, 1886-05-16
RETURN FROM THE CHASE
REV. 7. DE WITT TALMAGE AT THE
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.


Brooklyn. May 9.-Rev. 7. De Witt Tai
mage preac ed this morning In the Brooklyn
Tabernacl, on the subject Return from the
Chase The opening hymn wns;
Now | have found n friend
Whose love shall never ond,
Jesus Is mine.
Bel, IRE the sermon the pastor read and ex-
pounded an appropriate chapter from the
Evanveli,ts. The great organ of the Brook
lyn Tabernacle has been re enforced by m
provement-, which greatly add to the ma jesty
al d power OF the instrument
DIR. Talmage's text was from Genesis xix,
81; ''In the morning he shnll d 'vour the
prey. an at night he shall divide the spoil"
DR.. Talmage said;
There is in this chapter such an afluence
of simile md nllegory, such a mingling cf
metaphors, that there are n thousand
thought, in it not on the surface. Old
Jacob. dying. Is telling the fortunes OF his
children. He prophesies the dcvouring pro-
rensiti : Of Benjamin and his descendants.
With his dim old eyes no looks
or and sees the hunters going
out to the fields, ranging them all
day and at nightfall coming home. the
game slung over the shoulder. and reaching
the door of the tent the hunters b-gin to
distribute the game; and ono takes a coney,
ard ano her n rabbit, and another a roc.
''In the mo ming he hall devour the prey.
and at night he shall divide the spoil" Or
It may be Il reference to the habits of wild
beasts that Stay their prey AMI then drag it
back to he cave or lair and dividcrit among
the young.
There is nothing more fascinating than the
life OF n hunter. On a certain day in all Eng
land you can hear the crack of the sports
mans gun, becnus, grouss hunting has be-
gun. and every man that can afford the time
and ammunition and can draw n bea starts
for the fields. On the Goth of October our
woods and forest, will resound with tho
shock OF firearms and will be tracked OF
pointers and settlers, because the quail will
then be a lawful prizs for the sportsman. Ken
ophon grew eloquent in regard to the art OF
hunting. In the far east peop'e, elephant
mounted. chnse the tiger. The American
Indian darts his arrow at the buffalo until
the frightened herd tumbles over tho rocks.
European mobiles are often found in the fox
chase and mt the stag hunt. Francis | was
called the father of hunting. Moses declares
OF Nimrod: He was n mighty hunter before
the Lord Therefore in all ages OF the
world the imagery of nv text ought to be
suggestive whether 1t means a wolf after a
fox or n man after a lion. "ln the morning
he shall devour to prey, and at night he
shall d wide the spoil"
| take my ioxt. in the first place, as de-
scrint We Of those people who in the morning
of their life give themse'ves up to hunting
the world, but nfterward by The grace OF
God. In The evening OF their lifesaiviie among
themsclve the spoils OF Christian character.
There are ag d Christian@tnen and ewomen In
this house who. II they gave testimony, would
tell you TINT in the morning of their life they
were after the world as intensely as a hound
after a hare or as n falcon swoops up a
gael. They wanted the worlds p'aud.ts
and the worlds O. ms. They felt that If they
could get this world they would have every
thing Some Of them started out for the
p'elsurcs Of the world. They thought that the
mar who LAUGHED loudest was happiest. They
tried repartee and %conundrum and bur'esaue
and madr gal. They thoughtful would like to
be Tom Hoods or Charl $ L1mbs or Edgar
A. Poas. They mingled wine and music and
the spectacular. They were worshipers Of
thu harlequin and the Merry Andrew and
the tuffoon and tho %jester. Life was to them
foam and bubble and cnchinnation and
registering md grimace. They were so full
OF g'es they could hardly repress their mirth
even on solemn occasio rs. and they came
near bursting out hilariously even at the
burial. because there was somethirv 50
doiorou' in the tone or engntenance
of the undertaken. After awhile misfortune
struck them hard on The back. They found
there was 50 methiG they could not laugh at.
ohuer Ims,,. lato hours their health gave
Nay n % was "A dc ith in the housa. or
every . thing their soul was exfo'iatad.
They fu ont that life was more than a
Joke ! on tie heart of God there blazed
into their soul an earnestness they had never
felt before. They awoke to their sinfulness
a~d heir Immortality, and here they sit to-
la at .iXty or seventy years of age. as APP
tr % alive Of all innocent mirth as they ever
' %, tu' they nre bent on a style Of salts
un which In early life they never hunted,
evening Of their days brighter than
ornilr. In the morning they devoured
"v, iut at night they are dividing the
fi-'' are others who started out for
success They soc how timber a
tf d, when he bow down before some
% cnous They fe't they would like
~ '' world looked from the window
r-thuusand-dollar turnout They
M III would like to ave the morn
tfl..t tan .lod in the headgear OF a
- % They want "a the brid res in
X o. fr-ound under the rataplan
80 It loofs. They wanted n
rak, and so they started on
ltils lu'N tnhStl II up one
g. a chased it down another. They
VIXEN it burrowed in the cellar.
81 TIM the roof. Wherever n dol
p ctel TO lie they were. They
fros, the ocean. They chased il
AMI They stopped not for the
Hearing that dollar, even in the
a. .ihrlel them as an Adirondack
f n is thrilled by n looms laugh.
if t' So that dollar to the money vault
N" Nod II to til, government treas
nv The, routed 1t from under the
"tH er M Tho hounds were out-all
in' oi tiers md settlers. They leapsi
w. ht 4 : 10 that dollar. and thcy cred:
'fr. away, a dollari a dollari' and when
a luHtthcs clmc upon it and had actually
g p u"ei II, their excitement was like that
Of n 'nluorcr who la, successfully flung his
FIST hawk In the morning OF their life, oh,
ho" they devoured the prey But there
cam n letter time TO their soul. They
found cut that an immortal nature cannot
live on GOV eminent bonds They took up a
Northe II Pacific bond, and there was a hole
IN It through which they could look into the
uncertainty Of al earthly treasures. They
saw some T~alston. living at the ratio OF
$1,000 a month, leaping from a
San Francisco wharf because he could
not continue to live at tho same
ratio. They saw tho wien and para
lytic bankers who had changed their souls
into molten gold stamped with the image OF
the earth, earthly. They saw some great
souls by avnrice turned into homuncuii and
they said to themselves, II will seek after
higher treasure" From that tine they did
not care whether they walked or rode II
Christ walked with them; nor whether
they lived in n mansion or n hut
II they dwelt unit the shadow Of the
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