Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-10

the World in the Morning of Life-Di-
vidinR the SpOils OF Christian Charac-
ter In the Evening The Bare Hand OF
PrivatiOn Better than the Poisoned
Glove of Success.
BROOKLYN, n. Y, May 9.-Rev. r. De-
Witt Talmage preached this morning in
the Brooklyn tabernacle on the subject
"Return from the Chase" The opening
hymn was:
"Now have found friend
Whose love shall never end,
Jesus is mine"
Before the sermon the pastor read and
expounded an appropriate chapter from
the Evangelists. The great organ of the
Brooklyn tabernacle has been reinforced
by improvements, which greatly add to
the majesty and power of the instrument.
DR.. Talmage's text was from Genesis
Xix, 81: ain the morning he shall de-
YOUR the prey, and at night he shall divide
the spoil" DIR. Talmage said:
There is in this chapter such an afflu-
ence OF smile and allegory, such a min
Cling of metaphors, that there are thou
sand thoughts in it not on the surface.
Old Jacob, dying, is telling the fortunes
Va AAAo CAlAAuAOAs A4N pA0HHEtiEb Tue u6NOuI-
ing prOpensities of BENJAMIN and his de-
scendants. With his dim old eyes he
looks OF and sees the hunters going out to
the fields, ranging them all day, and at
nlghttRl coming home, the game eluug
over the shoulder; and reaching the door
OF the tent the hunters begin to distribute
the game, and one takes coney, and
another a rabbit. and another roe. "In
the morning he shall deVour the prey, and
q luh ho a a EuTf 10 eH.,.~ L. -
may be reference to the habits OF wild
beasts that slay their prey and then drag
| 1t back TO the cave or lair and divide it
among the young.
There is nothing more fascinating than
the life of a hunter. On a certain day in
all England you can hear the crack OF the
! spOrtsman's gun because grOuse-hunting
| has begun; and every man that can afford
| the time and ammunition ana can draw a
bead starts for the fields. On Oct. 20 our
woods and forests will resOund with the
shock OF firearms, and will be tracked OF
| pointers and settlers because the quail
! will then be lawful prize for the sports
man. Aen0phOn grew eloquent in re-
gard to the art Of hunting. In the far
| East people, elephant-mounted, chase the
| tiger. The American Indian darts his
arrow at the buffalo until lha frightened
herd tumble over the rocks. European no.
at the stag hunt. Francis l, was called
the father of hunting. Moses declares Of
Nimrod; "He was mighty hunter be-
| fore the Lord" Therefore in all ages of
! the world the imagery of nv text ought
J TO. be suggestive whether II means wolf
after fox or a man after a lion. 'ln
the morning he shall devour the prey,
and at night he shall divide the spoil"
l take my text in the first place, as
] OnSRTInfiVa NJ fhOEA VnoYNln xuho IN 10
morning of their life, give themselves W
to hunting the world, but afterward, b.
the grace OF God, in the evening OF their
| life divide among themselves the spOils q
Christian character. There are aged
Christian men and women in this house
who, if they gave testimony, woulI tell
you that in the morning of their lie they
were after the world as intensely 90
hound after a hare, or as falcon sWo0P5
upon gazelle. They wanted tbe gofld's
plaudits and the worlds gaius Faey
felt that if they could get this world they
would have everything. Some Of them
started out for the pleasures Of the wOrg
They thought that the imau no lauehed
loudest was happiest. They trl reps re
aud cOnundrum and burleslue and roya
rigal. They thought they gOuid 'iTs n
be Tom Hoods or Charles Iamhs ~ IVA.
gar A. POes, They mingled Wiz ord
music and the spectacular Taav svore
wOrshipers OF the harlequin ana tie
Merry Andrew and the bUitoon anf Inc
jester. Life was TO them foan ana hnh-
BILE and cachinnatiOn and rOystar,ng ana
grimace. They were 60 full N Loo nav
could hardly repress t1eir 70 trfb even on
solemn occasions ana they came near
bursting out hllafip lsIy tte'a atfhe burial,
oec@use VnsIe Wa ~ .ng so dol9r0us
undertaken ffar go
tune struck them ,er5 A., t.e
back. They found t,n-e Wa a,,oa-
thing they could not IN ,,@bst Tyrger tbei~
late hours their b saItb ave wav or
there was deata = tbs hoase Qfevefv
green thing tesi soul was exfoliafed.
Iney i2 2 ~. mai life was more than
yoke' rIonL 10 heart Of God there blaZsd
ln.o snsli az earuestnoss They bad
never isl sf0re They awn5e " sneir
here n,s igey : nd heir immof amy md
neIo - Z to-day AZ CD o. 10 years Of
age' - ~ seeiatiye Of all in Oce1t mlrth
Nc ~ II were, but heg are oept on a
sty 1tisiaction Which in early life
J Sne r. bgnteG; tse evening % their
uN u gbter than the morning. In the
they dev0ufeG We prey, but at
,ey are dividing ne spcH.
there are others who started out
lOt ~ hnelal eucoess They SEQ dow Timber
IA ~ bal is when DO bows down before
@ one trarspicuDUa Hhey felt they
49, M like 20 sec how tbs world looked
~ ~ the window VI 4 $1,000 turnout.
~ ~ thou gbt .lcy would ike TO have the
~ rning sunlight tangled IN the head
ar Of u dns Ing sFnn. They wanted the
ridges the park % resound under the
aiaplan OF their HTift hoOfs. They
wanted a giide0 Jaidrick, and 80 they
started or tho dol an hunt. They chased
ituD one street and chased IL down An.
other. TleY followed II when IL bur.
rowcd 10 the eelHr. They freed 1t in the
root Wherever = dollar was expected Ia
bc they were. They chased IL across the
ocean. ~ IS Chased 1t across the land
They stopped not 'Or the night. Hearing
shat dollar oven In the darkness thrilled
them a. an Adirondack sportsman is
thrilled IS q looms laugh. They chased
that dollar TO the money vault. They
chased IL TO the government treasury
rhey routed II from unJer the counter
All thu hounds were Out-all the pointers
ana sotters. They leaped The hedges foi
that dollar and they cried: "Hark away
O doliari "A dollarw and whsn at last they
came upon II and had actullly captured
it. tnelr excitement was like that OF fal.
go1er who has successfully flung his first
hawk. In the morning OF taelr life, Oh
how they dev0ured the prey But there
came a better time 10 their t0ul. They
found out that an immortal nature can
not live on government bonds. They tool