The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-07
HOW MANY ARE ALL RIGHT
DR.. Talmage Says by Sin We Have All
Been Morally Bankrnpted.
Text, Isaiah III, 10, "Say We to the Righteous
That II Shall Be Well With Him."


WASHINGTON, d. C.--There is great
solace in this discourse of DR.. Talmape
Tor those whose lives have many anxieties;
text. Isaiah ill., 10, "Say We to the ripht.
eous that it shall be well with him"
Here is a promise for people who are
all right, but who will come and get Il?
How many, or rather, how few, people do
you know who are all riqhtY Ii Il were re
asked OF any assembly that those who
were sinless should rise up, none would
rise, except imbeciles and religious eranks.
An accident happened near sixty centu-
rles ago that started the human race in the
wrong way, and we have not got over Il
yet; we know a great many splendid men
ana splendid women but they will tell
you that they have not always done the
right thing or thought the right thought.
III 1t were any of your business, they could
give you an inventory Of frailties and mis-
takes and infelicities that would be aston
ishing. Here, then, you say, is a Bible
promise that goes a-begging. Say We to
the righteous that it shall be well with
him."
1t is my delightful work to-day to show
you that all the sons and daughters of
Adam and Eve may appropriate the bene-
olctlon OF my text if they will first do the
right thing. Over here in the next street
was man who in great misfortunes lost
all he had and was positively begpared.
but a letter comes from some European
CITY, where the land records are kept, an
nouncing to him that great fortune il
MS Now he is as opulent az he was pau-
perized. He doffs his rags and puts on
respectable attire and moves into a home
appropriate for man of vast estate. His
worldly circumstances were all wrong last
year; they are all right this year. On the
next street is man who was from perfect
health prostrated, and he seemed To be
SICK unto death, but skillful physician
took correct diagnosis of his disease. and
by prompt and vigorous treatment re-
stored him to his former vigor. AS to his
health he was all wrong before. Now he
is all right. In these two ways | illustrate
my theme.
By sin we have all been morally bank.
rupted. Christ the Lord from His inf.
mite riches pays our debts and empara-
discs us in His mercy. From His richest
wardrobe He put on us the clean robe of
HIS righteousness. and gives us a palace
IN the, heavens when we are ready to 60
up and take it.. Now, as to our spiritual
estate we are all right. We were morally
diseased. but Christ, the physician. bv a
bath in the fountain Of His grace. cures us.
Now, as to our spiritual health we are
all right. That is the way we come to the
righteousness spoken of in the text. 1t is
contributed Righteousness, a made-over
righteousness, an imputed righteousness
The moment you get into right relations
with Christ the Lord that moment YOU can
appreciate the magnificent comfort of the
text, and defy you in all this great book.
from the first verse Of the first chapter of
G.nesis to the last verse of the last chap
ter OF Revelation, to find me a passage
with higher and deeper and broader and
longer comfort than that of the text,
which is as deep as the Atlantic Ocean
half way between the continents. and high
as the sun when the clock is striking IL
az noon. But | shall be swamped with
the oceanic tides of this subject unless the
with him"
Bear in mind that but few people can
stand worldly success. Water is a good
thing. but too much of it will drown.
Fire is good thing, but too much of it
will destroy: Light is good thing, but
too much of it dazzles and blinds. Sue
cess is good thing, but too much of it
has overwhelmed many for this world and
the next. If it were best for us, we would
al be millionaires, live in palaces like the
Alhambra, and be as personally attractive
as Cleopatra appeared to Antony. But,
the most OF folks could not endure such
and it is absolutely neces-
sary IN order to keep them right that 999
men out OF 1000 should find life a struggle.
1t keeps them out of mischief. After
Adam was elected from the premises
where by ten minutes OF employment a
d'V he could keep the garden and dress it
tne best thing that could happen to him
was comralsion to work aud fight The
ground that bloomed with spontaneous
flowers and rustled with harvests that
owed nothing to plow or hoe became hos
tile, and bramble was substituted for rose.
and the panther growled where before he
fawned, and horn and fang and hoof be.
came beligerenu. 1nat Edenic ejectment
: nGN al. 1 ~
d.eness or only a few minutes Of employ
merit day are doom and overthrow. Put
u down among your blessings that you
have to work hard with brain or hand or
foot or all three of them
How many men do you know worth
$3.50 600 who are devout and consecrated
and humble and generous and employing
their means for the worlds redemption?
You could count them up on the fingers
Of your two hands even if by accident or
war You had lost one or two of the fingers.
AS to the realm of personal attractveness,
how many women radiant of countenance
and graceful OF form do you know who are
unaffected and natural of manner and
deeply pious before God, using their
beauty for the betterment of the world
md not for selfish purposes l only take 1
the risk OF asking the question and leave
to you the risk of answering it. These
things | say to show YOU that in order to
nave Jne promise or the text fulfilled in
your case it is not necessary you have phe-
1omenal worldly success.
Notice, also that God gives the righteous
he power to extract good out of evil. and
Dy divine chemistry to change the bitter
nto the sweet and the harmful into the
beneficial. The promise that it shall be
well with you does not imply that you are
"a be free from trouble There is no es-
ape from that. We all have family rela-
ions. and some of them will be making
kit from this world, so that bereavement
= the universal inheritance The differ
'nce hetwe en the prospered and those not
rospered is the difference in the amount
hey can afford to lose. The more wealth
/ man has the more he can lose, but one
nan can afford to lose a million dollars
where another man cannot afford to lose
INT dollar. On larger or smaller scale all
uffer financial loss. Amid the rapidity of
he revolutions of the wheel of national
md international finance monetary per.
)lexity is as common as day or night.
So also misinterpretation and slander
,ome to all who live active lives. Our
actions, thoroughly honest and above.
BOARD, may come under suspicion. Every
,ourt room at every term of court hears |
Illustrations of the delusions of what is |
allied circumstantial evidence. Innocent |
nen are fined or imprisoned or electro. |
'uted because of an unfortunate conjunc- /
ion of events What is true in court
'ooms is true in all circles of domestic or
ccial or official life. You have been mis-.
understood and misrepresented. or will be
or misreuresented. Then