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Sermon
By Rev.
Prank DeWitt Talmage, D. D.
Ixw Angeles, Cnl., Oct. 16.—In this
eermon the preacher discusses the
tendency of society to unsparingly con
demn In one sex what Is tolerated In
the other and the almost universal
hahlt of denouncing In others sins
which we conceal and excuse In our
selves. The better way of the divine
law is Illustrated from the text John
vili, 5, “What sayest thou?"
Have you studied constitutional law? to be stoned also.”
.t comes from him who Is the era bod
led law of the kingdom of God.
The divine law. In the lirst places
makes no discrimination between the
masculine and the feminine sins. It
docs not come to man and smilingly
say, “Husband, you have » right to be
a libertine, while your wife must tread
the narrow path of virtue.” It does
aot say, "Brother, here in the *Bal90D
of resi>ectttbfllty’ you can geC drunk,
but If your sister Is found In that sa
loon she will be disgraced for life.” It
does not say ihat a man can tell vile
stories and frequent the low race
tracks and be the con\panlon of pu
gilistic thugs and dissolute characters
and still be respected, while a woman,
having done wrong, can never be al
lowed to enter again Into the associa
tion of the good and the true and the
respectable. But the divine law does
say this: “O men. If the sfn that this
woman has committed is to be punish
ed by stoning, every oro of you who
has committed the sau.c sin deserves
A blasphemy from
Without doubt It offers one of the most a man’s lips in the sight of God Is
appetizing feasts ever spread In the | i™* ' T ile » n ‘l culpable as_a bias-
banquet hall of the mental epicurean.
It follows with unerring eye the rami- i
phemy from a woman’s lips. The sins
of Ananias and Ahab are as evil as
, , . the sins of Bapphlra and Jezebel. And
fleations of a governments Internal or- yet from tlme lmmem orial the world
gauism, even as a medical student jj-jg always had two criminal courts In
searches out the entangled pathways w hich it has judged Its moral delin-
of the nerves and muscles and arteries j quents. The one Is the “court of mer-
of the human frame. ' cy” f° r masculine offenders; the other
craft as Joseph did In Egypt, or as
Bismarck did In Germany, or as Glad
stone dki in the British parliament
No Utetlnetfoa Between Clnaeea.
Do you believe God discriminates be-
ivon their pardon for past crimes, net
|y repentant hearts, but by trying to
bring the outlaws of Mexico—men like
themselves—to Justice, in the scene of
my text these scribes and Pharisees,
VjKMJ UMJcriuuimitas w i . . . _ . * , . .. .
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past lives, were striving by their ac-
Constitutional law is above all other
kinds of law. The national congress
and the legislatures of the states deal |
with conditions as they arise, and some
times, In their haste to remedy an evil
or to provide means for an urgent pur- j
pose, they enact a statute which proves :
to be unconstitutional. What do we
mean by that? We mean that there
are certain fundamental principles of '
government embodied In our constltu- j
tlou which must not be transgressed.
If a law Is passed which violates one
of those principles there Is no need j
to repeal it. because when it Is found
to be unconstitutional It at once be
comes void and inoperative. Thus
back of all legislation stands the con-
stitution as the supreme test by which
the acts of president and lawmakers i
are judged. It defines the rights of
rulers and legislators and sets limits to j
their power and is the safeguard of
national liberty.
In the kingdom of God we have also
a supreme authority. The councils of
the churches may formulate doctrines,
make decrees and construct creeds and
catechisms, but high over all there is
the will of the great King of kings.
Christ is the supreme ruler of his
kingdom, and his word is the test by
which every dogma and practice must
be Judged. Let us consider some of
the characteristics of this government
An Abnnlute Monarch.
First, It is an absolute monarchy.
We have governments on earth that
we describe as absolute monarchies,
meaning that they have no constltu- ;
tlon. We speak about the Russian
government as an absolute monarchy,
but It is not. There are thousands of
things which the Russian czar would
flke to do which he cannot do. With j
his pistol or sword Nicholas might
•lay his own children, as Ivan the
Tterrible In maniacal rage killed his \
firstborn son. and no power on earth
could bring him to justice. But there
are limits to the present c*ar’s power.
His own subjects rewgidze the fact.
The old Russian proverbs tell us there
are many things the czar cannot do.
Among those proverbs are the follow
ing: “Even tin* czar gets his shoes
bespattered If he puts his foot iu a
is the “court of no hope.” in which
lyur eyed Judge Hardheart sits upon
the bench, charging the jury of “no
regrets” and sentencing woman de
fendant after woman defendant to a
life imprisonment in the “penitentiary
of despair.”
The rule Is one condemnation for
masculine sins and anotuer for femi
nine. We all know that the Pharisaical
ideas of old are common at the present
time. Indeed. I go even further than
this. I sometimes think that, as far
ns the world is concerned, many peopl#
are prone to admire men If they are
not too good, If they have an Immoral
besmlrchment of their record. They
are not glad when they say, “He is a
square, true man,” but they are happy
when they ca* say, “He Is a wild fel-
! low, hut mighty nice.” It Is on account
of this tendei cy of the human race to
Judge man's : ins differently from wom
an’s sins that we often find men in
public places boasting of their evil
deeds as th nigh they were the signs
of true mai ood and nobility. A few
weeks ago i was riding In a California
railroad train opposite two men. One
was a famous eastern contractor.
What was my amazement to find that
his conversation was divided into al
most equal parts. The one was to tell
his companion the hard work he was
doing by the day, and the other was to
tell how many times he got drunk by
night and how he could outdrink every
one of his business associates with
whom he was accustomed to deal. Had
any woman dared In n public car to
acknowledge such debaucheries every
man, woman and child sitting within
sound of her voice would have looked
upon her as a moral leper, to be shun
ned us much as the eastern lepers,
who with sticks and stones are driven
forth from the habitations of man and
quarantined by themselves as menaces
to the public safety.
Deni Justly With the Errlnar.
The highest compliment which In
chlvalric times couid be given about a
father was, “His daughters were all
virtuous and bia sons were all brave.”
But why should not the sons be virtu
ous us well as the daughters? And
yet, man—O bitter man. O censorious
and guilty man—thou art ready to con
demn thy sister when thou art not
ready to condemn thyself. Joseph Par-
If you do, let me by the scene of my
text disabuse your mind of that sur
mise. Come, let us push our way
through fhe multitudes crowding in
the temple and find out who compose
that group. Who are those strong, flue
men standing in front of
Christ? They are not Insignificant
clerks. They are not laborers or farm
ers who have come Into town with
dust begrimed clotlies. They are not
hirelings or beggars or men and wom
en who from perpetual movings have
become tramps and vagabonds. Most
of that group just in front of Christ
have keen intellectual faces. They
have In their physical movements the
actions of successful men. They have
In the glance of their eyes the search
ing power which bespeaks command.
“Those men,” wrote Dr. Strong, “were
the scribes. They were the doctors of
the law and the Inteqjreters of the
Scripture.” These other men are the
Pharisees. They were so particular to
keep themselves outwardly unspotted
from heathen customs that they car
ried extracts from the Hebrew law
about with them In little boxes or
phylacteries. They had these boxes
strapped to their foreheads that all
men might see them. But when these
men, these leaders of Jerusalem, were
standing there condemning a poor out
cast woman for her sins Christ In si
lence was making figures upon the
ground with his fingers In which they
might read their own condemnation.
What Jesus Christ was writing upon
the ground Is not recorded; but. though
we may never know on earth those ex
act words, 1 have a good deal of sym
pathy with that evangelist who said
that Christ was writing the evil hls-
cusatlon of this wicked woman to gain
a character for virtue and purity that
they knew they did not deserve.
Each BIm* Answer For Bis Own.
But what did Christ do? Did hs
say: “Pharisee, thou art a libertine.
Scribe, thou art morally corrupt.” Oh,
not He turned and simply held up be
fore their countenances the mirror <5f
convicting conscience. In which, they
could gee their own alnful selves.
Christ said, ”He that Is without sin
among yon, let him first cast a stone at
her.” Then one by one they slunk
away. @o, my friends, when you and I
today, going forth Into a sinful world,
are trying to prove this woman Is bad
and that man is bad and that young
boy is bad and that young girl is bad,
we are not deceiving God as to our
own characters. We do not Improve
our standing at his bar by denouncing
others. Rather by our harsh anti un
charitable judgment we. are proving
ourselves deserving of condemnation.
Lot us refrain from casting stones at
the sinner. We must all answer for
our own deeds at his bar who said, j
“He that Is without sin. let him first 1
cast a stone at her.” And without one
exception we must all either slink
away before the flashing eye of Christ
or, like the poor publican In the temple,
moan, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!”
The divine law Is omniscient. Evil
deeds that the world does not know of
are known to God, and at his Judg
ment bar the evidence of them will
confront the wrongdoer If they have
not been pardoned through Christ.
Even in this world crimes long ago
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tory of each scribe and Pharisee while brought home to the perpetrator. The
they were speaking against the sobbing ‘ Rev. Dr. Donne In one of his sermons
culprit. No sooner did the first scribe gave a very dramatic Incident of his
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account of your dis«olutem*f*8. She is
now gone back to her father’s home.
For what are you condemning this wo
man? For your own sin?” No sooner
did the lawyer look down on the ground
and see what Jesus was writing than
he turned and departed. When the
next speaker, a Pharisee, began to talk
Christ began to write again. “Rich
man, you have never committed the
crime of which tills woman was guilty,
but you own the house In which she
lives and carries on her vile traffic.
The rent you get from that house Is
blood money. Why are you speaking
against your tenant? You are a part
ner with her in crime.” When the
Pharisee capitalist saw what Christ
was writing and that all the people
were laughing at him he also disap
peared. So Christ went through the
list of different accusers. But whether
Christ was writing the history of those
accusers on the ground or no we care
not, for one fact we do know—by his
silence as well as lator by his spoken
words Christ was teaching the sweep
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puddle.” “The czaris crown cannot. . ... ^ ,
protect him from a bemUrhe." •'The ! ker ^ 0M *"»* *'“"*** ^
ox of the czar can have only two
horns.” “Even the czar's vinegar will
not sweeten.” “Put the exur In ths 1
desert and he is a man and nothing ;
more.” “The czar’s edicts are good
for nothing unless God’s 'Amen' Is >
written on them.” By these quaint
aphorisms, current In Russia, do the
people show that they realize that,
powerful as the Russian autocrat is,
he is subject to human limitations, like
the most obscure peasant in his em-
scribes a brother minister who had
driven an erring and yet repentant
daughter away from bis home. Joseph
Parker pleaded and prayed with the
angry father to take her back. “But
she has disgraced my home,” said be.
*'I cannot, I will not take her back. ’
“But, man,” said Joseph Parker, ’in
your younger days have not you your
self also been guilty of slu?” “Yes.”
said tbe father, "but I am a man and
she Is a woman. Tbe world judg< •
are Just as severely condemned In the j have no mercy, no charity for sinners!
sight of Ood us tbe poor man’s sins. Have our lives been Immaculate? Is
Tbh divine law discriminates not be- there any evidence against us that may
tween the slus of the upper and low- eonfrout us when we are mercilessly
er social elosseg, but between sin and asenillng our erring brother or sister?
righteousness. The sin of the broad- 1 It will be a shameful, a humiliating,
doth Is the same block sin which some- position to stand convicted before
times nests under the rough woolens of Christ of those sins. Do you wot feel
the laborer and the mechanic. Bln Is , Hint Jesus Is speaking to us, as bs
sin wherever found. | spake to tbe prosecutors of old, “He
that Is wlthout sln, let him first east
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men that even as a ruler he Is not 8 * n8, "That Is so,' said Parker. "Man
so supreme as is thought. Tbe uobles Judges man s sins differently from wo-
who surround him exercise a con- j ra 80 ' 8 8,n8 * but Chr,ftt J ud K« both the
straint upon him, and his agents often * be 8ftn,e * He that is without sin
thwart his will. ! an,on K y 011 * ** hlm flr8t cu8t a 8toue
In an Infinitely higher sense Is Christ
the absolute ruicr In his kingdom. In
his wisdom and power he governs
without check, and his word Is the law
and life of his people. He Is In truth
more than a president, more than a
at her.’
Another characteristic of tbe divine
law is that It recognizes no distinction
of rank or station. As tbe divine law
makes no distinction between sexes.
It also makes no distinction between
doge of Venice, more than a king, more ! S * D8 UPP* 1, tbe lower
than a czar. He la nn absolute mon
arch In the Christian world.
A significant Illustration of Christ’s
originality and his freedom from cur
rent principles and prejudices is given
social classes. It does not have one
crim'nal exit* for the palace and
another for the hut. It does not have
one for tbe wealthy Wall street finan
cier who manipulates the railroad
In the gospels, and it may help us to ! Mock and “waters” It and cheats thou
understand his attitude If we study
the story. One day while Jesus was
teaching in the temple surrounded by
the people the scribes and Pharisees
tried to entrap him. Right Into ths
temple where Jesus was they dragged
a trembling, frightened, sobbing wom
an who had been taken In adultery.
Right through the crowds of listeners
they pushed her. Then they cried out
sands of small Investors out of their
all, and another for the groceryman
who has false weights and never sends
a full pound of coffee or tea or sugar
to his customers when they pay for a
full pound. It does not have one set
of rules for the wife of the millionaire
who hides her diamonds and watches
and Jewelry in her dress to escape the
scrutiny of the New York custom
In stentorian tones so that all could house officials, which Jewelry she Is
hear: “Master, what shall we do with bringing to her American friends after
1 er? Sim 11 ve si >nc her 1 <'ea*h, rs
Moses commanded, 0/ shall we let Lcr
go free?” Instead of Christ condemn- ,
Ing or acquitting the poor creature, us
they all supposed he must do, Christ
by his actions as well as by the word
of lip condemned the men who were
her accusers. What was the meaning
of that judgment? We cannot for n
moment'suppose that a being so pure
ns Christ thought lightly of so heinous ,
a sin. It mutt have been loathsome
p and abhorre nt to him. hut we may
l<*:*ro 11 lesson from <ho way In which
h * t v. hal the sinner and her accusers,
a h- tma all the more weight} because
No Immunity tttven.
But I find In the next place soother
trenchant lesson. The divine law does
not accept seal In bringing others to
Justice as a ground for absolving tbe
prosecutor of his own wrongdoing. Tbe
scribes and Pharisees cannot atone for
tbalr sins by denouncing and condemn
ing others. Though a mao might prove
every other man a living example of
total depravity and devote his life to
the exposure and arraignment of crim
inals, he must take bis own plaee at
the bar and answer the Indictment of
his own Iniquities. Instances have
been' known of a criminal under hu
man government securing for himself
Immunity from punishment for his own
crimes by betraying his leader to tbe
officers of tbe law or even by himself
executing sentence on that leader, but
such men are despised for their per
fidy, even by tbe community that profits
by the treachery. A similar principle
Is applied In our courts of Justice when
a man Is allowed to turn state’s evi
dence. It sometimes happens that
there is no way of convicting a notori
ous criminal but by the testimony of
a confederate. That confederate's evi
dence has to be purchased, and the
price paid Is a pardon for him of his
own share In the crime. It Is a heavy
price to pay, a miscarriage of Justice,
but It Is a result of the inadequacy of
human administration, and It has no
place under divine law.
When Porflrio Diaz became president
of the Mexican republic he dll not In
tbe beginning employ honest men to
capture scoundrels. The hills and the
mountains of Mexico were the retreats
of scores and hundreds of brigands
and robbers. What Diaz did In the
beginning was to send for some of the
leaders of i!»e roving ban .» of thieve*.
He then commissioned these leaders as
representatives of his own govern
ment. He dressed them up In Mexi
can uniforms and sent them forth ns
police to hunt down and bring to Jus
tice their late companions In thievery
1 and murder. He sent these seoun-
1 drols forth to capture scoundrels. Ayo,
and they did their work well! Javert,
1 because he had at heart all the make-
u European trl r >. end avother set of
mlt j for the newsboy who steals a
loaf of bread out of the bakery wagon
when the driver Is away selling his
goods at a kitchen door. In other
words, what the divine law condemns
In homespun it condemns In broad
cloth. When It says "Thou shalt not”
to the plebeian. It also says “Thou
shalt not” to the aristocrat. What It
denounces In the heart 01 the serf
it also denounces In the heart of the 1
ruler Killing upon the king’s throne. "P a •conndrel, made a fine sleuth-
or of the Judge sitting upon the chief
Just Ire’s bench of the supreme court,
or of the premier governing In state-
I hound on the heels of a Jean Valjean.
And thus many scoundrels In Mexico
during the first administration of Diaz
a stone at her?”
Ctenllenena For the Ropontmnt.
But. though tbe divine law was sod
! Is so hard upon the unrepentant sinner,
bow gentle, how loving, how pardon
ing. how forgiving It was and is to the
repentant sinner who comes asking for
mercy at the feet of Jesus Christ.
Sweeter than even the coming of a'
little child to be caressed and forgiven
by a loving mother Is this picture In
my text of a poor convicted outcast,
trembling at tbe feet of Christ and
finding pardon and peace and life. I
can see her now as the rough men are
pushing her up- Her face Is scratched
and bleeding; she fights them step by
step. I see her as they fling bar at the
Master's feet Theta st first she
shrinks under his pure gase, expecting
that one so sinless will Indorse the con-
d«wnnation of her accusers and In hor
ror at her crime hand her over to tbe
executioner. But, though be loathes
her sin, he has compassion for the re
pentant sinner. 1 see her now, when
all fear leaves her and the bad men
turn their backs upon bar. Now she
looks up Into Christ's face with grate
ful love. Oh, my friends, though you
may be scarred with the sins of an
evil past, though you may be cast out
by the world as one who ought to die,
mercy and pardon In Christ you will
find! Will you not as a repentant sin
ner throw yourself at his feet, where
you will find peace and life and hope?
And where did this broken hearted
Magdalene find her peace? Ah, yes, it
whs In the temple! There the “divine i
law of mercy” was revealed to her. I
While Christ was teaching the people j
the great lesson of God’s forgiveness
of sin they 1 -ought her to him. In t!*e
•omplo J* u:- turned and ? .id to be-: !
•‘Neither do l condemn thee. Go and
sin no more.” In the temple. In this
building, this church dedicated for the
worship of Jesus Christ. O sinful
man, you may hear the voice of the
Master offering you pardon of sin!
You ean hear him If, like the broken
hearted woman at the feet of Christ,
( you are a repentant sinner. You can If
you will say, “Lord, save me and save
ms now.” That pardon through Christ
Is the promise of the divine law. Will
you take It? Will you receive It now?
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10 a. m. to 3 p. m.
In office, Saturday, Nov. 12th, Mon
day Nov. 14th, Tuesday, Nov. 15th.
Macedonia, Wednesday, 16th, 10 8
m. to 1 p. m.
Ezells, Thursday, 17th, 8 a. m. to *
p. m.
In office, Saturday, Nov. 19th and
Monday, Nov. 21st.
Maud, Tuesday, 22nd, 10 a. m. to i
p. m.
Grassy Pond, Tuesday, 22, 3 to (
p. m.
In office after this date.
Poll tax is payable by every mal*
citizen from 21 to 60 years excep
Confederate soldiers who do not pa)
after 50 years.
Road tax is payable by every mal<
citizen from 18 to 50 years, excep
students while actually attending an?
school or college of this State, schoo
trustees during their term of office,
school teachers employed In the pub
lic schools and ministers in actuaj
charge of congregations.
W. Harry Gooding,
Co. Tres.
NOTICE
I have moved my stock of goods
into the Byars building next door
to Carroll, Carpenter & Byers,
and will continue to handle Gro
ceries, Shoes, Hats, Notions,
Crockery, Glassware, Light
Hardware, and almost anything
yon need. I will open up a Meat
Market in rear of my store on
Oct. 1st. Your patronage solic-
cited. Yours to please.
M. PEELER.
DO
IVo. 32i
Wrecks of all kinds repaired quick
Old vehicles made as good as new
Rubber tops put on your buggies)
Know that your cash has its equivalen'
at my shop.
Tell me vour wants; I will meet them.
Ash, hickory, oak and poplar for your jo !
Little breaks trouble make; I mend then
Kindly I’ll meet you, genteel I’ll tree,
you.
W. T. THOMPSON.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
DlgMte what you oat*
Fresh Meats
and Groceries
Don’t forget that I am still
in the market business. I
have a full line of nice,
Fresh Meat and Fresh Gro
ceries coming in daily. I
sell at a living profit and
sell a good article. Some
people harp powerfully on
16 ounces. I would like
to know what we would
give if we did not give 16
ounces? It would be short
weight. That’s the reason
I can’t cut prices. I might
cut weight, too; some peo
ple do. and we all know
it. Please call 'phone No.
183 when you want Fresh
Groceries, Fresh Meats
and Fresh Fruits. I am
headquarters for the same.
W. J. Maness