The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-21
FARMvILLE, VA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2l, 1902

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then am done" Instantly Gods con
demning wrath struck him dumb. Fol
three long hours he suffered and strug
gled for breath. Then he died. a con.
demned blasphemer's death. After the
heart Of the blasphemer's body had
ceased to beat his corpse, by the order
Of his officers. was made a public spec
tacle to teach the populace and the sol
diers and the sailors alike that they
might realize the awfulness Of the
warning In the third commandment.
that God win not hold him gulltless
that taketh his name in vain" Gods
condemning wrath in that instance
came as suddenly as 9 stroke Of light
ming.
My father often mentioned an incl
dent showing how sometimes the
wrath Of God can and does strike the
blasphemer down; how It can strike
the profane lips in the twinkllng Of an
eye. The scene took place IN a noted
| inhdel club I'm Scotland. That night II
was decided by the club members that
/ the man who could make the most aw-
| ful oath in defiance Of God should be
elected president Of the club. In this
competition OF oaths one man uttered
so vile an oath that his comrades were
dumfOundcd. But no sooner was II
unanimously decided that this bias
phemer should take the presidents
chair than his tongue began TO swell
1t kept on swelling until it protruded
from the mouth. The blasphemer's
tongue kept on swelling until the bias
phemer died. He died quickly, be-
cause God had once said, in the words
Of my text, "ThOu shalt not take
the name Of the Lord thy God I'm
vain. for the Lord will not hold him
guiltless that taketh his name in
vain"
l have written this sermon upon the
blasphemer's condemnation for two
purposes. The first is. want to make
the blasphener realize his awful dan
ger and, by the grace OF God. to rescue
him If possible from the awful de
struction toward which he is heading
I want to rescue him. by the grace Of
God, because, my brother, you Will
never be emancipated from this sinful
habit Of profanity unless you seek di.
vine help. After you have been a pro
fame man for many years your pro
family becomes a part Of yourself.
You are bound to this evil habit by |
links stronger than steel. Elon Foster |
tells us that there was once a gOdly |
man who for thirty years had lived a
consistent Christian life who was
taken seriously III. During his delri-
GUS sickness he swore all the time He
swOre because the evil habit which he /
practlced in his youthful days was
still lying dormant in his subc0nscious
memory. So, my profane brother. If
you wish to be emancipated from this
sin Of profanity you must pray to God
for help. You must plead and pray
for divine help to resist this evil habit
to the day Of your death. You must
pray not only for the forgiveness Of
your past profanities. but you must
also pray that God will keep your lips
pure from ever uttering another bias
phemous word.
The second reason why preach this
sermon is to rally all Christian people
to the support of a new interdenomina-
tional society. which has just been
formed to war against the sin Of pro-
family. / believe this society has as
great a mission as the Christian En-
leavor society. the Brotherhood Of An
drew and Philip or any Of the other in
societies which are
binding together the Christian people
IF the land. This society is called the
Antiprofanity league. Rev. John l..
WithrOw, ID. d., an ex-mOderatOr Of
he general assembly Of the Presbyte-
ian church and the present pastor Of
he famous Park Street church. Bos-
on. has thrown the weight Of his in
luence into II and accepted the presi-
lency. The object Of this society is to
ally all Christian people together to
oppose this universal evil That socl-
,ty will furnish you tracts; It will
each you what TO do and what TO say
n the unrelenting war which hereafter
We must all pledge ourselves to wage
That society called the Antiprofanity
eague will arouse your holy enthusi-
ism II You will only let IT, Oh, my
,rother will you ask God for help and
your life TO overcome the
worldwide sin of blasphemy as well as
N the other kind OF sins which are
irving to destroy the throne Of right
business and are defying your Master
nd King? Lord God Of the past, help
Is to make thy Sons name honored
nd worshiped all round this blasphem-
ng, cursing and Holy Spirit defying
this world which more
ften hears the name Of Jesus spoken
D derisiOn than in earnest. tender,
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