South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-08-04
he CONTENT.
Sermon Preached in BROOKLYN Taberna-
&C. New York. by Rev. T. De-
Wit Talmase.

TExr.--Tlebrsws MIL. 5: "Be cou,ea,
with such ,hiars as sc have"
1t should ask some one, Where
is Brooklyn TO .day?' he would say
AT Shelter Island Where is New
York to-dayy' AT Long Branch
Where is Philadelphia p AT Cape
May. Where is Boston p AT
Martha's Vineyard Where is Vir.
ginia 2 'At the Sulphur Springs
Where the great multitude from all
parts OF the land p AT Saratoga
the modern Bethesda, where the an-
gel OF health is ever stirring the wa.
tiers. But, my friends, the largest
multitude are at home. detained by
business or circumstances. Among
them all newspaper men, the hardest
worked and least compensated city
railroad employees and ferry masters.
and tlie police and teEs of thousands
OF clerks and merchants waiting FOR
their turn of business, and households
with an invalid who can no. be NOV
cd, and OTHER multitudes, by the
strinGency of the times hindercd from
further expenditure. and the great
multitude of we'll to.do people who
stay ut home because they like home
better than any other place, refusing
TO 60 away simply because it is the
fashion 10 go. When the express
wagon, witli its mountains of trunks
directed to the Catskl!s or Niagara,
goes through street, we stand at our
window cnvious and impatient, and
wonder Why we could not 90 as we'll
as others. Fools that we are, as tho
we could not be as happy at home rs
anyw here else. Our grnndfa.he-s and
grandmothcrs had US good a time as
We have, long before the first spring
was bored at Saratoga or the first
deer shot IN the Adriondacns. They
made their wedding tour to the next
farm house, or, living in the city.
they celebrated the event by an extra
walk on the New York battery
Now, the genuine American is not
happy until he Is going somewhere,
and
THE PASSION j. so GREAT
that there are Christian people, with
their families, detained in the city.
who come not 10 the house of God.
trying to give people the idea that
they are ont OF town; leaving the
doorpltc unsecured for the same
reason and for two months keeping
the front shutters closed while they
SIT IN the back part Of tho house, the
thermometer at ninety! Ny friends,
II il is best for Us TO 90. let us go and
be happy, lit is best for us TO Stay at
home, let Us stay at home and be
happy. There is Il great deal Of good
common sense in pauPs advice to the
Hebrews BE content with such
things as We have
The first reason that mention nc
leading to this spirit advised in the
text Is the consideration that the poor.
est OF rs have all that is indispensable
III LIE. We make a great ado about
our liardslnps, but how little we talk
OF our blessings. Health of body,
which is given in lrgest quantity TO
those who inve never been petted
and fondled and spoiled by fortune.
VIC take as matter Of course. Rath
er have this luxury. aud haven't alone.
than without t look out of "a palace
window upon Tarks of deer stalking
between fountains & statuary. These
people s.ecp sounder OH Il straw mat.
tress than fashionable invalids on q
couch OF ivory aud eagles down. The
dinner OF herbs tastes better TO the
appetite sharpcned on woodman' s
axe or rcaper's scyihc than wealthy
Indigestion experiences seated at a
table covered with partridge and ven.
ison and pineapple. The grandest
luxury God ever gave man is health.
lie who trades that Oft for all the pal
aces of the earth is infinitely cheated
We look back at tie glory of the last
Napoleon, bat who would have taken
his Versailles and his Tuileries If
with them we had been obliged to
take his govt
oh, says some one, 1T isn't the
grossor pleasures ! covct, but it is the
qualification of an artistic and intel.
lectuaI taste Why, my brother.
YOU have the original from which
these pictures arc copied. What is a
sunset on the wall compared with a
sunset hung in loops OF fire on the
heavens! What is cascade silent
on canvas, compared with Il cascade
That makes the mountain tremble, the
spray ascending like the departed
spirit OF the wator slain on the rocks ?
Or there is a great deal of hollow af-
lection about a. iOndness for pictures
on the part Of those who never appre-
clatc the original form from which the
pictures are taken. As though "a pa
rent should have no regard for hs
child but 90 into ecstacies at tho pho,
tograph Bless the Lord O man. O
woman, that though son may be shut
ont from the works Of a church.
Blerstadt a ltnbens, aud q Raphael.