Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-07-11

aIad he = within the prison doors!" be
f vour work to find out if that man IS
worth saving and what were the causes
of his moral overthrow. Perhaps ne
started in business life unoer tricky
firm, who gave him wrong notions OF Dust
ness integrity: perhaps there was COM
bination of circumstances almost unpar-
aTeIed for temptation, perhaps there were
alterations. perhaps he was born wrong
and never got over it, perhaps ne did not
realize what he was dong ana II you ota are
nerhanses which. though they will not ex-
cuse. will extenuate. Perhaps he has al,
ready repented and is washed IN the blood
of the Lamb, and is as sure Of heaven as
you are. -4-4--
What an opportunity you have now for
chewing NV text! You were angry at the
migdemeanor. but you are hopeful Tor the
recovery of the recalcitrant. Blessed all
prison refornlers! Blessed are tnose ToE-
ernors and residents who are glad when
thew have a chance to pardon! Blessed
the forgiving father who welcomes home
the nrodirall Blessed the dying thief
whom the Lord took with Him to glory,
saying, This day shalt thou be with Me
in paradise. -, !.
ahhor while we try to o p the victim, and
that ia iufdelity. i Atches the life pre-
server from the -. afoat and affords
not so much as =. spar or plank as SUP
stitute 1t would extingIlsh the on.y
troubled and the lost. Let the. spirit Of
infdelitv take hold OF nelghborhood,
AMI in that town the marriage relation ].
A farce and good morals give place to all
STYLES of immorals Let it take possession
Of this eartF and there would be no VIZ
tue left in all the worlds circumference.
I think if a famous inhdel of our time
: L., +olr 1nGtnnta-
neousIy had died in his bed after weeks
and months Of illness he would have re-
vo<ed his teachings and left for his be-
loved family consultations which they
could not find in Obsequies at which not
one word Of holy Scripture was read or at
Fresh Pond crematory, where no Chris
tan bencdction was pronounced. 90
not positively say that in prolonged lii
ness there would have been retract.on,
but | think there would.
sqv to all young men hoping to achieve
fnancial, moral or religious success. CON
troll your tempers. Do not let crltlcl sdt
or rebuff defeat YOU. Verdi, the great
musician. applied TO become student IN
The Conservatory of Music at Milan, and
he was rejected by the director. who SAID
that he could make nothing OF the new
conner, as he showed no disposition Tor
music. But the criticism dld not eNaSper-
ate or defeat him. The most OF those who
have largely succeeded in all departments
wnre characterized by self control. In
hattie they could calmly look at the bomb
thrown at their feet. wondering whether
i would explode. In commercial hte,
when panics smote the city, these men
| we're placid, while others were yelling
| themselves hoarse at the Stock Exchange.
While others nearly swOoned because a
| certain stock had gone 100 points down
| they calmly waited until 1T would get l0)
| points up. While the. Opposing, attorney
| in the courtroom frothed at the mouth
| with rage because of something said on the
other side he of the equipose put a glass
| OF water to his lips in retreshment aud
| proceeded with the remark, As L was
| saving when the gentleman interrupted
| me- Self control! What a glorious
! thing We want it in the doctor teeinG
| the pulse of on desperately i'll; we want
| il in The engineer when the headlight OF
| another train comes round the curve on
| the same track; we want 1t IN Christian
| men and women In times when so mucA
| in church and state seems gong to demo
! Iition-self control!
| Surpassing all other characters IN the
| worlds biography stands Jesus Ihrlst
wrathful against sin, merclful to the SIN
ner. Witness His behavior toward the
ROBBED ruffians who demanded capital pun
| ishment for an offending woman-denun
citation for their sinful hypocrisy, pardon
for her sweet, penitence He did no not
| speak OF I1cfod as MS mig % VI M
royal highness,' but dared to, compare
him TO a cunning fox, saying, Go We anc
| tell that fox" But alert to the cry OF
suffering, He finds ten lepers, and to how
| many Of the ten awful lnvalds did Ne
| Give conva,escence and health! Ten. Re
bulzing Pharisaism IN the most compressed
sentence in all the vocabulary OF ana
| thema: "Ye serpents! 1e generation o
vipers! How can We escape the danna
ion of help Yet looking upon Pete
with such tenderness that 10 word wa
! spoken. and not word was Eeeded. To-
the look spoke louder than words. "An'
the Lord looked upon Peter, and Pete
went out and wcpt bitterly
Defying the mightiest Government o
the world. the Roman Government, We
rubbing His hand just below the forehead
Of the blind until the optic nerve CT hin
who was born sightless is created. AM
the sunlight has two new paths to tread
Best illustration the world ever saw o
! anger without sin, anger against the ahon!
nations which have mauled and b!aste,
the earth from its deepest cavern to 1t
highest cliff. but so much pity for the sin
| ming and suffering nations that He ALLOWED
tGem to transfx Him upon two pieces, o
wood nailed across each other on a da
| that was dark as hight, the windows q
heaven shut because the immortals cou!
no. bear to look down upon the assassin
| alton or the lOVeHcSt DeIng tnat eve
walked the shore of the lakes or withou
pillow or blanket slept on the cold mount
aims.
Like Him. let us hate iniquity with con
| p!Cte hatred. but like Him may we hel
those Who are overtErown and be wilin
to suffer for their restoration. Then, a
though at the opening of this discours
our text may have seemed to command u
to do an impossible thing we will at TIL
| close of this sermon, with prayer t
Cod for help, be more rigid and deter
mined than ever before against that whic
is wrong. while at the same time we sha
feel so kindly toward all the erring an
work 50 hard for their rescue that we wi
realize that we have scaled the Alpine, tn
IIima!ayan height of my text. which CT
joins, BE We angry and sin not"