The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-05-29


- In the Brooklyn Taher'
G Nr nacle on sunday
May 1866
Brooklyn, N. Y, May lS.-Mr Tai
mage appeared upon the Tabernacle
platform this morning his hair and
whiskers neatly trimmed, and a broad
umile Frightening his Countenance. He
gave out the opening hymn hurriedly,
and seemed to be struUgliDgto keep back
something that he desired to say. When
the nshers marched down their respec-
tive aisles to get the collection boxes,
Talmage said with his characteristic ab'
ruptness: "To show the spirit and tenn
Der with which l am pursued, put be-
fore the public the fact that after my en-
tire vindications by the Brooklyn Pres
bytery in respect to charges brought
against me, Messrs. Vandyke and Cros'
by have printed and are widely Circulat'
ing their speeches, hoping to prejudice
the ministry against me. l am glad that
the session and trustees of this church
have ordered the able speech OF Dr.
Spear to be printed, and the same will
be sent abroad throughout the country,
to correct the false impressions which
my enemies are trying to make The
collection this morning will be for the
printing and gratuious distribution OF
that speech of Rev. Dr. Spear. The col
lection will now be taken up" Jap
plause and hisses, DR.. Spear, who oc'
cupied a seat in Msjor Corwin's pew,
seemed pleased with the announcement,
for he smiled repeatedly during its de-
livery. The sermon was as follows;
SUBJEcr-"THE CoRN.CRIB."
TEXT: "Ye shall not see my face, ex'
cept your brother bs with YOU" Gen
esis xiii, 8.
Nothing to eat Plenty of corn 10
Egypt, but ghastly famine in Canaan
The cattle moaning in the stall. Men,
women and children awfully white with
hunger. Not the failing of one crop for
one summer, but the failing of all the
crops for seven years. A nation dying
for lack of that which is so common on
our tables, and so little appreciated; the
product of harvest field and grist mill
and oven; the price OF sweat and ankle
ty and trouble - bread Jacob, the
father, has the last report from the -four
bin, and he finds that everything is out,
and he says to his sons, Boys, hook up
the wagons and start for Egypt, and get
us something to eat" The fact was,
there wss great corn-crib in Egypt
The people of Egypt nave been largely
taxed in all ages, and at the present
time are paying between 70 and 80 per
cent, Of their products to the Govern.
ment. No wonder in that time they had
q large corn crib, and it was full! To
that crib they came from the regions
around about-those who were famish-
ed-some paing for the corn in money
when the money was exhausted, paying
for the corn in sheep and cattle and
horses and camels; and, when they were
exhausted, then selling their own bodies
and fa miles into slavery.
The morning for starting out on the
crusade for bread has arrived. Jacob
gets his family up very early. But be-
fore the elder sons start they say some.
thing that makes him tremble with
emotion from head to foot and burst in
to tears. The fact was that these elder
sons had once before been in Egypt to
get corn, and had been treated some
what roughly, tho lord of the corn crib
supplying them with corn, but saying at
the close of the interview, "Now, you
need not come back here for any more
corn unless you bring something better
than money-even your younger broth
er Benjamin! An Benjamin! !! That
very name was suggestive of all tender
ness, The mother had died at the birth
of that soma spirit coming and another
spirit going; and the very thought of
parting with Benjamin must have been
y Eeart break. The keeper of this corn
crib, nevertheless, sssys to these older
zone, "1here is no need Of coming up
here any more for corn unless you can
bring Benjamin, your fathers darling"
Now Jacob and his family very much
needed bread, but what a struggle 1t
would be to give up this son. The ofi'
entails are very demonstrative ia their
grief, and ! Aesr the Outwailing Of the
father as Il $50 older sons keep reiterat-
ing in his ears the announcement Of the
EHyptiaa Lord, "Ye shall not see my 1
lAce unless your brother be with you
"Why did y0u 1talb them you had
brother ?" says the old man, complain
ing and chidiEg them. why, father"
they eaid, "he asked as all about Dur |
family, and we had no idea he would I
mAke ouch demand upon US as he has
made" ''"No use of asking me" /" said the
father; II can not, 1 will not, give up
Benjamin" The fact was that the old |
man had lost children; and 4, have been
told that when taere has been bereaye. |
ment in 3 household, and child taken,
it makes the other childrenin the house
hold more precious. So the day for de
parturs was adjourned and adjourned
and adjourned. Still the horrors, Of theI1
famine increased, and louder moaned
the cattle, and, wider open cracked the
earth. ard more pRllid became, the.
Chseks, until Jacob, IN despair, cried cut
to his Sons, Take Besjsmin and be off, !
The older sons tried 70 cheer Up their
father. They said, I'VE have strong
arms and stout hearts, and no harm will |
come 70 Benjamin. @Ws,ll see that he
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