Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-08-16
..Dr.TALMAGE SERMON
THE GREAT DlvINE'S ELOQUENT
MESSAGE
srbJeet frontEate Literature-HviI ru> .
hcatfons the Greatest Seour-e OF the
World-It Fila the Prisons and In
sane Asylums-Fower of the rress.
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the loiiew,ng report ol discourse, which
VIII he helpful TO those vno haze an af,.
petite Tor literature and wouli like some
rules 10 guide them III the selection %,
nooks and newspapers. text. Acts My.
~ Many ot them also which used c,Iri-
Gus arts brought their books together and
burned them before ali men. and they
counted the prce OF them and found It
ou,pu pieces Of silver
raul had been stirring NJ El,he>u~ with
some lively sermons about the -ns al that
place. Among the more Important results
was the TACT that the cI,lxen- brought out
their bad books and in rublic place made
q bonfire OF them. see the p4ople comm.
out with their arms full Of Ephc>Ian liter
ature and tossing II INTO the flames
near an economist who j. standing hy
SAVING stop this waste Here are $500
worth OF books: Do You propose to burn
them all up Ii YOU don't want 10 read
them yourselves sell them "Nr' SAID
the people; If these books are not good
/. Tor us. they are not good for anybody
else, and We shall stand and watch until
the last leaf has burned to ashes They
have done Us 4 world or harm; anl ,ilev
shall never do others harm Hear the
flames crackle and roar,
W ell my trends, one Of the wants oi
the cities Is Il great bonfire OF bad book.
and newspapers. We have enough lucl
to make a blaze 2"o feet high. Many Of
u
throw INTO the blaze their entire stock ot
Gooas. Bring forth the nsutierable trash
and put II INTO the fire and let II he
known IN the presence OF God and angels
ana men that YOU are gong TO nd Your
homes OF the overtopplns and underlying
course OF profigate literature.
lhe printing press Is the mightieSt accn-
ey on earth for good and for evil. The
MINISTER OF the gospel standing III the
| pulpit has responsible position. bat |
| do not think II j. a. responsible a. the
| position oI an editor or a publisher At
what distant loint OF ame, at what lar
| out cycle ot eternity. viii cease the IN
! tiuenoe Of Henry j. Raymond or llor-
ace Greeley, or a James Gordon Bennett.
or a Watson Webb. OF an Erastu>. Brooks
or Thomas kin>ca: Take the over
! WhelmlnG statistics OF the circulatlo Of
| the daily and weekly newspapers and then
! CIPHER. II YOU can. how tar up and how lar
down and how far out reach the influ-
| ences OF the American printing presses.
/ " hat Is 10 hc the issue oi all tins
l believe the Lord intends the printing
! press to be the chief means Tor the worlds
rescue and evangezation. and thinl<
! that the great last battle oi the world
Will not be fought with swords aud guns
but with types and presses. a puriiied and
| gospel literature trlumphIng over. tramp
/ hing down and crushing out forever that
which is depravcd The only way to
overcome unclean literature is by scatter-
ing abroad that which is healthful MAY
] God speed the cylinders of an honest IN
| nave ,-u wax y ,a..,p., r..intjnr
| ing that ever came to the nations l. that
al an elevated literature, and the great
est scourgc has been that 81 urclean liter.
ature. This last has rs victims IN All
| occupations and departments It has
helped to fill insane a-ylune and pew
tentiarics and almshousc~ and dens 81
shame. The bodies ot this injection IL
in the hospitals and IN the graves, Whil'
their souls are hcIng tossed over INTO
lost eternity. The London plague VA
nothing to it. That counted ts victims hN
thousands but this modern pest has at
ready shoyeed IL millions INTO the car
nal house Of the morally dead The long
! est tram that ever ran over the ua' ~
was not long enough or large enough t.
carry the beasthne,s and the putreiactl1i
which have been gathered up III bad boah
and newspapers IL the last twenty years.
Now IT j. amid such circumstances ina
] put y question of overmasterlns iuIr"r
tancc to YOU and your tanlllcs. ~
books and newspapers shall We Feaa
You see ! group them together. \ news
paper i only a book III -wliter an
more portable shape, and the same luiI
. which apply to book reading VIII app
to newspaper reading What shah :"
read Shall our minds be the receptacle &
everything that an author ha~ 4 mihn |
+ write. Shall there be no distinction *
tween the tree OF lie aud the tree
death Shall we stoop down and drIh
! ont of the trough which the wlckcdncS~ :
men has filed with pollution and shame
Shall We mire III impuilty and ehds" i"i
ta-tic 4sill- 10 -theWi-Is acro-- the ~-'Y"ihI
when re, might walk IN the hl"ornsi
gardens oi God. Oh no For the ~ai
Of our present and everlasting wen litIc "
must make an intelligent and thri@tla
choice.
5 Standing. as We To III chm dcen he'
tioue literature. the question that your
:. people are asking Shall "e read y"
els ! reply there are novels that !"
:. pure good, Christian. elcYailnE t. y
g heart and enobine 10 the llie. hut IA
l., stiH further - ~aE that | fetiehe ~
seventy hvc ont % leh noFe}s ~ Tbs 9.
l. are i,aleful aud destructive 1" u" II
degree \ pure work .! tcilon j. hl-io
is and poetry combined. Il = hIstorF
+, thing around US with tae lcenrf-- ~
the assumed name q poetry }e "oi
x can neyer ,,av the deh; winch 4 ""c.
lr such writers u fIction 8, Hawthorn" "a
az NJ kenzse and i.andon aut Hunt Al
Arthur and Others whose names aFr lam
{. lar 10 all The iol.e- oi high tfie ~
never better exposed than II NJ ~.
IN worth the memories 81 fh. T,s-t aere hes
:, more faithfully ernbalmed 'hau - ~" Is :
: ,ng- ~ Walter Scott toot.er~ ne'ef- Z
~ healthttliv redolcnt With the breath
rv sh.- seareed and the All ot The Afaefaf
a fore.t Ch4rls- hlng-Eey ia- -n5Ittfn
:, morhia1tv al the World and led ~
{" many - appreciate 'ae i~'"'rX -: -"
Oh health. strong muscles an1 fFe-h :
Thsrkerav 578 a grand Her@ 1n '-srge =
r.. Ing the Frctendt,r- - GentgiffS and h
- blood l,ken~ ha- hnIis h- oen sae'
=. men. IN h. he,.,k@ hiah ars ;s.s-t teF
III s,o3r and the anatheIna - inI9-'scr. +
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