The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-01
TALMAGE.S SERMON.
Sorrows, l,s:ortuNes, ard Trials Are
Great Educators and Develop
Character.
Thesc Made John Hunynn the setter
Dreamer and Br. N0nnE the
Better Poet.
Tho o. cning hymn at he Tabernacle >crr-
fec SUNDAY began with the words:
More lave 10 Thee. oCht'-t

Tho orcuin. hymn at he tabernacle >orN-
fec SUNDAY began with the words:
More luyc In Thee q Christ,
Mere oNr Ia Thee.
After maxim. Il RAINING commentary on
somc passages of scripture. the Rev. I. De
Wit lalma,,r, u. d.. took the text: ".tnd
She went. and came, and CLEANED in the
field after the reapcr>: aud her hap WAS too
light on part o. tlic field belonging unto
Boaz, who was of the kindred OF Elmclerii.'
Ruth ii;3. lie preached from these words
the following sermon:
The tine that Ruth and Naomi arrive ut
Bethlehem is laiN est Time. IL was the cuS-
tom WHEN >llraf fell from LOAD in 4 liar
yc>t-iicld for tlie rcaperS to refuse 10 gather
fl up: that was 10 he left for the DOR WHO
might happen to come along that Way. II
there were lnanifui> OF grain >rattcrcdarro>s
the field after Ill" main harvest had been
reaped, instead Of Hkin. ii rs larm,r l., Ito
now, 1t was, by the custom Of the land, lett
in its place so that the poor, cumingal IL /:
that way, might CLEAN il and GET Their
bread. l'nt you say: what IS the Use OF
tiltsC Iii Nt>t-ll'It> W ikitll .Nt 'ill.
Naomi is too ole and feeble TO 80 ont and
toll in the sun: and can YOU expect that
Ruth. the young and the beautiful, s'iuti'l
tan llcr cheeks and blister her hands in tho
laiyc.t-iicld:"
l;oaz owns large farm. and lie goes out
10 zee the rcapcrs gather in the grain Conn
ing there, ri.ht behind the >w:irlhy. sun
Drowned rcapcrs, he behold. Il l";liiitnl
Womaa .leanin. II woman more iii Ia bend
To IL harp ar sit upon thrunc than to si"cp
;aong tile shcavcS. Nh, that WAS nm event
full day.
1t was love at fins. sight. Eoux for;,> an
attachment lnr the womanly g'"a ~ an al
tachmcut full oi 'ndying interest I" liic
church Of col mall a.r>: while Ruth, with
an cph.h. or nearly Il bu>llrl .! bailey, goes
home To Naomi Ia tell her the successes and
adventures OF The day. That Hl!lli, who left
her native land Of Moab i'll darkness, aud
travelled through OIL lnlyins affection iu.
her inorl,r,-in-law, in the larvcsi-,cld of
Boaz, is aflianed TO one Vt the hest faril c>
in III lah, and becomes H. after time thu an
r,sirc,s Of Jesus Christ, the lori of Glmy.
out If so dark Il night did there ever dawn
sobrsl,t morning?
learn in the first page from thi, sub'cc
bow trouble 'e'clopc> rimla,tc,. It WA,
Bereavement, poverty, AMI cNiir that ,ietr
opc,l. illustrated. and announced u all ages
tile s,iilim!y If Ruth'> rll,rarlrl. lhu is II
very unfortunate man who has 10 trouble,
1t was sorrow that nude John l.uuyan III"
better dreamer. aud Dr. loun. tn lr,i r
poet, and UConnrl the letter orator. aud
Bishop Hall thu better rtcI.h'r. and l!a>c.
lock the better 20 ,lirr, and klt!o the better
encyclopedias. and Ruth thu better daus hrr.
in-aw.
once asked AL aged man in regard 10 his
la.tor, who WAS very brilliant m IN: ''Whv
Is II that your past ~ % very brilliant, seems
I" have :, little heart aud trnderuc.> in his
sermons 'Wrl, he rep led, 1.-The IT,: SIN
Is or pastor has never In any trouble.
When misfortune comes lIion him his style
Will he different" Alter u wnilr the Lord
took n rli.d ont Of that PASTOR, houS :, and
though the preacher was just Il, brilliant -
he WAS before" oh. the warmth, the lrutlrr.
ness OF his dis curses. Tile iart j. ,hu
trouble is -rral educator. imi So. so.ir.
times n nl>iri III >ii down At an instrument,
and his execution Is r"!d and formal and I'M
feeling. The reason is ital all lis life lie
his Il rn pro>pcGr,i itu let misfortune or
bereavement, come to that man, and Im -,
down ut an instrument, and YOU disc -, T.
the pitho> in the tr>l sweep of lie keys.
Misfortune and trials are .icat ctluratur>
A .yom:s doctor comes into tile s,-r ,om
where tf,rr is dHn- rtil'i. Perhaps lie
Is very ItuSn in his pres iipt OF, and very
IOu Ills ulullit'l. NlItt III INC I'tl-
InS ct the Pulse. and rough in his an>wc.' 10
the mo!lrr's anxious question, bu, ,cn'> r,!l
OIL. and there has been one dead in his nw,
house; and NOW he comes INTO the sick room,
and with fearful eyes he lo,h> ut the lvin.
child, and he says: "ul, how this rcmin,t>
M: of my charlic!" Trouble, the great
educator. SORROW, s.c its luIrh in lie
srant!e painting: | hear the trrmur u. the
swcri">, song: feel il, power in tue might
lest argument.
Grcrt'n mythology said that iii" found t..
ton Of ll,piurrcnc MAS struck olit hy ;ii.
loot of the winged horse, l'c.us,l> hiv,.
Often io:rnd in life that the brightest and
mos, b,'anIilnl fountains &c Christian omlort
and spiritual lie have been slrtic, OF, ~
the i,o ;.slud liooi OF disaster and calamilf.
! see Daniels courage hest BY the flash ",
Nchi,chadnrKhar> furnace. >nr Paul,
hr"wcss b,sy when lind Inn on lln found
trlng ship under tine :.laic OF llr li.ht Mn.
in the breakers "i Meii,a. God Crowns his
children amid the lIowlu. of wild !,r:,>t>,
and the clnlpn- hlo"d-srll>iird .,nln;ili..
md the cracking iil"soi mnr1yrlm. IT
took the u resolutions Of Marcus Aurlns to
deNclole Pciyrarp and Justin MARTYR. Il,
took the worlds anatllcma 10 ,lcvriopn Mar
tin Luther. II i"',k all the ho>liliiirs against
the scotch covrn'ntcrs and the fury of i.,rl
ClaverhoI>n I" ,icyrlupc Jane. R"nwirk
and Andrew Melville aud liu"h llrk ali,
tue glorious martyrs of Scolc! Ii story. 1t
took the stormy sea, and the December blast.
and the d"."atr New England coast. m
war-Mlnop Of >;t,a=rs To show forth tao
SrowtS' vi TIE pilgrim fathers.
Wlen AMID the storm. they sang
AMI the stars heard aud the sea:
And the sounding ais!es of the dim wood
Ran. 10 tbs. antiirils ii the free.
1t took all our past national di>,rnssr, TO
lift up our nation OIL that high career whrrc
IL .Ift
racies that have Knocked and the tyr,nn;e,
that have .ircred shall he swept under the ON.
nirotent wrath Of God, who hates ucs,nti.m
and who by the strength of hi, own red yr.l,t
arm will make all men free. And 10 ii il
individually, AMI in the family, and in III.
CHURCH. aud in the world, that through dark.
ness and storm and trouble men, women.
churches. nations, are Developed.
.. Again SEE in my t,Nt the beauty of
unialtrrins friendship. | suppose there were
plenty Of friends Tor Naomi while SHE WAS IL,
plo>ielity; nut Of all her ac,Iuaintancrs hnw
many We're willing to tridgc off with her To.
ward Judah when She had to make that lonely
journey! One-tlc heroine Of my tcxl. ono
absolutely. suppose when NaOmi'S Ey>.
band was living and they hld plenty OF
money and all things went well they had {:
grea; many callers: but I suppose that al,.,
her husband died and her property wrnt and
she had got old and poor She WA. not troubled
very much with callers. All the birds thai
sung in the bower While the sun sllonc have
= $50" ut-ni ~, la =,
Oh, these beautiful sliaowcr-. that >prcs Il
4ut their color in the morning hour, hut are
always 20 crp when the sun Is going down
job had plenty OF friends when he WAS the
richest man In u; but when his property
Wen, and the trials came, then there were
none 30 much that pcstrred rs Eliphaz the
Temaniie. and EItiau the Shuttle, and 10
pllr til" Naanlaliie.
l.lc oft ~ seems 10 be a mere came, where
the successful player pull down all the 9th.
or men into lis own lap. Let suspicion.
arise about II mans character and lie be
comes like Il 'an& i'll Il panic. and al the i'm.
puiatluns rush Gn lin and break down in
day that character which in due time wOuIt
have had strength 10 defend itself. Ihcr,
are reputation, that have been half ccntur,
IN hmllia., which 20 town ,nt.. .o,m. MOI.
81 exposure, rs II Vast temple is Costume 4
by the touch o! Il >ulpi!,rUu> match. \ hos
can ,llroot u crnt;rv plant.
In this world so full of hc:rtn>sncss a d
hypocrisy, how thrilling it l. TO !inl some
friend rs faithful in days OF ADVERSELY rs IN
The days Of prosperity! David had Such Il
irirni IN llu>iial; the Jews had such Il fr,rl
IN Mordrcai, who never forgot their ral..
Paul had such friend in Onr>ipllnr,,>, whu
Visited him IN jail: ChhisI had sui in ,r
Nlarys, who adhered To Him .un tae eros.
Naomi had such u one in K,ilil, who cried
out. "EntrcN1 IN" not TO leave the. or 10
return from blowing after thee; for wh,I
rr thu yoe't. will 20; aud where thou
Iodrest, ] vii Lodge: thy people shall b.
my people, aud thy God my God; wllcr,
thou dir.t will die, anil there will Ii,
buried: the Lord do ), to me. ami more al>t
u ailSit bili death part the" all me.
y. Again, Learn from this subject til Il
PATHS which 0. en- IN hardship and da.n.c,
often come cut in place Of Joy. VIE. I:ut
'thl"d iro.n Moab tOwirl Jerusalem t,g
ai'n: with l.er molher.in-law | suppose til
poo lr said: "O., what foolish crest nc
I" 20 Away from her fathers house TO =, o