The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-02
TslMAGE'S SERMON.
EerN1,f.a Discourse Of the Sorioe
~ the Marriage Ring"

THE law o; Bersdity-Trsits Of Ch.raess
That Rss - Ramtlies-fhe Respensl.
bality OF Observation-Disclosures
. Moral Teadeacy.
Rev. T. DEWITT Talma1e delivered th
eleventh sermon Of the marriage Ring
series at Fayetts, No.. before an audience
that packed every available portion Of th,
building In which Il was delivered. Tn,
subject was "Hersdity," Mr.. Talmage tax
ing for his teyt:
Whose son art thou. thou young mani
Samuel, xviii, -.
Never was there = more unequal ngh
that that between David and Goliath
David five feet high: Goliath ten. David
. shepherd boy. brought up amid rura
scenes: Goliath a warrior nv profession
Goliath q mountain Of hraggadocio: David
a marvel Of humility. Goliath armed with
an iron spear: David armed with a sling
with smooth stones from the brook. But
| you are not to tlespise these latter weap.
ons. There WAS a regiment Of singers in
the Assyrian army and q regiment Of
singers in the Egvptian army. and they
/ made terrible execution. and thew could
cast q stone with as much precision and
force as now can he hurled shot or shell
The Greeks in their army had singers who
would throw 1eaden plummets inscribed
with the irritating words, stake this ~
So it was n mighty weapon David EN-.
ployed in that famous combat
a Ioyvich ra hhi hat tho I'll 4:
is that Goliath was in such contempt for
David that in a paroxysm Of laughter he
threw his head back. and his helmet fell
of, and David saw the uncovered forehead.
and his opportunity had come. and taking
this sling and swinging it around his head
two or three times. and aiming at that un.
covered forehead he crushed it like An egg.
shell. The battle over. behold a tahleau:
King Saul sitting, little David standing,
his fingers clutched into the hair of the
decapitated Goliath. As Saul sees David
standing there holding in his hand the
CHASTITY, reeking. staring trophy. evidence
Of the complete victory over Gods enc
mics. tire King wonders what parentage
was honvred by such heroism. and in my
text he asks David his pedigree:
Whose son art thou. thou young man.
The king saw what Won and I see, that
this question Of bereditv is mighty ques-
tion. The longer live the more believe
in blood-Rood blood. bad blood, proud
blood. humble blood. honest blood, thisv.
ing blood. heroic blood. cowardly blood.
The tendency may skip a generation
or two. but it Is sure to come out,
t.
see similarity to . great grandfather
whose picture hangs on the wall. That the
physical and mental and moral qualities
are Unbeatable Is patent to any one who
keeps his ewes open. The similarity il 80
striking sometimes a. to be amusing.
Great families, legal or literary, are apt to
have the characteristics all down through
he generations, and what is more nor.
ceptible in such families may be seen on
smaller scale in oil families. A thou
sand years have no power to obliterate the
difference.
The large liz OF the house Of Austria IL
seen in all the generations. and Il called
the Hapsburg lip. The House 1t Stuart
always means in all generations cruelty
and bi-otry and sensuality. Witness
L..
Charles II. Witness James I. and James
III. and all the other scoundrels of that i'm.
perial line. Scottish blood means per.
English blood means reverence
for the ancient, Welsh blood means
Danish blood means fondnsss
Of the sea, Indian blood means roaming
Celtic blood means fsrvidity,
Roman hlood means conquest.
The Jewish facility for accumulation
you may trace clear back to Abraham. Of |
whom the Bible says. "He was rich in sill
yer and gold and CATTLE" and to Isaac and
Jacob, who had the same characteristics. |
longevity. and they have q tenacity OF life |
positively Methuselisn. Others are char
by Goliathian stature. and you |
can see il for one generation. two genera.
lions. five generations, in all gen.
srations. Vigorous theology runs
On in the line Of the Alexanders. Tragedy
-uns on in the families Of the Kembles.
Literature runs on in the line of the Troll.
opes. Philanthropy runs on in the line of |
he Wilherforces. Craftsmanship runs on
n the line OF the Adamses. Henry and
Catherine OF Navarro religious. all their
antilles religious. The celebrated family |
II the Cs.ini. all mathematician. The
celebrated family OF Medici-grandfather,
'on and Catherine-sll remarkable for
'een intellect. The celebrated family Of
sustavus. all warriors.
This law Of heredity asserts itself with.
'ut reference to social or political con.
lition, for you sometimes find the ignoble
n high place. A descendant Of Edward
!. toll gatherer. A descendant OF Ed.
Yard III. Q doOrkeeper. A descendant Of |
he Duke OF Northumberland q truck.
maker. Some Of the mightiest families Of
England are extinct. while some Of those
most honored in the peerage 60 back to an
ncestry Of hard knuckles and rough ex-
erior. This law OF heredity is entirely in.
ependent OF social and political condition.
hen you find avarice, and jealousy, and
and fraud having full swing
n some families. The violent temper Of
frederick William is the inheritance of
frederick the Great. It is not theory to
e set forth by worldly philosophy only,
ut by divine authority. Do you not re-
,ember how the Bible speaks of "a chosen
Of "the generation OF tho
ghteous," Of ''the generation of vipers."
an "uneoward generation" Of ga stub.
orn generation" OF 'iniquity Of the past
isited upon the children unto the third I
nd fourth generation:" So that the text {
'mes to-day with the force Of projectile
nrled from the mightiest catapult.
Whose son art thou, thou young man.
swell, says some ono, shat theory dis. 8
larges me from all responsibility. Born
sanctihed parents, we are hound to be I
'od, and We can not help ourselves. Born {
unrighteous psrentage, We are bound to {