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r 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. ________ Don’t miss the Jetr Deris edition of Tri Cozen. tittor. Out next week, gnhscrlbe at once. Mountain cheviots, sod and haary. are excetleut 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 THOS.H.BENTLEY,'soseriUe,ML ficroHteandaii BULL'S SARSAPARILLA. BULL’S WORM DESTROYER. „ 8 „ We „ Ml dn Strect, LoullvUle, Ky BULL'S 8MITH'8 TONIO SYRUP.!' 3 * ” 7 THE POPULAR REMEDIES Of THE DAK ‘ gjamp THB BIiOOP PtTEUB. rare-dim fit sun tuaa A wky Mb tell nxt rd mat tap ool Mention this paper, marW-wgy2U 0 o w noJ Southern Normal School and Business College (Established la 187B.) Lartsil Normal School In tho Month. Totslsipmse*w«r*iiu«df3.U . l. .. * t |[oom tad Books. Tolographr. Hhert-IIand, ,p *“- 0.00 pari for nompleta BnslasM C»or»e L ln ML Foe Israe snnusl CsUlojcus I Ireen, Ky* QTOsauMNUa . Himo tho Constitution. SEDG BROS.) 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