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Rev. DIR. rALMAGE.s DISCOURSE III
HIS FLOCK.

HIS FLOCK.
Nothing Haphaxard About tive lsibe-
Superfluities II Hilltlerance Rather Than
u Help-We All Have Fingers Enough
The Most Beautiful Foot.
The Rev. T. De Witt Talmage. D. D.,
preached on the subject. "Snperfuities
icles Xx, &, Z: "A man of great stature
whose fingers and toes were four and
twenty, six on each handand six on each
foot; and he also was the son of the
giant. But when he defied Israel
Jonathan. the son of Shimea, Davd's
brother, slew him"
Malformation photographed, aud for
what reason? Did not this passage slip
in by mistake into the sacred Scriptures.
as sometimes a paragraph utterly OBJ
noxious to the editor gets into his news
paper during his absence? LIZ not this
scriptural errata? No, no: there is moth
ing haphaxard about the Bible. This
passage of Scripture was as certainly in
tended to be put in the Bible US the
passage, In the beginning God created
loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son.
And select it for my text to-day 10.
cause it is charged with practical and
tremendous meaning. BY the people of
God the Philistines had beenconquered.
with the exception of . few giants. The
race of giants is mostly extinct, am
glad to say. There is no use for giants
now except to enlarge the income of
museums. Butthere were many of them
in olden times. Goliath was, according
to the Bible. eleven feet four and half
inches high. Or, if you do not believe
the Bible, the famous Pliny, q secular
writer, declares that at Crete, by an
earthquake monument was broken
open, discovering the remains Of a giant
forty six cubits long, or sixty-nine feet
high. So, whether you prefer sacred or
profane history. You must come to the
conclusion that there were i'll those
monstrous and appalling. David had
smashed the skull Of one Of these giants.
but there We're other giants that the
Davidean wars had not yet subducd, and
one of them stands in my text. He was
not only of Alpine stature, but had
surplus of digits. To the ordinary fin
gers was annexed an additional finger.
and the foot had also superhuous adj
dendum. He had twenty four termina-
'fions tn hands and foot wbara otharc
have twenty n WAS NOT the ONLY In
stance of the kind. Tavernier. the
learned writer, says the Emperor of Java
had son endowed with the same num-
Der of extremities. Volcatius. the poet,
had six fingers on each hand. Maupetius,
in his celebrated letters, speaks Of two
families near Berlin similarly equipped
believe. for have seen two cases If the
some nhysical snnerohnndnnce Rnt
this giant of the tent is in battle. and as
David tha dworf worr;or hod a;snotcIad
ono Giant Tho hr,tha, ~ na,iI sla,.s
this monster in my taxt and tbara IL
los otter tho h.4tle In Goth doad
Giant He stotnra did NOT sa,a h;,n
and his snnaramons anranI;ces If aani
and foot did NOT so~e hin, IT, nrnh1
ah;l;tv wos thot i, tha hattIo l,;s ps;.t,,
finger nm his hand made him cimms, in
the nsa If h;s yao,,on ond h;s s;xtI TOO
cr;nnIod h;s e,a;t Rah"id tho ,,rnst,.ta
and malformated giant Of the faxt. "A
man great Of statnra whose fingers and
toes We're four md twenty. sir On each
hand and six on each fno4' and he also
was the son Of the want Int when he
def;ed israel JonatI,an tho san ~
Sh;meo. Day;d's hrotba, claw h;n'.
Rahoid how sunarA,, ;t;as ora h;ndo,.
ance rather than haini In oil tho hot
tie Mt Cath that iav there was not man
with ordinary hand and ordinary foot
and ordinary Stature that was not het to.
off thon this nhvs;cai cnr;os;tv If NV
text AZ nhys;cai size ;s att ~ nm w I ~
families TIA nrohah;1;ty r. Tho, .h;a i.
brother of David Who ala tho VOL woe
Of nm ahb,ev;atad statnra 4 5wa,t va" on
tho r;oht side Is strnnaer tho, ,,;,nt
On the wrong side and an +haho5,, and
mind. and estate. and onnortnn;ty that
Won cannot nsa for God 1p npd tha Io+ . ta,
ment of the world is = s;%ih +;naer and
sixth Toe. and a ter,;t;c h;ndarasca "I IN /"
most of tba GOOD dnma i, 4he mn,ia an n1
the most Of those Who win tho hot. ,'.
for the rioht are ord;norv aa 40 |nuut
the t;noars of tba;r r;aht b pf owl tha'.
have ;,ss,t 49, 80 'i ".a ~" 1 'ues
nno H. nnM - mo 'l;.a Gnu ~ less ,:
1000 miss;onar;es +hat wnnId t p!'
Won thew have only nom mae a mJa aeai
Ono Floranne N;;,,t;.na1a -. .., "e. .''.
SOL i, cens,,onsn. .e;a " Luz ts1 ~ t nne
woman who ora ;,,st p'aees, on NV ,v.ooo
thnnol maror "1 49,. !1' 4s fyou S," uises
AnoaI was , lilo a,,n That d,.;n,, ~, "' ,,al
ma.ie h;a n ~" gu III. tna ' Iue cue Maf
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