The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-03-25
WHAT We INHERIT.
A Sermon on the Laws and Adj
vantages and Disadyan-
tages OF Heredity.
Tho ,plo OF FoyettC, NO., Favored by
Ono of tho 'Marrlage Ring"
Sermons of DIR. Talmnge.

Sermons OF DR.. Talmage.
Al the invitation Of the chief citizens ol
| Fayette, Mo-, Rey. y. De Witt Talmage,
d. d., stopped there TO preach on his way
TO Kansas City and other places, He ar
rived Saturday afternoon, and left on Mon
| day His audience was no exception 10 the
rule that no church for tho last twenty
years has been large enough to hold the
audience when DR., Talmage was announced
10 preach, The preachers subject was
"Horedity,n and his text /, Samuel, xvii,
| 68: "Whose son art thou, thou young man2
Following Ia the sermon In full, which Ia
| the eleventh In the series on "The Marriage
Ring"
Never was there q moro unequal fight
than that between David and Goliath,
David Ave feet high; Goliath ten, David a
shepherd boy, brought up amid rural
scenos Goliath warrior by profession,
Goliath a mountain of braggAdOcioi David
q marvel Of humility. Goliath armed with
an iron spear, David armed with q sling
with smooth stones from the brook. But
you are not to despiso these latter weapons.
There was o regin en- OF slingera In tho
AesyTian army and a regiment Of slingels
In the Egyptian army, and they made terri
BILE execution, and they could cast n stone
with ~ much precision and force M now
can bo hurled shot or shell. The Greeks
In their army had slingers who would throw
lenden plummeta inscribed with the iritat,
ing words, "Toko this" So II was q mighty
weapon David employed in that famous
combat
A Jewish rabbi says that the prob
ability Ia that Goliath was In such contempt
for David, that In q poroyysm Of laughter
he threw his head back and his helmet foil
of, and David saw the uncovered forehead
and his opportunity had come, and taking
this sling and swinging II round his head
two or three times and aiming Mt that un-
covered forehead ho crushed II In like m
egg-sholl Tho battle over, behold u tab
lean King Saul sitting little David stand
ing, his fngC r. clutched into the hair Of de-
capitated Goliath. As Saul sees David
standing there holding In his hand the
ghnstly, reeking, staring trophy, evidence
Of the complete victory over Gods onomi y,
tho king wonders what pOrcnlago was
honogod by auch horoiRm, and In my text
he asks David his pedigree; "Whoso son
art thou, thou young mani"
The king saw what you and see that
this question Of hcredity IL q mighty ques-
tion. Tho longer live the morr I bclioyo
In blood good blood, bad blood, proud
blood, humble blood, honest blood, thlcy-
ing blood, heroic blood, cowarlly blood,
The tendency may skip agoncmlon or two,
but II Ia suro TO como out, ~ IN little
chill you sometimes SEQ u similarity 10 q
great grandfather, whose picture hangs on
tho wall. That the physical and mental
and moral qualities arc inhoritahlo IN patent
TO anyone who keeps his eyes open, The
similarity Ia no striking sometimes 10 bo
amusing. Great families, legal or literary,
aro apt to have tho characteristics NIL down
through tho generations, and what Is moro
porcoptiblc In such families may be seen on
a smaller scale In all families, Alhousnnd
years have no power 10 obltorato the differ.
enoO.
The large lip Of tho house Of Austria Ia
aoCn In all tho generations, aud IL called
the llOpsbug lip. The house of Stuart
always means In all generations cruelty and
bigotry and aonsuaity. Witness Queen OF
Scots. Witnosa Charles ], and Charles IL.
WitnOm Jamoa |. and James H., and all
the othor sooundrols Of that imperial line.
Scottish blood means persistence, English
blood m0ang reverence FOR the ancient,
Welsh blood means roligioiiy, Danish
blood means fondn0aa for the Son, Indian
blood means roaming disposition, Celtic
blood means forvIdity, Roman blood means
The jewish facility for accumulation you
may truce clear back 10 Abraham, Of whom
the Bible sNya, "lle was rich IN silver and
gold and oatto,' and 10 Isaac and Jacob,
who had the aamO characteristics, Some
families nro characterized by longevity, and
They have tonacity Of life positively Me.
Ihuaolish. Others aro chRiactorIzo hy
GoliothiOn stature, and you can see II for
onc generation, two generations, five gem
In all tho generations, Vigorous
theology runs on In the line Of the Alex.
'ndor. Tragedy runs on In the families
,f the Kombos, Literature runs on In tho
inc Of the Trollopos. Philanthropy runs
On In the line Of tho Wilbcrforocs, Sla,cs.
nanghip runs on In tho limo Of tho
idamaOa. Henry and Catherine Of Navarro
'oligious, all thoir families religious, Tho
celebrated family OF the Casini. Nil math.
'matioiana, Tho celebrated family Of tho
Modioi, grandfather, son, and Catherine
NJ remarkable for keen intellect. Tho col.
'brntod family Of duetayuB Adolphue, all
yair'om,
This law Of hcrodily aascrts itself without
ofcronco 10 social or political condition,
or You sometimes find tho ignoblu In high
,lnco and tho honorable In obscure place
descendant Of Edward /. u toll. .gOtheror,
descendant Of Edward III, doorkuepor,
descendant Of the Duke OF Nothumber-
and trunk. maker, Somo OF the might.
nj famili0e OF England aro extinct, whilo
ONO OF those most honorod In tho poorago
. pack 10 nm ancestry OF hard knucklcs
nd rough exterior This law OF horcdity
! entirely independent Of eociol or politi-
nj condition. Then You find ayarlco aud
oalouey and songuality and fraud having
ull ewing In some families. Tho violent
Dmpcr Of Frederick William IN the in-
oritanco OF Frederick tho 0rcOt, II " not
theory 10 DO got forth by worldly philogp.
hy, only, but by divine authority Do
on not romombor how tho Bible ap6ahs Of
u chosen gonomtion," OF "tho generation
1 tho righteous" OF "tho generation of
ipors," of an "untoward generation Of N
tubborn generation" OF "tho iniquity Of
ho past yisitod upon tho children unto tho
bird and fourth gonoralion2" 80 that tho
nxt oomoa to-day with tho force Of pro.
uotilo hurled from mightiost ootopult,
Whose pon art thou, thou young mani"
"Woll, "eays someone, "thot theory dig.
ha"goe me from Oll responsibility, Born
( eanotilod pOrenis we aro bound 10 bo
ood. and wo cannot help ourselves, Born
4 untlghtooua pirontago we nrO bound 10
n OWL nud wa pnnnol holn ourabIyaan "
IA much ~ " you ahould eay, "the
ontripetul force In nature has n tendency
D bring everything 10 The center, and,
horeIore oil things como 10 tho
ontor The centrifugal force In nature
as tendency TO throw out everything
. the periphery, aud therefore every.
hing will 10 out 10 tho periphery"
'ou know ~ woll as know that you an
iake the centripetal overcome The centfif.
gal, and sou can mako the centrifugal