The Forrest City times., 1888-08-25
TROUBLE ON BOTH SIDES.
Talmage's Eloquent Sunday
 Morning Discourse.

Climb rs 5orathsn Did-Clur Toward
 Sod, Climb Toward Heaven. Climb into
 the Sunshine of Gods Favor-Up Into ths
 Communion Of saints-Up Into ths Peace
 that Pssseth Ali understapding- Up Into
 the ccmpsnionship of Angels
 BROOKLYN, Aug. 10 The Rev Dr. T. Dc Wit Tamsge's subject today was: Trouble on Both sides" and his iext There wss q sharp rock on the one side. and sharp rock on the other side."--I Samuel, eh xv. "A
 The cruel army of the Phlistines must Dc taken and scattered. There Is just one man. accosnpsnied hr bis hpdygnsrd, 10 do that thing johatbnn Is tho hero of the scene. know that David cracked the skull Of tho giant with a fet- pebbles wsl sliing, and ihvi three hundred Gidsonitcs scattered ten thou. sand Amslekitcs by the crash of broken crock cry; but here is a more wonderful conflict. Yonder arc tbe Philistines on the rocks. Here is Jonathan with his bodyquard in tho valley. On the one side is a rock called Bctes; on the other side n the rock called Bench. Thess two we're ks famous In aldeu times, d in moseft tltnee ste piynieulh Rock and Gibraitaa They were precipituods, un- tcalable, and sharp Between these two focks Jonathan must make his ascent. The gay comes TOT me schhnR or tne neiRna Jonsihsna on his hands and feet, begins the sscent with sttsin, and slib and bruIse. 1 snpposc but stIll on and up, first goes 3ons. oh one side, seuch os the 6thet Aftst, . sharp tug. and push, and ciiueing, I see tbs n,s, nssa oi !on.isan seoss the whole .i,a, ln the snd ! light, supstnstutsi eoustsrns ton. These two men, Jonathan and his body guard, drivo back and drive down the Philistines over the rocks, and open a campaign which dernolshes the en- eDies of Israel l suppose that the over, hanging and oversnsdowing rocks on eithe. side did not balk or dishcarten Jonathan or bis bodygusrd but only reused and filled them with enthusiasm as they went up There was sharp rock on the one side, and sshsrp rock on the other eide"
 My friends, you have been, of afe now, some of you, in this crisis of the text fl a man meets oue trouble, b- can go through with it. He gathers ali bis energies, conscntrstcs them upon one point and In the strength ot God, or by his own natural determination, goes through it. But ihe man W ho has trou- ble to the right of him, and trouble to tho left of him is to be pit cd Did aither trouble come alone, he might endure it, but two troubles, tw0 disasters, two osersnsdow ipg msfortnnes, are Bozez and Seueh. God pity himl There Is 6 sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side"
 
 fortune and health fsn him at the same time. Nine etenths of all ouf merchants espsize iu business before they come to forty-fivs years of rge. 1bere 's sume collision, in coinmercial circles, and they stop payment. II ssems N II every man must put his D me on the back Of note before he learns what fool man Is who risks all his own property on the pros pect that some man will tell the truth It seems as If a man must have a large amount of unstable goods ou his own shelf before he learns how much easier 1t is to buy than to sell. It seems us if every man must be com pleteiy burnel out before be learns the i'm portancc of always keeping fully insured. It seems as II every man must be wrecked In financial tempest before he learns to keep things snug in case of a sudden eurocl, don. When the calamity does come 1t Is awful. The man goes botne in despair, aud he tells his fsmilyi "We'll have to go to the poof. house." He takes a dolorous view of every thing. IL seems as If he never could rise. But a little time passes, and lie ssysi "Wby, l sm not so badly of after all; have my family left '"
 Before the Lord lprned Adam out ct Para. disc, he gate him Eve, sd that when he loat Psrad co he conld stand it. Permit one who has never read but few novels in all his life, and who has not great deal Of romance in his competition, to say, that if, when mans fortunes fail, he has a good wfe-a good Christian wife-he ought not to be despond- ent 'Oh," you say. ''ibat only increases the embarrassment, since you have her also to take care of." You are an Ingrate, for the woman as often supports the man as the man supports the woman. The man may bring all the dollars but the woman generally brings the courage and the faith in God.
 We'll, this nan of whom 1 am speaking, looks around, and he fnJs his family Ia left, and he tnllies, and the light comes to lis eyes, and the sm.le 10 his face, and the courage to his heart: In two years he is quite lI. l. n H.. IA hrst chapter In new era Of prosperity He met that one trouble-conquered 1t. He sat down for little while under the grim shadow of the rock Bozez; yet he soon rose and be- gan, like Jonathan, 10 climb. But how often it Is that physical alment comes with financial embarrassment. When the fortune failed 1t broke tbe mans spirit. Hts nerves were shattered. His brain was stunned. can show you hundreds of men In New York whose fortune and health failed at the same time. They c me prematurely to the staff. Their hand trembled with incipient paralysis. They never saw n well day since the hour when they called their creditors together for q compromise If such men are impatient, and ccular, and irritable, excuse them. They had two troubles; either one of which they could have met successfully. If, when the beali went the fortune had be en etain- cd, it would not have been SO bad. The man could have bought the very best medical ad- vice, and he colld have had tho very best attendance ami long lines Of carriages would have stopped at the front door to in- Quire as to his welfare. But poverty on one side, and sickness on the other, are Bozez and Seneb, and they interlock their shadows, and drop them upon the poor mans way. God help himl There Is a sharp rock on the one side, and sharp rock on the other side"
 Now, what Is such man to dol In the name of Almighty Goi, wIll tell him what f0 lo DO fl .Ou 1i1-plimh. flltnI, m into the sunlight of Gods favor and con solatlon. can go through inc churches and show you men who lost fortune and health at the same time, and yet who sing all day and dream of heaven all night. If YOU have any idea that sound digestion, and steady nerves, and clear cy' sight snd good hear. ing, and plenty of friends are necessary 10 make a man happy, you have miscalcu lated. l suppose that these ovcrhanging rocks only made Jonathan scramble the harder and faster to get up and out into the sunlight; and this combined shadow of invalidlsm and financial embarrassment has often sent man up the quicker into the sunlight of Gods favor and the noondas of His glorious pro- mises. It is "a difficult thing for a man 10 feel hs dependence upon God when he has ten thousand dollars in Government securi- ties, and a block of stores and three ships. "Well," the man says to himself, 'ft Is silly for me 10 pray Give me this day my daily bread when my pantry is full, and the canals from the West are cro sded with bread-stuffs destined for my store houses" Ot, my friends, if the com bined mlsforiunes and disasters of life have made you climb up Into the arms of sympa- thetIc and compassionate God, through all eternity you will bless Him that In this world there vas sharp rock on the one side, and 8 sharp rock on the other side"
 Again that man Is in the crisis of the text who has home troubles and outside persecd ton at the same time. The world treats a man well just as long as 1t pays best to treat him we'll As long as it can manufacture success out ot his bone, and brain, and mus cle it favors him. The world fattems the horse it wants 10 drive. But let man see 1t his duig t0 cross the trsck of the word, then every bush Is full of horns and iusks thrust at him They will belttie his They will caricaturc him. They will call him generos- ity self sggra ndizement, and his plety sancti- mon nousness. The very worst persecution some lime come upon him from those who profess to be Christians
 John Mlton-great and good John Milton so forgot himself as to pray, in so many words, that his enemies might be. thrown down into the darkest and deepest gulf of he'll and be the underinost anu most de- iected snd the lowest down vassals of perdi- ton And Martin Luther so far forgot him self as 10 say. iu regard to his theological op- ponents: Put them in whatever sauce you