The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-03
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.


THE Rev. T. DE- WITT TALMAaE.
Mr.. Talmage preached yesterday on "The Heroes OF
Everyday Life" taking his text from IL Timothy,
IL, 3-.Thou therefore endure hardness, ~ . good
soldier OF Jesus Christ" Historians. said Mr.
Talmase, not allow to acknowledge the merits Of
great military chieitains; they writtea Of in
black ink. but in red. am to-day, my friends, 70
unrol before you, however, u scroll OF heroes that
The world has never NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. who faced
no guns. blow NO bugIc blast, conquered NO city,
chained captivcs their chariot wheels, and yet
in Tho great day OF eternity Will stand higher than
those whose startled the nations, and seraph
aud rapt spirit and archangel will toll their deeds
o listening universe. / mean the heroes Of Common
THE HARDsnIPs OF LIFE
In THIS roll md all the heroes oil the sick room.
Sickness tho greatest of . mans character;
stand that stand everything. Yet
there nave been mon und women but more women
than men, who have cheeriuy endured this hardness
through IN eAnausting rheumatism or neuralgia, or
bodily disasters that rasped the nerves anu tore the
muscles and paled tho cncek. Those who suffered
the battle hcd, amid shot aud shell, were much
aud horoines those The hos pitAls hnu
fever winch Ice could cool surgery cure.
also dnd on this roll tue heroes Of to who did
work uncompiannxiy. II - difficult ~ do sewing
when you expect that the employer will come and
poke his thumb through thc work to show you how
imperfect u u, or when you havo tho whole garment
thrown back on your lap 10 DO done over again, 70
know tnat II you stop before night your children
will starve. The great battle fields Of our last war
wero not Gettysburg or Shiloh or South Mountain,
but tho arscnais and shops ana attIcs whore women
madc army jackets Tor sixpence apiece. In this roll
also lind the heroes who have unc0mp lainingly
cured domestic Injustice There many VINO for
their toll aud anxiety have sympathy in their
homes. Exhnusting application 10 business gets them
livelihood, put an uniruga vile scaIlers IT. thus add.
Ing the exasperat,on oil domestic lilo 10 tho
ton Vt business iiie There IRE tens Of thousands oil
drunkarus IN TINS country To-day madc 50 ny their
wives but the trouble Is generally just tho opposite
direction. You would not have TO 20 lar TO llnd
wife whose life Is u complete martyrdom, who bears
something heavier than the stroke o the hist Unkind
words, perpetual maltreatmcnt have lett her ouly u
wreck. Yet shc makes NO complaint bitter
words when tho rUllickng companions ut two
o'clock ~ the morning picn her husband dead drunk
int0 inc front entry, no bitter words wncn the
family Bible goes for and the pawnbrokers shop
ge,s the last decent dress Not until the books u
eternity arc opened and the thrones oil judgment ncd
tuat TO tho brightest throne IN heaven will DO
that OF me drunkaru's wife, II sue with cheerful
patience endured tue agony. l find also IN tits roll
The heroes vi Christian charity | speaking Of
those who out o their pncnIng poverty help others;
tnuse who have outy hall Loaf 0f bread, but give
piece of It 10 Others; VITO have only scuttie coal
and help others To incl; Who have only dollar, but
give some one else twenty-five cents; that athor and
mother who 20 meaniy clad tnnt their chiren may
DO well cothed. call Them heroes aud horoines
rHE REWARDS OF HEAVEN
There IL great excitement IN hoaven; IL 10 corona
ton uay VINO are those rising ON the thrones with
crowns VI royatyY They must have great peo-
pie ON earth. No, they taught IN ragged school.
Who that great multitude tho highest thrones
Of bcaveuY they are those who led tho hungry,
clothed the naked, nealed the sick, couiorled the
heartbrokcn. and never found any rest Till they put
their heads down on tho pillow OF tho sepuicnre. l
preach the sermon TINS morning IN comfort Go homo
10 the place where God has put you 10 play the
aud heroine Do you think God VINO grows inc cotton
oi tue South will lot you freeze lack or clothes
or do you think that God who allowed HIS disciples
TO gather Corn on SUNDAY morning will lot you
kso up IN tho Joy oil God's promise this DAY.