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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION’- ATLANTA. GA» TUESDAY APRIL 20 3886
TALMAGE’S SERMON
PREACHED YESTERDAY IN BROOK
LYN TABERNACLE.
From the OiMt DIvtne-Bt*, Htc.
Brooklyn, N. Y., April 18.—[8peclal.]—
So (rut 1* the popularity o( tbs prraeher st
(be Brooklyn tabcrnaclo that it Is nndor si'
Yiscmcnt to build for him a church twice as
laif e, and thereby to make something like ad'
•quote accommodation for the people who
crowd to hear him. The Bor. Do Witt
ITalmsgo’a sermon this morning was on the
subject ‘'Laughter of the Bible.” The opening
hymn was:
“Come, ye that lore the Lord,
And let your Joys be known;
Join in tho song with sweet accord
And Ihuaaurround the throne."
Two texts were chosen by the preacher—
Tulin cxxvl, 2; ‘Then was our mouth filled
With laughter;’’ and Psalm It, 4: “Be that
Sitteth in the heavens shall laugh.’’ Dr. Tal
Siege said:
Thirty-eight times does the Bible make
reference to this configuration of the features
and quick expulsion of breath which we call
laughter. Sometimes it Is born of the sun
Shine and sometimes of the midnight. Some'
times it stirs the sympathies of angels and
.sometimes the cachlnnation of devils. All
healthy people langh. Whather it pleases the
laird or displeases Him that depends upon
when we laugh and at what we laugh, My
theme this morning is the laughter of the
Bible, namely; Sarah's laugh, or that of
skepticism; David's laugh, or that of spiritual
exultation: the fool's laugh, or that of sinful
merriment: God’* laugh, or that of infinite
condemnation; Heaven's laugh, or that of
sternal triumph.
Scene: An oriental tent; the occupants, old
Abraham and Sarah, perhaps wrinkled and
decrepit. Their three guests an three angels—
(be laird Almighty one of them. In return
for the hospitality shown by tho old people
Ood promises Sarah that the shall become the
ancestress of the Lord Jeans Christ. Sarah
laughs in tho face of God; she does not believe
it. She Is affrighted at what the has done.
She denies it She says: “I didn’t laugh.’’
Then Clod retorted with an omphasis that si
lenced all disputation: “But thou didst laugh.”
, »S»*
1 says
lay it can
not bo done. A great multitude laugh at
miracles. They say they are contrary to
laws of nature. What is a law of nature ? It
Is God’s way of doing a thing. You ordina
rily cross the river by the bridge. Tomorrow
▼on change for one day and yon go across
Wall street ferry. You made tho rule. Have
you not the right to chango it? I ordinarily
como In at that door [pointing to a side en
trance of the chnrch]. Suppose next Sahbath
I should como in at tho othor door? It Is a
habit I have. Have I not a right to change
ray habit? A law of nature is God’s habit—
his way of doing things. If he makes the
law has ho not a
At any time ho wants t
the folly of those who laugh at God when he
says: “I will do a thing,” they responding,
-'You can't do It.”
God says that the Bible Is true—it Is all
true. Bishop Colcnso laughs; Herbert Spencer
laughs; John Stuart Mill laughs: groat Gorman
universities laugh: Harvard laughs—softly!
A great many of the, learned institutions of
this country, with long rows of professors
seated on the fence between Christianity and
Infidelity, laugh softly. They say: “We
didn’t laugh.” That was Sarah’s trick. God
thunders from the heavens: “But thou didst
langh.”
The g
he garden of Eden was only a fable. There
never was any ark built—it was too smSll to
have two of every kind. The pillar of fire by
night was only the northern lights.
The ten plagues of Egypt only a
brilliant specimen of Jugglery. The
sea petted because the wind blew violently a
great while from one direction. The sun and
. Boon did notjmt themselves out of the way
tor Joshua. Jiwob’s ladder was only horlxon-
tal and picturesque clouds. The destroying
angel smiting the first bom In Egypt was only
cholera Infantum become epidemic. The gul
let of the whalo by positive measurement was
too small to swallows prophet. The lame,
the dumb, the blind, tho halt, cured by mere
human surgery. The resurrection of Christ’s
friend Only a beautiful tableau; Christ and
Laxarns and Mary and Martha acting their
parts well. My friends, there la not a doc
trine or statement of God's holy word that has
not been derided by the skepticism of the
f ’tako up this book of King James’s transla
tlon. I consider it a perfect Bible, but here
are skeptics who scant it tom to pieces. And
now, with this Bible in my hand, let me tear
out all these portions which the skepticism of
. the day demands shall be tom out. What
shall go first? “Well,” says some In the audi
ence, “inks out all that about the creation and
about the first settlement of tho world.”
Array goes Genesis. “Now,” says tome one,
“take out all that about the miraculous guid
ance of the children of Israel Into the wilder.
' ness.” Assay goes Exodus. “Now,” says
some one else'In the audience, “there are
(blogs lu Deuteronomy and Kings that are
not fit to be read.” Away goes Deuteronomy
and the Kings. “Now,” says some oae,
“the book of Job is a table that ought to
come out.” Assay goes the book of Job. “Now,”
says some one, ‘Those peaaagas In the New
Testament which imply the divinity of Jesas
Christ ought to come out.” Assay go the
evangelists. “Now," says some one, “the
hook of Itevelatlon—preposterous! It repre
sents a man with, the moon under bis feet and
a sharp sword in his hand.” Assay goes the
hook of Itevelatlon. Now there are a few
' pieces left. What shall we do srlth them?
“Ob," says some man in the audience, “I don’t
believe a word In the Bible from one end to
the other." Well, It la all gone. Now you
have put out the last light for the nations.
Now ft is the pitch darkness of eternal
midnight. How do you like it? But I
think, mv friends, we had bet
ter keep the Bible a little longer intact It
has done pretty well for a good many years.
Then there are old people who find it a com
fort to have it on their laps, and children like
the stories in it, Letuakeepitfora.curioslty
anyhow. If the Bible is to be thrown oat of
the school, and out of the courtroom so that
uen no more swear by It, and It Is to be put
in a dark edrner of the city library, the Koran
so one .side and the writings of Confucius on
the other, then 1st us each one keep a copy
for himself, for tre might have trouble and
we would want to be under the delusion of Its
consolations; and we might die and ire would
want the delusion of the exalted residence at
God's right hand which it mentions.
Oh,wbat anowtel thingit It to laugh in
God’s -fsce and burl his revelation back at
EhsC’-^fter awhile the day will coma when
thejMtUl say they did not laugh. Then all
(he pypercrlticttmB, all the caricatures and all
the framed sneers in tho quarterly reviews
will be brought to Judgment: and amid the
rocking of everything beneath and amid the
naming of everything above, God will thun
der: “But thou didst laugh." I think tho
most fascinating laughter at Christianity I
ever remember was Thcodoro Parker’s,
lie made the word of God seem
ridiculous and he laughed on at our holy re
ligion until he came to die, and then he said:
“My life has been a failure—a failure domesti
cally^ I have no children; a failure socially,
for I am treated in the streets like s pirate; s
IklluremiafrasUmxlIj, because I know bat one
rainisifr that has adopted my •oatimoots.”
Bor a quarter of t century he laughed at
Christianity, and ever since Christianity has
been toDghing at him. -Vow, ft-ls-a mean
- thing to go Into a man’s house and steal his
gaols; but I tell you the most gigantic bur
glary ever invented is the proposition tv steal
ghees treasons of our holy religion. The
meanest laugbterever uttered Is the laughter
of the skeptic.
I The next laughter mentioned in the Bible
Is David’s laughter, or the iaoghter of spiritual
exultation: “Then was our mouth filled with
laughter.” Ho got very much down some
times, but there are other chapters where for
four or five times, he culls upon tho people to
praise and exult. It was not u mere twitch of
tho Ups, it wasu demonstration that took hold
of bis whole physical nature. ‘‘Then was
our month filled with laughter." My friends,
this world will never be converted to God un
til Christians cry less and laugh and Sing more.
The horrors are a poor halt. If people are to
be .persuaded to adopt our holy religion, It
will bo because they have made up their minds
It is a happy religion. They don’t like a
morbid Christianity. I know thero tremor-
bid people who eojoy n funeral. They como
early to see toe friends take leave of
tho ccrpee, and they steal a ride to the coma-
tery; but all healthy people enjoy a wedding
better than they do a burial. Now, you make
the religion of Christ sepulchral and hearse*
like and you make it repulsive.
I say. plant the rose of Sharon along the
church walks, sad columbine to elsmber over
tho church wall; and havo • smile on tho
lip and have tho month filled with holy laugh
ter. There is no man In tho world except the
Christian that has s right to fool an untram
melled glee. Ho is promised cverythlog Is to
ho for the best here, and he is on the way to a
delight whioh will tako all the
processions with palm branchsa, and
all the orchestras, harped sod cymballed
and trumpeted, to express. “Oh,” you say, “I
have so much trouble!” Havo you more
trouble than Paul had? What does ha say?
think I ovor hoard has been in tho sick room
of God’s dear children. When Theodosius was
put upon tho rack ho suffered very great tor
ture at the lint. Somebody asked him how
he endnred all that pain on the rack. He re
plied; “When I was first put upon the rack I
suffered a great deal; but very soon a young
man in white' stood by my side and with a
soft and comfortable handkerchief ho wiped
tho sweat from my brow and my pains wore
relieved. ltj was a punishment
for mo to get from the raok, be
cause when the pain was all gone the sngol was
gone.” Oh, rqjoico evermore! Youknow.'how
it Is In the army—an army in encampment.
If today news comes that our side has had a
defeat, ft demoralizes all the hoot. But if the
news comes of victory today and victory to
morrow, tho whole army Is Impassioned for
tho contest. Now, In tho kingdom of our
Lord Jesus Christ report fewer defeats; tell us
tlio victories—victory over sin and death and
hell. Bejolcc evermore and again I say rejoice.
I bellovc there is more religion In a laugh than
in a groan,ft Anybody can groan, but to laugh
in the midst of banishment and persecution
aud Indescribable trial, that requires a David,
a Daniel, u Paul, a modern heroine.
The next laughter mentioned IntheBtblo
that I shall speak of, is the fool’s laughter or
tho expreesion of sinful merriment. Solomon
was very quick at almilo—when ho makes a
comparison we all catch it. What Js tho
laughter of a fool like ? Heaaya: “It Is the
crackling of a thom nndor a pot.” Tho kettle
la awnng, a hunch of bramble* is put undor it,
and the torch is applied to it, and there la a
great noise, and a big blaze, and a spotter, and
a qnlck extinguishment: then It waa darker
than it was before. Fool’s laughter. The
most miserable thing on earth la a bad man’s
Bin. There they are—ton men in n barroom;
they havo at home wives, mothers, daughters.
The Impure jest starts at one corner of the bar
room, and crackle, crackle, crackle, it goes all
around. In five hundred such guffaws thero
la not one item of happiness. They all feel
bemeaned if they havo any conacionco left.
Have nothing to do with men or women who
tell Immoral stories. I have no confidence
citbor In their Christian character or tholr
morality.
So all merriment that springs out of the do-
fecta of others—caricature Of a lame foot, or a
curved opine. or a blind eye, or a dmf ear-
will be met with tho Judgments of God, either
upon you or your children. Twenty years ago
in this city I knew a man who was particular
ly skillful In Imitating tho lameness of a neigh
bor. Not long-ago a son of tbeekilltel mtmio
had his leg amputated for the very defect
which bis lhther had mimicked years boforo.
I do not say it wasa Judgment of God; I lcavo
yon to make your own Inference. So, all mer
riment born of dissipation, that which starts
at the connton of the drinking restaurant, or
from the wine glass In tho homo
circles tho maudlin simper, tho mean*
log less Joke, the saturnalias gibberish, tho
paroxysm of mirth about nothing that you
sometimes see In the fashloaablo clubroom or
In tho exquisite parlor at twelvo o’clock at
night, are the crackling of thorns nndor a
pot. 8och laughter and such sin end In
death. When I was a lad a book camo out,
entitled, “Don Jour’s Patent Sermons.” It
made a great stir, a very wide langh, all ovor
tho country, that book did. It was a carica
ture of the Christian ministry and of tho
Word of God and of tho Day of Judgment.
Ob, wo had a great lraxbl The commentary
on tho wholo thing it that not long ago tho
author of that book died In porerty, shame,
debauchery, kicked out of society ana cursed
of Almighty God. Tho laugh of such men It
the echo or tholr own damnation.
The next lanahter that I shall mention as
being In the BiDle Is the langh of God’s con
demnation: “Ho that sitteth In the heavens
•hall langh.” Again: ‘The Lord will laugh ah
him." Again: “I will langh at his calamity."
With snch demonstration will God greet every
kind of great sin and wickedness. Hut men
build up vllllanles higher and higher. Good
men almost pity God because he is so schemed
•gainst by men. Suddenly a pin drops out of.
the machlnory of wickedness, or a secret to:
revealed, and tho foundation begins to rock;
and finally tho wholo thing to demolished.
What to the matter? I will tell you what tho
matter to. Tho crash of min is only tho re
verberation of God’s laughter.
On Wall street thorn are a great many good
men and a groat many fraudulent men. A
fraudulent man there says: “I mean to havo
my million." Ho goes to work reckless of
honesty, and ho gets his first one hundred
thousand dollars. He' gets after awhlls his
two hundred thousand dollars. After awhile
ho gets bla five hundred thoumnd dollars.
“Now,” ho says, “I havo only one more move
to make and I shall have my million.” lie
gathers np all hte resources; he makes that
one laat grand move; ho frill and loses all and
be has not enough money left to pay the coat
of the car to his homa. People cannot under
stand this spasmodic revulsion. Some mid it
wsi a sodden turn In Erie railway stock or In
Western Union or in Illinois Central; some
■aid It was Jay Goold: soma said it waa one
:cnlater, some mid It wu another. They
guessed wrong. I will tell you what It
b “He that sitteth In the heavens”
laughtd.
A man in New York mid ha would bo tho
richest man in tho city. Ha left hla honest
work of chair making and got Into tho city
councils someway, and in tan years stole fif
teen million dollars from ths city government.
Fifteen million dollars! Ho hold the legisla
ture of the stats of New York In tho grip of
hie right band. Hosplciom won aroused. The
grand jury presented Indictments. The whole
lend stood aghast. Tho man who expected to
>ut half the city in hte vest pocket goes to
lltckwell's island, goes to Lndlow street jell,
break* prison, and goes across the sea, to re-
arrested and brought back and again remand
ed to jail and died there. Why? “Ho that eft-
teth ill the heavens” laughed.
Home wu a great empire; she had Hence
and Virgil among her poet*, she had Augustus
and Constantine among her emperors. But
what mean the defaced Pantheon and the Fo
rum turned Into a cattle market, and tho bro
ken walled Colteenm and tho architectural
skeleton of her great aqueduct? What wu
that thunder ? “Oh,” you say, “that wu tho
rear of the battering rams against her walls.”
No. What wu that quiver? “Oh,” you say,
‘that was the tramp of hostile legions.” No.
The quiver and the roar were the outburst of
Omnipotent langhter from the defied and In
tuited heavens. Rome defied God and Ho
laughtd her dowo. Thebes defied God aod
lie laughed her down. Babylon defied Sod
and He laughed her dowu.
There is a great difference between Gad’s
langh and Hte smile. Hie smile to eternal be
atitude. He smiled when David stng end
Miriam clapped the cymbals and Hannah
made garment* for her son and Paul preached
and John kindled with Apocalyptic Tisfou.end
when any man hu anything to do and dose it
•pe
all
wall. His smilo I Why, It is the 15th of May*
tbeapplo orchard! In rail bloom; Itishoaven
at high noon, *11 the bolls beating the mar
riage peel. But Hie langhter—may it never
Ml on us! It to a condemnation for our aln;
it to sweating away. We may let the satirist
laugh at us and all our companions may
laugh at os, and we may bo the target for the
merriment of earth ana hell; but God forbid
that woahould ovor come to tho fulfilment of
tho prophesy against tho nfiec-
ton of the truth. “I will
laugh at your calamity." But,
friends, all of us who reject Christ end the
pardon of the gospel must come under that
tremendoua bombardment, God wante us all
to repent Be counsels, He coaxes, He impor*
tunes and He dies for ue. He cornu down out
of heaven-Ho puts all the world’s aln on one
shoulder, He puts all the world’s urrow on tho
other ehoulder, end then with tut nip on ono
•Ido and that himalsya on tho othor, Ho
starts up the hill beck of Jerusalem to achieve
our satiation. Ho puts tho palm of Hb right
foot, on one long epikev and He puts tho palm
of hla left foot on another long spike, and then
with hands spotted with hte own blood Ho
gesticulates, saying: “Look! look and live:
with the crimson veil of my sacrifice I wilt
cover up all your alna; with my
dying grasn I will swallow up all your
groans. Look, llvot” But tome of you this
morning turn your beck on that, and then
this voice of invitation turns to n tone di
vinely ominous that eobs like a simoon
through tho fimt chapter of Proverbs: “Be
cause I have called and ye refused, I have
s'retched out my hand end no man regarded:
hutyebavoeetat nought all my conned end
would none of my reproof; I also will tench
at your calamity.” Oh, what a laugh that to!
a deep laugh; a long roverbemtingjaugh; au
overwhelming laugh. God grant wo may
never hear it I but In this day of mordBil
visitation yield your heart to Christ that you
may spend all your life on earth undor hte
smile and escape forever the thunder of tho
laugh of God’s indignation.
The other laughter mentioned In the Bible,
the only ono I shall speak of, is heaven's
laughter or tho expression of eternal triumph,
Christ said to bia disciples: "Blessed are ye
that weep now, for ye shall laugh.” That
makes mo know positively that we aro not to
spend our days In heaven singing tong-motre
psalms. The formalistic and stiff notions of
heaven that some people have would make me
m lierable. I am glad to know that the heavon
of tho Bible to not only a plane of holy wor
ship bnt of magnificent sociability, “what,”
say yon, “will the ringing laugh go around
tho circles of tho aaved?” I say, yea; pure
laughter; cheering laughter; holy laughter. It
will be a tough of congratulation. When wo
meet a triend who has suddenly como to a
fortune or who hu got over some diro sick
ness, do wo not shake hinds, do wo not
laugh with him? And when wo get
heaven and see our friends there, some of
them having come up out of great tribute-
tluns, why we will uy to ono of them: “The
last time I nt you, you had been suffering
for tlx weeks under a low, intormitten fever;'’
or, to another wo will ray: “You for ten
ycarswero limping with tho rheumatism and
jcu were full of complaint* when wo raw you
last. I congratulate you on this eternal recov
ery.” Wo shall laugh; yes, wo shall congratu
late all those who have como up out of groat
financial embarrassments in this world be
cause they becomo millionaire* In heaven.
Vo shall laugh. It shall be a laugh of to-
aiiodatlon. It Is jnst ns natural for us to
laugh when we moot a friend we havo not
seen for ten years, u anything Is possible to
he natural, when we meet our friends from
whom we havo been parted ton, twenty or
thirty yean, will It not bo with Infinite con
gratulation? Our perception qnlckened, onr
knowledge Improved, wo will know eaoh
other at.n flash. We will have to talk ovor
' all that has happened since we have been
separated, the one tint hu been ten yean lu
heaven telling ns all that hu happened hr the
ten yean of bis heavenly residence, and we
telling him In retnrn all that his happened
during tho ten yean of hla shannon from
earth. )
Ye shall langh. I think George Whitfield
and John Wesley will have a langh of con
tempt for their earthly collisions; and Toplady
and Charlea Wesley will have a langh of con
tempt for tholr earthly misunderstandings;
and the farmers who were in a lawsuit all
their days will have a laugh of contempt over
tbelr earthly disturbance abont allnefenoo.
Exemption from all annoyanoe. Immersion
In all gladness. Ye shall langh. Christ lays
so. Ye shall laugh.
Yea, It will be a laugh of triumph. Oh what
a pleasant thing It will bo to stand on tho wall
or heaven and look down at Satan and hurl at;
him dofianco and loo him cagod
and chained and wo forever free from
hla clutches! Aba! Yes, It will
he a langh of royal greeting. You know how 1
tho Frenchmen cheered wlion Napoleon camo
back from Elba; yon know how tho English
cheerod when Wellington camo back from.
Waterloo; yon know how Americana choorod
when Kosantb arrived from Hungary; you re
member how Romo choorod when Pompoy
came hack victor ovor nine hundred cltlos.
Every checrwra a laugh. But, oh, the might
ier greeting, tho gteddor groetlng, when tho
enow white cavalry troop or heaven shall go
through the streets, and aooording to tho book
of Revelation, Christ, In tho rod eoat, In the
crimson coat, on a white horn and ell the
armies of heaven following on white horns!
Ob, when we ace and bear that cavaleed* we
shall cheer, w* shall langh.
Dost not your heart boat quickly this morn
ing at tho thought of tho great Jnbllee upon i
whioh wo aro soon to enter? I pray God that
when wo get through with this world and an
going out of it we may havo some such vision
as tho dying Christian had whsn be saw writ- ‘
ten all over tho clonda in the iky the letter
“W,” and they asked fhim, standing by hie
side, whet he thoaght that letter “W” meant.
“Oh,” ha raid, “that stands for welcome.” And
somay it be when wp quit this world. ”W”
~ tho gate, “W” on tho door of tho
•uuitioa, “W” on tho throne. Welcome! Wel
come! Welcome!
I havo preached this sermon this morning
with five pmyfbl wishes: That yon might see
what a mean thing Is ths laugh of skepticism,
what a bright thing la tho laugh of spiritual
exultation, what a hollow thing to tho laugh
of slnftil merriment, what an awful thing to
tbs langh of condemnation, what a radiant,
rubicund, thing to the langh of eternal tri
umph! Avoid the 111; choose tho right. Bo
comforted. Bo comforted. “Blessed ere ye
that weep now—yo shall langh.” Y* shall
laugh. ________
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tittor. Out next week, gnhscrlbe at once.
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for mountain and seaside wear. They era In stripes,
end check end cheviot effects.
How Women Would Vote.
Were women allowed to vote, every on* in
the land who haamsed Dr. Pierce's “Ferorite
Prescription" would vote it to bo *n unfailing
remedy for the diseases peculiar to her sex. By
drnggtou.
Do not softer from sick headache a moment
longer. It to not noeeaury. Carter's Little
Liver Pilta will cars you. Does, one little
pill. AU drnggtou tell them.
Mrs. Chez. Smith of Jlmes, Ohio, writes: I
have used every remedy for Sick Headache I
could hear of for tho past fifteen years, but
Carter's Little Liver Pills did mo more good
than all tho rest.
Wtr (s tVcrtmtuirtcr Abbey like e fender? Be
came It contalni the ashes of the great (grate.)
More cases of sick headache, biliousness,
constipation, etc,, can be cured In less time,
with Ices medicine, and for leas money, by
using Carter’s Liver Pills, then by any othor
mean*.
THE CHURCH IN THE HOUSE.
A Berries ofHome-Wonblp tor Every Bonday In
the Ycir.
Bt Erv. Charles F. Deocs, D. D„
Peator of the Chnrch of the Strangers, New York.
THIRD SUNDAY IN APRIL.
When tho household shell have assembled, 1st
the heed of the family, or some other person ap
pointed by him lead the eerrieo, by e ibort
PRAYER.
[It will promote attention 'end reverence If, at
theoloeeof every prayer, every member of the
family repeat “Arneo.”]
THE LESSON PROM THE OLD TESTAMENT.
(The leader ahoold announce the place ot lemon,
rochet cachjTorehlypcr may open Iho Bible and
Malachite.,llflymn, Prayer.
[Tben may follow a prayer appropriate to the sea-
•on, the Scripture lesson, and the circumstances of
the family; oc the leader may read from some of
the collection! of nnyers. of which thorn should ho
several In each houaehold.1
IThe Epistle aud the (Impel for each day should
be announced, so that all the family may turn to
tho passage and accompany the readme:]
Tho Epistle—l’hil. lb, Ml; The Gospel; John Met-
yr xxvlb, AM: Hymn: The Discourse.
maybe reed the following or any other
'ext: “I will be with my mouth.”—Exodoe
iv., 12.
(1) Men's abilities ere not ter their own
•elftoli use and pleasure. They aro for the ser
vice of the Lord. (2) Men have tholr boat en
joyment of their talents when they employ
them to God’s works. (3) And, when we em
ploy onr beet powers for the Lord, then onr
Interior abilities are qnlckened. (4) When
duly cells, w* aro to obey, although we seom
disqualified.
These statements are Ulustrated In tho oaso
of Moses. The Lord wishes to send him to the
King cf Egypt, to bring tho Hebrews out of
bondage. It was* mission ot honor, of re
sponsibility, of peril. Moses did not seek the
bonornorehnn the peril; but he dreaded tho
responsibilities. He was a man of courage, of
excellent judgement, of extraordinary oxocu-
tlve ability. But tho work aaalgaod him
seemed to require eloquence to persuade I’ha-
roah to let God’s people go, and to persuade the
Hebrews to como ont of Egypt aod go on tho
1‘remised Land. Ho tried to excuse himself
beexuso be wis“of a alow tongue.” A sufficient
excuse If a man had solicited him to be Gad’s
advocate, Ho had the other qualifications,
and tho Lord promtoed to be with hla month.
If as great man as Moses waa deterred by a
•elfish vanity from entering on a groat work,
so may wo he. Christians aro kept from bear
ing testimony, leading In prayer, warning and
cxhoiting sinnets, sometimes from tho work or
tho ministry, saying to the Lord: “I am not
olequont, neither heretofore, nor slnco Thon
hast spoken to Thy servant.” Lot such recol
lect (1) that the mission to not thelr's; (2) that
they aro not to speak merely to gratify men
and to make a reputation; (3) that tho message
to from thoo laird, who to responsible ter it; (4)
that Ho has promised to ho with our mouths;
and (fi) that it to tho triumph of truth wo sock,
not oratorical reputation.
[After this, or any other short discourse, a hymn
or several hymns may be sung, as tho family may
Hod agreeable and profitable. After which all may
unite In a prayer Including thanksgiving. J
AFTERNOON TALK.
[A service msy he hold and the teUowing discourse
By Bishop McTyelro.
“Glad Tidings For Mothers.”
“Lead me, O Lord, In Thy righteousness be
cause of mine enemies; make Thy way straight
boforo my face.”—Psalm v., 8.
David had enemies—a great many of them
—and h* made tho heat nee of thorn possible.
They caused him to he watchful. They kept
him en his guard against even tho appearance
of evil. For ho know hto enemies waited for
halting; they were ovcrlrcady to report and
exaggerate hto errors. The marginal read-
—j for "enemies” to "thooo which observe moJ’'
This honor every enemy does yon; ho observes
yon narrowly, and if then to any flaw or detect
In yonr conduct or character bo will make tho
most of It to your disadvantage. He uninten
tionally does you a friendly offloe by admonish
ing yon to take hood of yonr ways.
“Lead me, O Lord, In Thy righteousness, be-
canseof mine enemies.” Parity end Innoeenee
and uprightness aro the best guard! and de
fences. The Apostle Peter exclaimed; “Who
le ho that will harm yon, If yo bo follower* of
that whioh tegoodr’’
No malevolent fooling toward hto enemies,
no desire for revenge, stirred ths Psalmist,
end moved him to prayer. Ho did not ask to
ontwlt thorn In diplomacy, or to boat thom at
retaliation; hat, to outstrip them In righteous-.
ness and to get beyond their roach by walking t
In right wayi. And this be aaked God to show
him.
It to a high privilege to be lad and guided by
Him to whom all thioge aro known, present
and future. Hto bend to strong, and Hto aye
sees the end from tho boginning.
That God can and will teach us Htoway, and
lead the meek and trustful, has boon tho com
fortable bcliof of saints In all axe*. How Ha
doea thto, wo need not describe. Whether it bo
dono by providentially eloalng np all ways but
one; or, by imprcmlng tho soul ea to the
ennrte that to to he taken at a critical Juncture
—It to a groat comfort to faal that wo aro In
tho way God wonld have ns go.
' Ktoewhcro the Psalmist make* the same
prayer In substance, with slightly different
words:
‘■Teach me Thy way, O Lord; and lead mo
In a plain path, because of mine enemies.”
Ho docs not ask that hie path be made
pleasant,but plain. He does not aik that tho
way of God ho mado smooth, but etnlght,
UK WITH MY MODT1I.
Bo with mr mouth—I would not speak
Without Thy guldens*. lord;
This summenng tongue to ol! too week,
Do Thou direct seen word.
, Bo with my mooth-Uy songs ot praise
Melodious can be,
Only si Thou the notes uprtlao
To heavenly harmony.
Be with my mouth—My prayers most toll
Without Tbypioulaed am;
prompted by The* they must prevail)
The answer ne’er delayed,
Be with my mouth-let every breath.
Be spent In sen lag The* .
. Until life closes, then in death ,
o be Thou still with me.
Cicn. Dkeemk.
Hadden Changes.
If tho body receives daily a proper amount
of nutrition, and dally axpols tho worn-out
ports, health to the certain consequence; bnt
by a redden change or weather, the porei of
the skin may not perform tholr office well, and
matters are retained which should have
doff by that avonuo. All erases which
Impede Insensiblo perspiration ere fraught
with danger, because matters .which should
have passed eway thronh tho skin era re
turned again into circulation. Bnndnth’s
Pills will remove all Imparities, from what
ever crass they may came, curing pain, In
flammation and colds arising from above cause
In a few hours.
Mu*. Aerator I roams to a handsome
blonde, hut does not dress effectively, her tollei*
giving her ihe rural air that in Washington Is csll*
ANGOSTURA BITTERS, Iho world renown
od appetiser and invlgorator. Used now over
the whole civilised world. Try It, but bawer*
of imitations. Ask your grocer or druggist for
Uie geouiae article, manufactured by Dr. J, A
B. Biegert A Bone.
H. B. McDownx, eon of the lets General
Irwin McDowell, is passing three mootha in the
gloom of e Pan Francisco toll. Mr. McDoweUls
editor of the Irgietld*, rad libeled somebody.
KCOTT-H KMULHIOX Off PURE
Cod Liver OH, with Iljpophospblt**
Is Remarkable as a Flesh Producer.
Th* increase of flesh rad itrength to perceptible
immediately after commencing to ns* ths Emul
sion. Th* Cod Urar Oil emulsified with lb* Hy
popfcoanbUes is meat remarkable Mr lu heeling,
strengthening and flesh-producing qualities.
BULL’S SARSAPARILLA-1
.'THE LIVER
“til Variable appetite; faint, gnawing feeling
Bf , r ^ ot pit o! the stomach, heartburn, wind in the
•tomaeh, bad breath, bad taste in tho mouth,
low ip/rlte, general prostration. ~
eautinpJauadico.oaUow^ntnpMen, moat no torn of disease mornprevalent
n mSlfioue diarrhaa,(a languid, weuryj ^ZditTSh^SSSTotZ3\
and man/other distressing ermp.\ an enfeebled or poisoned condition of tl
uSigontrallf formed liter troubles, thug blood. BULL'S SARSAPARILLA bt cleans!.
There Is
valent than Of s-
to
aro rol/orod af one» b/ the-use at BULL'S
SA/tSAPAHIlLA the great blood ntolrentl
Da. Jon Butzyl have hi
ST;
Hors* Oars, Ky.
’JKIDNEYS^ I m nrvn l -^-SCROFULA
Are tho groat secretorr organs of I JjJjUUJJ I ft aptctrl/ar morbid condition nt
thobod/. Into and through tho\ erttem, caused direct!/ 6/
tidne/e flow the waste fluide con-1 THELIFE.' | !mpur %-„ /„ the blood or 6/
. of sufticont nourishment furnished
'true to tho i/stom through tho blood, usualIt
"—■« i«> ufood, affecting\tho glands, often mulling in
causing headache,weahnett,pain In theemdl ewtiling t. enlarged Joints, abscesses, tort
of bach andloins, Bushes of heal dulls, with srts, blotch/ eruptions on ths face or neck,
disordered'stomach and bowels. BULL'S Er/elpelat Is akin to Handle often mistaken
SARSAPARILLA acts at a diuretic on ths for Scrofula at It comet from ths tame cautt,
Kidners and bowels, and direct!/ on the Impart blood. BULL'S SARSAPARILLA b/.
blood at wtU, causing the great or- purilflngthobtood and toning up the system
gant of the bod/ to mums their natural forces the impurities from the blood and
functont, and health fsat ones restored. 4 cleanest the tjrttem through the regular
Da.Jqn Bntr-1 here ussdBuufiBHamava. channels.
;Sdfjr
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BULL'S SARSAPARILLA.
BULL’S WORM DESTROYER. „ 8 „ We „ Ml dn Strect, LoullvUle, Ky
BULL'S 8MITH'8 TONIO SYRUP.!' 3 * ” 7
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