New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-19
THE FAMINE IN IRELAND.
The Rer. r. DeWh 7plmcgc at The Brooklyn tabernacle
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Previous to his sermon yesterday morning
at the Brooklyn Tabernacle, Mr. Talmage read from a
small memorandumbook the following statement in
reference his troubles with the Presbytcry written
copies OF which lie handed down TO the reporters:
" You have doubt noticed that last Monday the
Presbytery OF Brooklyn refused grant the request for
n judicial investigation preferred by one of its
members Of my statement to this c0ngrega
ton, December in to IA communication 10 me
from the board OF Of this church After Pho
PresbyteTy last Monday had decided not TO grant that
requestOf my opponents arose and recalled every
thing / had said unpleasant to the cars
OF any In this my hour Of vindicatlon,
feel so thankful TO God and kindly toward my
complaining brethren that rcafrm in this larger audi
what last Monday said in the smaller audience,
and recall especially that which said in this place,
Sabbath morning. December T. in regard TO the moral
rOttenness' Of some OF my pursuers and everything
else that said accuatory My surprise is that IN this
long contest Of year have said little My regret is
that i said anything"
After the hymn which followed Mr.. Talmage arose
and very deliberately looked over the congregation.
81 wish what say" he began, "to DO received
in silence. without any demonstration of approval
or dsapproval. II it IL right, 1t Will approve
ITSELF II it is wrong, 1t will fall powerless."
Advancing to the front the platform. he continued
Matthew XIV s.: - was a-huncered and We gave me
meat" Owning al California, Australia and Goconda;
all the reindeer OF forest and all the buaOes Of the
plain ali the wild duck in the marshes and all the
plover and robin redbreass of the sky; all the fish in
the five oceans all the grandeds in two hemispheres
all immensely for space and all eternity for duraton;-
and yet hungry Why id Christ submit TO this gnaw-
ing and this physical torturcl Il was that He might
porsua Re all nations that lie fun OF sympathy for
bodv who has not enough TO eat. Every
moral and industrious man has right 10
enough TO eat lay down this principle,
whatever social political theory 1t may crowd.
II any moral and ind trious does not have enough
10 cat It is because somebody has more than his share
There Is plenty at Gods table every day for
1loO 600 But some seize the patters. and after
they have eaten their ILL., put the rest IN their pockets
aud leave millions to rise up unfed
The great question Of every civilized country now Is.
how much property man shall gather up ana roll
down from generation to generation; so that in time
one man might own a continent aud even the whole
earth and have the capacity TO sell water at so much
gallon and TO place tax on sunshine and fresh air
There estates rolling up in this country that should
set pOtca economists TO thinking about the future.
one man IN Wall Street turning over with one hand
$4,000 600 worth OF stock ought TO have set all the
people TO thinking about the future As long as the
sultan of Turkey salary OF S6000000 year, and
! the Emperor OF Russia salary OF SS,Z3OOOO, ana
~ 600 people in Great Britain all the SOIL although
! there is population OF 3O,OOOOOO ana lhe DUKE OF
Norfolk owns 600 600 acres IA The Hebrdcs, and the
and he Duke of Richmond owns 100000 acres at Cor
| don Castle there must be something deploraby wong
|
nueson is so vast that you can't it. and ali
| Europe and America can't settle IT, There is only one
| Whether it will require sacrifice OF human life 70
settle this land ques1on will not prophesy; but TINS
know: that Christ sympathiZes with all this distress.
and a voice sounds IN every Irish peat h0vel ana IN
every destitute English home, was ahungered The
rage that OF hunger has often had terrific deon
sTation. Famine is monster who has put his pap on
almost every nation. and this morning nc Is howlne for
his Drey and his voice shudderng across the At
Iantic Last Tuesday received cable dispatch IRON
e He hIs? aid neeced also received cable dispatch
from Lord james Butler. Of Dublin: Fuel and food
| needed i'm the West OF Ireland; and dispatch
| last week from the Earl of kintore confirms
td9g This mot political GGd There Is n Sn
unmsTakable, agoniziug, stunning, mllhon-voleed
shrek for GrSd tb fane Of Gls GT when me Govern
nept OF the United States sent S10OOOO TO relieve inc
"a 40 600 600 from the British Parliament for the
lief of the Vanishing in Ireland Persia. China Egypt
table crusade Yet hundreds OF thousands persisted
The famine was so terrible that The remembrance
N # In nineteen sent 30J90OO irish people to
tins country. And now there IL the famine OF 1850
l. would come on SAY o 5de n ss snd
i'm and Londonderry. heard II SAID Ne snai nave a
H. news two weeks 10 come by steamer and
the reply took two weeks. Now, thanks 10 the
e ee.Hes and the answer goes in lash In morning
ireland says she Is hungry aud before niehtsi tne
bread is on its way o. my country hasten lne pIehu
siuifs for dying Ireland! o. merchants, command the
you III the name Of HIM who sald wac a-hungereu'
Through a merciful God, the most OF us have been
liant from
for bread do not wonder thai these people
get desperate. II saw my children dying by lnches
| snnerfnity all around me-raher than hDish that
sentence let me say God Keep ,h me 81, IRON
household Work stops conversation ceases there arc
hollow eyes suppresse ieIocy !. ron end %
90 on unless the Christian world speaks out Inc IsI
% man ior almost any other nation 20 their fam
Ines suffering aud dying Even now great pOpuIalioh'
are surgng up and down Irish cites carrying inc Daci
ana the way put down these riots is 10 give then
hTead-not bullets; bread-not poicemen's clubs
Sread-noi armed sodiery The famine IN Ireland 7
brilliant scenery don't believe that God ever crowded
Ireland Amid this matchless beauty sat famine an,
5 starvation, the more CHASTITY by Their surround
i0SSit iG distress iG's" ireland has right 70 cal
on tnpism and eioqnence Of ireland have been nsp
fioD TO orators and all the world over and thes
nv ~ the shadow OF DEATH and the Of 1876 ar
! about 20 be repeated unless rehef comes speedily
vo1 To- forget ali ecclesiastical distinctions and put you
shoulders and your hears t9gether or the reI OF IRE
I'D are crowded. shall be unresponsye
anu en wine the shamrock around tie cross
ds hnnr voice louder than the groans Of reand-
Sas ahun gered" BY every exhausted sack OF oatmeal
Wv the blasted harvestfelds By the blanched cheek
graves of those who persisted in the famine OF SAL am
J. yyaster number Of graves OF those who persisted i
= 1Si6 I lInplore you not only 10 give, but 10 do
auIckly gather M the plant OF The helpless cnldre
eir breasts and the groans Of men who no lOnge
ghi The wolf from their DOORS and the walng OF ID
q staTyng aud ntone them ali IN one heart-rendin
. cry for help. am sure you Will be faithful Then whe
vcyr day OF distress You Will have the night
> ynacf sift relief Blessed IL he that cOnsdereh th
y nonr fine Lord Will deliver him from trouble" An
hen me last great day OF assze comes, the Judge WI
a bend TO Won and In rembrance OF this 1ay say " wa
naked and clothed me was nungry: anu ~, ye ie
| me Inasmuch ye did IL unto Po"T' STARVING iIeia
Tho close Of the sermon collection for The beDef
y, Tho irish was taken up. Mr.. Tamage announced INA
The proceeds would be rent directly 10 Tue Lofd Mayo
!, | OF Dublin
5 PREPARING THE WAY OF THE LORD.
l. I'e NV ~ Church.