Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-10-09
NEW SERIES--VOL. M. "a

fore having drawn their first breath: nine.
ty-three cases OF tuberculosis, which bring
the total Of those who died from heredit.
ary alcoholism up to third. .
There is no fifth generation, for the last
line IS mlcrocephalous idiot. Thus
Moses was right, as proven by science.
when he said, "God visits the iniouities
of the parents unto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate Him. There
is no fifth.
Sin is an awful thing. If could uncover
1t so that some Of you could see it you
would shrink back from it as you would
shrink from man who is leper.
There are very many people who are in
sane from over work. It is the tendency
of the times. Permit me to read to you
an editorial given in one of our recent
papers:
Never was there such craze for spec
u1atlon ia as our age presents. Young and
are discounted. Stock gambling is patron
lzed and recognized to an alarming extent.
The speculating spirit is rife in all direc-
tions and in al ways. Those who cannot
! rent an Office in Wall Street patronize the
bucket shop and curbstone brokers. The
tricks OF trade are mastered, and fortune
hunting is pursued with avidity. Risks
are incurred and principle sacrificed in
the haste to become rich. Great syndi-
Gates are formed day by day and their
Turing bats tempt many people. Little
savings are insured ample profits. Trade
is becoming largely speculative. Old-fash-
ioned business methods and ideals are
| to more rapid modes of enrichment Some
succeed, but the larger number fall in
their ventures. Fortunes are lost as we'll
as won. Money changes hands, and thou
sands suffer where hundreds gain. Wrecks
Of characters lie all along the pathway of
Ill 4 l..
society are found the victims Of wild,
reckless gambling. Greed of wealth is be-
| coming too much an American vice. It's
| allurements are proving too strong for our
! bright, energetic and ambitious young
| men, and there is call for steadier,
| wiser and safer spirit in business affairs
! Second, there are many people insane to.
self restraint. Self-indulgence ruins men,
self f-denial makes them; self-indulgence
sells mans birthright for mess of pot
tage, and he tries to get it again only to
find that it is impossible; sef-denial
makes one to be possessed Of increasing
on until we find him in the centre of the
feast where the fingers Of mans hand
write upon the wall, weighted in the
balances and found wanting" and The
same thing is true to-day, it is the lack of
! self-restraint that has made many a man
/ to lose his soul. DIR. Talmage tells of the
man whom he, saw on the shores Of lake
hull of an old wrecked vessel and lifting
up his hands tremblingly said, sPlease,
sir, will you give me a penny?" ''For
was, "For strong drink" DR.. Talmage
said to him, "I am minister and I cannot
give you the money for that, but I will
help you. What is your name?" and he
| +l,o, id 20 / la.a l.
my nameP meeP is,f-ffaal if;f. Ihee sobbed it out
by that name in Edinburgh, a prominent
merchant; did you know him." "God
pitv me. sir" said he, ri am that man
sin slew me, and I am here; my wife Is
dead. my children are in the poor house
and I am on my way to hell: What z
warning for every man who gives way II
| the least to SIM,
: There are many men in the insane insti
tutions to-day because Of self-indulgenc
and lack of self-restraint. Who was !
that said, 'Better is he that ru!eth hi
spirit than he that taketh city?' Why
# man could only take a city what
hero he would be! The word of God say
that every man may be greater tnan n
that taketh a city if he will rule his ow
spirit. Self-indulgence ruins, self-denis
!, makes men. self-indulgence sells man
D birthright for less than a mess OF pottagt
!, Be not deceived. God is not mockee
< | whatsoever a man sews that shall he reap
I I came across one young man IN the II
e sane asylum who came from one OF til
e first families in the country. There IS ne
n thing that money could buy. Not on]
e was he lacking in self-restraint hlrnsel
J. but his people were lacking in self-r
straint. If the boy desired to go
school he was at liberty to go; if he pr
J. ferred not to 60 to school he could stay
If home After while there came defe
d in the brain; after little while it was
:: sanity, SO that now he is in an insa1
sse asylum. I heard him say, ''Will you pc
Of NIT me tc go to father and mother.
= Certainly, Certainly" the keeper sal
IS ssHe will never CO.. He will never
a, ready to go. He rises in the mornin
n then he falls back on his cot IT,, ne 6 begins ms
x be ready tonight; tomorrow morning
m quite gets up to his desire. That is
n; mania" There is many a boy, possit
i'd in our church, whose home atmosphere
n like that, and it is most dangerous OF
&C. do not know that, ths fathers were str
stree. Ja my boyhood's home life "
MS the forming Of my character. I sho,
ed like to hold up to every boy and eve
k Young man the highest ideals of manhot
zee and ask you to take Christ "a *, :
re Third, there are very many people M
in tally unbalanced to-day because. of 80
en- hallucination. A poor woman cried out
ge, / passed along through the wards of
tx. institution. doctor, I am burning. up;
re. II could only have breath Of fresh al
lad would feel perfectly well again" A n
It's. who used to be leader of society was
as: tually burrowing in the ground like an q
en-: NAL all the dignity Of his manhood go
the and the woman who was once the pride
i'd her home mental wreck, and wher
eli said to the doctor, 'What is it that eau
,ad this?" his answer was, cit is sin in v
many cases." I know very well that th
are many who are insane because OF
fol- herited tendency and some because OF o
or work, their poor overstrained nerves h
or given way, but I have seen a count
ere number in these latter days insane
un- cause of sin, and it is against this tha
lity cry out
rem L.
age There is kind Of insanity in the P
non ton which men occupy with regard
In being Christians.
ases First. let US suppose a case of sick1
In where the patient gradually grows wo
+ho +ono,,orat,,re ic biph the nuIse is ra