The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-21

BROOKLYN, N. Y, May 20.-The OPEN
Ink hymn at the Tabernacle service today
begins with the words:
III "Mpre love TO Thee, Q, Christ,
III More love TO Thee"
After making running commentary on
come passages OF scriptures, the Rev. T.
Dewitt Talmage, DID,, took the text:
Land she went, and came, and cleaned in
fhe field after the reapers; and her hap was
10 light on apart Of the field belonging unto
Boar, who was Of the kindred Of Elme-
jechs," Ruth, ii: 3. He preached from
these words the following sermon:
The time that Ruth and Naomi arrive at
Bethlehem is harvest time. II was the
custom when a sheaf fell from load in
the harvest field for the rcapers TO refuse
TO gather II up; that was to be left for the
poor who might happen to come along that
way. II there were handfuls Of grain scat
tered across the field after the main hnr-
vest had been reaped, instead OF raking IL,
MS farmers do now, IL was, by the custom
OF the land, left in its place, so that the
poor coming along that way might CLEAN it
and get their bread. But, you say: "What
Is the use Of all these harvest fields TO
Ruth and Naomi? Naomi Is too old and
feeble 10 go out and toll in the sun; and
can you expect that Ruth, the young and
the beautiful, should tan her checks and
blister her hands in the harvest ileld2'
Boaz owns large farm, and he goes out
20 see the reapers gather in the grain.
Coming there, right behind the swarthy,
sun Drowned reapers, he beholds bcauti-
full woman glcaning--a woman more III 20
bend to harp or sit upon throne than
60 sioop among the sheayes. All. that was
an eventful dayl
II was love at first sight. Boaz forms
an attachment for the womanly cleaner
an attachment full of undying interest 10
the church Of God in all ages; while Ruth,
with an cphah, or nearly bushcl Of bar
ley, goes home 10 Naomi to tell her the
successes and adventures Of the day. That
Ruth, who left her native land Of Moab in
Slarkncss, and travelled through an UNI
dyinS qQectiou for her mother.in-law in
The harvest field II Il .iloas, is ailianced 10
one Of the best families in Judah, and be-
comes In after time the ancestress OF Jesus
Christ. the Lord OF Glory. Out Of so dark
a night did there ever dawn 10 bright d
morning?
learn in the first place from this sub,
feet how trouble develops character. II
was bereavement, poverty and exile that
developed, illustrated and announced tc
all ages the sublimity OF Ruth's character
That Is a very unfortunate man who has
no trouble. II was sorrow that made John
Bunyan the better dreamer, and DIR
Young the better poet, and OConnell the
better orator, and Bishop Hall the BETTE
preacher and Havclock the better soldier
and Kitio the better encyclopaedia, and
Ruth the better daughtcr-in-law.
once asked an aged man in regard tc
his pastor, who was very brilliant man
r'Why IL Il that your pastor, 10 very brill
iant seems 10 have 10 little heart ant
Tenderness in his sermons2' well" h,
replied, "the reason Is our pastor has neye
|had any trouble. When misfortune come
upon him, his style will be different. y
After a while the Lord took n chile
out Of that pastors house; an'
though the preacher was Just n
&brilliant as he was before, oh tn
narmth, the tenderness Of his discourses
Tie fact Is that trouble Is a great educator
You see sometimes musician VT down q
d instrument, and his execution Is coll
md formal and unfceling. The reason !
HAT all his life he has been pTospcrcd
But let misfortune or bereavement come
that man, and he sits down at an insiru
incnt, and YOU discover the pathos In th
first sweep Of the keys.
Misfortune and trials are great educs
tors. A young doctor comes into sicl
.-,oom where there ia dying child. PEI
-. aps he II very rough In his prescription
and Spry rough In his manner, and roug
An tho Rolling OF the pulse, and rough !
NJ answer 10 the mothers anxious que
on; but years roll on, and there has Ice
tno dead IN his own house; and now h
comes into the sick-rOom, and with tea
ful eye he looks at the dying child, and h
sayE ooh, how this reminds me OF m
.Charliel" Trouble, the great educate
Sorrow, see Ia touch In the grandc
painting; ! hear is trcmor In the sweets
fong, ! feel It's power In the mightcst
gumont
Grccian mythology said that the ioun
ain Of Hippocrone was struck out by u
foot OF the winged horse, Pegasus. ha'
often noticed In life that the brightest M
most beautiful fountains Of christian cor
Mort and spiritual life have been struck Of
by the iron shOd hoof Of disaster and G
hmiiy. sec Daniels courage best by u
Basil Of Ncbuchadnezar' furnace. ! =
Paul's prowc@ best when | find him
1hc laundering ship under the glare Of u
Iightning In tie breakers Of Mcliia. GO
browns his children amid the bowling
Mild beasts and the chopping Of bloc
tplashcd guillo,ine and the cracklil
fircs Of marlyrdom. II took q
| persecution OF Marcus Aurclius
develop Polycarp and Justin martyr.
took the worlds anaihcma 10 deyel
Martin Luther. II took all tho hostiliti
against the Scotch coyenanlcfs aud u
fury OF Lord Claverhousc 10 develop Jan
Rcnwick, and Andrew Melville, and lIu
Mccall, the glorious martyrs Of Scotch b
h tory. Il took the stormy sea and the j
cembcr blast, and the desolaio New In
land coast, and the war whoop OF sayag'
70 show forth the proves Of the Pilgr
III Fathers
"Whcu amid The storms They aang,
Aud the star heard. and The sra.
Aud the nounding alsica Of the dim wood
Rang 10 The anthems u the irca."
II took all our past national distrcsscs
Ia mp our nation on that high carr
where II will march along after the forcl
uisiocracies that have Knocked and