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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., JULY l.», 189 f I J»11HIX1) T11E (! r R r F AIN REV. DR. TALMAGE ON THE DANGERS OF HYPOCRISY. Ha .Show* How Soul V/ort a Flock a Kiiit;ilo u — In>|>reH*ivc Lrimoii, Dni’.vu From au Old Miljlf Story- Futili ty of Fraud. Washington, July 11.—This dis- rnurso of Ur. Talma^o, foumlod on a Ktraii^i* firene of oldm tiinp, hIiowk that frantl Nvill romo to exposure, if not in this world then in the next. Text, I Samuel xv, 14, “And Samuel said, What xueuueth thru this Ideating of tne slut p in minct ur.-: and the lowing of thi 1 oxen which I hear?” The Aiuah kites thought they had couijuer* d <*od and that he would not carry ii.;o < xeeuliou his tlireats against them. They had murdered the Israelites in liattle and out of battle and left no outrage untried. For 4f' , > years this had been going on, and they say, “God either dare not punish us or ho has forgotten to do so.” Lit us see. Samuel, God’s prophet, tells Saul to go down and slay ail the Amul- ekites, not leaving one of them alive, also to destroy all the beasts in their possession—ox, sheep, came] and ass. Hark, 1 In ar the tread of 210,OoO men, with monstrous Haul at their head, ablaze with armor, Ids shi. ld dangling at his side, holding in Ins hand a spear, at the waving of which the great host marched or halted. 1 see smoke curling against the sky. Now there is a thick cloud of it, and now 1 sisr the whole city rising in a chariot of smoke behind steeds of lire, it is .Saul that set the city ablaze. The Amalekites and Isr.a liie.r iu<«'t; the trumpets of battle blow peal on peal, and there is a death hush. Then there is a signal waved, swords cut and haek, javelins ring on .--hields, arms fall from trunks and heads roll into tlie dust. Gash afti r gash, the frenzied yell, the gurgling of throttled throats, the cry of pain, the laugh of revenge, th< curse hissed between clinched teeth—au army’s death groan. Stacks of dead on all side*, with eyes unshut and mouths yet grinning ven geance. Huzza lor the Israelites! Two hundred and ten thousand men wave their plumes and clap tin ir shields, for the Lord God hath given them the vic tory. C-xtr* rant Yet that victorious army of Israel is conquered by sheep and oxt.n. God, throng!) tho pioplu t Samuel, told Saul to slay till the Amah kites and to slay all the beasts in their possession, but Hard, thinking that he knows more than God, saves Agag, the AmaJekitid) king, and live drove of sheep and a herd of or.< n that lie cannot bear to kill. Haul times the sheep and ox< n down toward Acinic. He lias no idea that Samuel, the prophet, will find out that he has saved these sheep and cxeij for himself. Horn uel comes and asks Haul the news from the battle. Haul puts on a solemn face, for there is no one who can look more solemn than y< ur genuine hypocrite, and he says, “I have fulfilled the com mand of the Lord. ” Hatiiui'l listens, and be hears die drove of sheep a little way off. H al Inal !m idea that the prophet's ear would be so acute. Hanna 1 says to Haul, ‘‘if vou have done as God told you and slain ail tho Amalekites mulnll the beasts in th-ir pe-•<-don, wh it meuneth the bleating of the sheep in mine ears and the lowing of the oxen that I hear?” Ah, one would have thought that blushes would have con sumed the elieek of Haul. No, no! He says the army—not himself, of course, but the army—had saved the sheep and oxen for saeriliee. and then they thought it would be too bad anyhow to kill Agag, the Amalekitish king. Samuel takes the sword, and he slashes Agag to pieces, and then he takes tin* skirt of Ids coat in true oriental style and r< mis it in twain, as much as to say, “ You, Haul, just like that, shall be torn away from your empire and torn away from your throne.” In other words, let all the nations of the earth In ar the story that Haul, by disobeying God, won a flock of sheep, but lost a kingdom. I learn from this subject that God will expose hypocrisy. Hi re Haul pre tends he has fulfilled the divine commis sion by slaying all the beasts belonging to tho Amalekites, and yet at tho very moment he is telling Use story and prac ticing the delusion the s (Tetyoun s out, and th<* sheep bleat and the* oxen bellow. A hypocrite is one who pretends to be what ho is not or to do what he does not. Haul was only a typo of a class. The modern hypocrite looks awfully solemn, whines win n he jiinys ami oui- ing }’ : a p’d'Ho devotion shows si {yr-at deal of the whites of his eyes. He never laughs, or, if he does laugh, he seems sorry for it afterward, as though he hud committed some great indiscretion. The lirs' tine* be gets a chance ht prays 20 minutes in public, and when he ex horts he seems to imply that all the race are sinners, with one exception, his modesty forbidding the stating who that one is. There are a great many churches that huvi two er thr e ecclesi astical Uriah Jlecps, The HyjMMTlte. When th** fox begins to pray, lookout for your chickens. The mere genuine religion a man haa tho more (o.i/ort- uble ho will be, but you may know a religious impostor by the fact that he prides himself on being uncomfortable. A man of that kind is of innm use iiaiii- ugc to tho church of Clin t. A liiiip may outride a hundred storms, and y< t a handful of worms in tin planks may sink it to the bottom. Th: church of Gr d i < net so much in dang' r < f the cyclones of trouble and persecution that come upon it as of tho vermin of hypoc risy that invest it. Wolvca arc of no dang'r t i tb fold of God unless they look likh sheep. Arnold was of more ' the army than Cornwallis is. Oh, we can not dci'ivr. church certificate! lie sees behind the curtain as well as before dam- .o ' to and i is <bn- / Uyl vv jf L ., the curtain. Ho sees everything inside out. A man may through policy hide his real character, but God will after awhile tear open the whited sepulcher and expose the putrefaction. Holiday faces cannot save him. Long prayers cannot save him. Psalm singing and churchgoing cannot save him. God will expose him just as thoroughly as though he branded upon bis forehead the word “Hypocrite.” He may think le has been successful in th<* deception, tint at the most unfortunate moment the sheep will bleat and the oxen will ' bellow. One of the cruel bishops of olden time was going to excommunicato one of the martyrs, and he began in the usual form—“In the name of God, amen.” “Htop!” says the martyr. “Don’t say ‘in the name of God!’ ” Yet how many outrages are prai tired under the garb of religion and sanctity. Win n ; in synods and conferences ministers of 1 the gospel are about to say something ! unbrotherly and unkind about a mem ber, they almost always begin by b< ing trenn ndously pious, the venom of tlx-ir assault corresponding to the heavenly flavor of the prelude. Standing there, you would think they were ready to go right up into glory and that nothing kept them down but tlx* weight of their boots and overcoat, when suddenly the i sheep bleat and tlx* oxen bellow. Simplicity. Oh, my dear friends, let us cultivate simplicity of Christian character! Jesus I Cbri. t said, “ Unless you b< come as this little child you cannot enter the king dom of God.” \V r e may play hypocrite successfully now, but the Lord God will i after awhile expose our true character. You must know the incident mentioned in the history of Ottacas, who was ask ed to kneel in tlx presence of Kandol- phus I, and when before him he refused to do it, but after awhile lie agreed to ; come in private when there was nobody in the king's tent, and then he would kneel down before him and worship, but tlie servants of the king hail ar ranged it so that by drawing a cord tlx* tent would suddenly drop. Ottacas alt er awhile came in, aixl supposing he was in entire privacy knelt before Kan- do]] bus. The servants pulled tlx- cord, the ti nt dropped, and two armies sur rounding looked down on Ottacas kneel ing before liandolphus. Jf we are really kneeling to tlie world while we profess to be low ly subjects of JisusObrist, the ti nt has already dropped and all the hosts of heaven are gazing upon our hypocrisy. God’s universe is a very public place, and you eanuot hide hypoc risy in it. Going out into a world of delusion and sham, pretend to L" no more than you really an*. If you have tlx* grace of God, profess it; profess no more than you have. But I want the world to know that where there is one hypocrite in the church there are SUO outside of it, for the reason that the field is larger. ; There arc* men in all circles who will ; bow before you, and who are obsi qui j ous in your presence and talk flatter ingly, but who all tlx* while in your j conversation are digging for bait and angling for imperfections. In your pres ence tlx y imply that they are every thing friendly, but after awhile you liud they liavi the lien eix-ssoi a catamount, the slym ss of a snake and the spite of a devil. God wiii expose such. The gun they load will 1-uist in tin ir own hands, the lies they tell will break their own t< th, and at the very momeiu they i think they have lx < n Kucccsslpl in de ceiving you and dei i :vitjg the w orld the six p will bleat and the oxen will b> 1- low. Iti «i>»n*ihi!lty. 1 h am further irom this subject how natural it is to try to put, off our sins on otlx r people. Haul was charged with disobeying God. The man says it was not he; he did not save the sheep; the army did it—trying to throw’ it iff on « the shoulders of other people. Human nature i > tlie same in all ages. Adam, confronted with his sin, said, “The woman tempted me, and I did eat.” And tlx* woman charged it upon the serpi nt, and if the serpent could have spoken it would have charged it upon tlx* devil I si’ppi e that the real state of tlx* ease was that Kvo was eating the apple and that Adam saw it and begged and coaxed until he got a piece of it. I suppose that Adam was just as much to blame as Eve was. You can not throw off the responsibility of any sin upon tin* shoulders of other people. Hen' is a young man who says: “1 know 1 am doing wrong, but 1 have not had any eliance. 1 bad a father who de spised God and a mother who was a disciple of godless fashion. I am not to blame for my sins; it is my bringing up.” Ah, no; that young man has been out in tlx* world long enough to see what is right and to see what is wrong ;*.id in th great day of eternity lx* cannot throw ids sins upon his fa ther or mother, but will have to stand for himself and answer before God. You have had a conscience, you have had a Bible and the influence of tho Holy Hjiirit. Htaud for yourself or fall lor yourself. Here is a business man. He says, “I know I don’t do exactly right in trade, but all the dry goods men do it and all the hardware men do this, and I am not responsible.” You cannot throw off your sin upon the should) rs of other merchants. God will hold you respon sible for w hat you do and them re- spnn-iblt for what they do. I want to quote me pas. age of .Scripture for you —I think it is in Proverbs—“If thou lx* wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself, but if thou Hcornest thou alone shalt W ar it.” All or No:i<*. 1 lean further from this subject what Gr.d ..nt b) i-xfi luiiimth n. Haul wan told to slay all the Amalekites and the beasts in tlx ir possession. He saves Agag, tho Amalckito king, and some of tlx* slx-i p a!*'! oxen. God chastist s bim for it. God likes nothing done by halves. God will not stay in tho soul that is half his and half tlx* devil’s. Them m jj lx* mi; tuns m our n ul than there \Yi re Amnlek te*. We must kill them. Woo uuty uh if wo spare Agag. Hero in a Christian. He says: “I will drive out ail the Amalekites of sin from my heart. 1 Hen* is jealousy—down gin s that Amal- . ekite. Hi re is backbiting—down goes j that Amulekit *,” and what slaughter he makes among his sins, striking right and left! What is that out yonder, lift ing up his head? It is Agag—it is world liness. It is au old sin he cannot bear to •trike down. It is a darling transgrec- 3on he cannot afford to sacrifice. Oh, ny brethren, I appeal for entire const crution. Honx* of the Presbyterians call it tho “higher life.” The Mi thodist:.. I believe, call it “perfection. ” I do not care what you call it, “without holi ness no man shall si e the Lord.” I know men who are living with their Himl in perpetual communion with Christ and day by day are walking within sight of heaven. How do I know? They tell me so. I believe them. They would not lie about it. Why cannot we all have this consecration? Why slay sonx* of tlx* sins in our soul and have others to bleat and bellow for our ex posure and condemnation? Christ will not stay in the same house with Agag. You must give up Agag or give up Ciirist. Ji us says, “All of that heart or none.” Haul slew tlx- poori st of the sheep and the nx am st of the on n and kept some of the finest and tlx* fattest, and there are Christians who have slain the most unpopular of tlx ir transgres sions and saved those which are most respectable. It will not do. lltural war against all the Amalekites—no mer cy for Agag! I learn further from thin subj ct that it is vain to try to defraud God. ih ro Haul thought he had cheated God rut of those sheep and oxen, but he lost his crown, lie lost his empire. You can not cheat God out of a single cent. Here is a man who has made $10,000 in fraud. Before he dies every dollar of it will be gone, or it will give him vio lent unnst. Hero is a Cbzistian who has been largely prospered. He lias not given to God the proportion that is duo in charities and benevolences. God comes to the n ckoning, and he takes it all away from you. How often it has been th..., Christian men have had a large estate and it is gone. The Lord God came into tlx* counting room and said: “1 have allowi d you to have all this property for 10, 15 or 20 years, and you have not done justice to m? pi or children. When the beggar called upon you, you hounded him off your steps; when my suffering children appealed to you for help, you bad no nx rey. I only adud for so much or so much, but you did nut give ii to me, and now I will take it all. ” The Safe Course. God asks of us one-seventh of our time in tlx way of Habbath. Do you supj ice we can get an hour of that time* suen -.-- fully away from its true objei i': No, no. God has demanded one-seventh of your time. If you take one hour of that time that is tobeui votid to God’s service and instead of keeping his Habbath use it for the purpose of writing up your accounts or mat.ing worldly gains, God w ill get that hour from you in some un expected way. God says to Jonah, “You go to Nineveh.” lie says: “No, I won’t. 1’Jl go to Tarshisli. ” lie starts for Tarshisli. Tlx* sea raves, tlx* winds blow and the ship rocks. Come, y« whales, and take this passenger for Tar- shish! No man ever gits to Tarshi h whom God t IN to go to Ninevi li. The sea would not cany linn; it is God’s sea. The winds would not waft him; tjiey an- God’s winds. Let a man at tempt to do that wiiii h God forbids him to <!<) or to go into a place wlxrc God tells him not to go, the natural world as well as God is against him. Tlx; iighuiings an* ready to strike him, the lit s to burn him, tlx* sun to smite him, tlx* waters to drown him, and tlx* earth to swallow him. Those whose princely robes are v.ovin out of heartstrings, those whose line houses an* built out of skulls, these whose springing fountains are tlx* tears of oppressed nations, have they sue:; ssfuily i lx atid God? Tlx* lust day will demonstrate. It will l e found out on that day that (h d vindicated not only ins goodness and his mercy, but his power to take care of his ov. u rights and tlx* rights of his church ami the rights of ids oppress* d children. Come, ye martyred dead, awake and conn* up in m the dungeons w here folded darkness lx arsi d you and the chains Jiki* cankers p< eh u loose tin* skin and wore off tho llesli and rattled ou tlx-in arrow less bones. Come, 5*0 mar tyred dead, from the stakes win re you were burned, where the arm uplifted for mi rey fell into tlx* ashes and tlie cry of pai i was drowned in tlx* snap ping of the Hume and the howling of the mob; from valleys of Piedmont and Hmithlield mar 1 ., i, and IjoixIod Tower and tlx* highlands of Heotland. Gather in gnat pr< cession and together clap your bony iiuiuis, and tog iher stamp your moldy feet and let the chains that bound you to dungeons all clank at onto and gather all tlx* flames that burned you in one uplifted arm of lire and plead 1 ir a judgmi nt. Gatix r all the tears ye ever wept into a lake and gather all tlx* sighs ye ever I reatncd into a tempi st until the heaven piercing chain clank and tho tempi st sigh and the thunder groan announce to earth and hell and heaven a judgment. Oh, ou that day God will vindicate Jus own cause and vindicate the cause of the troubled and the oppressed! It will lx- seen in that day that though we may have rubbed our fi Hows, we now r liuie suceessl ally robbed God. My Chri Jiun friends, us you go out into the world exhibit au open hearted Christian fraukui' s. Do not he hy|>o- i riiieul in miy-thing. You an- never safe if you are. At tlie most inopportune moment the six < p will bh at and tho oxen bellow. Drive out the last Amale- Lite of sin from year soul. Have no mercy on Agag. Down with your sins, down with your pride, down with your worldliw kk. I know you cannot achii vo this work by your own arm, but al mighty grace is sufficient—that which saved Joseph in tlx* pit, that which de livered D..ok 1 iu Hid t ijj, that which sliii Ided bihudrach in iho ILc, that which eh- vied P,.ul in the shipwri ck. A NEW DINNER FAD. Eacti Coarse I* Followed by a Chaugn of l*Me. The New York man of fashion who accepts an invitation to a dinner party nowadays is likely to enjoy the repast at half a dozen different places. This constitutes tho latest fad. The diner may take his soup at the Waldorf and enjoy his chart’-euse in Chinatown, while tin* Holland, Di Imonieo’s or the Manhattan may come in for the entrees and roast, with several more places of note to hear from. The fad is in actual practice and budded and bloomed iu a single night. Tiie thought is a brand new’ one and wars never tried until a few days ago. A Fifth avenue couple invited a score of guests to dine with them. First came tlie oysters and then the soup, after which the fish put in an appearance. Then then was apparent consternation. Tlx* master of ceremonies on tlx- part of the hotel was seen whispering to tho hort. His face grew sober, and in a voice in which anger and mortification Wi re bh tided he told his guests that tho waiters had struck arid tlx* hotel people were unable to si <*ure substitute s. Tlx ro w as hut one thing to do, ho said, and that was to go somewhere else. Wraps were donned, and carriages which were in waiting were entered. In a few moments the dinner party wrs i'M route to tho Hotel Martin. It was a pleasant surprise to the guests to find tlx* private dining room aglow wiih jonquils. The entices and tho accompanying wine were i njoyt d hugely, and then surprise No. 2 presented itself. Tho host, with a horror stricken face, said that owing to the suddenness with which they had come upon the Martin there were absolutely no roasts in suffi cient quantity to supply the company, so again tlx* wraps were donned, once more carriages were entered and off drove the party up Fifth avenue and over to Delmomeo’s. The roast eaten and the champagne inspiration received, the host stated with a long face that the strangest of all tilings had happened. Delmonico ileelan d that h<- could not servo a party of that size with a salad. This time the carriages headed south ward and down Fifth avenue to Grand strict. Th*V were then driven east un til tlx* Bowery was reached. Untilh on the Bowery they went to Mott street and up Mott stru t to Bell. Tlx n*. just off Mottaud’in fix* heart of Now York’s Ciiinato.-n, tlx* funhionuLles alight'd and entered fix* one big restp.urant of which tliis bit of the Celestial empire can beast. By this time tho guests were ail aware they wen- enjoying the strung' i -t course diuni r that ever f: 11 to tho lot of tho ordinary Now Yorker.—Now York Herald. A SLUGGISH BR^.N Is caused by Disordered jfiver and Bowels, Imperfect ipige.stlon. and d£. Mb CK J/ IS A BOON ASH ERS BRAIN WORKERS. It purifies the bowe liver, aids digestion, pro’ cheerfulr*ss and rn SOLD BY ALL DROGOlSTS. thens and regulates tlie gtes vi^or of body, 1 activity. FRI^K $1 00 PER BOTTLE. herokee Dru# Co. Special Agents. r -■<«««> 3<0«»a<«0*>n-« »0*k «•**«».1 » KEEP YOUR BOWELS STRONG ALL SUMMER i j | «o* [ 25 * 50 * emim A A" L DRUGGISTS S _ A tabl< t now ami then will prevent diartpn* v d vM-efery til! stimr oo f nii]}\lntN.emiyin/ enM . ::r turV i | result*. Sample ami booklet free. hTlyJJNf; HKMLDY (’O-.Uiimatro, Moiitical, Can., oi Nt* .v Yoi n. » X RESIDENCE LOTS 'OR SALE Cherokee Company. We have some of tin* mo<'t\l|sii , :tl)lo lands for residences any where to l»e found. Vou can ji^ct just what you want. You will not he surrounded by djBrtgrrVihle neighbors. You can se lect it so that you will hav<yro town^axes to pay. It i- located within 2ol) yards of Soiilriern deponk Cheap prices and easy terms. / N. II. IXITLEJOIIX, Mgr. The National -V iiu iJ Itar«)i:»*HH Ituri'.ctt-CouttM. In the early years of the hanking house iff' (Joints many strange iix id' nts occurred. Thomas Contis about JTtio manhil his brother's housi n.aid, a farmer’s daughter named Elizabeth Htarkiy, “in whom with a hundsomo count'nam e and gn at good humor weroumti d many rustic virtues. ” in coi’.r.-e of time she acquired tlx* mamx rs and apjeai'ancc* of a g< nth woman and brought up lx r thr' i* daughn rs ro w< 11 that with the help of their dowries they w< ic able to make aristocratic ai- liauees. S ] hia, tho eldest, was married to Hir Francis Bunh tt; Husan, tlx* second, bccami) Count' ss of Guildford, and Fraixi s, 11:i* third, w as made tho wife of the first Marquis i f Bare. But Mrs. (Joutts showed symptoms of brain il« lungeiiK nt in in r l iti r yi .irs and eventually died in lhl5. Three montlis afterward Thom :s Coutfs, then 75 years of age, married as his si cond w ife tlx* famous c.ctn - liurrit t Mi lion. It was for lx r that Holly Ledge, on Hfgbgato bill, v.us boegbt and «t< *kid with horses, carriages and luxurious furniture. Thomas died in D'23, leaving his wife in tint entrained | os-e'-sion of ; ,ii his pe rsonal end landed prepei ty as v. i 11 as a large share in tho annual profits of the banking house. When, sonxt time afterward, Mrs. (Joutts became) Duchess of Ht. Albans, six took care to secure lx r vast fortune in her own hands, and at hi r death ieft it to Mr. Contis' lave lit' granddaughter, the present Buronebs Burdett Coutts.— btrand Magazine. v.ooo. .\ I M TliH hank K now open for I usl^^js anil sol!c t la- pal ronii^e of t lx* pi i>p!< of < i.iffney and surronixlins' eountry. h wileVvii-xd tq/lls i-ustonn-rs i-very arroinniouai ion eon stent ivltli safety. Money to loan iittYPprugod seeurity. I). C\ KOtSHC Otinhier. 'V 1>'. O. H4T/VCY, I‘reisitUnt. J. li. \V.\I<I>/^W, Vite-I•rcisklent. ! > 14< l .1 \. < \KJioU.. I'residi n! < liij^llvi-i-I alls M ig. i D. II l». W HliAT. Tii-asur<-r l- ijKn-v Mf-j It M. U I l.K 1 NS. I,ale of Wi^fii Hi . chants. < . O A V 1*1.NTI-!!!. of l ;y»-i "O ,V l a r;.--ul i f- Merchants. .1 ii. WAKIM.AW. Si ijf-y. ijatfix y Manf. < (jalfncy. S Tows. I. s \|;|; vi p. Mi-i<-hant and I'.-ona-r. M. .11.1 I'i.til l.s. ! ai . - . II . . r. I loiAi V*. IVIII A T. Si i reliant m. , i : . m- dkinsvilli-. s. <'. iMMiVM. 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