New-York tribune., 1884-02-25
TRIBU1ES TO The ARCTIC HEROES.
MIR. TALMAGE DwELLs ON THEIR SUCCESS.

LESSONS TAUGHT by THE JEANETTE EXPEDITION
GODS RESERVATIONS.
Arctic Heroes was Mr.. Talmage's subject
Yesterday at the Brooklyn Tabernacle His text was
By the breath OF God frost gwen and the breadth OF
the waters is straitened." He said in part
In Jobs time there polar expeditions, but the
text is an accurate description of Arctic sea- From 1t
comes our winter hatched out among the cebegs under
the brooding wings Of the north wind There STAND
hugh castles and great batleme nted glaciers
sebas;OpOls and Gibratars guarding the Iaho Oh inquiry
and gates of glass that swing open for the dang Seh
rers and then swing shut leaving the world 10 question
what became of the lost shipping Catheorais III "hO
eternal silence wOrshpsl thrones on which eternal sun
ness regns hundreds of miles that never heard 'ne
sound OF human footsteps IAN immensely OF chi que.
From those regions come eleven silent passengers On
the difference between their going out and theT
coming ini On July 8, 1879, SAILING Iron
San Francisco harbor amid the cheers OF the popuaee
the sautes from fort and vessels and by telegraph inc
whole continent in sympathy; yea, Whoe naohs puu"e
them 'God-speed' They come back the cmef ODecl oi
interest but not hearing gun or seeing one hat
lifted
"People say the expedition was awful failures that
only two frozen islands were discovered at the cost OF al
these lives 1 give my most emphatic protest against
this most misleading cry Of failure In four respects al
least IL was a magnificent success. In the
first place, It has demonstrated before the wOru
that nOlY reuglOn udJ Do N"hAiSN
into all enterprises Christ more on the snip
on Galee than the Jeanette shown by DE Longs
diary and journal This Christian commander did not
wait until all reduced the last OF pemmcan or
little willow tea and roasted boot SOLE but he renen-
bered God when In full vigor and prayed IN bright
weather as well bad. Let the atheist and the blatant
philosopher of to-day lstcn Pronounce no e1pditlon
failure which up the banner Of Emmanuel on the ice
bergs! Another great is the overwhelming ex-
ample OF courage for the world and the church They
were not going forth to fight men, but tho dumb eie-
ments
"Thcr was the kind of courage that goes out against
foe that never srrenders and dies I'm gled there
ore giants still living. They have taught us thdt the
world bounded the north SOUTH east ana west Oy
the courage OF man, the greatness OF Cod .
Another great OF the expedition Is that IL mas
proved the mpossiby of pushing further in that direc
ton II IS great thing for the world TO know when u
has reached the impossible All sensible and enterprsng
men symUathize with the Greey relief expedition but not
a dollar more, not a life more should be sacrhced III
merely scientific expeditions. There Is now no need oi
northwest passage for the face OF nature has changed
Our continent cut through in three places and why go
uu where the world will give the cold shoulder WneD
We can go through the heart Of the cOntnent God mas
some reservations. Hc must have some pathS Whefe lie
can walk without being questioned lie has SCI up
his FURNISHED barriers, ana armed senncls are pacing up
and do d. and he has placed the sign there No admit
ta1cc."