The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-10-15

Mr. rAlmAos's SUNDAY TALK
"fa the Same usy SHAFT the Lord shave
with n Hasor thu, IL iiired. Name
" ~ Thnss neyond the River,
BY the King OF assyria"

anu from lufulku ihiias hht omar tt-
terlst of tho audience is the groAi
numter Of elergymen present Before
the eermon to-day Dr. rslmago road
and expOunded the 2l,h chapter OF the
First Book OF Samuel, the story OF
David allowing Saul, hls enemy, 10
escape, taking only a pieco Of his r1be;
by which saul might RiteTWtIds sec
that David had him II his power lae
opening hymn was:
"The mornlng light Is breaking,
The darkness disappears,
The sous OI men are waking
To peniteulal tears
THE TEEr.
d.. TalmagO's text was from lsaiah
VIII, 20: 'ln tho came day shall the
Lord shave With q razor hat 10 hiIod,
namely by hose beyond the river, by
the King az Assyri ria" lilo said:
"rns Bible ~ the h0ldest book over
written, There ara NJ aimill.Odes Ia
0sEiar VT tho Iliad or tho Odyssey 50
daring. lts Imagery sometimes soc ms
90. Il o fact NJ LnHl God would ataTtle
and aoaso end pruptl mon and ma.
lions. a tRus and limping simuituue
would ttl TO accomplish tho object.
While there art times when Ho employ =
In tho Bible the gentle dew and the
morning cloud aud the dove aud the
daybrGAk in the presentation OF ruth,
lightning, tho earthquake, tho spray,
the sEord, aud. in my text, the razor.
"This koen-bladed instTamout has
advanced in u aiulness with the ngss.
In Bible times aud lands the beard re
NAMED uncut, save in tho besSons oi
mourning nhd humiliation, but the
razor was always a suggestive symbol.
David ssyH Of Doeg, his antagonlst:
'Tby tongue IL = sharp razor working
l.. D.. aN.... "A .,t.a.
tho face, but IL really used for deadly
incision. IL this mornings text this
weapon of the toilet appears under the
following circumstances Judea
needed 10 Java some OF its prosperi
ties cut of, and God sends against it
three Assn rien kipgs-tirst Sennacb-
crib, then EsTsheddOn and afterward
Nebuchadnezzar. These three sharp
invasiops that cut down tho glory OF
Judea are compared To so sweeps
of tho razor across the lace OF the
land. And those circumstances were
called N hired razor, because God took
the kings OF Assyria, with whom He
had no sylppstby, 10 do the work, and
psid them IN pslscoB and spoils and an
nexations. Tnese kings were hired 10
execute the divine behests. And now
the text, which ON It's first reading may
have sesmt d l,ivial or inapt, is charged
with momaptous import: in the same
day shall tho Lord shave with razor
that is hired, namely, by them beyond
the river, ny The king OF Assyria.'
Wei, il
GODS JUDGMENTS ARE RAZoES,
we had peter be careful how we use
them on other people. In careful
sheath these domestic weapons are
put away where no one, by accident,
may touch them, and where the hands
of children may not reach them. Such
Instruments musS be carefully
how recklessly some people wield
the Judgments of God. II
man meet with business misfortune,
how many there are ready 20 cry out:
THAT il u Judgment o God upon him
because no WAS uascrupulous, or mr.
rogant, or over-reaching, or misery
1 Thought he would get cut down!
What q clean sweep of everything!
His city house nrd country house
gone. His stables emptied OF all the
fine bays aud sorrois and grays Mat
used to prsnce by his door, all his re-
sources overthrown and that which nc
prided himself on tumbled into demo-
fition. Good for himv Stop, my
brother. DON'T sling around TOO ir6ely
the iudgmenC OF God, for they
they are rszors. Some OF the
most wicked business men sue
coed and they live and Gle in prosper
ity, and some of tho most honest and
conscientious are driven into bank
ruptcy. Perhaps his manner was IN
fortunate and he was not really az
proud as .ho looked TO be. Some OF
those who carry their head erect and
: ScOk imperial are humDl0 as @ child,
while many 81 man in seedy cost and
sloueh hat and unblacked shoes is as
proud as Luoif5r. Yon cannot tell by
q mans look. Perhaps no was not un-
scrupulous in business, Tor there are
TWO SIDES 10 EVERY STORY,
and everybody that accomplisnes any
thing for himself or others gets in
dustriously iied about. Perhaps his
business misfortune was not q pun
ishment, but the tetherly discipline to
prepare MIN for heaven, and God may
love him lar moro than He loves
you who can psy dollar for dollar and
2I0 put down ~ ZIG ooInl1S1clas Ct-I--
loguo IS al. Whom the Lord loyeih
He gives 100000 and lets die on an
the Lord loveth He chasteneth.' Eet-
tor keep your nan6 off the Lords ra-
zors. lest they cut and wound people
thatd0 not deserve it. II you want TO
shave eff some OF toe bri5tling pride
of your own heart, do so;
but DO very careful now
others. How l do dislike the behavior
of those peraons who, wien people are
Unfortunate, say: Il told you SO; get
ting punisneu served iiiri right Ii
those I-told-you-so's got their desert
they would long ago have been pitched
over the battlsments. The mote in
their neighbor's eyes, 80 small that 1t
takes a microscope to find II, gives
them lnore trouble than the beam
which obscures their own Optics. With
airs sometimes spperciliou5 ana sons
times Pharisaiosl-and always BIAS
pheHous--they take the razor of divine
Judgment and sharpen it ON the homo
Of their own hard hearts, and then go
to work on men sprawled out at full
length by disaster, cutting mercilessly.
They begin by sof6 expressions Of sym
pathy and pity and hali-praise, and
father the victim all over before they
put on the sharp edge. Let us be care
Jul no " we shoot et others lest we take
down the wrong one, remembering
tho servant Of King William RUFUS.
who shot deer, put the arrow glanced
against a tree and killed the king. In
stead of going ous with shafts to pierce
and razors to cut, we had better linl-
tate the friend of Richard Cpur ole
Lion who, Ia the war of the Crusadesl
was captured and Imprisoned, bus
none at his friends knew where, 80
his disciple went around the land
from penitentlary TO penitentiary ana
sang at each window 6 snatch of
song that Richard Cpur dc Lion had
Taught him in other days. And Que
+ day coming bsfors o Jail where he sug-
pected his King might be incareeraled,
be sune two lines OF song and imme-
diatsly King Richsrd responded from
hie cell with the other two lines, and
SO his whereabouts were discovered,
and immediately q successful move
& nlent was made for his liberation. So
let us 20 up and down the world with
THE MUSIC OF KIND WORDS
and sympathetic hearts, ssrenading