Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-02-18
a.
QUEER SERMONS.
I,ur,ous AppIleOtIOn Of II,lbIlcNI Texts

piled, although the instances are less h
abundant than formerly. 1t was q
Dean Swift-was'i it not?-whO when c
called upon to OfliciAte at the Obsequies |
of Princess of royal blood, Outraged s
the court by announcing as his text,
.take away this cursed woman ana
bury herr f0F'sheis the Kings daugh-
tenh When, demonstrated WITH, the
preacher inquired II there had been
ANYTHING offensive in the sermon.
"Not at all,n said the courtiers, but
the text!i' 1.-THE text l didn't make"
was the Dean'sresponse.
This unequal yOking Of text and ser,
mon recalls a story Of the famous old
colored preacher rofVerm0nt. Father
Haines was present at clerical assocl-
alton when a sermon was read which
had not the slightest conference Win
the text; when Mr.. Haines' turn as
Lcritic came, heTemarked dryly, wei,
don't know as, I've got anything 10
saw about the sermon, only ifyou ever
should want to marry 1t to the text,
noiody could forbid the bans, because
there amt any blood relation between
iem. J, The same Judgment might have
been passed upon asermon once preach-
cd nv the Rev. Mr., Spaulding ian early
nastor of the Tabernacle, Church.. Sa-
Ian Mass, !, from the text, "And there
wSs a rainbow round about the throne"
vet one can but imagine the ingenuity,
even if he cannot accept the.conciu-
sions of this. Jealous. Pedo-baptist' VINO
GfGntriVed to express from his text the
doctrine of infant baptism! The only
mart of the argument which has come
down te me Is this, which the most
) obstinate immersiOnist cannot galnsay:
XTt Il, impossible to have a rainbo"
Ii without'sprinkling." 80, A..
Those who are familiar with that
$ rich and !. rare old book, "Turnall
Christian. Amor" will recall m tne
somewhat violent, bueoften exquislteeilYy
happy applications of Scripture WIZ
'f which every page abounds. once
heard from q Welsh preacher a sermon
which, was similarly pointed ant
- adorned, and was, indeed, from nrst U
IS last an agreeable reproduction of Turn
IS! ajI,s styIe of composion. His them
Tas. HGod's Methods Of Reclaiminj
nj His Wandering Children. OneSGrlp
tl;ro, onnIication i'm point Which ] re
n1e1nbGr was as follows: "God, deal
wi,h ms when welrave become estrang
, ed from Him, as Absalom di0 lrol
IN .Joab.. He had sent for Joao TO con
- to,hinr again and again, but ne STU:
hoTnIy refused; then at. last 'A6saiol q
9 y aid Unto his servants: See Jo;ap,s nel
Of is near. mine, and he hath barley I'leI
rG aiI;I set it oA fire; and NDsaIooimll oill
servant set the field on iit& Hl1it
Toab arose and came to Absafsl'f '1'h
ISs own house and said unto lil
Wherefore have thy servants set D
Held on fir9?,f So God often sets hre
nnr harley fields, not because lie wal
, II to DESTROY our barley, but because
: it wants to see our face and hear us 81 spe
1ok to Him, if it is only to ask, Wnerei'
ave have Thy servants set my helu
e a fire?'n - II
Dad Dr. r.. a former professor OF II
Irch Windsor Theological Seminary, v
and singIlarly happy. in his. selection
the inTfs which won his hearers inter
TO from the outset of the. discourse, Vi
the mental occasion his text W
the 9ST stT1h;s man receiveth sinners and
! Is atb with them;;n and. an earnest
rty-. mon mingled warning ana ma, ehtoutS 60! re
in ment, addressed espeelaiiy W thn, ~
aged who were no, longer y9ungl tno'
ion, still unconverted, was found on /,
n Of nassaGe, mass "For the man was above 70
1868, Years old on, whom this miracle
vo's Showedp :" ~
Ing lpmf Rnf lat us leave the pulpit and CO
: our doyn .tS the peWs. In a Vermont ]
.ons. AZ" ~, = sars 40 ). there was an old-s'
ters. HSIhss NH Intelligence was. just, on a;
'oom WIZ w that Cf Towper's woman who
4 AZ M.i,sssaans.t M,s1a tllar Hbrilliant fFrenchma
hin. loco,,se ~ she knew hers Bible true. 7
,fter. ,,oSa .PTother, L. sha4ed wiser mel
was Ris delight in seclal EorSn1P;, ". :; "nH n;a
,des- feeble voice was often hearQ III ~
lrist, istorv ptayer OF Aexhortauon' vi
buse, nccasion l~ the ,siIeIice which somet9l
ilings 6roods. like a ,forrid nightmare,
and on~ fsrcnce meetings, was suddenly
eafK, OaiIsd nv Brother, LIS piping n
4 sIin. t,TiNo % t6,iOht o. wOrd-,n,'a pause
te ,auod % andthenhe despairingly GU
Enow 10 loMTS' T;s %straw-colofed, % ;tbatch. and
down n esn,Iois ,h "ifis gone, ~ and'incontlne.
look foll to- praying. Wlth9s.t any 49,
i'm OF No words. were aliutgte; q III nt1E y
loIgh finally the gcod man ct'sa ,g o,STs SSS' \
MI mentIy, ,'yO'1ord, give US ~ mote Oi,e6 3 !,
lSnore trees, we want more ,4sSsGts sEGts
=" trsesi,i and took his, seat bqT lnsta Y,
w. l.hnnned up again with, W I've ~ W
~ EnVpbpGyS =, ptbSy word; the Psalmlst says
Jocks ~ heart IS 'ditting good matteb' az, Y
mense n XII on0ht to have o'lr MINDS ;dll
onher we gu St "tFap u tThissupplementar
poma- gOosJt .sti I've ave the minister; time to'pl
hover mar 't re srI'oFal. allusion to, the pr
# this ogs tHS I, ete q. fercible applicatio
! One nnu !: " n i5af II was by. the help OF a
NJ like tue lsS ,iSV free Hthat ffttle Zaccheus
Or her isnY .,Ye ia native inability AUD al
aaee rounding hindrances ~ M e1S 4fe,Ss1 Az,
copper ~ ~ the parish adjoining the scepe,E Z,
s min last story, there is 9 man Ma1.ssl' NJ
airy .E"sioIISlies E any stranger VINO
dress, Chance to.be present At 2 meeu
1 skin 'Vlian ti,o oSnrch in which he takes TaI
d by a oc1TEeSiiigthis cE petitions 20 grenttn,,, !,
Q skirt gT rTs M the Fourth may BE here \
he TOP, .;~;t;atady % however, tinderstalnld-
Il kid, !niSS;sS ,;s ;sSS6t ! dsometfiC proposition
two'0r CH:e .eFn,anca Sw .Yo thA$ experience ol
be feQt. T,,Sno = 1yV VT'hiIdFe;n, when Ones wss
lie litr .IbiSiDo with them in tle. neE:'
ily0ut. ,~ace land the form Of the. Fourtl
leeked Ihe Son of6fod.n ~ 81.
while - ~ ~ &c :. :
ndle'to disniSse has arisgn IN IN regeEl !i
fe SILK hm,nsIarv dine betweeIi 3keillnesset
vest. 3p VirgInias ,thelatter ss State Ienn
y lacei ans thinks the matter, claiming n,H {