The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-08

THINGS TO DO.
Rev. DR.. Talmage's Sunday Sermon,
How Men May Still Make Heroes
of Themselves
The Glory Of Saving a Human Be-
ing from Ruin.
Opportunities to Do Good That
Occur Every Day.
The Three Great Exploits-To Save a
Man, q Woman or n Child
A Sermon Full OF
Charity.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Oct although no
building has been largo enough TO hold
the audiences attracted by the Rev. I.
Dewitt Talmage, ID. d., in any part of this
country or Great Britain for the last twenty
years, the throngs in aud around the i'm
mense audience-room Of BROOKLYN Taber-
nace seem to be increasing as the years
20 by. Tho opening hymns this morning
were heartily sung by the congregation.
DIR. Talmage choose for his subject "The
Three Greatest Things To Do" His text
was Daniel XII, 32; '"Thc people that do
know their God shall be strong, and do
exploits" Following is the sermon:
Antiochus Epiphanes. the old sinner, came
down three times with his army to desc
late the Jews, advancing one time with
l02 trained elephants, swinging their
trunks this way and that, aud O., 900 in
fantry, and 6,0OO cavalry troops, aud they
were driven back. Then the second time
he advanced with 10000 armed men, and
had been again defeated. But the third
time he laid successful siege, until the
navy Of Rome came in with the flash of
their long banks Of oaH and demanded
that the siege be lifted. And Antiochus
Epiphanes said he wanted time TO consult
with his friends about 1t, aud Popilus,
| one OF the Roman ambassadors, took n
| staff aud made a circle on the ground
around Antiochus Epiphancs, and COM
| PEELED him to decide before lac came out
Of that circle, whcpupon lac lifted the
siege. Some Of the jews had submitted
90 the invader, but some Of them resisted
| vigorously, ~ did Eleaer when hc had
swinc's flesh forced into his mouth, spit
II out, although he knew lac must die for
| IT, and did die for IL, aud others, rs my
text says, were enabled 10 do exploits.
An exploit would define to be- q heroic
act, brave feat, great achievement
! well you say. III admire such things,
| but there is no chance Tor me, mine b. a
sort Of humdrum life. II II had an Anti.
ochus Epphancs 20 hPht ! also could do
exploits" You are nghi so far ms great
wars arc concerned. here will probably
| be- no opportunity 20 Z aingdiah yourself
In battle. The most o. the hrigadior-gcn.
erals of this country would never have been
heard Of had II not Seen for the war.
Gen. Grant would have remained in the
useful work Of tanning hides at Gnlcna,
and Stoncwall Jackson would have con
iinued the quiet college professor Ia Nir-
! ginia. And Whatever military talents YOU
have will probably lio dormant forever
Neither will you probably become q great
inventor. Nineteen hundred and ninety
nine out II every 1000 inventions found Ia
the patent office nj Washington never
yielded their authors enough muuCyto pay
| Tor the expenses Of securing the patent.
So YOU will probably mover BE- q Mune or
an Edison, or a Humphrey navy or AN I'll
Whitney. There IL not much probability
that YOU viii be- the one out Of thc 100 that
achieves extraordinary success In com.
mcrcial or legal or medical or literary
spheres. What them Can you have no
opportunity "a do cxploii2 ! am going Ia
show YOU today that there are three Op.
puriunilics open that ar grand, thrilling
iar-rcaching. slupcndous aud ovcrwhclm-
ing They are before spu now In one,
| II not oil three Of them, YOU may DO CN-
ploiis The three greatest lhing on earth
/ Ia do are 30 save a mar, " sayo a woman,
or save a child.
During the course Of his life almost
| every man gets into az Ngcucy h caught
between two fires, il ound between two
| millsloncs sils on the ,dgr 0i somc pfcci.
| picc. or In some other way comes near
demolition. II may M financial, or q
moral, or n domestic. ~ q social, or n
/ political cXignCy. You sometimes scc IL
IN court rooms. A young man has got
into bad company and be- has offended
the law, aud be- Is aruigncd. All blush.
ing and confused he isin The presence oi
judge and jury aud lawyers. lie can boz
sent right on IN the wrong direction. lie
IL feeling disgmccl, and ho is almost dcs-
pomic. lot tho district attorney overhaul
him ns though be wo.c an old offender,
lot the ablcst attorney nj thu bar refuse 81
say q word for him lug be- cannot
ailmd confidemblclfr. lrt the judge give
no opportunity ior ~, zrutiug tho miugat.
ing circumstance. hu ~ up the case and
hustle him mp 10 Auhlu NJ Sing Sing "
be- lives seventy ycan lUf seventy years be-
will boz "a criminal and Zach decade II bis
life will b. blackor thn iis predecessor
IN the intcrUgnums q. prison liiU be- can
gct no work, aud he b. glad a. break q
! WIndOw-glass. OF blow up a safe, ~ play
the highwnymnn. w o. to yet back again
within the walls wha be- can get sumo.
thing 10 cat, aud 10 q hims"ll FROM the
cruel gaze oi The wBrh Why don't his
father come aud help hint Ills father Is
dead. Why don't iis mother come and
help hiu2 She Il decd. Where are all
the nmcliornling and f.lnilry influences Of
society They do no. touch him. Why
did not some ono long agD in the ease
understand that then. vas Jn opportunity
for thc exploit which would h. famous
In heaven 40 lnlliun 81 yclu
after the earth las be Hmo scattered ashes
IN the last whilwind3 WHY did not ih,
District Attorney take that young man
into his private Office nd ny MY son,
see that you are the flDiim 81 circum
stances. This IL your lint crime. lou
are sorry. | will brllg the person you
wrongrd into your presence hnd YOU VII
apologize aud make ihu rypuliion you
can. aud ! will give you another chance.
Or HAT young man is presented ~ TIE
courtroom and lac IA uU friends present
and the Judge says "Nho Is your c0un'
selYn And ho answeL ~ have none
And the Judge says "WhO will take TAI
young mans cascY' And there " q dcnt
halt aud no one olicn and alter awhile
the Judge turns Ia 'F0me attorney wht
mover had q good cnsr In all hh I'VE arc
never will, and who's ad 0cncy would b'
enough to secure the cor icmnalion 81 IN
noccnee iiseli. And The professional IN