, 1876-01-16
T TalMACE.

places the views Of that eccentric minister on
the Bible question before tho public in forcioe
way. The following extract conveys the spirit
Of the article:
III sermon Oh "The Old Corn Of Cdnaan," 11r.
Tain ge dscourses the food Of the 1srncltes dur.
1s aal lis e. q ths ceased o.
after they llad etcn Of the old corn Q! tae
land:" and here IS what he says about IL:
s.But after fourteen thouaand six hundred consec-
utye days Of fai lug n1annE-Sundays cxcepted-the
mama ceased. Some Of them were glad OF it. You
know they had complained TO their lender and won
dergd that tiry had to eat mama Instead Of on!ont
Now the fare il changed. These people IN that army
undcr 40 years Of ago have ncvtr seen corr- field:
tue tasses vayng, md the hil!ows Of green flowing
the plain tho wind touched them 1t must hsye
been new and lively sensation. Corn crlsd ths old
mau, Us be huskcd IN car: Corn cried the children:
they counted the shining grins. Corn " shouted
the vanguard Of the host, they burst open til: gran
arss Of the a1hed % sjs
tes Then the nro was kndicd, and the ears OF corn
thrust ilho IT, and trtsa, and crisp and tender,
were deyoured et tho hungry sictors~"
Fanlt has been found VITA this passage. It is alleged
tia! Indian corn, which is here described, "a indigo"
nous to tue New World. and We unknown to tne IN,
clients, aud that 5lr. Tafmage, in assuming 1ed OF
corn Csnaan resemble ae@d Of cnFn in Indiana
" Illinois, exhibits incredible iguorance Dut this
cannot he. Mr.. Talmage has read the Bible from hts
youth up .n It wsa probably when ne was taaing 1t
Us q morning exercise in the public schools that tue
upon which tho 1sraeies fell vorsc'ousy sftsr
his mind with the coru the Roasting oar Of which lie
may have sometimes cribbcd himself from farmer
field, IL Is often the manner Of achoo}hoIs.
Tncn 1t il possible the cntiquarians may be "rony
and Ta}Inago right. There may have been corn IN
Canaan NE grow III the Milut Hats, and the
1=rlclisitn may have been 30 hungry AM taonGa'sa
Us to eat 1t all up and leave none for a:el At III
events we c.u not afford to sare that picture OF tue
old 1sraeitts erying out corn as lie
The re1der must already perceive the ndS.ntaea OIL
kavng the Bibe read III the public schools. from tho
~nFS ~, ,,tjstrx
It lad upon tue yoang mind Of Tausge. There is 10
doubt that the subject Of Chrsts advont-nos that
which il PREDICTED, but thas wl!irn happenea 3,toJ
wears ago-has tecn Hfo study by tho brooklyn
preacher And how beautifully he pictures The excite
Iuent which produced among the celestial sl r.
archy whea it WIS known .hat Lie was about to le's
HIS shining t. aaSume tho Easu an1 e1pllte ta3 Stu
Wurn Genc.a1 is about to 60 out to the wsfs
Ieg and sword arc puts II presented to him, aud
The maldens bring nowtrs. and the young men load
tits CANNON, md the train starts amid hu.za tbat
browns ths thunder Of the wheels and the sn1aek ot
tue whistle. But all Of this will give no idea Of tho
excitement thst there uust have boon III hcaTea when
Cnrit started the campaign O! the Torlts con
quest: II they could Eaye fose3esn tne sisss ina;
suffer, aud the bardens h. no I'D have to ,ht,
think eherc would have been midon volunteers IN
aiong with Him; bu: no, she! only accom-. com,
panied Him 10 the gass. their last shout
he.rl clear dorm to tha ea:ta-sno spaco o.
tween the worlds pridsel with ercat hosan''a:
You iuow there il q wide difference between mans
going oil to battle and coming back again Wien ne
goes o it l. With eEauets uatangea WIN banner % a as
groom. AL that there ia Of struggle and pain Is to
cone yet. So it WAS With Christ. He had no. yc:
fought tatt!e He starting out. and though this
world did not give Him wAra-nearted greeting. there
was geue mother who folded Him in her arms aut
babo tnds df f5eren:e hetween st1he anu pat
xcc, between courtsers and camei-dr1sers. As Jesus
xtrupcd On tue stage of this world tt Was amidst an
gehc saouts in tile galleries., ani amidst the kndest
' - n.,1d -.rnr nv. 1ane nf courss to foyeal to
these millions oE enthusiastic vosunteers wat vas
abon. happen On the earth. Taey saw H. tne de-
celestial potency, who was going forth to conquer
world anu make it His own. IA they Known o. cue
suffering and dsath that awaited HIN ney would navo
sistib!e aror II the gates were banged 1n their face
and taken the world by storm. It wsh neeesssr5 10
hoodwuk them to keep them buck.
Tho reader must Clearly than ever the i'm
portancs Of putting the Bible iuto the public schools
when the effect is TO- rroaucs such brilliant
OF it's events aud Incidents If, in te.d Of ouo Tai
m.se Wa had Thousand {and the Bible in the schools
will bring them out), We should hare such Er1ans
pcterial illumination o. hoy WE & ;nas 80 = "eax -,
OF the oJ.
Another instance Of Talmages method Of making
tho Diule narasive interesting: In discourse On
Xiklag in Ashes" be tho incident OF tho burning
Of that city by the AMal Kites and D2rids pursuit anu
rescue Ct the wives and children who wcre being
on ,9 sa0 Us we nx Se
Lord taken to the osheE side Of Jo1da1 uere II
the remarkable pas age:
'Tn=rs arc families in my congregation whose
homes have been broken up. No batter,nz snote
in the door, conocast crumb1ed the statues, no
flame leaGed amid the curtains but 80 Tar Us al tue
are concerned, the home has departed. Armed dis-
eases came down upon the qnietnoss OF ths
f''e n soedes
| aud seized upon somo members OF that fam, :,
iIy AMI carried them away. Mklas in ashss! and
YOU 30 nEout sometimes weeping and sometimes en-
rtssi waiting to get back your loved IS much as
Davii and his men wanted to reconstruct their de-
spoiled households. Da.id will either say The Anaies.
les OF the A,1alekites will say David. and yat is not
the fort to be taken worth all the pain all the Ees1 a
the Ees1egement2 Look! Who are they On the o1Eht
sat al your table Tho chair vacsnt. There they
sre those whom you rocked in infancy IN tue craae
Or hushed to sleep IN Jour arms. There tney are,
those in whose Lie your LIFE was bound up. Iney are
Watching from those heights to see If through Christ
you take that fort and whether 5on VIII rasn IN
aad hs s 0e psshea cut
brarer hearts for the getting back OF the1: earthly
frisnds for few yeara on earn than We to get our d
partcd"
The New York SUI Affects to proclamation IN this
couarjson Of the LEADERS, Of the Aalekies to Christ
and tue angels to he Amackitcs themselves anu II
does sound queer to put the Lord III tae poalon nos
much Letter than that 1t highway rolber or ban
dt selling l.1 pluu1eripg towns, and running away
with the eposls aid the women and children. leaving
this ia only sort Of highly wrought metaphor and II
one Gnu get the comparison Of tho two forces IN
the gtrite this picture becomes as rich IN coiof ~
most ord of the paintings Of the old masters. and
far less materia Suppoang some artist "ero 10 rep
resent this upon canTas. with the LORD as an
Amslosie Captain securely behind His
with His captives, and the hard-headed men who n"d
been plurdered rushing IN hot haste to storm me tort
ress aa recover their stolen propsrty7 Would it not
m.Eu sensation in the G.led salLons at Europe, or
| In the Aet-Hau Of the Centennial Exhibition?
All OF this originally from the reading OF TIE
Bible In the put lie schools. Had not Talnago aad he
sweet bnon In his youth Of hearing portions OF the
sacred Book read by ech0olmarms ind schoolmasers,
we might have this enchanting picture Of tho pur'
suit ami capture Of stolen property.
Ono pasasge more and We must have done 1of the
present with Tatm3ge He believes in literal re'nr-
fcction Of the bodyaEd In that respect does nos di-
fe1 from many devout Christians. But owing to his
early school education In Bible literature he Is able to
put that belief into picturesque Language than
others He says: >.
zee them AZ certainly expect to SO home To-day
Az euall mora certainly ere them. Eight or ten
Wit come up from the graveyard buck Of SomerTle
and ore will come up from the mountains back OF
Amov China md anotner will como up from the eea
oa Cape Hstteras; and thirty will come up from
Greenwood: and shall know them better than eTeE
knew them here. Aud your friends-tnej may b.
ACROSS the se but the trumpet that souEda here VAL
scuYd there You will up just on ihe scne Gay.
some morning you hare oversight yours.its and you
oDeu your eyes end that the sun is high IN the