New-York tribune., 1879-02-24
WE'LL IN EVERY WILDERNESS.
TttLe he wa Tdtadge, Gthc BOoklya TabsrnacLs (PI
bVpTf4u).


Tho Brooklyn Tabernacle platform was
laul.oln, y decorated with floral or rings yesterday.
~. T. image gave nodce that ho you'd not preach
Ti.iay Suud IS next. and thai lie would be absent
th" cty 81. Louis Chicago, Louis
vile and Cincinnati the morning discourse based
Genesis XXI. l7-lS: Arise, ft up the lad and hold
him thy hand. will make him great nation"
Morn breaks upon BcersbcDa, sad the preacher.
T.'rr an caIly in the hourse Of old Abraham
rrcl" ga .omc trouble among the dOmestcs. Hagar,
servant 10 Abraham, and her son. brisk son OF sixteen
nave become 20 impuIcnt that Sara puts down her foot
hlrl AMI says that thcy leave the premises Tney
are packias up now. Abraham seeing that they have
Il Ion: lo1rutv bctoro them. puts up sack OF -four
and b.tilr OF wa;er and advises them what path 10
taar. G.imacl her son. bounded away In the morning
l.it. lie knew not what disaster ahead Of him.
uag g.v,s loving look at the winch had boen
80 familiar 10 hcr and that had been connected with
every ioy lite and she starts on her pilgrimage
Poo: I-hunri! He gives out AMI lies down 70
rest His Mother rouscs him and he wakes up. TIudgc
tr,le , trndge across the dead level of the desert
Mics lip b. very slowly. II Is night on the
desert. Thc -four Is gone from the sack and the
water Is gone the bottle. Ishmael, awcaIy, soon
fail, asleep HaEar at cannot sleep, and she hu2s her
in her arms and thinks 1t II her fault that they are
The desert. They have lost their way There IA
path tnrouEh the slippery sand-n0 sign III the fed
Sky and SO Trey trudec No mother was ever made
strong enough 10 hear her child cry for drink and when
lshmael bcgs his mother stay Inn, she sits down and
wccpS, and in the depths OF mothers agony she e1
claims, We shall die, shall die" That shrek
pierced Heaven and angel walked ont on the clouds
anI SAID, HagGr Haear, what aeth theef llgar
then looked up and behold there was well OF water
sue led the bottle and saved the boy.
II is sad thing when people do not know their place
aud want TO rule above 1t. This was Hagars way. IL
destroyed sara's spirit, and in time would have de
a,,ttilil ilr
this wort there Is place ready Tor US. We may be
born bel, that sphere but viii climb up TO II. Ho-
ral IA engraved pewter pots God lHed hin INTO the
enchanted fields Of painter. Sometimes we are Dorm
IN a sphere higher than are intended tor. We may
n, horn m n palace and yet be intended for plough
the who makes q plough - as sO'o as ne
who nuk.a n ongIutipn, provided he makes as good
a plough the other does constitution OHe "O,lan
may be born 10 make garment gnd anOtheF 10 pe
queen ana vet needle is intended 10 he as
AMI valuable as thu sceptrc. Find out what Goa IN,
tends TO DO and then concentrate INC III et ~ Va
soul and body to do whether you walk under tnc
triumphal arch or pick dIunkaId rom tho ditch or
whether you 20 through the Carth IOho"ru uy utsSl
or hurrahs do your duty. Everlasting honor to All
those who find thrir sphere work and faithfully 40
II; but wilderness wandering Tor INC lsA'n"c's anu
HdsIrs. , ..,,
rarn from this Oriental scene lesson OF syrnpaty
woman when trudgcs In the desert III an az
Of tine world the wheel Of fortune turn very Idpuy.
women may be turned out into the wilderness ny the
dissipation OF husband or NE d.ath ] o, i GnJu "a J
tectOr 1t the night uf sorrow III Tue nome a
the father and husband ~ dead IN" IIousnsustn vi
bereavement has passed through the gdruch ol iha'
beautiful home To stricken one Ils pdIdu'c i's
IIagar IN the wilderness How often " i tnat woman
weak arm * cOnscripted this world oI huHeruS Play
God have mercy on the women VINO ar" wandering III
the desert uf poverty and wretchedne's ana einpfafe
them the arms OF eTerlasting ~ mpathy - -, .
also learn the lesson from TINS OTen'dl sCeue ni'
every mother leads forth tremendous uertlht7' Iah-
marl founded great nation OF Arabs, "hCh LOT atea
deted the assaults OF the great herOes; No hOtAef
know. tnr what fate her child IL reserved. close my
By drawing his pen paper SENDS an OIdcr IoT
chip from Canton and another 70 Madras ne
ls a boy sitling IN this congregation TINS morn
ng. | close my eyes again, aud rec a
man VINO ls the leader Ol reform school beloved Dy all
lie II bog who will sit In Of our Sunday-schO0l
clsscs this very Afternoon close my eyes gam ah9
look tnIty wears ahead. see convict ID CELL ana
a shaEc the door he starts and his chaln rattes
lie has been convicted three tmeh OF lOOpcIS,
aou aud murder. The fatal trap Is sprung upon the
scaffpd HIs body swings on 10 the grave ana MS Hol
INTO eternity. VINO IL Ac THIS very AFTERNOON he Wlh
b. city commons, WIN no one 70 care iof
Linn and no one To tell hin OF Heaven on mother.
vou are educating a soul whose destiny none can lel
You are cultivaung u star Or hliiEs grave
| learn also from tuls oriental scene tuit every
wilderness has q well mo 70. " on Tor water crir'F
I,umacl Ny son. SAID Haear, there Is 10 water,
this f. n desert Incn an angel came ont ana showed
the heartbroken mother we'll cf water. 20 III every
axe uf the world j. nat every wilderness haH
well In il. DO ~ H4gar dol. Look UP and see me
angel pointing down 10 well of hIppiness. Not uuil
you learn to cry Col ior mercy aud 10 seek Christ
for happiues- Will yOu nnd relief. LOOK upl Look up!
Ny fendS, she stoiy - told IN very lew short sen