New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-02
THE POWER OF TIE WEAK.

The Rec 7. DeWfn ToIraGge, a. he BrooIiy" Ieoe'"'
At the Brooklyn Tabernacle yesterday the
Rev. T. Dewitt TalmaFe spoke TO large congrcsl.'V
mon Unexpected Victories" illustrating by phmei-
GUS examples the power Of The weak anu the
work done by those whose bodily nrmiies, 1t ngn' Nv
thought would disquahfy them for the parts 'ncS M
The text was from Isaiah xxxiii % Inc 'ane '"AN
the prey" Mr.. Talmage said In part
The utter destruction OF the Assyrian host Is mere P
dlced: not only the strong and the roDnsi' pu. .o
crippes were capture valuable prizes fhSS'o' 49,,
bilIty was TO be hndrancc This has been true J"
past Is now and will he in the future, In AL
OF human effort There will always he grand ach'e'e-
meuts under great dsady DO you hnow 'n"'
three OF the worlds greatest poets were bhnd-hon,ei
Ossian and John Milton Prescott, the HISTORIAN au'o
Of tbe Conquest of Mexico" never saw Mexico OF even
the paper on which he wrote FRAMEWORK
guided across the page the hand winch no'u
that pen immortal Alexander Pope was an invaIu a,o
mad Ia be sewed M rough canvas every hornns ~
tbo, he could stand Stuart, the painter ala much oi
his glorious while locked mp IN DUNGEON lot h ht
Demostbencs before he conquered assemblies WIN ~.
oratorv bad 10 conquer his iisp Bacon was graz
ferer from sickness Byron and scott wen, mn at
alone through life each club foot. Many Ioets,
painters orators and historians, IN SPIT OF ii ~
cripple them here. carried on tne d ne centl-
success amid the huzZas OF the Nations anu 'hc e0"
ries " The lame take the prey. 80 ,.ro Obscure
parentage with natural advautases. ,oiuu .n 80
ibe son OF weaver; Fcrgson' lhe hsirohoi,I' III ,In
shepherd America was ne pzs OF 'ue , T. world is
still more true in reference 20 mofal ahu t ork
osts. There many nyaGs I3 ing 10 do III ncSica.
ments Such persons find ore me ones "no ,i ho
the most OF the Bible and are most in ,a,ia
with Leans Christ They have conquered teinp.a,ipn'
There were Robert Hail. Edward Payson * g. H.
Ter md Samuel Rutherford, all inValius III he'cn
ives W be those that saw on earh,
and the ears there most alert VIII De nose - 81
never heard the voice OF friend ihc caroI 9i o
~, olngv Of congregation. The legend OF 81 FRO
doest is that by kiss he caused his mother ~,
IN see This is only gend. but IN the hereafter Ine
Mss of Gods love shall give eternal illumination 10
those blind earth. Those VINO loii hslu' dart
on scent wages ore inhrm, dwell IN uhrk
alleys WHO cannot afford to ride even IN me ST.
cars and sec no pictures hut those IN shop Windows
shali dwell on the mountain OF TRANSPORTATION anu
Tre ave n,any persons who like to do good and az
Not tie kings ruling at tho time, but the wprhsu ~,
ployed by them Who bum tne 9yAes o o, nTl
,oned dov nv day nj their task Our vast cities
are NOT built by the capitalists but by the earIen
Tors masons. plumbers and other craitsinen but
We All like 20 order and are unwilling 70 Work
merely We ali want TO be captains, coIuneN huu
diergeuerals. and few are willing 10 WORK ~
For every Christian who Is at work mere are uty "u
M he i9b Each one must preach she Gospel wherever
he is or woe 10 him Your workshop Is your pulpit ana
Tho ost useless men are often those who have ten tai
ents The man with only TWO or uOne az ~ a.,
49, mo sreat work What want 10 impress on nvsef
d vorself ia that IL IL not the number OF taiens we
have but the use make OF them that determines our
success , -. - -. tho rransburgs the
stnIrts the Bourbons but many of the LORDS roy al
families live In gaTrets, or walk tne ttree1s
vctss or may be found in almshOuses. This wide ree,
trsmendons eospe takes who 10 all wrong ana SETS
him ali right remember when preaching In another
was 10 conduct the funeral Al The Tune hearu some
men speaking In the street, and one SAID LEI Us 20 ano
hear Talmage damn that ola sinner hsd o9y 'fass n1r
ing We are now week nearer than ever before 70
the oblteraton OF the inequalities OF NE ana me end
its vicssitudes Let US 1--we so as 10 gam heaven "