St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-08
Made the Subject of Powerful Discourse
by Rev. DR.. Talmage Before His
Brooklyn Congregation.
A Panorama of Home in Five Parts-As
q Test of Characters q
Refuge,
AS Political Safeguard, as n school,
and, Best OF All, as Type
of Heaven.
Parents Advised TO Let the Light oi
Cheerfulness Into the Home OF
childhood.
Dr TaImnge,s sermon.

special 10 the GloDe. ,
BROOKLYN, n. y, March TINE SUD
jeet of DR.. Talmage's sermon to-day was
The Domestic Circle. His text was HON
Mark ", 10: $50 home to thy friends anu
tell them how great things the Lord hath
done for thee" The preacher said: There
are q great many people longing for some
grand sphere in which to serve God. They
admire Luther at the Diet of Worms, ana
only wish that they had some such great
opportunity in which 10 display their
Christian prowess. They admire Paul
making Felix tremble, and they only Wish
that they had some such grand occasion III
which 10 preach righteousness, temperance
and Judgment TO come; all they want is
only an opportunity To eNhlDlt
their Christian herOism. Now the apostle
comes to us and he practically says. II
will show YOU place where you can eX-
hibit all that is grand and beautiful and
glorious i'm Christian character, and that Is
the domestic circle" ''If one is not faith
full i'm an insignificant sphere he will not be
faithful i'm a Tesounding sphere. III refer
will not help the cripple at the gate OF the
temple he will never be able To preach 5000
souls into the kingdom at the Sentecost III
Paul will not take pains to instruct in the
a
dungeon he will never make Felix tremole.
lie who is not
FAITHFUL IN A sRIRSusH
would not be faithful in an ArmageddOn.
The fact is we are all placed in just the po-
sition I'm which we can most grandly serve
God; and we ought not to be chiefly
thoughtful about some sphere of usefulness
which we may after awhile gain, but the
all-absorbing question with you and with
me ought To be, Lord. what wilt Thou
have me now and here to dO?' There Is
one word I'm my text around which the most
of our thoughts will reyOlve. That word
is ''home." Ask ten different men the
meaning of that word and they will give
YOU ten different definitions. To one II
means love NJ the hearth. it means plenty
| at the table, industry at the work
stand, nteiugence az tue books, devotion
at the altar. To him it means greeting
at the door and a smile at the chair. Peace
towering like wings. Joy clapping It's
hands with laughter. Life tranquil lake.
| Pillowed on the ripples sleep the shad
Ows. Ask another man what home is, and
he VII tell you 1t is want, looking out OF a
cherries fire-grate. kneading hunger in all
p'nntv bread trav. The damn air Shiverinr
with curses. No Bible on the shelf. Chill
/
Obscene songs their lullaby. Every face a
picture of ruin. Want in the background
and sin staring from the front No Sab
bath wave rolling over that dUor-sill. Vesi
bule of the pit. Shadow OF internal walls.
Furnace for forging
EVERLASTING CHAINS.
Faggots for an amending funeral pile. Aw'
full world 1t is spelled with curses, i
weeps with ruin, il chokes with woe, II
sweats with the death agony Of despair
The word ''home" I'm the one case means
everything bright. The word "hOme" II
the other case means everything terrific.
shall speak TO you this morning of home a:
a test of character. home as a refuge, home
as a political safeguard, homo
as school, and home as {
type of heaven. And in the first place l re
, mark that home is powerful test of char
acter The disposition in public may beNiI
gay costume. while I'm private it is en- dies
habille. AS play actors may appear in on
way on the stage and may appear in an
other way behind the scenes, so private
character may be very different from publi
? character. Private character is often pub
= lie character turned wrong side out. A maj
may receive you into his parlor as though
he were distillatiOn of smiles, ant
vet his heart may be a swamp of nettleS
There are business men who all day lon
are mild and courteous and genial and goo
T natured In commercial life. damming bac
} their irritability and their petulance an
o their discomfort but at nightfall the daI
, 'r"ots and seolding pours forth in flood
and freshets.
4 REPUTATION
is only the shadow ut character, and a yer
small house sometimes will cast very Ion
shadow. The lips may seem to drop wit
p. myTrh and cassia. and the disposition To
n as bright and warm as sheaf of sunbeam!
and vet they may only be a magnificeI
show window to a wretched stock of good
}. There is many a man who is affable in put
D, lie life and amid commercial sphere
\ who. in a cowardly way, takes his ang'
and his petulance home and drops them q
\ the domestic circle. The reason men {
not display their bad temper in public
because they do not want TO be knocke
]; down. There are men who hide petulanC
and their irritability Just for the same Tt;
u son that they do not let their notes go
protest; it does not pay. Or for the san
reason that they do not want man in the
stock company TO sell his stock at less tina
g the right price, lest it depreciate the valu
. As at sometimes the wind rises. so after
sunshiny day there may be tempestuoI
a. | night. There are people who la public a
> the philanthropist, who at home act Il
Nero with respect to their slippers and the
2 gown. Again, 1 remark that home is
- refuge. Life is the United States army {
>. the national road TO Mexico, long marc
=. with ever and anon a skirmish and battl
>. At eyentide we pitch our tent and stack Il
- arms; we hang up the war cap and lay d
n head on the knapsack, we sleep until
>. THE MORNING BUGLE
- calls us to marching and action. HO
=. pleasant il is to Tehearse the victories al
- the surprises and the attacks Of the da
- seated by the still camp lire of the home q
Gle. Further, l remark that home is a p
litical safeguard. The safety of the sta
must be built OH the safety of the HON
=. Why cannot France come to placid repu
=. hc? Ever and anon there is threat OF
- national capsize. France as nation
- not the right kind of Christian home. Il
Christian hearthstOne is the corner stO
for republic. The virtues cultured in I
=. family circle are an absolute necessity I
e. the state. If there be not enough MOI
i principle TO make the family adhere. the
"a will not be enough political principle
- make the state adhere. Further, remaI
. that home is a school. Old ground must
Il turned up with subsoil pillow, and it mi
IS be narrowed and rehaTrOwed, and then {
IL crop will not be as large as that of the ut
-. ground with less culture. Now, youth a
-, childhood are new ground, and all the
fluences thrown over their heart and i
will come up i'm after life luxuriantly. L
cry time YOU have given a smile of apprOt
ton, all the good cheer of your life "
se come up again i'm the geniality of your ch
And a q