Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09
gERY-DAY MARTYRS.
=, n, suA3eet Of Rev. DR.. Talmage's Ser,
- nor al Chautaugua assembly.

.,or al Chautaugua assembly.
e important ehautauqua assembly was
= - = LAKESIDE, Ohio, at which the leading
~ -. scholars and clergymen ofthis and
"a. have addressed the audiences.
a. I. Dewitt Talmage, ID, D., Of
q y -. ma, been there, and preached to an
~. w. ,h,spg. The subjec, ofhis sermon
r. .,rse M,rtyrs of Every Day Life" He
e y, ~. IL text. Thou, therefore, endure
~ y, - all. Timothy, H., 3. DIR. Talmage
~ r:..or;ans are now slow TO acknowledged the
a eroat lltary chieftains. We have
q XII l.nrth nc rtraits of the CrnmweIls, tho
!. ,s.,,.ons. til. Nepoleons and the Yelling
a II n. world. History is not written in
% Int Il. rcd ink ofhuman blood The
~ sfh.mau ambition do not drink from
s. 4, .,..e out Of silver. orgold, or precious
: - - H.. ont of the bleached skulls of the
mt I AN now TO unroli before you
z&& n'n a n heroes that the world has
= fs'' ~ nowlcdyed. those who faced
'ars- bley 70 bugle blast, con-
- Z: NJ e;iies. chained no captiycs to their
-, -. ,haels and vet. in the great day of
..sr;,v. viii stand higher than those whose
= s.s - .,artled The nations; and seraph. and
81 ...s-;s and arehaH;sel viii tell their deeds
.Trsrane universe J mean the heroes Of
- anon every day he.
y AZ rol. in the first place, find all the
~ - n the sick room. When Satan had
go ~ =. oxerro,ne Job, he said 10 God: Put
<t< ~ nv HANDS and touch his bones and HIS
s. 4 ssd he win curse thee TO thy facc."
( 80 -. a.5 f,,nn.i ont what we have all found
~ ;. ,hat sckntes is the greatest test OF ones
- rssssler 4 man who can stand that can
! 80 spythiag, To be :.ant IN room rs
~ :. = though it was bastiie To be SO
=. 49, y VA, cannot endure the tap Of a
's,sss soot. To have luxuriant fruit, which
- 49, ire np,~tite ofthe robust and healthy,
-, ,.y lostlliug and disgust when il first
- -.a,s an the platter. To have the rapier
~ 4 nsin ssfike through the side, or across the
- Tke a -azor or to put the foot into
- o. throw the whole body into a blaze
HI 80 Y.t there have been meh aud
- -. hut more women than men, who
* ebeerfuIlv endured this hardness.
n <srash years Of exhausting rhcumatisms
= 4 4 sver,ir;alirg reuralgias they have gone,
= a thr,arh bodily ,iisiresses that rasped the
{. .,s.s ard tore the muscles, and paled the
~ - u. ard sfouped the shoulders. BY the
- -, rrhf OF the sirk room taper they saw
~ 4. rbs,r wall the picture of that land where
4 krjnkahitents arr very sick. Through the
~ ~ sslenrc Of the night they heard the
e 81 |s.s,. 81 the angels. The cancer ate away
~ ~ i;s, Rim week to week and day TO day.
{ 4. \ "A shs becamc weaker and weaker, and
- aeood night was feebler than the
- .osi night befors-yet never sad. The
<6idra looked up into her face and saw
\ = -.ssr;ar f-ansformes into heavenly smile.
~ <.r,se rko suffered ON the battlefield, amid
4 + s,,I sa,eil we're not so much heroes and
: n E<,-;-ss "A those who in the field hospital
- "a IN tie asylum had levers which no ice
~ ;Isnta tooi ard 20 surgery cure. No shont
- n : ronsyade TO cheer them, hut numbness,
:. "a aching and homesiekness-yet willing TO
3 y F.rsE~. confident in God, hopeful of heaven.
- <,,rxs 81 rheumatism. Heroes of neuralgia.
S<N Ss,ops u SPINAL complaint. Heroes of sick
s-ss.,..s Heroes of lifelong inyalidism.
|1ltrocs ana heroines. They shall reign for
- kssr and ever.
E HsrK Iratch Just one note of the eternal
< :; ssshem: There shall be no more pain.
Bt-s tiDd for that.
- IN this rs,lI also find the heroes of toll.
3 sao DO their work OVERWHELMINGLY. II is
e resssaratissiy easy tc lead a regiment into
= fatfie xhsn you know that the whole ma
- Non viii applasd the victory; it is compare
s .7rly easy 10 doctor the sick when you
- trsH that your skill will be appreciated by a
: isr-, cempany OF friends and relatives; it is
kozpefatirely easy to address an audience
= shea in the cleaning eyes and flushed cheeks
- Boz knew that your sentiments are adopted;
- buf 10 80 sesing where you expect that the
- <mgaoyef viii come aud thrust his thumb
~ tAroush the work to show how imperfect it
n u or to have the whole garment thrown
~ paek On soa 10 be done over again; to build
- val and know there viii
y ne one to say you did
b wsh but only swearing en-
= <iespf bowling across the scafold; TO work
- [1nta ysfdr eyes are dim and your back aches,
: 1nl your heart faints. and to know that ii
yonst0pb eiorvnight Your children viii starve.
!, Az IT, sword has not slain so many as the
LES. r.
<zrs not Gettysburg and Shiloh and South
Mountain. The great battlehelds of the last
par we're IN the assenals, and in the shops
y nni IA the attics where women made army
jscifts spr sixpeuce. They toiled on until
iss<r slsi They had no funeral eulogiufn
tut N the name of God, this day, enroll
<hsir names among those of whom the world
sas not HoStby. Heroes of the sewing ma
W tsr. Heroes ami hsfoines. Bless God sor
him.
ihtAs ron also find the hrroes who have
OVERWHELMINGLY endured domestic injustiees
= Iksnae men who for their toll and anxiety
have no sympathy in thesr homes. Exhaust
~ ng aspiration 70 business gets them a live
~ ttopd, but an cuffngal wife scatters il.
=. ia exasperations of business life augmented
b The sxasperations of domestic life Such
ng2 afe laughed at bat they have a heart
= brsking trcgble, ard they would long ago
= have gnue into appalling dissipation but for
% grace Of God, Society to-day is strewn
Flfhthe wrecks OF men, who, under he north
ast storm Of domestic infelicity, have been
* tfyen on The rocks. There are tens of
!, & ;Aonsands OF drnnkards in this country to-
1sE, mace sach by their wives. That is not
fostg: That Is prose But the wrong Is
~ fnerally N the opposite direction. You
7iou'd not have to go far to find a wife
Ehsse liie y perpetual martyrdom. Some
g. zimes harder than a stroke of the fist unkind
- fcris strsggliRgs hnme ut midnight aud
lfrtaf r,.sf4 Lift
PEI only Erpek of what she was ON that
q ~ nlen IN tbs midst of brilliant assem-
,ssP he vows were taken, and fun organ
e. 1sea me wedding march, and the earringe
= oieo away with the benediction of the peo-
What vas She burning of Latimer and
1ans} at the stake compared with this?
= nose men soon became unconscious in the
.sf o1t there Is a 80 years martyrdom, n
: = }esgs putting to death, yet uncomplain-
.. "a 30 bitssr words when the rolIicking
snlanions al O'Clock in the morning
- .ch TIE husband dead drunk into the front
= N.Y. No bitter words when wiping from
" seciien brow the blood struck out in n
- A,ehight csrousal. Bending over the
oasierrt and bruised. form OF
- Who when he took her
$. ~ ~ ner ia'aer's home. promised love, and
x Nahess and prptection, yet nothing but
- snLsihy, and prayers, and forgiveness be-
5 ~ taey are asked for. No bitter words
- aea ihe family BiDie goes for rum, and the
.shnrokers shop gets the last decent dress.
p S.ss asF, desiring to evoke the story OF her
you say: well. how ara you get
rns s'oiis nowy' and rallying her trem bling
.. anu fassing her quivering Up, she
: ~. e'ty well, thank you, pretty well.
lever VIII tell you. In the delirium OF
u III 49, Sickness she may tell all the secrets
AZ q nT hietne hut she will not tell that Not
e s.n tse book Of eternity are opened
G Ms 'nrones Of Judgment viii ever be
81 ons rtaf she has suffered. Oh. We who
81 .tssls'ife garland for the victor put il
val pale brow. When she il dead the
s II II VII beg linen to make hera shroud,
- nc WI be carried out ia a plain
6 a, ~ -'.n no silver plate to tell her years,
= - -. - mas hNed thousand years of trial
- s'gcsh The gamblers and swindlers
y 10 Destroyed her husband will not come TO
- - rssfai- One carriage viii be enough for
! S 'aheral-one carriage will carry the
f=sAs ana the two Christian women who
2 - s'''l over the otsequies. But there is a
- a ssna lhe opening of . celestial door, and
4 -. lat mp your head. We everlastin;
- ana VET her comet And Christ will
80 ,<sah ana say: Come ini We suiiere
( - hs on Earth, be glorihed with me ~
- ss.,.', what is the highe,t throne in
E!;a.S ~. lou say: "rhe throne OF the Lord
49, almighty aud the Lamb. No doubt
sueati What is the next highest throne in
- n I'M While speak il seems to me that
y IN - The throne of the drunkar,ls wife IL
: ,s,s, sah cheerful patience endured all her
~ torture. Heroes and beroines.
= -, y also IN this roll the heroes OF Chris
% ssf'y. We all admire the George
~ <s,,s % and the James Lenoxes of the
s.,.l e1o gave tens and hundreds of thou
I ~. , " dollars 10 good objects
~, ss am speaking this motning Of those