Sharp County record., 1885-10-29

" aotoristic of the audiences 's Vno t,,o
cnarao,' sor nf clergymen present. Before VIC
number u sau Dr.. Talmage read and eX'
Dounded 80 the 2ith chapter OF n1d ong I, slowing
p0p samuel, the story OF DaVla % ailUT n,,r ?
O. ,'l his enemy, 10 escape taxing ,h4 Gmls Ssa
Saui, ~ Us his robe, by which Saul mign' S, See
piece is o. HiI had had him in his power Inc
opening hymn was
The morning light Is DreaNins'
The darkness disappears
THE sons of men are waking
TO pentential tears
DR.. Talmage'S ext was -,,.,,o u,,.n
$780, some day shall the Lord shave WIN
ra2or that is hired-namelS' W s1.r,o
rond the river, by the King oi A''' ''
Isaiah Vii,2
rno Bible is the boldest book ever wi.U, ~
..a There are no similitudes in oSSian VI
vi Md or the Odyssey so daring lCs
sne T, 80 soroatimes seems on the verge ol
=. ~ xooI,oss hut only seems So The lac.
ss tbat God would starlle ana arouse On.
rropel men and nations a Ia'ile anu
i;m,inp smilitude would fail 10 accom-.
-,;nh tTe obiects While there are tihleS
.nhon he EMPLOYS in the Bible the gen'le
Am and the morning cloud, and the oove
md the daybreak in the presentation ~
~, wa often find the iron chariot the
,;ahtning, the earthquake, the spray, 'he
sword, and in my text the razor
Tbis keen.bladed instrument has advanced
Il usefulness with the ages. In biole
t;mas and lands the beard remained uncut
in the seasons of mourning ana hu'
,n;liotion. but the razor was always asug'
gestive symbol. David says OF DOGGY
his antagonist: "Thy tongue is Sharp
razor working deceitfully" that Is,
- rrotpnds to clear the face, but
is really used for deadly incislon.
I'll this mornings text this weapon OF
the toilet appears under the following cir
cumstances. Judea neeled to have some
of ifs nrosperities cut off and God sends
apainst it three Assy rian KingS-tirst Sen
pacherib, then Esrahadd0n and afterward
Nebuchadnezzar. These three sharp lnva'
Mons that cut down the glory OF Judea' are
compared to so many sweeps of the razor
across the face of the land. And these
circumstances were called hired razor,
because God took the Kings of Assyria,
with whom be had no sympathy, to do the
work, and paid them in,palaces and spoils
and annexations. These Kings were hired
10 execute the divine behests. And now
the text, which on the first reading may
s Have seemed trivial or inapt, is charged
with momentous import: "ln the same
dav shall the Lord shave with arazor that
Is hired, namely by them beyond the river,
by the King of Assyria."
Well, if Gods judgments are razors, we
had better he careful how we use them on
other people. In careful sheath these do.
nestle weapons are put away where no
one ly accident may touch them, and
where the hands of children NAV not reach
Them. Such instruments must be careful
1y handled, or not handled at all. But
how recklessly some people WELD the
Judgment of God. If a man meet with
business misfortune, howl many there are
ready to cry out: "That is Judgment of
God upon him because he was unscrpulous,
Or arrogant, or over-reaching, or miserly.
\ thought he would get cut down. What
clean sweep Of every thing! His city house
and country house gone. His stables emp.
tled OF all the fine bays aud sorrels and
grays that used to prance by his door. All
zhlS resources overthrown and that he
Eprided himself on tumbled into demoli.
tlon' Good for him" Stop, my
brother. Don't sling around too freely the
Judgments of God, for they are razory.
Some of the most wicked business
men succeed and they live and die in
prosperity, and some of the most honest
ana conscientious are driven into bank.
rup'cy. Perhaps lbs manner was unfor.
tuhate and he was not really as paoud as
he looked to be. Some of those who carry
Inelr heads erect and look imperial are
humole as child, while many a man in
seedy coat and slouch hat and unblacked
snoes is as proud as Lucifer. You can
+ hoC Tell oy mans look. Perhaps he was
not INSCRIPTIONS in business, for there
are two sides to every story, and every.
ooay THAT accompishes anything for him.
sei' or others gets induslriously lied about,
rernaps his business misfortune was not
punishment, but the fatherly discipline
70 prepare him for Heaven, and God NAV
'oVe MIN FAR more than he loves Won who
can pay dollar Tor dollar and are mt
uoWn IN the commercial catalogues as
!. whom the Lord loveth he gives $500
o1o and lets die on embroidered pillow
NO. whom the Lord loveth he cbasfeneth
De'Cer keep your hand off the LORDS ra.
zoFS' lest they cut and wound people that
40 40 no' deserve it. If you want to shave
ON some of the bristling pride ofvour own
li.ear'' DO so; but be very careful how,
y1u put the sharp edge on others
no" do dislike the behavior of
t, tnose persons, who, when people are nm.
'' .Or,unate' say: 81 told you so-yetting
pun'Sned-served him right.n If those =