Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-09
.uAeE's SERMON.

DJAA
niscourse of the Series
! s' the marriage Ring"
usred,ty-Traits Of Character
:, ramilies-The Respons''
~ If notwithstanding
Moral Tendency.
Dewitt ralmage delivered the
ue ,on Of the Wharfage Ring"
'stte, Mo-, before an audience
ras srery available portion of the
Fse' ,.hich it was delivered. The
III incredibly" Mr. Talmage TAX
is text:
sou art sno''
N" +nere a more unequal fight
satween David and Goliath.
is.t high; Goliath ten. David
vt, how, brought up amid rural
e aa,;,th a warrior by profession.
onnntain of braggadocio; David
, . n @t humility. Goliath armed with
saor: David armed with a sling,
III stones from the brook. But
~, 70 despise these latter weap-
NV" was regiment of singers in
s,;,n army and a regiment of
.he egyptian army, and they
lula execution. and they could
''.s with as much precision and
u '.n, can be hurled shot or shell.
~. in their army had singers who
snou. leaden plummets inscribed
q. ;yritat,ng words, "Take this!"
-, mighty weapon David en-
1 that famous combat.
IL rabbi says that the probability
r,,i,tb was in such contempt for
s,t in a paroxysm of laughter he
!. head back, and his helmet fell
David saw the uncovered forehead,
opportunity had come, and taking
|, and swinging it around his head
(hrps times, and aiming at that un-
foyehead he crushed it like an egg
me battle over, behold a tableau:
m, sitting, little David standing,
rsrs clntched into the hair Of the
sted Goliath. AS Saul sees David
/ there holding in his hand the
reeking. staring trophy, evidence
~rompletc victory over Gods enc
hp King wonders what parentage
covsJ by such heroism, and in my
asks David his pedigree:
| .on art thou, thou young man?
ing saw what you and l see, that
Estion of heredity is a mighty ques-
Fbe longer l live TIL" more | believe
l-good blood, bad blood, proud
tumble blood. honest blood, thiev-
md, heroic blood, cowardly S&sod.
ndency may skip a generation
hut IL is sure to come out,
a little child you sometimes
imilaritv to a great-grandfather
picture hangs on the wall. That the
and mental and moral qualities
kritable is patent to any one who
lis eyes open. The similarity is so
sometimes as to be amusing.
bmilies, legal or literary, are apt to
e characteristics all down through
lentions. and what is more per-
in such families may be seen on
7 scale in all families. A thou
ashave no power to obliteratet the
&c.
rye lip of the house of Austria is
all the generations. and is called
(sNurg lip. The House Of Stuart
means in all generations cruelty
sotry and sensunlity. Witness
tScots. Witness Charles I. and
II. Witness james I. and James
Al the other scoundrels of that inn
Inc. Scottish blood means per-
English blood means reverence
ancient. Welsh blood means
ty, Danish blood means fondness
lea, Indian blood means roaming
ION, Celtic blood means fervidity,
blood means conquest.
ewish facility for accumulation
trace clear back to Abraham, of
he Bible says, "He was rich in sill
gold and CATTLE" and to Isaac and
no had the same characteristics.
antilles r characterized by
r. and they have a tenacity Of life
y Methuselish. Others are char
by Goliathian stature, and you
' for one generation, two genera
We generations, in oil gen.
Vigorous theology. runs
line OF the Alexanders. Tragedy
IN the families of the Kembles.
runs on in the line of the Troll
n%'lanthropy runs on in the line of
eflorces. Craftsmanship runs on
ne OF the Adamses. Henry and
e OF Navarro religious, all their
Fellglous. The celebrated family
asihl, all mathematicians. The
d family of Medici-grandfather,
oatherine-all remarkable for
meet. The celebrated family of
all warriors.
" of heredity asserts itself with
ehce to social or political con-
you sometimes find the ignoble
pace. A descendant of Edward
sa.herer. A descendant of Ed.
d a~oorkeeper. A descendant of
OF Northumberland a trunk
0onhe OF the mightiest families of
a'e extinct, while some of those
D,e" IN the peerage go back to an
nsrd knuckles and rough ex-
Ils law of heredity is entirely in
o. social and political condition.
"na avarice, and jealousy, and
n fraud having full swing
N" mnn The violent temper of
"iillam is the inheritance of
Tue Great. It is not a theory to
ny worldly philosophy only,
'"e authority. Do you not re-
-" tAe Bible speaks of ga chosen