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DR. TALMAGE’S SERMON - The Eminent Divine's Sunday Discourse. Subject: *‘l»un<Ue8 of Life”—Inspiration Drawn From a Homely Phrase—Life, «..i.nn.i . i Itual and . n .i I di lijsteal, . u Divinely _ Pro tected—iiundies Which Are Ulestinas. Text: “The soul of my Lord ehall be bound In the bundle of life with the Lord tby God. ’’—I Samuel xxv M 29 Beantlful Abigail, in her rhythmic plea for the rescue of her inebriate husband, who died within ten ilays, addresses David, the warrior, in the words of the text. She suggests that his life, physically and in tsllectually and spiritually, is a valuable package or bundle, divinely bound up and to be divinely protected. The phrase “bundle of life” I heard many times in my father’s family prayers. Fam ily prayers you know, have frequent tions, because day by day they ncknowl edge about the same blessings and deplore about the same frailties and sympathize with about the same misfortunes, und I do not know why those who lead at household devotions should seek variety of composi tion. That familiar prayer becomes the household liturgy. I would not give one of my old father’s prayers for fifty elocu tiounry supplications. Again and again, in the morning and evening prayer, I heard the request U>nt we might all be bound up m I’ un d‘ e °f bfe, but I did not know a phrase. u W 1 a Y s a ®>° phrase was a Bible During the last spell of cold weather there were bundles that attracted the at tentlon and the plaudits of the high heav ens, bundles of clothing on the way from comfortable homes to the door of the mission room, and Christ stood in the and stdd fts th® bundles passed: “Naked, and ye clothed me. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me.’ Those bundles are mnltibly ing. Blessings on those who pack them, Bjessings Blessings on on those those who who receive distribute them, them, With what beautiful aptitude did Abigail in my text speak of the bundle of life! Ob, what a precious bundle is life! Bundle of memories, bundle of hopes, bundle of ambitions, bundle of destinies! Once in a while is a man writes his autobiography, and it of thrilling interest. The story of his birthplace, the story of his struggles, the story of his sufferings, the story of his triumphs! But life if the autobiography well of the most eventful were written it would make many chapters of adventure, of tragedy, of comedy, and there would not be an uninteresting step from cradle to grave. Bundle of momories are youl Boyhood memories, with all its injustices from piay mates, with all Its game with ball and bat and kite and sled. Manhood memories, with all your struggles iu starting—ob stacles, opposition,accidents, misfortunes, losses, successes. Memories of the first marriage you ever saw solemnized, of the first grave you ever saw opened, of the first mighty wrong you ever suffered, of the first victory you ever gained. Memory ( f the hour when you were affianced, mem ory of the first advent In your home, mem ory of roseate cheek faded and of blue eyes closed in the last sleep, memory of anthem and of dirge, memory of great pain and of slow convalescence, memory of times when all tblDgs were against you, memory of prosperities that camo In like the full'tide of the sea, memories of a Jife time. What a bundle! Bundle of hopes and ambitions also is al most every man and woman, especially at the starting. What gains he will harvest, or what reputation be will achieve, or what bliss he will reach, or what love be will win. What makes college commence ment day so entrancing to all of us as we see the students receive their diplomas and take up the garlands thrown to their feet? They will be Faradays in science; they will toe Tennysons in poesy; they will be Willard Parkers in surgery; they will be Alexander Hamiltons in national finance; they will be Horace Greeleys in editorial chair; they will be Websters in the Senate. Or she will be a Mary Lyon in educational realms, or a Frances Willard on reforma tory platform, or a Helen Gould in military hospitals. Or she will make home life radiant with helpfulness and self-sacrifice and’magniflcent womanhood. Ob, what a bundle of hopes and ambitions! It is a bundle of garlands and scepters frpm which I would not take one sprig of mignonette nor extinguish one spark of brilliance. They who start life without bright hopes and inspiring ambitions might as well not start at all, for every step will be a failure. Bather would I add to the bundle, and if I open it now it will be because I wish to take anything from it. but that I may put into It more coronets and hosannas. Bundle of faculties in every man and every woman! Power to think—to think of the past and through all the future, to think upward and higher than the highest pinnacle of heaven, or to think downward until there Is no lower abysm to fathom, Power to think right, power to think wrong, power to think forever, for, once having begun to think, there shall pe no terminus for that exercise, and eternity itself shall have no power to bid It halt. Faculties to love—filial love, conjugal love, paternal love, maternal love, love of country, love of God. Faculty of Judgment, with they scales so delicate and yet bo mighty weigh can weigh arguments, weigh emotions, worlds, weigh heaven cljmb and hell. Faculty ol Will, that can mountains or tunnel them, wade seas or bridge them, accepting eternal enthronement or choosing ever lasting exile. Ob, what ii 1 b to be a man! Ob, what it is to be a woman! Sublime and infinite bundle of faculties! The thought of it staggers me, swamps me, stuns me, bewilders me, overwhelms me, Ob, what a bundle of life Abigail of my text saw in David and which we ought to *©e in every human yet Immortal being! Know, also, that this bundle of life is properly directed. Many a bundle has missed its way and disappeared because* the nddress examination has dropped, and no one can Jlnd by for what city or town or neighborhood it was Intended. All great carrying companies have so many misdi rented paokages that they appoint days of vendue to dispose ofthem. All intelligent people know the importance of having a valuable package plainly directed, the name of the one to whom it is to go plainly Written. Baggage master and expressman ought to kDow at the first glance to whom to take it The bundle of life that Abigail In my text speaks of is plainly addressed. By divine penmanship it is directed heaven ward. However long may be the earthly distance it travel* its destination is the eternal city of God on high. Every mile it goes away from that direction is by some jTSSS'SVtK pm 'u by some diabolic miscarriage. The value s^s^ssjssniTM in the right direction. There are so many jj®°''ouffhat^y destroyed this world and the many are for next, but that there aro not more who go down irremediably. Every human being is assailed at the start. Within an hour of the time when this bundle of life 1 b made up the assault begins. First of alt there are the infantile disorders that threaten the body just luunohedupon earthly existence. Sonrlet fevers and pneumonias and diphtherias epidemics and influenzas and the whole and pack threaten of surround the cradle tts oeou l’ aiit ; und ,ufailt Moses in the ark of bull rushes was not more imperiled cradle by the Is imper- mon sters of the Nile than every lied by ailment* all devouring. In after years there are foes within and foes with out. Evil appetite joined byoutsideal luremeuts. Temptations that have utterly destroyed more people than now inhabit the earth. Gambling saloons and rummer ies and places where dissoluteness reigns enough in number to go round and round the earth. Discouragements, jealousies, revenges, malevolences, dtsap polutmentB, swindles, arsons, conflagra tions and orueltles, whloh make continued existence of the human race a wonder ineut. Was ever any valuable bundle ever so imperiled as this bundle of life? Oh, look at the address and get that bundle go ing in the right wayl “Thou sbalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and soul and mind and strength.” Know also that a bundle may have in it more than one invaluable. There may bo in It a photograph of a loved one and a jewel for a carcanet. It nmy contain au embroidered robe and a Dore’s illustrated Bible. A bundle may have two treasures. Abigail In my text recognized this when she said to David, “The life soul of my lord is bound In the bundle of with the Lord thy God.” And Abigail was right. We may be bound up with a loving and sympa thetic God. We may be as near to Him as ever were emerald and ruby united in one ring, as ever were two deeds In one paek age, as ever were two vases on the same shelf, as ever were two valuables in the same bundle. Together in time of sorrow, Together in time of joy. Together on earth. Together in heaven. Close com panionship of God. Hear Him, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” “For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of My peace be removed, saith the Lord that bath mercy on thee.” And when those Bible authors compared God’s friend ship to the mountains what for height and firmness they knew they were writing about; for they well knew what mountains are. All those lands are moun talnous. Mount Hermon, Mount Gilboa, Mount Gerizim, Mount Engedi, Mount Horeb, Mount Nobo, Mount Pisgah, Mount Olivet, Mount Zion, Mount Moriah, Mount Lebanon, Mount Sinai, Mount Golgotha. Yes, we have the divine promise that all those mountains shall weigh their anchor age of rocks and move away from the earth before a loving and sympathetic God will move away from us if we love and trust Him. Oh, if we could realize that according to my text we may bound up with that God, how independent it would make us of things that now harass and an iioy anil fiScompose and"tSrment usf li stead of a grasshopper being a light burden, a world of care would be as as a feather, and tombstones would be marble stairs to the King’s palace, and all the giants of opposition wo would smite down hip and thigh with great slaughter, Know, also, that this bundle of life will be gladly received when it comes to bound the door of the mansion for which it was and plainly directed. With what alacrity and glee we await some package that has been foretold by letter, some holiday pre sentation, something that will enrich and ornament our home, some testimony of aii miration and affection! With wbat glow of expectation we untie the knot and take off the cord that holds it together lnsafety, and with what glad exclamation we un roll the covering and see the gift or pur chase in all Its beauty of color and propor tion. Well, what a day It will be when your precious bundle of life shall be opened amid in the “house of many mansions,” saintly and angelic and divlDe inspection! The bundle may be spotted with the marks of much exposure, it may bear inscription after inscription to tell through what or deal it has passed, perhaps splashed has of wave and scorched of flame, but all It ■within undamaged of the journey. And with what shouts of joy the bundle of life will be greeted by all the voices of the heavenly home circle, Iu our anxiety at last to reach heaven we are apt to lose sight of the glee or wel come that awHits us if we get in at all. Me all have friends up there. They will some how hear that we are coming. Such close and swift and constant communication is there between those uplands and these lowlands that we will not surprise them by sudden arrival. If loved ones on earth ex pect our coming visit and are at the depot with carriage to meet us, surelv wo will be met at the shining gate by old friends now sainted and kindred now glorified. If there were no angel of God to meet us and show us the palaces Rnd guide us to our everlasting residence, these kindred would show us the way and point out the splendors and guide us to our celes tial home, bowered and fountatned and arched and illumined by a sun that never sets. Will it not be glorious, the going in and the settling down after all the moving about and upsettiDgs of earthly experience? We will soon know all our neighbors, eeraphlc, klng )y, queenly, prophetic, apostolio, bundle of life arobangellc. The precious opened amid palaces and grand marches and acclamations. They will all be so glad we have got 9afely through. They saw us down here in the struggle. They saw us when we lost our way. They knew when we got off the right course. None of the thirty-two ships that were overdue at New York harbor in the storm of week before l as£ W * H R r ®®ted so heartily by friends on the dock or the steam tugs that went out to meet them at Sa a dy Hook as vye will be greeted n the heavenly world if by the pardoning and pro tecting grace of God we come to celestial wharfage. We shall have to tell them of the many wrecks tha. we have passed Carib- on the way across wild seas and amid bean cyclones. It will be like our arrival won'® years ago from Now Zealand at by‘d ney, people surprised that we got in at all, because we were two days late, and some of the ships expected bad gone to the bo. tom, and we had passed derations aul abandoned crafts ail up and down that aw ful channel our arrival in heaven all the xnore rapturously welcomed because of tue doubt as to whether we would ever ge. there at all. ° B ®® pere it will be found that the satety of that precious bundla of life was assured because it was bound up wuh the life of God in Jesus C.mat. Heat en could «f^ d t0 bavethat buaale lost becHuse * £ lmd been s.uu In rega.dtotstransp t t,0B a ? d safe So« "■ tS , ?li I.I Ol heavens is soul L tb f fCi ®„ P i„*, t h* rG*fion« of the i ,d ssr* *" J o down all the “ Bd £i£ ® r *’ or of life vrou.u change its course, vweoprng *v*;rr:.-air#; v-.tu or.!.na tion, and frost would blast all the gardens, aud immaasurabln sick hubs slay the Im mortals, and the new Jerusalem become an abandoned city, with no chariot wheel on the streets and no worshippers In the temple—a dead Pompeii of the skies, a buried Herculaneum of the heavens. Lest any one should doubt, the God who cannot lie smites his omnipotent hand on the side of his throne and takes affidavit, declaring, "As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure In the death of him that dleth.” Ob, I cannot tell you howl feel about It, the thought Is so glorious. Bouud up with God. Bound up with Infinite mercy. Bound up with infinite joy. Bound up with in finite parity. Bound up with infinite might. That thought Is more beautiful and glori ous than was the heroic Abigail, who at the foot of the crags utteted, "Bound iu the bundle of life with the Lord thy God!” Now, value" my hearer and reader, appreciate is the of that bundle. See that it bound up with nothing mean, tout with the unsullied aud the immaculate. Not with a pebble of the shifting beach, but with the kohinoor of the earthly palace; not with but some with fading regalia of pomp, white in the the robe washed and male biood of the Lamb. A Boom at Pittsburg. A wave of prosperity in Pittsburg started every mill, factory aud workshop to its fullest capacity. CROWS GO CLAM DIGGING. An Interesting Sight Witnessed by a Coach ing Party. A coaching party from Lakewood. N. J., to Aabury Park, received a novel and amusing lesson in natural history a few days ago. All except H. W. Mer ford, who drove the coach, were aston ished «t the number of crows that were hovering about the banks of the Shark River. That there was some thing out of the ordinary going on among the crows was apparent to the most superficial observer. Their an tics were weird and fantastic, and their loud cawing denoted that they were excited. There was method in their madness, as was discovered after a little obser vation. Acting on the advice of Mr. Merford, who had brought his four horses to a standstill, a crow was closely watched. He worked vigorous ly in the soft mud for several minutes, pnd finally extracted a lump nearly a third as big as himself. lie flew high in the air with his prize, aud when near the centre of the river, which was covered with ice, Mr. Crow drop ped his trophy. It fell upon the ice with a report. Mr. Crow was close up pn its wake, and reached the ice a few seconds later. He at once showed fight to other crows that came near, and, having driven them away, he pro ceeded to devour the fragments of his prize. “What is he eating?” was asked. “Soft clams,” was Mr. Merford’s re tort. “The crows,” he continued, “dig them out of the mud and carry them into the air by seizing the tentacles which protrude from the shells. They are, however, unable to open the clams. The shellfish scents danger and closes its shell in self protection. Mr. Crow has by his wonderful intellect succeed ed in overcoming this difficulty. This he does by letting the clam fall on the ice from a distance high enough to give sufficient impetus to shatter its shell and place the fish at his mercy.” The crows do clam-digging every fine day, and a number of coaching parties have been organized for the express purpose of seeing the ingeni ous birds earn a fish meal. Ah amusing feature of the perform ance is the “lianger-on crow.” There are at least five crows that do not work to every one that does. These fellows keep a sharp eye on the indus trious crow and try to profit by his labors. Like all loafers, they are cowards, and when the rightful owner of the clam shows fight, they retreat to a respectful distance, and content themselves by sorting over what is loin-. Mariners In Ancient Days. The rivalry between marines and sailors dates back from remote ages— goes hack, iu fact, to the very begin ning of naval warfare. The Greeks and Romans and before them the Phoenicians, had great great fleets of battle galleys. The motive power was furnished by oars handled by slaves and prisoners of war. The fighting men in these craft were soldiers armed with bows and arrows, spears and slings, who held themselves to he vast ly the superiors of men at the oars. The soldiers afloat of olden times were the progenitors of the modern marines, and the sailor has evolved from the Slave at the oar. In the days of the triremes these early marines also manned catapults, which threw great stones designed to crush In the sides and sink the ships of the enemy. Cleo patra had a marine guard to defend her in her royal barge, as well as sailors to trim the silken sails, and slaves to labor at the oars. Coming down to comparatively modern times, the English Admiral Blake, was in reality a marine. Ilis title was “gen eral and admiral at sea,” while the crews of the vessels of his fleet were in part of sailors who handled the sails and attended to the navigation, and in part of soldiers afloat, marines who did the fighting, and whose prowess destroyed the maritime supremacy of Holland aud swept from the /teas the fleets of the Dutch Admirals Van Tromp and Do Ruyster. Even Nelson, himself at one time held a commission as a colonel of marines.—New York Times. 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