Sharp County record., 1888-10-11
TALNAGE'S SERMON.
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Good, No5 C0ntIctve 20 Spiritual
WanIrh-Dtvine Triumph IN
the Human Anatomy

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I A uln 1t grea5 s1ITI-e. whose 1lIsrs ll,-
Toes we're four lud TweuiY, SIX On 4;Ien lLA'-'
1rt 5ty On each foot, Int be also Wis lAE so
I gf rhe rant. BI1 when be dal1ed L'rleL' d oLl11-
Than, the son Of Sniuaa David ornlher- SIC"
3pim -ChrUuicLes II, r.
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/ m. bv mistake into the sacred Scrip .uresr
as sonrs5fnes 3 paragraph utterly oo-
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DqDer during his abseuce2 L nQl InLs
scriDr1raL srra5a2 No, 10; there Is noun
NO haDhazard about the Die. Ll-s
passage of Scripture was as certainly n
/ teoded TO be put in the Bible - 5ne pas
l-,rs. AN til beginning God created dn7
7 heavens and the earth, " OF, "God so
sSvsd tile world thad He gave His only
. Esg05ter Son
/ And I select it for my text to-day oe :
E4use IN is charged Will practical a1l
euerd0us meaning. By the people Of
sod the PhfIis5irss had been conquered,
with the exception Of 3 few gIanGs- lie
Ne Of giants Is mostly 7Zu1cC- ! an
pfaf to say. There IS 10 Use Tor glA15s
" evceDG to enlarge the income or
ssseun1s. But there we're many Of 51eU
. t-bIdeu times. Goliath Wis, 5tcoruIng
To The Bible. eleven feet four and one
-zarrsr inches high Or, i you do not
believe the Bible, the famous P-InY, q
se,k7Tar writer. declares thai aG Crete, oY
as-earrhQ IIf4, i uOr1uen5 was otof+I
Open discovering the remains OF giant
f0rtv-ssx CubiGs long, OF sIETy-1Lna [eeI
hfrh. So, whe5har you prefer sacred OF
Urofaue history. you must come TO the
coIcI1siOu that there we're IN those O-te1
5fnIss cases Of human aIGIGude uO1strous
and appalling. David had smashed the
skull of one Of these giants, and
there we're other giants that the Dav-dean
wars had not 3ubdusd. and one OF them
stands IN nv text. He WIS not only OF
Anime stature, but h8I 4 surplus OF
dfF7fs. To the ordinary Gngers WIS an
uex4d IN additional finger, and the foot
had also q sr-Derfr0us adderdum. He had
tvsuFv four examinations to hands and
feet. where others have twenty. Ld was
not the only instance Of the kind. Taver-
ufer. the learned writer, says that the
EuDergr Of Java had q son endowed with
the same number Of exGr= nL5Izs. V QL-
cat11s. the poet, had six Gnrers on each
hand. MaupeGius- in his ce.s1ra5ed let
tiers. speaks OF Two families near Berlin
similarly equipped Of hand and foot. Al
or which I can behave, for I have seen
two cases Of the same physical super
Abundance.
But this giant Of the text ts in batGLs,
and as David. the dwarf wIrrI0r, had dis
patched one giant the brother Of David
sLsvg this monster Of ny text. md there
he lies after the battle in Gaih- dead
giant. His stature did not save him. and
his super4u0us appendices OF hand and
foot did not save him. The probability
was that the sixth finger on his hand
made him clumsy in the use Of his weaP-
on, ~ his sixth toe crippled his gGiG
p Athe pr0stra5e and ma-0rmed
ri < "a ff57vs * 70 suurrrrs, whose fingers sn5
toes four and twenty, SIX On each hand
and SKI f5u each foot lnd be also WIS the son
OF the EanG But when be dafed Israel J0ua-
than. the son Of S1imeI, DIvid's bro 1her, slew
him.
Behold how s1DeriII5ies are q hinder
arce rather than help. In all the battle
at Gath tha6 day there was not MAI
with ordinary hInI and ordinary foot
and ordinary stature thai was not BETTER
of than this physical curiosity Of nv
text. As physical sizsis apt TO run L
families, the probability IS that this
brother Of David, who did the work, was
Of an Abbreviated stature. 4 dwarf Ol
the right side is stronger than giant on
the wrong side, and all the body, and
mind, and estate, and opportunity that
you can not use for God and the better
meut Of the world is D sixth finger aud
sixth toe. and q terrible hind sranCe. The
most Of the good done il the world and
The most of those who win The ba5GLss for
the right, are ordinary people. Count the
fingers Of their righG hand and they have
lust five, 10 more and 10 less. One Dr..
Duff among missionaries, but three thou
sand missionaries that would tel you
they have only common endowment. One
Florence Nightingale to nurse the sick IN
conspicuous places. but teI Thousand
women who are Just 81 good nurses
though never heard Of The Swamp
Angel was q big gun that during the war
made q big noise, but muiks5s Of 0rdi-
nary caIiber and shells Of ordinary Le1G
did the execution. President Tyler Gld
his Cabinet 90 down the Potomac one
dav to experiment. with the peacem ker,
q great iron guu that was to alright with
IT'S thunder foreign uIvIss. The gunner
touches it Of and it sZplOdss and leaves
Cabinet Ministers dead on the deck
while at the SAME time, al up 4Id down
OUT coasts, were cannon Ot ordinary bore
able TO be the defense Of the nation, and
ready at the first 1Oucl TO wata1 to duty.
The curse Of the world IS big guns. After
the politicians who have made all the
noise 90 home, hOarse from angry dis
cussi0u. on the evening Of the first Mon
day in November, the next day the pe0-
pIs with the silent ballots viii settle
every thing, and settle it right, a million
Of the white slips Ot paper they drop
making about as much noise as the fall
OF IN apple blossom.
Yet what Do We see in all departments
People not satisfied with ordinary
spheres of work and ordinary duties.
Instead Of trying to see what they can DO
with hand Of five fingers they want SIX.
Instead Of usual endowment Of TWEEN W
manual and pedal addenda they want
twenty -four. 4 certain amount Of money
for livelihood and for the supply Of those