Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-12
Would Destroy Like a Razor in the Hand
of a ChiId---Gods
Precision.
DR.. TALMAeE's TABERNACLE SERMON
Special 10 he Re0iSier.

mon 10 uAy DE' 1hlmhge Ieau anu eApounu
I'd the Twenty.fourth chapter Of the FRS
Book Of Samuel, the story Of David allow
ing Saul, his enemy, to escape, taking only
piece Of his robe by which Saul nigh
afterwards see that David had him in hi
power. The opening hymn was:
"Ihe morning light is breaking,
The darkness disappears
The sons OF men are waking
To penitential teas"
DR.. Talmsges text was from Isaiah vii
20: I'm the same day shall the Lord shaw;
with razor that is hired, namely BY them
beyond the river, by tie KUg of Assyria. II
He said;
Bold SImilitudes.
The Bible is the boldest bock ever writ
ter. There are no similitudes in Ossian OF
the Iliad, or the Odyssey 60 daring. Is
imagery sometimes seems on the verge Of
recklessness, but only seems SO. The fact
lie hat God would stsrtle and arouse and
prcpel men and natioUs. A tame and limp,
~ aimiitude would fail to accomplish the
o. jrct. While there are tunes when He
employs in the Bible the gentle dew and
TIE morning cloud and the dove aud the
day break in the presentation Of truth, we
cf,en find the iron chariot, the lightning,
the earthquake, the spray, the sword, aud,
in my text,
This keen.bladed instrument has ad
vsuced in usefulness with the ages. In
Bible times and lands the beard remained
urcut save in the seasons of mourning and
humiliation, but the razor was always sug-
gestive symbol. David says of Doeg, his
antagonist: Thy tongue is a sharp razor
working deceitfulE;" that is, it preteEds to
clear the face, but IS really used for deadly
iDcision. In this mornings text this weapon
OF the toilet appears under the following
circumstances. Judea needed to have
come of its properties cut off and God
sends against it three Assyrian kings, first
Sepnachsrib, then Esrahsddon aud after
ward NebuchadnezTAr. ,These three shSrP
;u,asIUns mat cut down the glory OF Judea
are compared to go many sweeps OF the
razor across the face of the land. And
tbese circumstances were called hired
razor because God took the kings OF
Assy!ia, with whom he had no sympathy,
to do the work and paid them in palaces
and spcils and annexstions. These kings
we're hired to execute the divine behess.
And now the text which on It's FIRST reading
msy have seemed trivial orinapt, is charged
with momeutuous import: In the same
day shall the Lord shave with a razor that
is hired, namely, by them beyond the river,
by The King OfAsSyria."
Well, if
GOd'A Judgments Are RazOrs,,
We had better be careful bow we use them
on other people. In careful sheath these
domestic weapons are put away, where no
one BY accident may touch them, aud whore
tbe hands Of children may not rescl them
Such instruments must be carefully haadled
or uot handled at all But how recklessly
some people WELD the judgments of God!
A Clean sweep
If man meet with business misfortune
how many there are ready to cry ou': "Tna'
is q Judgment Of God upon him because he
was unscrupulous, or arrogant, or over
reaching, or misery. thought, he would
get cut down What a clean sweep oi
everything! Hjs city house aud country
bouse gone. His stables empisd of all the
6ne bays and sorrels and grays that used to
prance by his door. All his resources over
thrown and that he prided himself on
tumbled into demolition. Good for him!
Stop, my brother. Don't sling sroand too
freely the judgment Of God, for they are
razors. Some o! the most wicked business
men succeed and they live and die in pros
perity, and some OF the most honest and
conscientious are driven into bankruptcy.
Perhaps bis manner was unfortunate ID he
Was not really IS proud ss he looked ID be
DsosiYiDE Appearance
some OF these who carry their heal erect
aLd icok imperial ore humble as child
While many man in seedy cost and slouch
hgt and unblacktd shoes is as proud as
Luciier. You cannot tell by q mans look
Psrhsps he vas not unscr0pul3ns N busi-
pess for there are two sides 10 every story
and everybody that accompanies anything
for himself or Others, gets indusriOusly lied
about. Perhaps his business misfortune
was not punishment but the tetherlY dis
cipline to prepare him for heaven, and God
NAV love him far more than be loves you
Who can. paw dollar for dollar and are put
down in the commercial catslcSue5 "a a l..
Whom the Lord love-h be gives four han
dred thousand dollars and lsts die OF EN-
broidered pillow? No; whom the Lord
loveth He chsstenerh. Better keep your
hAud off the Lords razors, lest they Gu; and
xourd people that do not deserve It Ii
yoa want 10 shave off some Of the brislling
pride Of Jour oEn heart, do so; but be verj
careful how you put the shsrP edge
on s,hers. How DO dislike the behavior
Of those persons, who, when people are On
fortunate, ssy:
'q Told You So
getting punished-ssTved him right" Il
rhose l told.you.so's got their desert they
would lopg ago have been pitched over the
5at,lemenIs. The mote in their neighbor
eyes. so small that it takes a uicroscops &c
fnd it, gives them more trouble than the
beam which obscures their own opiss
With air sometimes superciious and some
times Pharisaicsl, and always blssplenous
hey take the razor Of divine judgment and
sharpen it Oh the hone of their hard hearts
and then 60 20 work on men sprswled on
at full length under disaster, cutting nsr
ciIessly. They begin BY soft expressions o
sympathy and pity and haltpraiss, an
lather the victim all over bsfore they pl
On tie sharp edge. Let Us be careful ho'
we shoot at Others lest we take doWn tn
wrong cne, remembering the servant o
King William Rufus who shot a deer, bu
the srrow glanced against tree and kille
the king. Instead of going out with shat
to pierce snd rszors to cut We had bate
| initiate
me Friend OF Richard C1ur de Lion.
who IN the war OF the Crussdes was capture
ard imprisoned, but none Of his friend
knew where. So his disciple went aroun
the land from penitentisry to pea
tertiary and sang at each window
snatch Of sorg that Richard C1ar q
Lion had taught him in other days, An
one day coming before jail where ne so
pected his King might be inoar:eeAted,