The New York herald., 1872-09-09
BROOKLYN CHURCHES.
TALMAaE's TABERNACLE.

Tho Pastors Return and HIS Reception
Yesterday-Man Proposes and God Dis
poses-A Thoughtful Discourse-God I'm
All the Affairs OF Life.
There was great crush at the Tabernacle yes
terday morning. The announcement that the pas
tor. Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, would preach his
first sermon after his return from his Summer va
cation crowded the building to Its utmost capacity
Hundreds unable to gain more than admission to
the place retired disappointed.
Mr.. Talmage has been absent for some time. He
first started to the Adirondack region, but as the
health of his estimable lady required that she
should have sea air, he determined ON voyage
across the Atlantic. They took passage In the
China and arrived in due time ON the other side.
There they remained for q week or 80 and then
started for home. On the return the vessel
ENCOUNTERED A CYCLONE
and narrowly escaped being wrecked; but finally
1t passed safely through the storm and arrived In
port last week. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Talmage were
greatly improved in health by the voyage. The
pastor appeared quite rugged yesterday after his
Summer sojournings and, as usual, was in excel
lent spirits.
Some OF his many thoughtful friends had placed
number Of stands OF rare and beautiful flowers
upon the platform, while just above his chair was
the word "Welc0me," in tuberoses. The atmOs-
phere in the Vicinity was redolent with perfume.
When Mr.. Talmage walked on the platform, be-
fore the services commenced, Mr.. Morgan the or
ganist, played "Home Again" and "H0me, Sweet
Home," with perceptible effect
Mr.. Talmage selected his text from Proverbs,
his ssd MS
starts for the Adirondack and lands In Liverpool
Pompey said that he thought there was mist over
the eyes or God because he showed so many favOrs
to Caesar; but the lite Of that great man, as well as
the life ofevery insignificant man is an Illustration
sage, "a mans heart deviseth," DC. / cali your
attention also to st. Luke, Kill, You see the b.
BILE will not. be limited In the choice of symbols.
There is hardly beast or bird or insect, which
as not been called to illustrate some divine truth;
the oxs patience, the ants industry. the SPIDERS
the dove's gentleness and even the sparrows mean.
ness and w0rthlessness. Now, II God takes care OF
od W Sa o an W
purpose in the discovery Of America, in the inven-
ton OF the art OF printing, In the exposure OF the
THE CONTRIvANCE OF THE NEEDLE GUN,
in the ruin of an Austrian or Napoleonic des-
personal affairs Of our lives we are apt to place
God upon % some great platform or try to do It, ex
CROMWELL an Alexander or Washington is
no more under divine inspiration than your life
or mine. We see Gods path Is In the great waters
True enough but no more certainly than He is in
the water In the glass on. this table. We see God
truth, but no more certain truth than He devises
which rerryboat you shall tomorrow morning take
to New York. Understand that God does not sit
up on his throne Indifferent and unsympathising
but that He sits down beside you to-day and stands
beside you to-day and no affair Of our HE is 50 in
significant but that 1t is q matter to Him. re-
mark, in the first place, that God chooses for us
our occupation. I am amazed to see how many
people there are
DISSATISFIED WITH THE WORK
they had to do. think three-fourths wish they
deal Of time in rerretting that they got in the
wrong trade or profession. Many Of You are not In
the business that you expected to be in. You
started for the ministry and learned merchandise
! you started for the law and you are physician
| you preferred agriculture and you became me-
another; but hope 1t is not your business to sit
down and mourn over the past. You are to remem- en-,
na COO Ss aane nsse sss a oa M
"You will be. geologist" David goes out to
tend his fathers sheep; God calls him to to
given us. remark further that God has arranged
street or house you shall live in seems to be
matter of accident. You go out and happen to
sign, sign and you select that house God guided you
| in every step. He knew your circumstances and
He selected Just that one house as better Tor you
Iremark further that God arranges all our friend
| ships. You were
| DRIVEN TO THE WALL.
You found man just at that crisis who sympathized
| with you and helped you. You say, "HOw lucky
was" There was no luck about 1t. God sent that
| friend just as certain as He sent the ravens to
| feed Elijah. Your domestic friends, your business
friends your Christian friends-God sent them and
II any of them prove false they serve to bring out
the value Of those who remain. remark again
that God puts down the limit OF our temporal pros
| perity. You cannot tell where man will land.
The auent falls, the poor rise the ingenious fail
| the ignorant succeed. An enterprise opening
grandly ends In bankruptcy 1t Is so hard to realize
| chat
| GOD RULES THE MONEY MARKET
| and has hook in the nose Of the stock gambler.
Don't you kick against divine allotments. God
knows just how much money 1t is best for you to
have, and you never lost or gained cent unless 1t
was best for you. = There are two things,
sSss things Can aI Sep and @ those Si things you
cannot help. II you can help, why don't you apply
the remedyG II you cannot help 1t You might as
well surrender at once. Don't you have any idea
that you can overstep the limit God has laid down
for your prosperity. The trouble is, think, that
there is so large difference between divine and
~--asy2- wifiT rs ENOUGH.
have heard Of people striving for enough, but
never heard OF any one who had enough What
God calls enough for man the man calls too little
and what man calls enough God says Is too much
| God knows best, y l remark again
that all those things that seem to be accidents In
| our life are under divine supervision. There are
no accidents In the divine mind, though they may
seem to be. In conclusion the preacher urged
his hearers to be content with such things as they
had In this life. ...N .see4s,
H.