The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-17
DR. TALMAGFS SERMON.


 sN<&saeAsNNeess=ss.ssss.ss<.ss.:<<E@s ss. =s ss.s sss<s:<< 3. <E@ q Washington. Nov. 1O.-In this discourse Dr. Talmage depicts the struggle of man who desires liberation from the en- thrallment of evil and shows how he may be. set free; text, Proverbs xxiii. 50; 'sWhefi shall I awake? l will seek 1t yet again.
 With an insight into human nature such as no other man ever had. solomon Tn these words is sketching the mental pro- cesses of a man who has stepped aside from the path of rectitude and would Ike to return. Wishing for something better he says. ''when shall awake? when 1 shall get over this horrible nightmare of iniquity?" But seized upon by unerad- icated appetite and pushed down hill by ! his passions he cries out: T will seek 1t , vet again, will try it once more.
 Ahoiit a mile from Princeton. N. J., i there is a skating pond. One winter day. when the ice was very thln, farmer living near by warned the young men oI the danger of skating at that time. They 1 all took the warning except one young man, He, in the spirit of bravado. said, '.Boys, one round more" He struck out on his skates, the ice broke and his life lees body was brought up. And in all mat tcrs of temptation and /allurement It IS not a prolongation that is proposed. but only just one more indulgence Just one more sin Then comes the fatality. Alas for the one round more! T will seek 1t yet again." =,
 Our libraries are adorned with elegant literature addressed to young men, poin,1- ing out to them all the dangers ana perlls of life. Complete maps of the voyage oi life-the shoals; the rocks. the qulcksanna's. n', But suppose young man IS alreaoy sn,p WI lecked, suppose he is already or the track suppose he has already gone astray how can he get back? That is questioIn I1 that remains unanswered. and anna dl the books of the libraries ma not ois word on that subject. To that class oi persons this day address myseh. ..,
 You compare what you are now "llh what you were three or four years ago; No,, and you are greatly dishearteneu. You are ready with every passion or your seui to listen to a discussion like this. -Be oI good cheer! Your best days are yet 10 and rescue. I put the silver trumpet of the gospel to my lips and blow one long, loud blast. saying, 'Whosoever VIII, iet him come, and let him come now. The Church of God is ready to spread ban 0uet upon your return. and all the hler- archs of heaven fall into line of hammered proce ssion over your redemption
 = Moral Gravitation Overcome.
 Years ago while yet Albert Barnes was living, I preached in his pulpit one night Id the young men of Philadelphia. In the opening of my discourse l said. Q Lord, eiya me one soul tonightn' At the close or the service MT. Barnes introduced man you prayed for" But l see now It was a too limited prayer. l offer no sucn prayer today. It must take in Wlaer 1weep "Lord give all these souls to- day for happiness and heaven"
 So far as God may help me propose 10 show what are the obstacles to your re. those obstacles The first, difficulty In the way of your return is the force of moral prayitation Just as there is naturai law which brings down to earth anytnins you throw into the air, so there-1s coz responding moral gravitation. never shall forget a. prayer I heard a youns man man in the Young Men,s ChSitra ChrlsLatan Association of New York. With trempitngg voice and streaming eyes he saia. God thou knowest how easy 1t IS TOT me to do wrong and how hard 1t is Tor me to do right! God help mel! That man knows not his own heart who has never felt the power of moral gravitation.
 In your boyhood you had good associ- e ates and bad asspfls np tes the Iast few years you have heard pure anecdotes ana I'm m. pure anecdotes. Which the easiest StuGh to your memory? You have had gooa nap nap. it's and bad habits. To which diu your sfsrt more easily yield? But that moral gravitation may be resisted. Just as you may pick up anything from the eartf and hold it in your hand toward heaven 9,1st SO by the power of Gods grace q fallen soul may be lifted towaEi: peace toward pardon, toward salVat'on. ne ne force of moral gravitation IS lm ''vsry he 4. nF ne hut also power in Gods grace tt Tho next thing in the way of your re- turn is the power of evil haolt. Know r there are those who say it Is very easy Tnr them to give up evil habits. can not believe them. Here IS man given gwen ,no .c irto xication, who knows IL IS dsS rac' l 'lt his family. destroying his property ant rnining him body. mind and soul. 1T tha' man. being an intelligent man and ioY inr. his family. could easily give up Una! habit, would he not do SO! The iact u 1hs' |, ha does not give it up proves that 1t is hard to give it up. It Is a very easy thing to sail down stream, the tide carrying vol with great force. put suPpose Xou tba,, -"i rouU if? As long as we yield to the cVl. inclinations in our heart and 10 our pMau M habits we are sailing down @ stream sur anu owy Du boat in the rapi1s irst above Niagara ahc fry to row up stream.
 Force of Habit.
 A physician tells his patient that he must quit the use of tobacco. as it is de: stroying his health: The man rep repneS' s IT. can stop that habit easy enough He ouits the use of the weed. He goes around not knowing what to do with hlfnselI. [l' cannot add up column or hstras' i n' cannot sleep nights It seems as the world had turned upside down. HeNreels his business is going to rum. Mhere Il, was kind and obliging he Is scoldlng aho
  him has given way to a fretful restless ness and he has become conplete noget What power is it that has rolled wave of woe over the earth and shaken DOT tent in the heavens? He has quit tooac' co. After awhile he says: '1 am going tC do as I please: the doctor does not uh derstand my case. I am going pack 10 my old habits" He returns. Everything as sumes its usual composure His business seems to brighten. The world becomes ar attractive place to live in. His children seeing the difference, hail the return their fathers genial dispoaition; Wha wave of color has dashed blue into the sky and greenness into the mountain TO- iiaga and the glow of sannhire into th' sunset? What entertainment has lifted 2 world of beauty and joy on his soul! f has resumed tobacco.
 The fact is we all know in our own eX rerience that habit is taskmaster. A tong as we obey it 1t does not chastis' us But. letljat4 ltfsS st lttt and we find tha Ic arc dashed with scorpion whips an bound with shin cable and thrown into inc track of hone hreaking Tuggernauts.
 In Paris there is a scnlptured repre- .ortaticr of Bacchus, the god of revelrv ue is riding on a nanther at full lean Oh. how suggestive' Let every one wh
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