The New York herald., 1876-09-04
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.
DIR. rALMAGE's RETURN TO HIS puL,

IL.
Yesterday morning Dr. Talmage occupied bis pulpit
at the Brooklyn Tabernacle for ths first time since his
vacation, anu unusually large congregation wei
coined his return. The sermon, which delivered
with much force. listened to throughout with a
great deal of attention. Dr. Talmsge took for his
lsaah xviii, 81. 2S-"For tho ftches
threshed with threshpg instrument neither is a cart
wheel turned about upon The cummin; but the 1tches
beaten out with staff ana the cummin with a rod.
Bread is bruised because he Will not ever be
threshng It, break it with the wheel OF his cart
nor bruise with his horsemen."
The reverend gentleman commenced by saying that
the first sermon after his apt be consoa-
tory, and that this should be ex-
ception The heat, he said, had been almos.
iusuferable, and in the furnace much human
lie had been consumed; there had been many families
broken msfortuncs Of various kinds had come upon
various people, and he supposed that standing in any
congregation this beautiful Sabbath day. the
great need was soacc There were, he said, three
kinds OF seeds mentioned in his text-ntches, cummn
ana corn. The first mentioned were small seeds ana
when they 20 be threshed they were thrown
the floor and the workmen would beat them with rod
nall un,l they would become separated. When
to be threshed that also was thrown on the
fcor, but instead OF beating 1t with rod or a horses
or would be fastened TO cart with iron dented
kinds OF ,hresning for dffefcn, kinds of PRODUCTS
The great thought that the text presses upon
souls to-day that We must ali 50 through some kind
OF threshiug process. The TACT that you
may be devotng your life to honor
able and noble purposes will not win you
any escape Ny subject the rst place, teaches us
tha. it is no compliment us if we escape great
trial The fltchcs anu the cummin threshing
floor cht look over to the corn on another
floor and say Iook at that poor, miserable, bruised
has been almost destroyed wcl the corn. IL it had
the reason you have not been as much
pounded as haveY 1t is because
would DC as severely run over There are some men
who suppose hcy the Lords favortes just because
their barns are iu,
THEIR BANK ACCOUNT IL FLUSH
and there are no funerals IN the house. The reason
may be that tbs because they are htches and cummin
| while at tho end OF the lane poor widow
may be the Lords corn. You out
little p0unued because you arc OF but littlc
worth anu she bruised because she is the hest the
harvest II you have not been much threshcd IN lie
the reason may be there Is not much 10 thresh. IT
troubles have not shattered probably 1t is because
the yield would tc very small indeed. When tho
backberries arc plentiful very large baskets car
rcd by the gatherers, but when the irut has almost
do as we'll MY text teaches next that God
proportions our trials TO what bear
the stan Tor the htches the rod Tor the cummn and
the wheel for the corn. People IN great trouble
sometimes say, "Oh, can't bear u" But you did bear
it, II God had not known you could bear 1.-THE would
not have sent II upon you. You got through notwih-
standing you tremblcd and you swooned God Will not
take from your eye one tear TOO many nor from your
| lungs sigh too deep. There not dollar ol Dad
that you expected TO up but that have gone down.
swlndc oil your business partner, or "a trick ON the
part OF those who ,he knd of business as
you but God intended to ovcrrue Tor your mmor
iai help. You say:-'There need OF talking to
me that way. l 10 not like 10 be cheated or.out-
ragged" Neither does the corn like tbrcshing, but
when 1t has threshcd and wnnowed and Is banked
up golden hue the side of The
barn II has better opinion OF winnowing
mills and corn threshers. You say, that II you could
choose your own troubles you would be willing ,s TO be
You would choose something that would not hurt, and,
unless II hurts II does not get sancttned Your trai,
perhaps, violent temper, ana you have TO drive II
like SIX unbroken horses AMID the gunpowdrry expo-
OF great holiday. and and anon II runs away
with you. Your trial the asthma You say :'Oh II u
rheumatism or neuralgia, but II Is this asthma,
ana it is such an cxhaustin1 thing TO breathe Your
tr0ubc Is husband, short, sharp, snappy ana cross
about the house, and raising small RIOT because but
ton Is OIL. How could you know tue button Is OIL
! tl.auehter) Your trial wife, ever IN con
| though She WAS very careful about her ap
peasance III your presence once Now she IA