Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-06
SERMON.
brooklyn Divine Discourses
on "T::ae Lords Razor"
=. pcaling with Nations That Mead
,.bukc-.Apparent Accidents as Fac.
tors ii tho Administration
of Divine Justice.

=. 1.-THE Loru's RAZOR" lhe Brooklyn
'arnoclc was crowded. At all the serv.
y held there are people from all parts
F,his land and from foreign lands. One
'r,cteristic of the audiences is the great
'n,Ner of clergymen present. Before the
,,or to-day, DR.. Talmage read and ex.
.naod the 9th chapter of the First Book
samuel, the story of David allowing
Il lis enemy, 10 escape, taking only a
-, Of his robe, by which Saul might see
=. novid had had him in his power. The
Lonins hymn was:
The morning light is breaking,
The darkness disappears;
The sons of men are waking
no penitential tears.
M. Talmage's 'ext was
,he same day shall the Lord shave with
,azor that is hired-namely, by them be-
[nd the river, by the King of Assyrla.-
eia!,, vii, ~.
Dr.. Talmage said:
Tbo Bible is the boldest book ever writ.
/. There are no similitudes in Ossian or
q Had or the Odyssey so daring. It's
bacery sometimes seems on the verge Of
o reckless, but only seems so. The fact
that God would startle and arouse and
mel men and nations. A tame and
HUNG similitude would fail to accom-.
ish the objects. While there are times
zen he employ in the Bible the gentle
(w and the morning cloud, and the dove
the ~daybreak in the presentation of
nth, we often find the iron chariot, the
mining, the earthquake, the spray, the
Ford, and in mytext the razor.
Mis- keen.bladed instrument has advanced
usefulness with the ages. In Bible
mes and lands the beard remained uncut
va in the seasons Of mourning and hui
%Eliation, but the razor vas always asug-
stive symbol. David says of Doeg,
5 antagonist: "Thy tongue is a sharp
zor working deceitfully;" that is,
pretends to clear the face, but
really used for deadly incision.
this mornings tex this weapon of
toilet appears under the following cir
instances. Juiea needed to have some
lis properties cut off and God sends
kainst it three Assyrian Kings-frst Sen.
kcherib, then Esrohaddon and afterward
tbuchadnezzar?s These three sharp inva.
Ms that cut down the glory of Judca, are
impaired to so many sweeps of the razor
Eross the face of the land. And these
tcumstances were called q hired razor,
cause God took the Kings of Assyria,
III whom he had no sympathy, to do the
Erk, and paid them in palaces and spoils
lamentations. These Kings were hired
execute the divine behests. And now
TEXT, which OH the first reading may
yc seemed trivial or inapt, is charged
hh momentous import: SIN the same
BY shall the Lord shave with arazor that
hired, namely by them beyond the river,
the King of Assyria."
Well, if Gods judgments are razors, we
better be careful how we use them on
her people. In careful sheath these do.
este weapons are put away where no
e ty accident may touch them, and
here the hands Of children may not reach
em. Such instruments must be careful
landed, or not handled at all. But
w recklessly some people WELD the
igmcnt of God. If a man meet with
siness misfortune, how; many there are
s!y to cry out: "That is a Judgment of
I'll upon him because he was unscrpulous,
arrogant, or ov~er-reaching, or miserly.
bought he would get cut down! What a
San sweep of everything! His city house
q country house gone. His stables emp
d OF all the fine bays and sorrels and
lays that used to prance by his door. All
!, resources overthrown and that he
lied himself on tumbled into demoli-
o. Good for him." Stop, my
other. DON'T sling around too freely the
%lglnents OF God, for they are razory.
5me of the most wicked business
IN succeed and they live and die in
rosrerity, and some Of the most honest
Ai conscientious are driven into bank.
lpcy. Perhaps his manner ~as unfor-
lnate and he was not really as proud as
e locked to be. Some of those who carry
heir leads erect and look imperial are
smble as q child, while many a man in
EtNy coat and SLOUGH hat and unblacked
hoes is as proud as Lucifer. You a
yt tell by a mans look. Perhaps he was
ct INSCRIPTIONS in business. for there
We two sides to every story, and every.
a'y that accomplishes anything for him
III or others gets induslriously lied about.
craps his business misfortune was not
punishment, but the fatherly discipline
prepare him for Heaven, and God may
We him far more than he loves you who
sA lay dollar for dollar and are put
own in the commercial catalogues as A
Whom the Lord loveth he gives $780,
" and lets die on embroidered pillow!
Z; whom the Lord loveth he ~chas!eneth.
s!ter keep your hand off the Lords ia.
&s, lest they cut and wound people that
not deserve it. l fyou want to shave
some of the bristling pride ofyour WI
Fart, do so; but be very careful how
u put the sharp edge on others.
70" 10 dislike the behavior OF
Jose persons, wh,s when people are I'M
E'unate, say: ~ told you so-getting
amshed-seryed him right" II those l.
aa'you-so's got their desert they would
As ago have heen pitched over the battle
vents. The mote in their neighbours eyes,
y small that it takes a microscope to find
gives them more trouble than tue beam
'Ach obscures their own optics. with
'ometimes supercillious and some
"ss Pharasaical, and always BIAS
~sMous, they take the razor of divlne
.'sment and sharpen it on the hone OF
~slf own hard hearts, and then go TO
LUX on men sprawled out at full length
taer disaster, cutting mercilessly. They
Sln by soft expression Of sympathy
W pltV and hole praiSo and lAthor the