
Naiison'7 OF Monroe'~ residence, and
-aw also II" White House. which wa
President Tayiors residence and Presiien
Lincoln's residence and President Gar
fields residence. Was il a lernanen
residence IN any rG7e2 | tell YOU that tn
rare ls Nomadlc ana 40 sooner gets III on
place than Il wants to chance fer anotha
place or i compelled TO change for anothe
pace, ANA 90 the race invented the rail
road and thu steamboat in order nor
raiillv t. set into some other place tina
that in WAicti it was then.
Ave. Instead Of being E0Taiip, it is in
mortal. moving N AMI noNl:t- on. "
whip NJ our horses ana hasten onuntil I'll
hub OF the front wheel stiiyer~ on the t0.nl
. stone aud tips us leadloDg Tito the grave
the only permanent earthly residence.
4 day this spring the streets will be dlle
with the furniture carts and the Iraxs an
the tracks. Il sill be 4 hard 1av fC
:. horses, because they will he overloaded:
will be 4 hard day for latorers, for the
} will overllit before they get the family ful
4. niture from one house 10 another; it vi
: be a hard dny Tor ncu>eheeperst to see the
|, furniture scratched, and their crocker
broken, ana their carpets mlstt, and the
' furniture dashed 81 the sudden showers;
Will be q hard dag for landlords; il Will
a hard day for tenants.
Especial grace Is needed for moving da
Many a mans religion mas suffered a Tea
> iul strain between the hour Oh the morn
y ing Of the first or May, when he took d
immature breakfast. and the hour at mig
whea he rolled into hts e-xtennoriZed couc
! The furniture broken sometimes will rest
4 III the breaking o. 1.-THE len commandment
= Ny first word. then, III :II> part Of Il
;. =, 49, a hA-A = 1870 -