The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-03-06
miscellaneous,
TALMAGE,
SsrHE BRIGHT SIDE OF THINGS
The Brooklyn Divine at Pixies Opera House Last
Evening.
IErom lhe clnclnnntl EnOuIrerI


out against the vices that have hereto
fore been winked at among the higher
Vrs des of society. His lecture last even
ing was upon "The Bright Side o
Things drew a fine audience from the
best people of the city, and was carefully
listened to, and received with marked
den onstrations of appreciation, Mr.
Talmage came on the stage promptly a.
s o'clock, accompanied by Mayor Moore
He is tall, well built, evidently about Al
years Of age, with dark hair, combed tt
conceal a threatened badness, auburn
eide whitkers, a prominent nose and
an expressive Countenance. Heheld the
attention ofhis audience throughout, now
soaring into wondrous heights of oratory
and moment later Conyulsing the au
dience with scintillations Of wit, never
forgetting, meanwhile, to aim between
some shaft that would carry to the heart
Lesson of truth and life wisdom. Mr.
Talmege's visit will be remembered by
those who heard him, and his return
vii, be eagerly looked for. Here is the
leCture
LADIES AND GENTLENEN-This is very
pleasant world to live in. If you had
been consulted as to which Of Il stars
you would have chosen to live upon, you
could not have done wiser thing than
to have selected this. l have always
been gled that | got on this planet. The
best color can think oftor sky is blue,
for foliage green, for the water is crysa.
line flash. The mountains are just high
enough, the rivers of proper length; the
flowers are sufficiently aromatic, the
earth Just solid enough. The human
face is admirably adapted for its work,
the sunshine in its smile, the tempest in
its frown, two eyes, one only absolutely
necessary, if one is lost we can look on
the scenes that are about us. Cne nose
enough for those who walk among the
many nnisances, whether it is GreCiaG
arch or Roman, or turned toward the
heavens. 1t is long lane that has no
turn. Think it is a good time to live,
would rather live ten years now thai 500
years in the time of Methuselah. Is it
not strange that in such good world
there should be dsagrePable people2
When / apeak of disagreesble people, |
know there are none here. Your hus
bands, for instance, are all they ought to
be-good naured as May. When the
wife ssks for little spending money,
the good man of the house says: "Al
right, my dear; there is my pocket book
take as much as you want, and come
soon again" Those wives always meet
him with a smile, and say: My dear,
your slippers are ready; the mullins are
warm; put your feet upon this cushion"
Those brothers take to the companion.
ship of their sister in preference to any
body else's sister.
To make the illustration Of life more
full, walk with me in the rogues' gallery
Of disagreeable people. l wish | could
say something to make your life more
bright. We all want help in the great
struggle of life. Those persons who are
always walking on silts are ofno service
to themselves or any body else. AT one
of those meetings where these presump
tous individuals are aptto speak, there
was one man got up and said: Il am
on board the old ship; am sailing Heav
onward; lam going at the rate Of seven.
teen knots al hour, and shall soon sail
into the harbor." Another man with
little more vim in his presUmptousness
said: 81 am on board the old ship OF
Zion, and am going at the rate of thirty |
knots an hour, and shall soon sill into |
the harborp And then another man
with a little more stateliness Of presump |
ii arose and said: 81 am aboard the
old ship and it is steamship; and we
shall soon sail into the harbor;" and he
sat down. An old woman got up and |
said: "Well, brethren, l have been go.
ing to heaven seventy years, and going
afoOt, and l suppose | shall have TO 60
afoOt all the way, aud if some of those
people going 'jy steam don't look out
they will burst their bilers."
There is no face more decidedly char
acteristic than the fault fuder-men who
deride every thing. There are a great
many delightful people. am every day
surprised to find 30 many really clever
people Ifthey walk with you in pic
ture gallery they see something that
pleases them very much. 1t is the sum.
mer season they are just delighted if
It is winter they are happy. There are
Jome persons thus pleased under al cir.
,umstanCes.
There is another character that I will
present to you: If he is law
yer be wants clients; if a physi,
ian he lacks patients. When his wife
proposes dish that she thinks will
,lease him, he comes in the door aud
ives a Whit, and says: What have
Iou OF in the house2' and she tells him,
le says, "noW, my dear, you know !
lever did like goldfish" Some evening
le resolves to be specially gracious he
axes bis family to an entertainment,
.rumbling at the expense. Arrived
here the music begins. The orchestra
n its finest strains, warbling, weeping,
numbering and praying all the sweetest
ongs, he says to bis wife, "DO you see
hat fellow over there blowing on that
French hornP Did you ever see such
acep his wife says, My dearp p He
ays' "0h, you be still; you are always
'leased with every thingp Perhaps he
pes to church and the sermon is didac-
ic one, and then he says, II could not
eep awake; did you ever hear any thing
o dead2" The next Sunday he enterb
mother church, where the minister is
iven to illustration. He is still more
ispieased. Such people are all crooks
nd quirls. Like a crab, they move
when you expect them to go
,rward; turning in four directions. The
rst you know of his whereabouts you
ave lost him and when you believe
on have lost him be catches you by the
eel. In place of catching the crab, the
rab catches you.
You can take almost any thing and
lake It bright or dark; more depends
pom the characteristics than the sur.
Just little conversation between
usband and wife reveals all of The do. n